L’Osservatorio monitors the web and other information sources daily to provide in-depth news on the impact of contemporary armed conflicts on civilians.
31 May 2016During a seizure of 3 buses in Afghanistan by Taliban insurgents, at least 9 passengers were killed and more than a dozen were kidnapped.
7 June 2016 People fleeing the violence of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)-occupied city of Fallujah face severe abuse and death.
20 April 2016 An overcrowded boat, with 500 refugees, sank in the Mediterranean in what could be one of the worst tragedies in the last 12 months.
17 February 2016A South Sudanese government attack against a Protection of Civilians site injured 30 and killed 7.
31 January 2016The deadliest of three attacks by Boko Haram has killed 65 people and injured 136 others in Dalori, a village near the city of of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
2 Nov 2015 Somali refugees return to their home country after struggling to rebuild their lives in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya.
27 March 2016Arrested female suicide bomber claims to be one of the schoolgirls kidnapped from Chibok in northeast Nigeria two years ago.
27 March 2016 Arrested female suicide bomber claims to be one of the schoolgirls kidnapped from Chibok in northeast Nigeria two years ago.
10 March 2016 A mass grave in the capital Bujumbura was uncovered on the day the United Nations sent in independent experts to assess human rights violations in Burundi.
14 February 2016Civilian casualties hit a new high in 2015, according to the UN 2015 Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict.
9 February 2016 Suicide car bombing leaves 9 people dead and at least 20 injured.
7 April 2016 Human Rights Watch reports that the March 15 Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a Yemeni market was carried out by massive 1 tonne bombs supplied by the United States.