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L’Osservatorio monitors the web and other information sources daily to provide in-depth news on the impact of contemporary armed conflicts on civilians.

Suicide Bombings in Cameroon Target School and Market

Wonded woman evacuated after the suicide bombing in North Cameroon on the 28th January 2016

28 January 2016
Suicide bombers target a school and market in north Cameroon that killed 32 people and wounded 86 others.
Category: Cameroon - Web Review
Thursday, 09 June 2016

Kenyan Airstrikes Kill 17 in Somalia

patrol Kismayu town on November 22, 2015. If Kenya did indeed lose more than 100 soldiers last week, the El Adde attack represents Amisom’s bloodiest day since it deployed to Mogadishu in March 2007.

22 January 2016
Kenyan airstrikes in Somalia have killed at least 17 civilians and wounded over 30 others in El Adde.
Category: Somalia - Web Review
Thursday, 09 June 2016

Two Terrorist Attacks Hit Turkey

On January 12th, a suicide bomb detonated in the highly populated city of Istanbul. The attack injured at least 15 tourists and killed 10 others

12 January 2016
Terrorist attacks in Istanbul and Ankara injured over 76 and killed at least 38.
Category: Turkey - Web Review
Thursday, 09 June 2016

ISIS Militants Target Tourist Resort in Egypt

ISIS militants’ attacked tourists at the Bella Vista Hotel with guns and knives, leaving 3 injured

8 January 2016
ISIS militants’ attacked tourists at the Bella Vista Hotel with guns and knives, leaving 3 injured. 
Category: Egypt - Web Review
Thursday, 09 June 2016

Mosques and Shopping Centers Attacked in Baghdad and Muqdadiya

Supporters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr protest against the execution of Shi'ite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia, during a demonstration in Baghdad January 4, 2016.

13 January 2016
Multiple suicide bombers and car bombs killed at least 51 people in a shopping center and two Mosques in Baghdad and Muqdadiya.
Category: Iraq - Web Review
Thursday, 09 June 2016

Bomb Attack in Tunisia Kills 12 and Injures 16

Bomb attack on Tunisia’s presidential guard bus killed 12 and injured 16

November 24, 2015 
Bomb attack on Tunisia’s presidential guard bus killed 12 and injured 16.

Category: Tunisia - Web Review
Thursday, 09 June 2016

Series of Islamic State Suicide Bombings Hit Lebanon: 53 Civilians Killed in Two Weeks

Twin suicide bombings rocked the Burj el-Barajneh area of south Beirut, killing 43 people and wounding over 200

November 12, 2015
Lebanon suffers two brutal attacks hitting a Beirut public area and Muslim scholars in Arsal.

Category: Lebanon - Web Review
Thursday, 09 June 2016

Pakistani Taliban Targets Quetta Security Forces in Pakistan

TTP has increased its attacks in the Balochistan province over the past year. Pakistani security officials stand beside the bodies of blast victims at the site of a bomb explosion

2 February 2016
Terrorist attack against Quetta security forces injured over 35 and killed at least 8.
Category: Pakistan - Web Review
Thursday, 09 June 2016

Attacks in Ouagadougou, 29 People Killed

Luxury Hotel in Ouagadougou attacked overnight, 126 hostages and 29 people killed

18 January 2016
Luxury Hotel in Ouagadougou attacked overnight, 126 hostages and 29 people killed.
Category: Burkina Faso - Web Review
Thursday, 09 June 2016

Terrorists Target Bacha Khan University in Pakistan

Family members of students stand outside the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda town, 35 km outside the city of Peshawar

20 January 2016
Terrorist attack on Pakistani Bacha Khan University injured over 50 and killed at least 22.
Category: Pakistan - Web Review
Thursday, 09 June 2016

Airstrikes Hit Northern Yemen Clinic

An infant in an incubator at Al-Sabeen Hospital in Sana’a. Intensive fighting and bombing has caused frequent power cuts, shortage of medicines and fuel paralyzing hospitals across Yemen.

10 January 2016
A deadly airstrike attack hit a Médecins Sans Frontières clinic in northern Yemen.
Category: Yemen - Web Review
Thursday, 09 June 2016

Suicide Bomb Attack and Gun Battle Kill 3 in Aden

People gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Yemen's southern port city of Aden January 5, 2016.

5 January 2016
Three senior southern Yemeni officials survive a suicide car bomb attack, and a gun battle kills three guards 
Category: Yemen - Web Review
Thursday, 09 June 2016
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