Who is named on the ground

Groups, units and organisations named in footage geolocated by GeoConfirmed and in the Telegram and X posts it cites. For each: who leads it, what it belongs to, who it appears with.

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named actors

14 days

images naming one

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publications

Telegram and X naming one

with a public record

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01Most named

An image counts once per actor, whether it is in GeoConfirmed's unit list, in the description or in the original post. Trend: against the 14 days before.

#	Actor	Images	Posts	Trend	Leadership	Mostly seen
1	Rapid Support Forcesmilitary unit	2	2	≈	Hemedti, Abdelrahim Dagalo	Ethiopia
2	Sudanese Armed Forcesarmed forces · Sudan	2		+100 %	·	Sudan
3	Sinaloa CartelMexican cartel · Mexico	1	1	new	Ismael Zambada	Moscow Oblast
4	Armed and Security Forces of Maliarmed forces · Mali	1		≈	·	Moscow Oblast
5	FANOOther	1		new	no record	Ethiopia

02Records of the first twenty

Leadership, founders and affiliations from Wikidata; allies and opponents from the English Wikipedia infobox. A unit without a record is shown as GeoConfirmed names it.

Rapid Support Forces

military unit · since 2013

2images
2 posts
≈

UAE's Sudanese proxy; structure of the light mobile infantry; side in the ongoing civil war in Sudan.

Leadership: Hemedti · Wikipédia
Abdelrahim Dagalo (Deputy head) · Wikipédia
Osman Mohamed Hamid Mohamed (Head of operations) · Wikipédia
allegiance: Government of Peace and Unity, United Arab Emirates
member of: Sudan Founding Alliance
Appears with: Sudanese Armed Forces (1)
Mostly seen: Ethiopia (1), Sudan (1) · Nov 3
Latest images: Nov 3, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
Nov 3, Sali (Sudan)

Sources : Wikidata Q18210867 · Wikipédia

Sudanese Armed Forces

armed forces · Sudan · since 1990 · HQ Khartoum

2images
+100 %

Armed forces of Sudan.

Appears with: Rapid Support Forces (1)
Mostly seen: Sudan (2) · Nov 3
Latest images: Nov 3, Sali (Sudan)
Nov 3, Salim (Sudan)

Sources : Wikidata Q371721 · Wikipédia

Sinaloa Cartel

Mexican cartel · Mexico · since 1987

1images
1 posts
new

Mexican drug cartel and terrorist organization.

Leadership: Ismael Zambada (since 2016)
Founded by: Héctor Luis Palma Salaza, Ismael Zambada, Juan José Esparragoza Moreno (died 2014), Luciano Reynosa Pérez (died 2008)
Opponents: Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Los Zetas, Gulf Cartel, La Línea, Juárez Cartel, Los Mazatlecos, Cártel de Tijuana, Logan Heights Gang
Appears with: Armed and Security Forces of Mali (1)other side
Mostly seen: Moscow Oblast (1) · Nov 3
Latest images: Nov 3, Kubinka-60 (Russian Federation)

Sources : Wikidata Q1586503 · Wikipédia

Armed and Security Forces of Mali

armed forces · Mali · since 1960

1images
≈

Combined military forces of Mali.

Appears with: Sinaloa Cartel (1)other side
Mostly seen: Moscow Oblast (1) · Nov 3
Latest images: Nov 3, Kubinka-60 (Russian Federation)

Sources : Wikidata Q174145 · Wikipédia

FANO

Other

1images
new

Name given by GeoConfirmed : « FANO ». No record attached : no public record under this name.

Mostly seen: Ethiopia (1) · Oct 30
Latest images: Oct 30, Gish Abay (Ethiopia)

03Named together

Pairs of actors named in the same images: often the unit striking and the one struck, sometimes two units on the same side.

Rapid Support Forces · Sudanese Armed Forces	1
Sinaloa Cartel · Armed and Security Forces of Maliopposing sides	1