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Posts by Riccardo Giannardi

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Munition remnants from a strike that killed 17 people in Tiné, Chad, on Wednesday, appear to match a model previously used by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the war with Sudanese government forces – despite RSF denials of involvement in the incident.

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Viral Child Soldiers on TikTok: The ‘Disney Stars’ of Sudan’s Civil War - bellingcat To stay up to date on our latest investigations, join Bellingcat’s WhatsApp channel here. Child soldiers linked to Sudan’s warring factions have gained viral fame on TikTok, with their videos attracti...

A Bellingcat investigation reveals child soldiers in Sudan’s civil war have become viral figures on TikTok. Videos attracting millions of views show the children with senior military officials, celebrating battlefield victories and delivering violent threats. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/02...

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Annotated satellite imagery to confirm Bellingcat's geolocation of the video

Annotated satellite imagery to confirm Bellingcat's geolocation of the video

Bellingcat has geolocated the site of a mass killing in north-east Syria. The Ayn Al Arab (Kobani) area is affected by recent fighting between Damascus-aligned forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

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On December 8, 2025 a video allegedly from the city of Sange started circulating on X. Lawrence Kanyuka of M23 alleged it showed the result of a firefight between FARDC and Wazalendo. We will refer to this as the M23 video. Note that this video is graphic. x.com/LawrenceKany...

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Welcome to CongoEye’s first open-source monitoring summary, a report on interesting finds on social media about the Democratic Republic of Congo. These are items which may be too small to be covered in international or Congolese media, but can be verified or enhanced with open-source reporting.

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In this month's Bellingchat Premium we spoke to the three Bellingcat Discord Members from @congoeye.com who've been monitoring the escalating conflict in DR Congo. Listen now: www.patreon.com/posts/tracki...

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We’re honored to collaborate with Bellingcat for another article‒this time about the recent assault on Goma.

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We at @congoeye.com are happy to have worked with @bellingcat.com again. We hope you will find it informative. If you have more information, please contact us.

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We are following the deteriorating situation around Goma and collecting information from:

-Sake/Nzulo axis
-Kibumba/Kanyamahoro axis
-Minova peninsula
-Goma City
-Lubero territory
-Other areas currently under M23 control

Please message us with any media. Signal and WhatsApp are also available.

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Brussels will be watching whether Musk breaks EU law in far-right livestream Up to 150 experts in Brussels and Seville will be checking whether Musk’s livestream interview boosts the German far right.

Brussels will be watching whether Musk breaks EU law in far-right livestream www.politico.eu/article/elon...

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Some great work here from @groene.nl (in Dutch) on the far right and AI

‘Disappointed by the lack of real migrant violence, PVV members use AI to manufacture their own ‘hordes.’ The research shows: those inflammatory images come from Geert Wilders' faction itself’

paging @koltai.bsky.social

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At what point will tech companies take responsibility for the harms of AI?
This latest lawsuit followed the widely covered case of the 14-year-old who committed suicide after being encouraged to do so by a Character.AI chat bot.

I'd be willing to bet there are even more cases than these here

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CongoEye is proud to have our first article published by Bellingcat. With Bellingcat, we examined photos and videos taken during Moise Katumbi’s march in Kindu, Maniema Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on November 28 of 2023.

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Retracing the Congolese March Where Dido Kakisingi was Killed - bellingcat Here’s what open source shows about a march where a protester died in violence during the presidential election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo last year.

The latest piece on Bellingcat from our Discord community members @jonnyghizmo.bsky.social and @sarahstoecklin.bsky.social - Retracing the Congolese March Where Dido Kakisingi was Killed www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/12...

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Air Strike in Tadmor (Palmyra) 20/11/2024 On the 20/11/2024 around 13:30 , Tadmor (Palmyra), situated in central Syria, was targeted by several airstrikes. Several videos came out…

On the 20/11/2024 the city of Tadmor is been hit by several airstrikes. Here is an article i wrote. #osint #syria

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This 1xBet stream (left top/bottom) shows the same features seen in “3HL / Belgorod Hockey League” Telegram channel (right top/bottom).

This 1xBet stream (left top/bottom) shows the same features seen in “3HL / Belgorod Hockey League” Telegram channel (right top/bottom).

Riccardo Giannardi and Thomas Bordeaux, found matching imagery on the Belgorod Hockey League Telegram channel to some of the four-a-side ice hockey streams. One post included the address of the venue.

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It's always nice to help out and challenge myself with interesting geolocation tasks.

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Tracking Oil Spills in Nigeria: A Case Study from 2016 to Present This entry began as an exercise to identify oil spills in Nigeria. I was studying the ‘OSINT at Home’ series by BendoBrown, particularly…

Hey! My Bluesky profile is pretty empty, so I decided to share something I wrote a while ago.
Hope you like it if you haven’t read it already! #osint

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