Web review

L’Osservatorio monitors the web and other information sources daily to provide in-depth news on the impact of contemporary armed conflicts on civilians.

Afghanistan, armed conflict is reaching record levels

Two Afghani displaced children riding horses.

03 February 2021

A resurgence in violence has forced Afghanistani civilians to leave their homes and seek refuge elsewhere in various provinces.
Category: Afghanistan - Web Review
Thursday, 18 February 2021

Afghanistan, an attack in Kabul kills two people

Kabul, Afghanistan.

10 February 2021

Four blasts hit Afghanistan's capital killing two people and wounding many others. 
Category: Afghanistan - Web Review
Thursday, 18 February 2021

UN experts denounce inhuman conditions in Syria’s Al-Hol and Roj camps

Syrian children in a refugee camp

08 February 2021

Human rights experts urged 57 states to repatriate their citizens held in northeast Syria camps in squalid conditions
Category: Syria - Web Review
Thursday, 18 February 2021

Mali, twenty UN peacekeepers injured in an attack

Soldiers holding rifles.

10 February 2021 

Twenty peacekeepers of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) were injured in an attack.
Category: Mali - Web Review
Thursday, 18 February 2021

Blockade of key roads to West Darfur was lifted after several weeks

A view of Geneina, West Darfur regional capital

08 February 2021

According to UNOCHA, a blockade of key roads to Geneina (West Darfur) was lifted after several weeks, allowing for the delivery of humanitarian aid 
Category: Sudan - Web Review
Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Need for constructive international diplomacy to end the Syrian crisis

Damaged tents in aSyrian refugee camp

09 February 2021

The Special Envoy to Syria for the United Nations has urged the Security Council to engage in constructive diplomacy to agree on a conflict settlement
Category: Syria - Web Review
Wednesday, 17 February 2021

UN Disarmament Chief calls to end impunity for use of chemical weapons in Syria

Young boy in Idlib, Syria

04 February 2021

The United Nations top disarmament official emphasized the need to end impunity for use of chemical weapons in Syria.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Guterres: ‘end suffering in Ethiopia’s Tigray region’

A woman waits outside church in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia

03 February 2021

UN High Commissioner for Refugees described the situation as ‘extremely grave’
Category: Ethiopia - Web Review
Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Security in Ethiopian refugee camps is almost non-existent

Portrait of an elderly woman in Ethiopia

01 february 2021

The Ethiopian Prime Minister struggles to end the conflict in the region of Tigray that is rendering Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia vulnerable. 
Category: Ethiopia - Web Review
Wednesday, 17 February 2021

UN rights Commission welcomes transitional justice in South Sudan

Refugees prepare coffee for breakfast in displaced persons camp in Juba, South Sudan

01 February 2021

UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan welcomed the commitment to transitional justice mechanisms aiming at addressing violations and assisting victims.
Category: South Sudan - Web Review
Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Civilians killed in an attack against an hotel in Somalia

Somalia map

31 January 2021

A car bomb crashed into a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, causing numerous civilian and bomber casualties.
Category: Somalia - Web Review
Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Syria, a landmine explosion kills one child

A building destroyed by war in Idlib, Syria

07 February 2021

Increase in fatalities caused by unexploded bombs and landmines shows ongoing risk to civilians’ lives 
Category: Syria - Web Review
Friday, 12 February 2021
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