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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.
named actors
12
30 days
images naming one
23
out of 26
publications
6
Telegram and X naming one
with a public record
9
of the 12 first
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 30 days before.
| # | Actor | Images | Posts | Trend | Leadership | Mostly seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ethiopian Armyarmy · Ethiopia |
9 | new | · | Ethiopia | |
| 2 | Rapid Support Forcesmilitary unit | 4 | 4 | new | Hemedti, Abdelrahim Dagalo | Sudan |
| 3 |  Armed and Security Forces of Maliarmed forces · Mali |
3 | new | · | Mali | |
| 4 | FANOOther | 3 | +50 % | no record | Ethiopia | |
| 5 |  Sudanese Armed Forcesarmed forces · Sudan |
3 | new | · | Sudan | |
| 6 | Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Musliminterrorist organization · Mali |
1 | 1 | −50 % | Iyad Ag Ghaly | Mali |
| 7 |  Sinaloa CartelMexican cartel · Mexico |
1 | 1 | new | Ismael Zambada | Moscow Oblast |
| 8 |  African Corpsarmy corps · Russian Federation |
1 | new | Yunus-bek Yevkurov, Gennady Timchenko | Mali | |
| 9 | Azawad Liberation Frontpolitical organization · Mali |
1 | new | Alghabass Ag Intalla | Mali | |
| 10 | Ethiopian National Defense Forcearmed forces · Ethiopia |
1 | −67 % | Taye Atske Selassie | Ethiopia | |
| 11 | Pro-government Tuareg group GATIAOther | 1 | new | no record | Mali | |
| 12 |  UN 3rd Chinese Peacekeeping Quick Reaction ForceOther · People's Republic of China |
1 | new | no record | Sudan |
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.
Ethiopian Army9images
new
Land warfare branch of Ethiopia's military.
Sources : Wikidata Q18611637 · Wikipédia
4images
4 posts
new
UAE's Sudanese proxy; structure of the light mobile infantry; side in the ongoing civil war in Sudan.
Sudanese Armed Forces (2)Sources : Wikidata Q18210867 · Wikipédia
Armed and Security Forces of Mali3images
new
Combined military forces of Mali.
Sinaloa Cartel (1)other sideAfrican Corps (1)other sideJama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (1)Sources : Wikidata Q174145 · Wikipédia
3images
+50 %
Name given by GeoConfirmed : « FANO ». No record attached : no public record under this name.
Sudanese Armed Forces3images
new
Armed forces of Sudan.
Sources : Wikidata Q371721 · Wikipédia
Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin1images
1 posts
−50 %
Militant jihadist organisation.
United States, 
United KingdomAfrican Corps (1)other sideArmed and Security Forces of Mali (1)Sources : Wikidata Q28877411 · Wikipédia
Sinaloa Cartel1images
1 posts
new
Mexican drug cartel and terrorist organization.
Armed and Security Forces of Mali (1)other sideSources : Wikidata Q1586503 · Wikipédia
African Corps1images
new
Russian military corps.
Armed and Security Forces of Mali (1)other sideJama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (1)other sideSources : Wikidata Q126097398 · Wikipédia
Azawad Liberation Front1images
new
Militant group in Northern Mali (2024–present).
Sources : Wikidata Q131680949 · Wikipédia
Ethiopian National Defense Force1images
−67 %
Combined military forces of Ethiopia.
Sources : Wikidata Q257656 · Wikipédia
1images
new
Name given by GeoConfirmed : « Pro-government Tuareg group GATIA ». No record attached : no public record under this name.
Azawad Liberation Front (1)UN 3rd Chinese Peacekeeping Quick Reaction Force1images
new
Name given by GeoConfirmed : « UN 3rd Chinese Peacekeeping Quick Reaction Force ». No record attached : no public record under this name.
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 | 2 |
| Armed and Security Forces of Mali · Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin | 1 |
| Sinaloa Cartel · Armed and Security Forces of Maliopposing sides | 1 |
| African Corps · Armed and Security Forces of Maliopposing sides | 1 |
| African Corps · Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Musliminopposing sides | 1 |
| Azawad Liberation Front · Pro-government Tuareg group GATIA | 1 |