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You can see the reflection of this building in the glass behind Ngoma:
December 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
You can see the reflection of this building in the glass behind Ngoma:
The Wazalendo video was taken in the morning, due to the position of the sun in the east.
December 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The Wazalendo video was taken in the morning, due to the position of the sun in the east.
We continue to work on verifying imagery from Kamanyola to Uvira.
December 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
We continue to work on verifying imagery from Kamanyola to Uvira.
The new mayor's office where Ngoma was filmed is very close to the old. Facing the street, the new building has the covered porch visible on Google Maps. Additionally, the window reflection in the video show the distinctive pattern of the building across the street.
December 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The new mayor's office where Ngoma was filmed is very close to the old. Facing the street, the new building has the covered porch visible on Google Maps. Additionally, the window reflection in the video show the distinctive pattern of the building across the street.
Using the writing on the wall, we were able to locate that building at maps.app.goo.gl/KX3hvXrK3awZ...
December 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Using the writing on the wall, we were able to locate that building at maps.app.goo.gl/KX3hvXrK3awZ...
At 1:43 in the video, the camera pans over the protestors in front of the mayor's residence (which matches the building Ngoma is pictured in front of) and shows more of the street. On the left side of the frame, a distinctive building can be seen:
December 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
At 1:43 in the video, the camera pans over the protestors in front of the mayor's residence (which matches the building Ngoma is pictured in front of) and shows more of the street. On the left side of the frame, a distinctive building can be seen:
East DRC does not usually have street view available, so we have developed other methods of viewing street-level imagery, such as finding recent news videos. We located a video from 3 months ago from the outlet Africa News, which was covering a protest in Uvira. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSeZ...
DRC: Hundreds of protesters gather in Uvira to demand General Gasita's removal
YouTube video by africanews
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December 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
East DRC does not usually have street view available, so we have developed other methods of viewing street-level imagery, such as finding recent news videos. We located a video from 3 months ago from the outlet Africa News, which was covering a protest in Uvira. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSeZ...
Later, a video came out, and a tree on the right side of the frame is visible. Due to the tree, he could not be at the mayor's office as marked on Google Maps: x.com/StanysBujake...
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December 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Later, a video came out, and a tree on the right side of the frame is visible. Due to the tree, he could not be at the mayor's office as marked on Google Maps: x.com/StanysBujake...
If you just looked up the mayor's office on Google Maps, you would assume he was here:
December 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
If you just looked up the mayor's office on Google Maps, you would assume he was here:
On December 9, Kivu Morning Post reported that M23 had taken control of Sange. They also assess that the massacre was due to infighting between two factions aligned with the Congolese government, and that it took place on December 7. kivumorningpost.com/2025/12/09/s...
Sud-Kivu : L’AFC-M23 s’empare de Sange après de violents combats - Kivu Morning Post
Les combattants de l’AFC/M23 ont pris le contrôle de la cité de Sange après avoir délogé l’armée congolaise appuyée par les Wazalendo et l’armée burundaise, selon des sources locales. La cité de Sange...
kivumorningpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
On December 9, Kivu Morning Post reported that M23 had taken control of Sange. They also assess that the massacre was due to infighting between two factions aligned with the Congolese government, and that it took place on December 7. kivumorningpost.com/2025/12/09/s...
We used Google Earth to match the profile of the mountain and the awning of the building marked in green.
December 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We used Google Earth to match the profile of the mountain and the awning of the building marked in green.
In the M23 video, bodies are visible from the building marked with red (to the northeast). The person filming turns away from the N5 and begins to walk down the unnamed crossroad, facing the mountains to the west, best visible at 0:45. CongoEye has covered the people who are deceased.
December 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
In the M23 video, bodies are visible from the building marked with red (to the northeast). The person filming turns away from the N5 and begins to walk down the unnamed crossroad, facing the mountains to the west, best visible at 0:45. CongoEye has covered the people who are deceased.
The N5 and building highlighted in red are also shown in the Wazalendo video at 0:48.
December 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The N5 and building highlighted in red are also shown in the Wazalendo video at 0:48.
As the M23 video pans, it shows the N5 and the building directly in front of the red structure at 0:20. Congo Eye has covered the people who are deceased.
December 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
As the M23 video pans, it shows the N5 and the building directly in front of the red structure at 0:20. Congo Eye has covered the people who are deceased.
In the M23 video at 0:18 the same buildings are shown. Congo Eye has covered the people who are deceased.
December 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
In the M23 video at 0:18 the same buildings are shown. Congo Eye has covered the people who are deceased.
This building has been repainted since the picture was taken, as seen in this video at 0:20 attributed to the Wazalendo of South Kivu. We will call this the Wazalendo video. x.com/AlvineOffici...
December 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This building has been repainted since the picture was taken, as seen in this video at 0:20 attributed to the Wazalendo of South Kivu. We will call this the Wazalendo video. x.com/AlvineOffici...
The pictured building is located on an unnamed road that crosses the N5, in the middle of Sange, not far from the Stade de Sange and Sange Marche.
December 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The pictured building is located on an unnamed road that crosses the N5, in the middle of Sange, not far from the Stade de Sange and Sange Marche.
Videos posted later, from the same location, blamed the massacre on M23. We assess that the videos were taken at the same location.
CongoEye’s @jonnyghizmo.bsky.social verified the video took place in Sange using Mapillary - the left of the frame at this link:
www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=-3....
CongoEye’s @jonnyghizmo.bsky.social verified the video took place in Sange using Mapillary - the left of the frame at this link:
www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=-3....
Mapillary
Street-level imagery, powered by collaboration and computer vision.
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December 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Videos posted later, from the same location, blamed the massacre on M23. We assess that the videos were taken at the same location.
CongoEye’s @jonnyghizmo.bsky.social verified the video took place in Sange using Mapillary - the left of the frame at this link:
www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=-3....
CongoEye’s @jonnyghizmo.bsky.social verified the video took place in Sange using Mapillary - the left of the frame at this link:
www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=-3....
M23 spokesman Lawrence Kanyuka first posts about newly launched attacks in the ongoing war on the evening of December 1: x.com/LawrenceKany....
x.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
M23 spokesman Lawrence Kanyuka first posts about newly launched attacks in the ongoing war on the evening of December 1: x.com/LawrenceKany....
Due to the daylight in the video, we assess it was taken December 3 or earlier. Google Image searches of the first frame show it was first indexed on December 4. Weather in Rusizi, Rwanda, was cloudy or partly cloudy on December 1, 2, and 3.
December 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Due to the daylight in the video, we assess it was taken December 3 or earlier. Google Image searches of the first frame show it was first indexed on December 4. Weather in Rusizi, Rwanda, was cloudy or partly cloudy on December 1, 2, and 3.
The person filming was in the pharmacy or the hardware store, and the videos were traveling southeast on the road. Of course, we cannot see where the convoy was before or after the video, but we note this street is suitable for large vehicles traveling from the Kamembe Airport to NR11.
December 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The person filming was in the pharmacy or the hardware store, and the videos were traveling southeast on the road. Of course, we cannot see where the convoy was before or after the video, but we note this street is suitable for large vehicles traveling from the Kamembe Airport to NR11.
This was uploaded on Dec 4 at 3:26 AM (Central Africa Time: x.com/nyiringomaki...
This video was not taken on NR11 but near it. We geolocated the video to maps.app.goo.gl/nXGUxQiorTjA...
This video was not taken on NR11 but near it. We geolocated the video to maps.app.goo.gl/nXGUxQiorTjA...
𝐍𝐘𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐎𝐌𝐀 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 🦁 on X: "Ingabo zu #Rwanda zoherehe umusahada nyuma yuko Bakubitiwe #Kamanyora hagapfa abatagira umubare baje kohereza abandi . Ihere Ijisho 👇👇👇👇👇 https://t.co/dBtJ5rAhRV" / X
Ingabo zu #Rwanda zoherehe umusahada nyuma yuko Bakubitiwe #Kamanyora hagapfa abatagira umubare baje kohereza abandi . Ihere Ijisho 👇👇👇👇👇 https://t.co/dBtJ5rAhRV
x.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This was uploaded on Dec 4 at 3:26 AM (Central Africa Time: x.com/nyiringomaki...
This video was not taken on NR11 but near it. We geolocated the video to maps.app.goo.gl/nXGUxQiorTjA...
This video was not taken on NR11 but near it. We geolocated the video to maps.app.goo.gl/nXGUxQiorTjA...
This is the earliest instance on Twitter/X of a video that circulated widely and claimed to be Rwandan soldiers moving towards DRC. Initially, various commenters said it was taken on NR11 in Rusizi, Rwanda, which is directly across the border from the occupied city of Bukavu.
December 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This is the earliest instance on Twitter/X of a video that circulated widely and claimed to be Rwandan soldiers moving towards DRC. Initially, various commenters said it was taken on NR11 in Rusizi, Rwanda, which is directly across the border from the occupied city of Bukavu.