L’Osservatorio monitors the web and other information sources daily to provide in-depth news on the impact of contemporary armed conflicts on civilians.
3 June 2022
Two Egyptian Peacekeepers of the UN Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, were killed on Friday due to an improvised explosive device.
31 May 2022
Human Rights Watch: the Wagner Group, apparently linked to the Russian government, placed landmines and booby traps in Libya
On Tuesday Russia took control of most of Sievierodonetsk city in the Eastern part of Ukraine, located in the Oblast of Luhansk.
24 May 2022
African countries are currently suffering the direct effects of the war due to their dependence on Russia and Ukraine’s imports.
30 April 2022
The UN Humanitarian Country Team in Yemen estimates that $4.3 billion is required to prevent a consistent crisis throughout the country
2 May 2022
Around one hundred civilians were evacuated from Azovstal steelworks, Mariupol where they took shelter while U.S. House Speaker Pelosi meets President Zelenskiy in Kyiv
The United Nations is currently working hard to support civilians evacuating from the destroyed city of Mariupol in Ukraine
25 March 2022
In the last months, civilians in Ethiopia have been the main target of continuous attacks and airstrikes in Tigray and Afar
25 April 2022
A jihadist uprising in Cabo Delgado has forced thousands to flee and seek for help
22 April 2022
The Houthi rebels have agreed with the United Nations on a new Action Plan in order to establish a regime of non-involvement of minors in the conflict
20 April 2022
Explosions outside a boys' school in Kabul killed and injured several students
13 April 2022
The Head of the peacekeeping mission recently updated the Security Council on the current operational conditions in Mali