L’Osservatorio monitors the web and other information sources daily to provide in-depth news on the impact of contemporary armed conflicts on civilians.
06 January 2021
Local authorities blame the Ugandan rebel group Allied Democratic Forces
05 January 2020
Almost 44,000 people across Africa were reported as missing this year and out of the said number, 45% were children: what happened to them?
10 January 2021
Old landmine explosion causes serious injuries of children in eastern Syria
02 January 2021
An Unexploded Ordnance (UXO), caused from a cluster munition attack which dates to 364 days ago, killed a six-year-old boy in Syria
07 January 2021
Media workers have become victims of numerous terrorist attacks in Afghanistan in recent months.
The Al-Raqqa governorate has recently been the stage of four attacks to civilian and military personnel
A series of separate attacks in Afghanistan resulted in the deaths of civilians and security forces
Reconciliation efforts in Mali are endangered by a serious security, health, and social crisis.
United Nations removes its peacekeepers out of the area, leaving population vulnerable
01 January 2021
UN Special Envoy Martin Griffith condemned a fatal attack against the Government of Yemen, describing it as a potential war crime
Al-Shabab claims responsibility for the attack in which five people were killed and 14 were wounded.
04 January 2021
The United Nations Secretary-General condemned a recent attack in two villages of Niger where unidentified gunmen reportedly killed at least 100 and injured dozens