L’Osservatorio monitors the web and other information sources daily to provide in-depth news on the impact of contemporary armed conflicts on civilians.
18 May 2016Worsening conditions at shelters and the closure of refugee camps is causing further displacement.
18 June 2016 Boko Haram fighters opened fire on funeral in village near Madagali (Nigeria) killing 24.
24 May 2016The attempt to drive ISIS out of Falluja poses a great risk to 50,000 civilians.
20 June 2016 In Oaxaca, Mexico, eight people were killed when teacher protests turned violent.
24 March 2016Boko Haram kidnaps 14 women and two girls in Adamawa state, while Nigerian troops rescued 800 hostages in neighbouring Borno state.
27 March 2016 UN Security Council alarmed at the disturbing trend of attacks targeting civilians in hospitals across South Sudan.
23 May 2016Islamic State bombs kill 150 and wound over 200 more in Syrian coastal towns.
28 March 2016Mostly women and children were killed in a suicide bomb at park with people celebrating Easter Sunday that killed at least 70 people and wounded more than 300 others.
25 March 2016 Triple suicide attacks strike Yemen on their first anniversary of the civil war.
11 May 2016At least 80 people were killed by 3 suicide bombings in Baghdad.
25 March 2016Suicide bombers kills at least 29 people in an attack at a soccer stadium in Iraq.
10 May 2016At least five civilians killed, including two children, during shooting at IDP camp in North Darfur