Web review

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

Increasing Tension Continues to Strip Palestinian Children of Rights

Teacher Gazing Outside While Children Converse in Tyre School

10 September 2018

The worsening effects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have deprived a large number of Palestinian children of their basic rights.
Category: Palestine - Web Review
Friday, 14 September 2018

Airstrikes Threaten Children’s Water Access in Yemen

A young girl with cholera sits with her father in Yemen

6 August  2018

The continual destruction of civilian infrastructure including water facilities in Yemen poses serious threats to thousands of children and families.
Category: Yemen - Web Review
Monday, 10 September 2018

Syrian refugees flee regime attacks in the Southern province of Deraa

Syrian government forces used barred bombs in Deraa

18 July 2018

Whilst the regime attacks intensify in Syrian South-Western provinces, Jordan’s Minister declares that the country won’t accept any more refugees
Category: Syria - Web Review
Thursday, 02 August 2018

Since 2016, the north of Burkina Faso has been the site of violence by jihadists and state armed forces.

Tactical Training of Small Units in Burkina Faso, 2017

01 June 2018

The north of Burkina is a place of violence by jihadists opposed by state militias, both responsible for human rights violations
Category: Burkina Faso - Web Review
Friday, 27 July 2018

Just north of DR Congo’s capital, in the department of Pool, the livelihoods need to be replenished.

Displaced youngesters in Kinkala

22/06/2018

Located 50 km north of Brazzaville, the department of Pool looks dry and deserted;the villages are ruined and many people have been forced to flee
Category: Democratic Republic of Congo - Web Review
Tuesday, 24 July 2018

Attacks on Darfur AU-UN Mission Civilian Camps

Peacekeepers from UNAMID Mission

12 June 2018

There were three attacks between May 21st and the 23rd of 2018 on internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in the Central Darfur State
Category: Sudan - Web Review
Tuesday, 24 July 2018

Burundi Risks to be forgotten

Burundian Refugees in Lusanda Camp

1 June 2018

On the 6th of February 2018,  the UNHCR have presented this appeal to their donors in Geneva in hopes the Burundian refugees do not become a forgotten crisis
Category: Burundi - Web Review
Tuesday, 24 July 2018

The return is hard for Afghans

An Afghan woman waiting at a checkpoint

11 June 2018

A recent deadline on identity cards for Afghans in Pakistan is soon to expire and force Afghans to return home.
Category: Afghanistan - Web Review
Friday, 06 July 2018

Marawi: the Philippine City Besieged

A men assessing damage to his home after his return to Marawi

10 June 2018

In late May of 2017, over 500 Islamic militants began a five-month takeover in the city of Marawi in Mindanao, a Philippine island. A year later in 2018, over 237,000 people are still without their homes and the city remains in destitution.
Category: Philippines - Web Review
Friday, 06 July 2018

Suicide bomb attack kills clerics in Afghanistan

A roadblock in Kabul after the attack on 4 June 2018

27 June 2018

A gathering of Ulema Aghan Council members was targeted by the Islamic State
Category: Afghanistan - Web Review
Thursday, 28 June 2018

Palestinian Medic Killed During Protest at Gaza Border

Razan Al-Najjar’s father displays her bloodstained medic vest during her funeral

2 June 2018

The Disproportionate Use of Force by Israeli Military Claims the Life of Razan Al-Najjar
Category: Palestine - Web Review
Thursday, 28 June 2018

From bad to worse: the testimonies of Boko Haram survivors

Women in satellite camps in Borno state waiting for their food ration

6 June 2018

Boko Haram survivors shared their stories with Amnesty International, telling the horrors lived in the satellite camps
Category: Nigeria - Web Review
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
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