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Lots of smoke rising over the skyline of Khartoum today as clashes continue between RSF and SAF forces in different areas of the city.
People in Sudan have shared these flyers in a plea for help over what's happening with a water purification plant that services a lot of Khartoum with clean water.

It has been badly damaged and safe access needs to be granted to allow for repairs to be made to the plant. ImageImage
The water treatment plant in Bahri appears to have been damaged in the initial wave of bombings in Khartoum. In satellite imagery on Google Earth from April 15 we can see a fire in the area, imagery from @planet on April 19 published by @hrw at least one building damaged. ImageImage
@planet @hrw It has been 26 days since the outbreak of violence in Sudan on April 15, 2023, between SAF and RSF.

Image below shows heat signatures (mainly fires) from NASA FIRMS for the period between April 15 and May 10 in Khartoum. #EyesOnSudan #السودان Image
Network connectivity in Sudan is down to 4% of its capacity. @netblocks

Sudan needs to stay connected to respond to the dire humanitarian situation unfolding due to the conflict and to keep #EyesOnSudan Image
Imagery showing change of night light​s in Sudan’s Khartoum showing the loss of light in the city in April and May 2023. H/T @eyes_roger for sharing.
Almost one month in and RSF and SAF have agreed to ‘protect civilians’.

One of the agreements was “commit to prioritizing discussions to achieve a short-term ceasefire to facilitate delivery of emergency humanitarian assistance”
reuters.com/world/africa/s…
Incredible damage of Khartoum Airport seen in footage uploaded yesterday. Much of this damage was sustained early on in the April wave of clashes between RSF and SAF.
Sentinel imagery from yesterday (May 12) shows a large smoke plume seen emerging from Khartoum's industrial area, from this location: 15.646370, 32.548382 ImageImage
Timelapse of Sentinel-2 imagery using false color banding over Khartoum between April 15 and May 12 shows numerous smoke plumes.
Large plumes of smoke seen emerging from a fire at the ‘Sudasat’ in the south of Khartoum (الأقمار الصناعية أم حراز)

Location: 15.4112408, 32.5096081.
East Nile Hospital was on fire this morning, reportedly caused by a strike. Footage shows the damaged area.
Footage filmed from inside the East Nile Hospital
Looks like someone captured footage of one of the jets firing over the massive smoke plume near the East Nile hospital in Khartoum this morning
Large fire seen emerging today from Omdurman market area. Geolocation: 15.6462309, 32.4829839
Satellite imagery from @sentinel_hub shows fires in Geneina, West Darfur, Sudan, on May 14. The city has been attacked by 'armed groups and RSF fighters', according to civil rights groups and activists (referenced here: aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/15…) Image
Deployment of tanks and vehicles seen today in Khartoum’s Al Sajjana. Geolocation by @Thms_Pointer to 15.570562, 32.526085

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Dec 18
I have received a number of messages asking about the location of this IL-76 (RA-76502) from Russian Aviacon Zitotrans (usually responsible for arms cargo).

It is not landing in Sudan (alleged in the comments), but is landing in Faya-Largeau in northern Chad. More in thread 👇 Image
I identified an original and more clear version on TikTok (not hard if you want to find it). In it, we can see the registration number of the plane much more clearly, as well as the dune and cliffs in the background.
The registration, RA-76502 that had been owned by JSC Aviacon Zitotrans, named by US as "a Russian cargo airline that has handled cargo shipments for sanctioned Russian Federation defense entities". Image
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Dec 1
This festive season I’m sharing a video every day for the next 24 days showing useful OSINT tools & techniques. Creating this OSINT Advent Series has been a lot of fun and I hope it’s helpful for the ever-growing OSINT community! 🎄👇
1. Searching Facebook with WhoPostedWhat.
2. Using AI to identify a car model in an image with Carnet.
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Oct 10
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay. As digital investigators we're often not experiencing what we see online, in real life, but it can still affect many.

So to keep doing the important documentation and investigative work online, here's a few practical steps you can take.👇
1. When sharing graphic content with colleagues and friends, remove those previews and give a little graphic warning indicator. There's always a little 'X' in the corner to remove preview. Image
2. Consider changing the settings on your social media platforms so you're not absorbing horrific content while doomscrolling. You don't have to filter it out, but at least stop the autoplay. Image
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Sep 18
I was recently on a flight across Australia when I spotted this massive figure on the ground. It led me on a digital journey to find out what it was, how it got there and who made it.

I'm going to explain a bit more about what it is in this thread, and how I found out. 👇🧵
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Without internet on the plane, I made a screenshot on my phone of the location (yes it was on flight mode) and later used flight tracking to pinpoint exactly where I saw it.

Using @flightradar24, I traced the path my plane took and found the spot!
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Next stop: @googleearth 🗺️

I zoomed into the area and there it was — this huge humanoid figure etched in the Australian outback. Measuring 2.7km tall and covering an area of more than 1.7 square kilometres, it's a sight to behold.

Here's the location: -29.527084, 137.465400
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Sep 2
Despite our reporting last week on the fake network of pro-Trump MAGA accounts, there appears to be many more accounts actively posting the exact same content. This one, @brenda_otto_ with 18k+ followers, is stealing photos from an Australian Instagram model in Queensland.

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Here's another fake MAGA account, @Tracy_Miller044, stealing images from a fashion blogger (a popular one too).

@Tracy_Miller044 - if you want to reach out and talk about your work, why you're running these campaigns etc, I'm open.
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Here is @Sarah_Hickey__

Sarah is stealing the photos of a Czech Instagram influencer to create a persona claiming to be a MAGA republican conservative with 40k+ followers and a blue tick (which means it's apparently not misleading).

@Safety @GlobalAffairs @elonmusk
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Aug 28
A network of fake accounts are posing as young American women, posting pro-Trump content and disinformation, but they’re hiding behind, and manipulating, the images of European fashion influencers.

Our latest investigation at @Cen4infoRes. Details in this thread 🧵👇 Image
Our full analysis can be seen at @Cen4infoRes here: . We also collaborated with @CNN to dig out the human stories behind those who had their photos stolen

Let's look at the some details below 👇info-res.org/post/unmasking…
edition.cnn.com/2024/08/28/eur…
One of the accounts is Eva. She lives in the US, and likes hanging out at the beach and posting to her 5000+ followers on X. Eva posts strong opinions against LGBTQ people and the US Democratic party and is a loyal supporter of former US president Donald Trump. Image
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