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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.

Convoy Attack in Central African Republic Kills Four UN Peacekeepers

Fighters of the “anti-Balaka” armed group near Yogofongo village are responsible for the attack on Monday, May 8.

13 May 2017
After “Anti-Balaka” fighters attack UN military staff and police convoy, four aid agencies temporarily suspend northern CAR operations
Category: Central African Republic - Web Review
Tuesday, 06 June 2017

Violence strikes, Northern Mali suffers another armed attack

A UN peacekeeper from the MINUSMA mission in the region of Timbuktu, northern Mali

8 April 2017
An armed attack in the rural community of Gargando, in Mali, kills 5 people including a civilian village chief.
Category: Mali - Web Review
Tuesday, 06 June 2017

Journalism: deadly profession in Mexico

Pictures of murdered Mexican journalists exhibited during a protest after the killing of Javier Valdez in Mexico City, May 16

25 May 2017
With at least 104 journalists murdered since 2000, Mexico is still one of the world’s most dangerous places to be a reporter.
Category: Mexico - Web Review
Thursday, 25 May 2017

The devastating effects of Boko Haram attacks on civilians

Some of Chibok schoolgirls released by Boko Haram meet the President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Nigeria

16 May 2017
Since its insurgence in 2009, the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has committed numerous attacks in Nigeria killing more than 20,000 people.
Category: Nigeria - Web Review
Thursday, 18 May 2017

Boko Haram released 82 Chibok schoolgirls in Nigeria

21 school girls released in October 2016 with Nigeria's Vice President Osinbajo in Abuja, Nigeria.

7 May 2017
On Saturday May 6th, Boko Haram released 82 schoolgirls in exchange for five militant leaders.
Category: Nigeria - Web Review
Wednesday, 17 May 2017

An agreement to end the civil war in Syria has been reached in Astana

Men evacuate children from the rubble of destroyed buildings

15 May 2017
On the 4th of May, three delegates from Russia, Turkey and Iran have signed an agreement to extend the ceasefire and set up four areas for de - escalation.
Category: Syria - Web Review
Tuesday, 16 May 2017

Afghan refugees from Pakistan pressured to return to their war-torn homeland

Which way home?

13 April 2017
After more than thirty years of receiving refuge in Pakistan, pressure was put on Afghan refugees to return to their war-torn homeland.
Category: Pakistan - Web Review
Thursday, 11 May 2017

People in South Sudan face abuses as the conflict increases in violence

Women waiting at a water collection point in a camp for displaced people in Bentiu

18 April 2017
The UN Human Rights Council warns that there is a concrete risk of ethnic cleansing in South Sudan.
Category: South Sudan - Web Review
Thursday, 11 May 2017

Ethnic killings in Wau leave 16 dead

A 27 years old woman with her sons in a UN peacekeepers’ protected site in Wau, South Sudan.

9 May 2017
On April 10, at least 16 civilians died as a result of violence perpetrated by government troops in the city of Wau, in South Sudan.
Category: South Sudan - Web Review
Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Six killed in Mogadishu explosion

After the explosion at the checkpoint in Mogadishu, March 21, 2017

17 April 2017
On Tuesday 21 March 2017 at least six people were killed and a dozen were injured by a suicide car bomb in the Somali capital Mogadishu.  
Category: Somalia - Web Review
Tuesday, 09 May 2017

Civilians killed in Mogadishu explosion

The scene after the explosion near Wehliye Hotel, March 13, 2017

13 April 2017
On Monday 13 March 2017 a car bomb exploded near a hotel on the busy Maka al Mukaram street in Mogadishu, killing and injuring many civilians.
Category: Somalia - Web Review
Tuesday, 09 May 2017

Two suicide bombs kill 26 at a wedding

An Iraqi man and his granddaughter fleeing their home in Mosul while Iraqi forces battle with ISIS on March 8, right before the wedding suicide attack.

5 May 2017
On March 8, at least 26 people, including many children, were killed by two suicide bombs at a wedding party in a village in the north of Iraq.
Category: Iraq - Web Review
Sunday, 07 May 2017
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