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Open Source Investigator | Sudan | Views are my own

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🧡1/6 After the El Fasher massacre, I identified a large UAE-aligned influence operation on X promoting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Around 19,000 accounts showed strong indicators of automation - bots marcowenjones.substack.com/p/i-found-19... #Sudan #Dysinfluence

31.12.2025 14:26 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5
How we found an RSF military camp in the Libyan desert
How we found an RSF military camp in the Libyan desert YouTube video by CIR - Centre for Information Resilience

A few months ago, we published our short doc on a military camp that can be linked to the RSF, about 80km south of Kufrah airport.

This camp was already active in January this year, and still is until this day.

23.12.2025 10:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How a remote airstrip in Libya reshaped Sudan’s civil war A small airport in southern Libya – controlled by a military commander allied to the United Arab Emirates – has become a vital conduit for weapons, fuel and mercenaries to a Sudanese paramilitary grou...

See maps with tracks and more detail in the article published by Reuters

www.reuters.com/world/how-re...

23.12.2025 10:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A smoke plume captured by Planet satellites on 5 November 2025

A smoke plume captured by Planet satellites on 5 November 2025

Geolocation of trucks on fire in the desert

Geolocation of trucks on fire in the desert

With CIR's Sudan Witness, I mapped these tracks and identified truck-sized objects and smoke plumes along this route from Kufrah far into Sudan, such as this one captured by Planet on 5 November, coming from a convoy allegedly hit by an airstrike.

23.12.2025 10:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This Sentinel-2 timelapse shows a route connecting Kufrah, Libya with Sudan.

Vehicle tracks on this leg eastwards into Sudan – not visible in prior years – become visible following an increase of cargo flights at Kufrah airport.

www.reuters.com/world/how-re...

23.12.2025 10:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 Out now: our interactive website and dashboard with 384 airstrikes linked to the Sudanese Armed Forces in Sudan, including map with filters and timeline, case studies and munition analysis.

With Sudan Witness
@cen4infores.bsky.social

Access it here:
sudanairstrikes-info-res-hub.hub.arcgis.com

10.12.2025 18:18 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Of these 384 reported strikes, 168 were corroborated by collecting and verifying user-generated content and analysis of satellite imagery.

Munitions remnants identified in multiple cases can be linked to the SAF.

More than 1700 civilian deaths were reported as a result of these strikes

10.12.2025 18:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BBC already reported on our work yesterday, see below

10.12.2025 18:18 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 Out now: our interactive website and dashboard with 384 airstrikes linked to the Sudanese Armed Forces in Sudan, including map with filters and timeline, case studies and munition analysis.

With Sudan Witness
@cen4infores.bsky.social

Access it here:
sudanairstrikes-info-res-hub.hub.arcgis.com

10.12.2025 18:18 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Sudan war: Air force's bombing of towns, markets and schools has killed hundreds, report says A detailed study highlights the military's aerial campaign and how civilians have been its victims.

Tomorrow, we will publish our Sudan airstrikes dashboard, showing patterns of hits on residential neighbourhoods, markets and vulnerable communities.

BBC's piece on our work and SAF's bombing campaign is out already, with comments from me

With Sudan Witness at
@cen4infores.bsky.social

09.12.2025 08:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Natural resource exploitation in #Sudan continues to be fueling the conflict. A new report by @paxforpeace.nl shows how the trade in #gumarabic is financing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) through looting, taxation, and control of illicit trade routes.
paxforpeace.nl/news/how-tra...

27.11.2025 20:52 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.

The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.

www.404media.co/fbi-tries-to...

07.11.2025 06:49 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

🚨Judges of the International Criminal Court in The Hague have just convicted Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (also known as Ali Kosheib) for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan’s Darfur region.

06.10.2025 13:41 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

This is als true for other NASA websites/platforms, such as NASA Worldview
worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov

06.10.2025 07:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Caught Between States as an Empire Dissolved A Dutch-Indonesian family’s documents from the mid-20th century reveal a painful story of separation and an administrative nightmare that prefigures today’s xenophobic politics

When my grandfather died in 2004, I was 11. At his home in Nijmegen I found a battered briefcase, unopened for years. Inside: photos, consular forms and letters β€” a history of falling empire, colonial decoupling and rising nationalism that marked those who lived it.

newlinesmag.com/first-person...

30.09.2025 11:04 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

A UN commission of inquiry has found that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza & says "the duty to prevent genocide obligates States to take all necessary steps to try to avoid or stop the commission of genocide".
Its full report: www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

16.09.2025 08:33 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why is GitHub restricting accounts that share OSINT and dark web resources? At least half a dozen repos or entire accounts were recently banned or blocked from public access

GitHub recently restricted access to repos filed with OSINT/dark web/infosec links and resources. I spoke to multiple people that had their accounts blocked from public view without warning or explanation.

Read GitHub's response and more @indicator.media:
indicator.media/p/github-res...

08.09.2025 13:31 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rail Mapper Design and analyze high speed rail networks

I built a web tool so anyone can design and evaluate ridership and costs of high speed rail networks anywhere in the world:

railmapper.net

02.09.2025 19:57 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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β€˜They slaughtered us like animals’: the inside story of how one of the biggest atrocities of the Sudan war unfolded in Zamzam As the UK prepared to host a global summit on bringing peace to Sudan, the RSF paramilitary began a β€˜genocidal’ massacre in Zamzam refugee camp. But when reports emerged of the killings, London held i...

A must read - β€˜They slaughtered us like animals’: the inside story of how one of the biggest atrocities of the Sudan war unfolded in Zamzam as UK prepared to host a global summit on bringing peace to Sudan, RSF paramilitary began a β€˜genocidal’ massacre in Zamzam www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

07.08.2025 08:18 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
How we found an RSF military camp in the Libyan desert
How we found an RSF military camp in the Libyan desert YouTube video by CIR - Centre for Information Resilience

We traced an armoured vehicle used in a violent attack in Sudan, all the way back to a location in the middle of Libya's desert.

There it was parked, at a location where we found hundreds of other vehicles parked in rows.

Watch our investigation here:
youtu.be/umaFPlwJUKM

#KeepEyesOnSudan

06.08.2025 07:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Ψ£Ψ―Ω„Ψ© جديدة ΨΉΩ„Ω‰ دور Ω„ΩŠΨ¨ΩŠΨ§ في ΨͺΨ³Ω„ΩŠΨ­ Ω‚ΩˆΨ§Ψͺ Ψ§Ω„Ψ―ΨΉΩ… Ψ§Ω„Ψ³Ψ±ΩŠΨΉ – Ayin network – Ψ΄Ψ¨ΩƒΨ© ΨΉΨ§ΩŠΩ†

@ayinnetwork.bsky.social
:طرحوا ΨΉΩ„ΩŠΩ‘ Ψ¨ΨΉΨΆ Ψ§Ω„Ψ£Ψ³Ψ¦Ω„Ψ© Ψ­ΩˆΩ„ ΨͺΨ­Ω‚ΩŠΩ‚Ω†Ψ§. Ψ§Ω‚Ψ±Ψ£ ΨͺΩ‚Ψ±ΩŠΨ±Ω‡Ω… Ω‡Ω†Ψ§

3ayin.com/rsf-and-libya/

04.08.2025 14:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lees het maar eens, deze afsluitende alinea in
@standaard.be over kinderen in Gaza. Lees het dan nog eens.

02.08.2025 13:08 πŸ‘ 602 πŸ” 367 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 16

Thank you, I did read that a long time ago, but thanks for sharing and reminding me! Very interesting.

01.08.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This investigation involves what may be the most extreme geolocation I've ever done.

01.08.2025 15:29 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gevonden! Inderdaad Riga, Stabu Stiela 1. Zelfs jaren geleden bevestigd door @olafkoens.bsky.social zelf πŸ™‚. Muur heeft inmiddels een likje verf gehad.

28.07.2025 22:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wat goed, @trouw.nl.

24.05.2025 08:25 πŸ‘ 127 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Remnants from the same model were also circulated last Saturday after an alleged drone strike on a prison in El Obeid

15.05.2025 12:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

For the record, but it appears these are not GB50/GB7A, but newer GB50/GB7B. You can see the difference in how the tail fins are mounted to the bomb. Also see www.info-res.org/reports/alle... (disclaimer: I'm part of Sudan Witness)

15.05.2025 12:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

And to stick with the metaphor: an electric whisk is not gonna be very helpful at places where there’s no electricity. I mean there will be large differences with areas that are underrepresented or have less data density

26.04.2025 20:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Al bekend met @tortoisemedia.bsky.social? Veel goede series in Tortoise investigates bijvoorbeeld: Sweet Bobby, Hoaxed, Pig Iron

17.03.2025 08:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0