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.

Safety of refugees at stake, following Boko Haram attack in Niger

Refugees and IDPs in a camp in Toumour waiting for food distribution

15 December 2020

The United Nations is deeply concerned about the new deadly attack against refugees and IDPs in Toumour town
Category: Niger - Web Review
Monday, 21 December 2020

Yemen, MSF records increasing numbers of war-traumas

MSF hospital in the town of Mocha

14 December 2020

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported a rise in numbers of civilians in need of war-trauma surgery suggesting an escalation of the Yemeni conflict
Category: Yemen - Web Review
Monday, 21 December 2020

Syria, the number of children out of school doubles due to COVID-19

Syrian refugee children at school

10 December 2020

According to Save the Children, two out of three children in Syria lack access to education because of poverty, displacement and COVID-19
Category: Syria - Web Review
Friday, 18 December 2020

Raid on a school in Nigeria, more than 100 students missing

An empty classroom at the government science school in Kankara, Nigeria

12 December 2020

Violence in Nigeria is increasing as hundreds of children are believed to have been kidnapped following an attack on a secondary school in the northwest of the country
Category: Nigeria - Web Review
Friday, 18 December 2020

Covid-19 exacerbates conflicts and increase displacements in Colombia

Children walking through the streets of a slum

11 December 2020

The violence perpetrated by armed groups in Colombia due to the pandemic forces the population to flee
Category: Colombia - Web Review
Thursday, 17 December 2020

Failed justice for female survivors of violence in Afghanistan

An Afghan woman pointing out burn scars in Pul-i-Kumri, Afghanistan

07 December 2020

According to UNAMA,  the justice system in Afghanistan is “Re-victimizing survivors instead of working on their behalf.”
Category: Afghanistan - Web Review
Thursday, 17 December 2020

Syria’s chemical weapons declaration incomplete and inconsistent

OPCW experts collecting samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical attack

11 December 2020

The OPCW criticized Syria for failing to respond to 19 issues related to its chemical weapons stockpile and programme
Category: Syria - Web Review
Thursday, 17 December 2020

Reintegration challenges in the Donbas

Mural on a school wall in eastern Ukraine

09 December 2020

Achieving lasting peace in eastern Ukraine is heavily reliant on a long-term vision for recovery, which could begin with the 2020 elections
Category: Ukraine - Web Review
Thursday, 17 December 2020

New attack in Yemen kills a man and a child

Former football player and his hon killed during shell attack

13 December 2020

Artillery shelling hit a sports centre in Taizz City, causing two deaths and two injured, with children again the primary victims
Category: Yemen - Web Review
Wednesday, 16 December 2020

Ethiopia, four aid workers killed in Tigray fighting

Ethiopian children who fled Tigray wait for food to be distributed in Gadaref refugee camp, eastern Sudan

11 December 2020

Aid agencies operating in Tigray announce the loss of four staff members over the last month
Category: Ethiopia - Web Review
Wednesday, 16 December 2020

Yemen, violence escalates despite the Stockholm Agreement ceasefire

A Yemeni child biting his fingers and looking at the camera

 10 December 2020

Two years after the ceasefire, armed violence is still causing thousands of casualties across Yemen
Category: Yemen - Web Review
Wednesday, 16 December 2020

Gaza, disabled populations at risk

A group of disabled men in Gaza

03 December 2020

Populations with disabilities prone to vulnerabilities are suffering from a lack of access to basic services 
Category: Palestine - Web Review
Wednesday, 16 December 2020
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