by Conway Waddington | Mar 22, 2017 | East Africa, Featured, OSINT Analysis
What was the mindset behind the KDF’s blanket denials of the authenticity of the imagery?
by Conway Waddington | Jun 3, 2017
Al-Shabaab militants attacked a KDF base near the town of Kulbiyow/Kolbio on the southern border between Somalia and Kenya, using mortars followed by a ground assault that resulted in unknown casualties for either side. This is the same base that was attacked and...
by Conway Waddington | Jun 5, 2018
Al-Shabaab militants launched a wave of attacks in several locations across Somalia over the first five days of June. 1 June: Al-Shabaab briefly seized Moqokori town in central Hiran region, claiming to have killed between 20 and 40 SNA soldiers, before withdrawing....
by Conway Waddington | Jan 27, 2017 | East Africa, Featured, Regional
Key vulnerabilities that have been raised repeatedly may have again played a role in the disaster. Notably, these include a lack of proper barriers and defensive measures to prevent or mitigate SVBIED attacks; insufficient intelligence/reconnaissance measures to detect and interdict massing militant forces prior to an attack; lack of Quick Reaction Force or inter-force cooperation to assist the forces under attack.
by Richard Stupart | Sep 27, 2018
Recently, the BBC launched an open-source investigation (OSINT) into the alleged killing of civilians – without trial – by what was believed to be Cameroonian soldiers. The Cameroonian military vehemently dnied this. In much the same vein, OSINT leaders...