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CIR explores the Russian influence operations that have attempted to spread disinformation, sow division and undermine democracy.

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.

Online abuse targeting Ethiopian women has become “so normalised it’s invisible”, according to research carried out by CIR.

Sudan Witness has geolocated footage of fire damage to an internally displaced person’s (IDP) camp in Muqrin, North Darfur. Darfur...

The transcript of the opening speech at the CIR Open Source Film Awards.

Female-led newsroom Zan Times used investigative reporting and open source techniques to document killings, disappearances and arrests of Afghan women.

CIR is delighted to announce the launch of a new fact-checking unit by Afghan media outlet, Etilaatroz. The unit, named ‘Sanjah’ – a Dari/Farsi word meaning to measure, check or verify – has been supported by CIR’s Afghan Witness (AW) project.

On 22 March 2024, Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, hitting the hydroelectric power plant in Zaporizhzhia in the early hours of the morning.

Myanmar Witness investigators have gathered key evidence proving that a massacre took place in a village in Sagaing region, Myanmar in December 2023.

By Rollo Collins and Francesca Gentile The second article of our new series “Spotlight on Extremism” looks into those conspiracy theories...

Three years on from the military coup in Myanmar, a new investigation by CIR’s Myanmar Witness project uses satellite imagery and open...

The Taliban’s reported detentions for non-compliance with hijab rules have received mixed reactions: contradictory claims from Taliban officials, concern from local groups, and condemnation from international community.