The organisations like these and many more are able to gather huge unstructured data from various sources like reports from media, blog and social media posts using these technology. This data was then used to anticipate and plan events/intervention as well assesses which actions were successful, though it will take time to enhance the scale of impact of these technologies.
Using this data to prevent problems and promote peace may still be a long way off, but because these are learning algorithms, every bit of data they receive and every prediction they make brings them closer to their goals.