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CIR verified FPV drone footage from 10 September 2026 as showing attacks on Tada-U Airbase, a Myanmar Air Force (MAF) site. While state media described the incident as an attack on a civilian airport, CIR identified the five attacks as directed at MAF hangars. The footage does not show whether any aircraft were damaged.

CIR verified 81 incidents across Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon between 1 July and 28 September 2026, which indicate that Israel’s government and military appear to be pursuing a systematic expansion of its territory.

CIR has found that A7 appears to be setting up payment services for international customers through front companies, in a significant and concerning new step. CIR identified three online platforms that allow users to transfer money across borders by exchanging cryptocurrency. These platforms target users in Africa, Asia, the UAE, and Brazil.

On 24 October, 46 people were reportedly killed in an attack at St Rufael’s Orthodox Church in Chole, Sherka Woreda, in Ethiopia’s Oromia region. Many of those killed were apparently followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. CIR has analysed footage to verify what happened.

SAF and Joint Forces gained ground in North Kordofan in September and early October, while drone strikes continued to hit civilians and schools in El Obeid, where the displaced population keeps growing.

Misinformation has pervaded recent Ebola outbreaks in DRC and presented a serious obstacle to the implementation of effective public health measures. But the scepticism that underpins this misinformation has deep roots. The DRC has endured more than 13 Ebola outbreaks since 1976, alongside decades of conflict, displacement and resource extraction. Aid responses have been marred by scandal, including 80 alleged cases of abuse during the 2020 outbreak, some allegedly involving WHO personnel. Countering misinformation is urgent, but treating the mistrust behind it as simply misguided risks missing how much it is rooted in genuine grievances.