Sudan Witness Archives - Centre for Information Resilience

Oct 31

Crashed IL-76 in North Darfur: Sorting through the wreckage

CIR’s Sudan Witness project verified that an Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft crashed in the Al-Malha region of North Darfur state on 21 October. Analysts geolocated footage of the crash site to an area 115 kilometres (km) northeast of Kutum, North Darfur.

Sep 19

Flash report: RSF advance on the Southern Hospital in El Fasher, North Darfur, on 12 September 2024

Sudan Witness verified footage showing the RSF presence at the Southern Hospital, amid reports emerged of intense fighting in El Fasher.

Sep 13

“Let them feel pain”: Pro-SAF social media accounts celebrate and distort reports of airstrikes

A number of pro-SAF social media accounts and supporters spread hate speech and misinformation relating to reports of airstrikes in August.

May 12

More than 200 villages and towns damaged or destroyed by fire since the start of the war in Sudan, with April the worst month on record

Fire continues to devastate villages and settlements in western Sudan, with April the worst month on record in terms of the number of fires recorded and settlements affected since the conflict broke out last year, according to investigators from the Centre for Information Resilience’s (CIR) Sudan Witness project.

Feb 29

SAF advance into RSF territory in Omdurman, Khartoum

Figure 1: Map of Omdurman, Khartoum لقراءة المقال بالعربية On 16 February 2024, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) broke the Rapid Support...

Sep 6

How Sudan Witness verifies and maps Sudan’s burnt villages

Methodology and case studies on fires in Sudan