Investigative journalist @Bellingcat focused on conflict & human rights. Previously with @BBC Verify, @Cen4infores. Views are my own.
London, England
Joined January 2020
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@bellingcat we used satellite imagery and open-source footage to look back at what happened in El Fasher, helping to understand the fears and anxieties surrounding the #RSF’s offensive on El Obeid.
w/@CatBarno2 #Sudan #KeepEyesOnSudan
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Hundreds of people were reportedly detained under the #UAE's cybercrime laws to suppress footage of Iranian strikes.
It was a pleasure to join Catherine Barnwell on the latest episode of Photo Evidence for @bellingcat, where we examined the strikes.
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Glad to have played a small part in bringing this heart-breaking story of monetised animal-cruelty to light. Geolocating dogs was a first for me.
Exceptional investigation by @ChFrancavilla, @BBCMiriam and others!
Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=pFnXT8PJ…
#Uganda #OSINT
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Latest video by @Bellingcat. Read the full story here: bellingcat.com/news/2026/04/…
@bellingcat reveals how viral child soldiers on TikTok fuel recruitment in #Sudan's civil war. Full investigation here: bellingcat.com/news/2026/02/…
Huge thanks to @RadioDabanga @UNICEFSudan @Amgadjourn @GinaAVale and others for contributing to this piece. Video by @MerelZoet
The issue extends beyond TikTok. While the Facebook pages linked to SAF- and RSF-affiliated children were less prominent, some posts showed the children carrying weapons. After Bellingcat contacted Meta, the company had removed the content violating its policies.
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This is a screenshot of a video of the so-called ‘Lion Cub’ alongside Khaled Al-Aiser, Sudan’s Minister of Culture and Information. The child says: “Our age does not allow us to take part in the war or to be mobilised alongside the army. Yet we wish to go to the front lines.”
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In some cases, the children carry weapons and film themselves at combat scenes - including at least one instance alongside the bodies of recently deceased people. This video was filmed shortly after the RSF captured the SAF’s 22nd Division base in Babanusa in December.
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The footage originates from Calangute beach [maps.app.goo.gl/4ZU4GoCX6R79…] in Goa, India - see the people in the video wearing "I ❤️ Goa” t-shirts and a Google Earth screenshot of the hill seen in the background of the video below.
Further evidence that @grok is not a reliable fact-checker or effective at countering the spread of dis-info.
The voiceover in this video falsely claims it’s Dover – and Britain First’s co-leader Paul Golding is helping spread it. But this isn’t Dover beach. Dover is famous for its white cliffs – not rolling hills and wide sandy beaches seen in the video below.
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📍Geolocated a Mad Max-style #JNIM attack on a likely military base under construction in Mossipaga, #Niger, near the #BurkinaFaso border. Sat imagery shows new roads + fortifications. JNIM seize abandoned Nurol Yörük LAV.
Footage: teapawt.org/WerbCharlie/status/192… teapawt.org/brantphilip1978/status…
#BurkinaFaso | After overrunning the army base, JNIM seized #Diapaga, capital of Tapoa. Footage #geolocated to📍12.07291, 1.78888 shows them tear down AES & Russian flags in front of the town hall. Other clips show prisoners freed. Traoré is losing ground despite surging support.
Two videos from Djibo, Burkina Faso show JNIM insurgents overrunning the town and military base yesterday. The first shows ⚠️ dead soldiers after the attack. The second, geolocated to 📍14.10131, -1.63650, shows JNIM advancing west to the base.
Source: teapawt.org/JeanB_Zongo/status/192…
🚨 Militants attacked the Niger-Benin pipeline near Kouliki today.
🛰️ Smoke visible on satellite imagery. & Fire on NASA FIRMS
This comes 2 days after #Niger's withdrawal from the Lake Chad task force to focus on securing infrastructure.
#OSINT
Image: teapawt.org/ighazer/status/1907044…
#Niger 🥷 Insécurité 🔥 #Pipeline
🛑 Une nouvelle attaque a visé le Pipeline Niger-Bénin ce 1er avril 2025, vers 1h du matin, près de la localité de Kouliki, dans le département de Konni. Des sources locales rapportent une grosse explosion suivie d’un gigantesque incendie.
À l’heure où nous publions cette alerte, les flammes ravagent toujours la zone, comme le montre cette image prise il y’a à peine 30 min.
Rappellons qu’il y’a quelques jours les Niger s’est retiré de la force mixte multinationale pour dit-il affecter plus d’effectif à la sécurisation des infrastructures stratégiques économiques et abandonnant ainsi les populations de Diffa...lallé kalazir ya fi muntun inji Maidalili Namu !
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🛰️ Planet imagery (31/03) shows burn marks at the #Diapaga military base [12.03637, 1.79019], confirming a 28/03 #JNIM attack. 60+ soldiers & VDP killed as insurgents overrun the base.
⚠️ #BurkinaFaso authorities deny it happened.
GIF: 28/03 vs. 31/03 | Google Earth image below
Syrian Democratic Forces FPV kamikaze drone strike targeting an alleged Syrian National Army vehicle.
📍Geolocated to 36.6371, 38.1896,
📅 22/03/2025.
Footage source: teapawt.org/war_noir/status/190376…
#Syria #SDF #SNA #OSINT @GeoConfirmed
🚨 Terror attack in Haifa: Car ramming & gunman footage emerge, with multiple casualties reported.
📍 Geolocated: 32.672003, 35.109379.
Footage sources:
teapawt.org/war_noir/status/190414…
teapawt.org/Intel_Politik/status/1…
#Israel #OSINT @GeoConfirmed
🇮🇱A #terror attack at the HaTishbi junction near #Haifa left an #Israeli soldier seriously injured. The attacker rammed a bus stop, stabbed the soldier, seized his weapon, and killed one Israeli before being shot dead by security forces. #Israel #Palestine
📌 Geolocated footage posted today to 2.25160, 45.39555 which confirms #AlShabaab set up a checkpoint just 15km from Mogadishu—a bold show of control as the group pushes closer to the capital amid intensifying offensives.
Footage source: teapawt.org/CirkaNews/status/19037…
#OSINT #Somalia
🚨BREAKING: Never-before-seen footage shows Al-Shabaab boldly setting up a checkpoint just kilometers from Mogadishu on the road to Balcad, well within striking distance of the capital.
This comes only 24 hours after senior Shabaab figure Ali Dheere delivered a fiery open-air speech, flaunting the group’s presence.
The video, posted by the militants themselves, paints a chilling picture of confidence and control despite Somali government-backed media claiming major air and ground offensives are “crippling” the group.
So who’s lying?
Is the government winning or spinning?