L’Osservatorio monitors the web and other information sources daily to provide in-depth news on the impact of contemporary armed conflicts on civilians.
October 30, 2015 Heavy rains have caused flooding and damage to five Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria, affecting 25,000 Sahrawi refugees.
2 November 2015Mahin, a Syrian town in central Homs Province, has reportedly been captured from government forces this week by IS
1 November 2015 Islamist militants have killed 15 people while storming the Sahafi hotel, a popular hotel for Somalia’s members of parliament.
16 October 2015 Somali refugees return to their home country after struggling to rebuild their lives in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya.
September 2015The conflict in Kunduz has displaced over 100,000 residents fleeing massive destruction, public executions, and sexual violence.
16 September 2015 Women in South Sudan have suffered deplorable levels of sexual violence in the last two years of civil war.
10 October 2015 Two suicide bomb explosions have injured 187 people and killed over 95 people at an Ankara Peace Rally.
20 September 2015Boko Haram attacks north-eastern Nigerian city Maiduguri twice within one month, injuring over 120 civilians and killing over 90 civilians.
16 September 2015 As refugees pour into Europe Afghan civilians have been forgotten in the midst of an economic downturn and record breaking unemployment rates.
16 September 2015 Yemeni citizens are in desperate need of basic life-sustaining commodities and services. Destruction of infrastructure and a restriction on imports has driven poverty and starvation amongst citizens.
24 June 2016The longest running conflict in the Americas is coming to an end as a ceasefire between the Colombian Government and FARC rebels brings signs of peace.
27 October, 2015 Three civilians have been killed and two UN peacekeepers wounded after two deadly landmine explosions.