Sudan: Reporting the Conflict Amidst Viral AI-Generated Images and Recycled Photos from other Countries

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Photo by Igor Omilaev on Unsplash A matter of months ago, an event at the Conduit Club in London examined whether the conflict in Sudan had been forgotten. With great passion, panellists reminded the audience that the conflict certainly had not been forgotten by the civilians suffering through it. But they conceded that it was…

Russia’s Shadow Empire in Africa

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Photo by James Wiseman on Unsplash Russia continues to shape its policy in Africa as a means of exerting pressure on the international community, masquerading it as assistance and partnership. In truth, Moscow offers the continent neither development nor equal cooperation. Instead, it treats African states as a resource reservoir, a testing ground for military…

France 24: Viral Sudan Image was a Waterhole and Animals, not Blood and Human Corpses

Amidst the coverage of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) capturing of El-Fasher in late October, internet users shared a screenshot from Google Earth allegedly showing mass killings in Sudan. The image went viral, with over 15 million views to date. However, France 24, together with Benjamin Strick from the Centre for Information Resilience (CIR), have…

Sudan: BBC, Deutsche Welle and Agence France Presse Expose AI-generated Images from El-Fasher

Evidence is emerging that widely circulated images depicting atrocities in El-Fasher, Sudan, were generated by artificial intelligence (AI), and not authentic documentation of the conflict. The analysis from the BBC, Deutsche Welle and Agence France Presse has been focused on identifying images and footage that have received viral coverage as evidence of misconduct by the…

SUDAN: More of the same from Burhan and the SAF as they continue to avoid a peace process

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Photo by mostafa meraji on Unsplash The past week saw General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), commenting from Atbara on the prospects for peace in Sudan. He once again appeared to reject international initiatives for peace, the latest refusal in a two-year long saga of him rebuffing peace attempts, seemingly…

More Must be Done to Bring Peace to Sudan

David McAllister

David McAllister has called on all sides in the bitter conflict in Sudan to do more for peace in the embattled country. Centre-right deputy David McAllister, who is Chairman of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, said, “The situation in Sudan remains catastrophic. After more than two years of conflict, thousands of people have lost…

Burhan’s Islamist Allies Stymie Sudan Peace Prospects 

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Photo by ali khodaverdi on Unsplash The leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan faces what Africa Intelligence calls a “politically toxic” situation, as he relies upon the 20,000 fighters of Islamist militia the Al-Baraa Ibn Malik Brigade to deliver territories such as Khartoum. Yet to try and win even a morsel…