In May 2025, homes were demolished across a large area of Khartoum’s Al Khairat neighbourhood, and hundreds of people were evicted. The destruction followed months of rising online hostility toward the marginalised Kanabi community.
Using satellite imagery and user-generated content (UGC), Sudan Witness has reconstructed a timeline of events surrounding an attack on a joint aid convoy on 3 June near Kuma, North Darfur.
Israel–Iran: Monitoring updates, verifying damage and debunking misinformation
With international media unable to report on the ground from Iran, social media and other open sources provide critical insight into the unfolding situation – but AI images and misinformation are also widespread.
Conflicting claims: An analysis of the Tabayin school airstrike
Reports described how dozens - mainly children - had been killed in an airstrike that hit a school in Sagaing’s Tabayin township, claims that were dismissed as 'fake news' by SAC-aligned sources. Myanmar Witness pieced together UGC and satellite imagery to show what really happened.
After reports of drone strikes emerged from Port Sudan in early May, CIR verified user-generated content (UGC) and satellite imagery confirming fires and damage to six sites.
The impact of the Taliban’s Law on the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice
Known as the PVPV Law - the Taliban's sweeping piece of legislation reinforced existing restrictions on human rights and has introduced new ones that could affect virtually all aspects of Afghans’ lives.
The untold impacts of online abuse on Ethiopian women
Driven to leave Ethiopia by relentless online abuse, wellness expert and influencer Lella Misikir’s story exposes the harsh reality of technology-facilitated gender-based violence in Ethiopia.