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New Sudan Witness analysis documents an escalation in indications of violence in Sudan’s Kordofan region, as pro-RSF calls for violence online coincide with satellite evidence of fighting, displacement, and trench construction around key cities.

Despite claims that delaying Phase 3 of Myanmar's military-led elections was intended to reduce risk, Myanmar Witness found that this phase saw the highest number of conflict-related incidents yet, calling into question claims that staggered voting improved civilian safety.

Five years on from the military coup, Myanmar remains engulfed in widespread violence and repression. 

CIR Co-Founder Ross Burley reflects on why CIR is documenting the war in Israel and Gaza, how we work in a hostile information environment, and what sustained open-source analysis is revealing about civilian harm and accountability.

On 2 January 2026, an airstrike on central Masisi, eastern DRC, reportedly killed 22 and injured at least 40 others. The strike destroyed homes and also damaged the offices of War Child, an NGO serving children affected by conflict. M23, a Rwandan-backed Congolese paramilitary group, and the Congolese government – opposing sides in a conflict with causes stretching back at least 30 years – have since blamed each other for the attack.

As Grok’s AI image tool is used at scale to generate abusive content, a rapid analysis by CIR investigators draws out five emerging lessons for platforms, regulators and policymakers. Based on a review of over 1,600 abusive prompts, the findings highlight how even basic safeguards can have a substantive effect in limiting the ease, scale and severity of abuse.

Since early 2024, pro-Russian channels and occupying authorities in Kherson Oblast have declared a 60 km² “red zone,” placing civilians and civilian infrastructure at extreme risk. Since July 2024, CIR has verified 316 Russian drone attacks on likely civilians, civilian infrastructure, and emergency workers in this area, mapped to document the growing civilian toll.

Myanmar Witness continued its investigation into KK Park following further claims that hundreds more buildings were due to be destroyed within the heart of the scam centre.

After our No Safe Scroll report exposed the scale of gendered hate on TikTok and YouTube in Ethiopia, TikTok reached out to engage directly with the findings. Together, we co-hosted a forum in Addis Ababa, bringing together media, civil society, and community voices to tackle tech-facilitated gender-based violence and push for safer digital spaces.

Working to make ethical, secure, and survivor-centred approaches central to OSINT investigations into gender-based violence.