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.

Bloodshed and kidnappings in Burkina Faso

Trail in Burkina Faso

17 November 2021

Assaults by armed militants continue in the “tri-border area”
Category: Burkina Faso - Web Review
Wednesday, 24 November 2021

UN Envoy: Yemen’s Humanitarian Needs are Escalating

A glimpse of Sana'a, in Yemen

11 November 2021

The UN Security Council has been briefed by Special Envoy Hans Grundberg, who recently returned from inspecting humanitarian conditions in Yemen
Category: Yemen - Web Review
Monday, 22 November 2021

Afghanistan is on the edge of a humanitarian catastrophe

Girl looking on among Afghan women

18 November 2021

Millions of Afghans suffer from acute food insecurity; this might be the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, says World Food Programme Director
Category: Afghanistan - Web Review
Sunday, 21 November 2021

International community's concern for a possible humanitarian catastrophe in Ethiopia

People walking in a desolate valley in Africa

8 November 2021

The on-going conflict in the Ethiopian Tigray region is likely to endanger the livelihood of millions of Ethiopians and could impact on the stability of the entire Horn of Africa
Category: Ethiopia - Web Review
Friday, 19 November 2021

Killings in a market in Central African Republic

Women walking in a market

16 November 2021

Central African Republic forces exchanged fire with rebels who had ‘infiltrated’ a market near the town of Mann
Category: Central African Republic - Web Review
Wednesday, 17 November 2021

11,000 people flee to Uganda from Democratic Republic of Congo

Dwellings on a hill in DRCongo

9 November 2021

11,000 people have fled from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Uganda as the army enters new clashes with insurgents in the country’s north-east
Category: Democratic Republic of Congo - Web Review
Wednesday, 17 November 2021

Five killed in rebels’ attack to a hospital in DR Congo

View of Rwenzori, on the border between DRC and Uganda

13 November 2021

The new ADF’s hospital attack killed five people, increasing the death toll in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Category: Democratic Republic of Congo - Web Review
Tuesday, 16 November 2021

Syria: Russian attacks against Idlib and the civilian population

Syrian refugee camp in the outskirts of Athens, Greece

7 November 2021

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees claims that Syria is not safe and recommends all refugee host nations not to force anyone to return
Category: Syria - Web Review
Monday, 15 November 2021

The escalating conflict in the Tigray region further endangers the humanitarian situation

Woman sitting near a building in Addis Abeba

3 November 2021

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights demands an immediate stop of the fighting and calls for enhanced actions for the protection of civilians and their rights
Category: Ethiopia - Web Review
Monday, 15 November 2021

Clashes lead to civilian deaths, as half of Afghans face food insecurity

Children in Kabul, Afghanistan

5 November 2021

More than half of Afghanistan’s population is facing food insecurity, as clashes result in civilian deaths
Category: Afghanistan - Web Review
Monday, 15 November 2021

Air raid in Tigray, Ethiopia kills 10 people, including children

Marketplace in northern Ethiopia

28 October 2021

A military jet from the Ethiopian government bombed a factory in Mekelle, capital city of the Tigray region, killing 10 people
Category: Ethiopia - Web Review
Monday, 15 November 2021

More civilians killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Two children in Bukavu, a city in east DRC

04 November 2021

Seven people killed during yet another attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the territory of Beni, in the North Kivu region of the DRC
Category: Democratic Republic of Congo - Web Review
Friday, 12 November 2021
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