L’Osservatorio monitors the web and other information sources daily to provide in-depth news on the impact of contemporary armed conflicts on civilians.
17 September 2017On August 25th the Rohingya militants, Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacked the governmental forces, who, in return, indiscriminately attacked their villages and people.
13 September 2017The closing of a detention centre on the Manus Island in Papua New Guinea leaves no alternatives for hundreds of refugees.
18 June 2017A terrorist attack on the Kangaba resort, east of Bamako, in Mali has left 6 people dead - 5 civilians and one Malian soldier.
14 August 2017Two deadly attacks in one day, targeting the MINUSMA camp, in the centre of the country and the mission headquarters in Timbuktu left 9 people dead.
25 August 2017As stated by HRW, police in Calais threatened and used pepper spray on asylum seekers and their personal belongings.
23 August 2017The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has denounced an alarming increase in the use of children as human bombs in Nigeria.
17 August 2017A mission of the International Organisation of Migration revealed that more than 1000 migrants were helped in the Ténéré desert area since April 2017.
2 August 2017On Sunday, 23 July 2017, a shooting in a residential building at the Israeli embassy in Amman eft two Jordanian men dead and one Israeli man wounded.
9 August 2017Palestinian hospitals are overcrowded due to mounting tensions in Old Jerusalem between Palestinians and Israeli forces.
3 August 2017On July 24, an explosion in Lahore, Pakistan killed 25 people and wounded 50. The attack has been claimed by the Pakistani Taliban, a terrorist group.
10 May 2017A 6-month IRIN investigation into temporary shelters for refugees in Berlin revealed that female residents have been susceptible to sexual violence.
26 July 2017The Syrian Army and the Lebanese group Hezbollah attacked the Islamist fighters in the city of Arsal, on the border between Lebanon and Syria.