L’Osservatorio monitors the web and other information sources daily to provide in-depth news on the impact of contemporary armed conflicts on civilians.
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.Â
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
25 March 2016 More than 800 people held hostage by Boko Haram were rescued by the Nigerian Army.
16 March 2016Two female suicide bombers killed 22 people and injured 18 others during morning prayers at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria.
16 March 2016Bomb exploded on a Pakistani government bus killing 15 people in the city of Peshawar.
12 March 2016 UN Security Council adopted a resolution to repatriate peacekeeping personnel engaged in widespread sexual exploitation and abuse.
26 February 2016 Al-Shabaab launched attacks against the Somali Youth League Hotel and the Peace Garden Park in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.