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The ‘Lost’ Villages of Myanmar’s Rakhine
A “river of blood” was how one survivor described the scene in western Myanmar. “I saw shooting. I saw mass killing.” Another told the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHRC) how 20 relatives, including three children, had been killed in the 2024 attack on Htan Shauk Khan village. Human Rights Watch (HRW)...
Banned Russian Submunitions Found After Mali’s Military Announces Airstrikes
This investigation is a collaboration between Bellingcat and Jeune Afrique. You can read Jeune Afrique’s article in French here. Unexploded Russian-made cluster munition bomblets, as well as damage consistent with bomblet impacts, have been found in a village in northern Mali – despite the West African country...
Satellite Imagery Shows Ongoing Demolitions Across Southern Lebanon
The fragile ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hezbollah last month is holding. But satellite imagery shows that at least 46 of 54 towns and villages within the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) “Yellow Line” in southern Lebanon have been heavily damaged or, in some cases, entirely flattened. Much of the destruction and...
DRC’s Coltan Belt: Verifying Deadly Landslides at Mines Under M23 Control
Since the beginning of 2026, at least four landslides are reported to have killed hundreds of people at the Rubaya mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a major global source of coltan. Coltan is widely used in smartphones, laptops and e-vehicles. With the mines currently under the control of the...
Unearthing a Colombian Politician’s Connections to Neo-Nazi Active Club Group
This investigation is a collaboration between Bellingcat and Colombian media outlet Cerosetenta. You can read Cerosetenta’s piece in Spanish here. A video posted on Feb. 26 shows several men painting over graffiti in Restrepo, a neighbourhood in Bogota, Colombia, and replacing them with images of their own: a logo...
Week in OSINT has moved!
There won't be any new articles published on Medium, since I'm migrating to another location. If you want to keep following the latest OSINT news, interesting links, newly developed tools or need tips, then go over here:https://sector035.nlAll previous articles will stay on here for archiving purposes…Photo...
Week in OSINT #2020–26
The last newsletter before taking a long break, with some new articles, tutorials and sites for you to play with!As stated in last week's newsletter, I'm going to enjoy a little break. Every year I'm taking some time off during the holidays and Christmas, and this year is no exception. I want to...
Week in OSINT #2020–25
From geolocation to hate symbols, and from GIS information to YouTube in this small update.Hello and welcome to one of the last Week in OSINT's for a while. Next week will be the last episode before I am taking a break for a couple of weeks. I usually do that around summer and Christmas, and I'm sure up to...
Week in OSINT #2020–24
This week a 'domain special', where I dive into different sites related to domains, DNS, IP addresses and web sites.Hello and welcome to a somewhat different ‘Week in OSINT’ that you are used to. There have been two ‘specials’ in the past, where one was sort of a review about Onyphe and the other dealt with...
Week in OSINT #2020–23
Investigating companies, searching stuff, indexing Snapchat and last minute introduction course by SANS!You made it through another weekend, well done! Time for your weekly dose of OSINT topics, that you are accustomed to by now. This newsletter exists already well over two years, and I'm still finding new...