Lead conversation
Eastern, Northern & Port Sudan
6.3K mentions · 18.9% share
Sudan War & Military Situation is the second-largest conversation. Engagement density is 655 interactions per mention, with 43% negative sentiment.
9 campaigns · 488 keywords · 108 live searchesCollected Jul 19 – Aug 18, 2026
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The conversation right now is led by Eastern, Northern & Port Sudan and Sudan War & Military Situation. X carries 72% of mentions, while Instagram carries 65% of engagement.
Dominant conversation
Eastern, Northern & Port Sudan
Lead cluster
Sudanese Armed Forces
Active platforms
6 of 7
Watch targets
7 people · 32 places
Mentions tracked
33.5K▲ 121.6%
Posts collected this window
Total engagement
48.8M▼ 75.0%
Likes, shares, comments, views
Unique authors
22K
Distinct voices
Negative sentiment
42%
Share of posts flagged negative
Watch lists
People and places in the conversation
Open a watch page for any tracked person or place to see their recent mentions and most-shared posts.
Situation read
What the data is saying
Drawn from live mention volume, keywords, sentiment, platform mix, and engagement.
Actors
RSF is the strongest actor label
1K RSF · 3.3K SAF
The actor layer is asymmetric: Burhan appears in 0 labeled mentions and Hemedti in 0. Track the dedicated feeds: RSF, SAF, Burhan, Hemedti.
Geography
Kordofan outranks the older capital signal
998 Kordofan · 1.1K Darfur
The geographic layer points to Kordofan and Darfur more than Khartoum right now. Khartoum-linked labels account for 599 mentions in this window.
Platform split
Volume and attention are not on the same platform
X volume · Instagram attention
X supplies 72% of mentions, but Instagram supplies 65% of engagement. This is why viral cards should not be read as the whole conversation.
Triage
Campaigns by live signal
Ranked by mention volume in this window, with each campaign's negative share and engagement per mention.
CampaignMentionsNegativeEng/mention
Eastern, Northern & Port Sudanregional
21 keywords · 9 live searches
6.3K
18.9% share
43%
655
Sudan War & Military Situationthematic
127 keywords · 17 live searches
5.7K
17.1% share
51%
1.7K
Atrocities, Famine & Humanitarian Crisisthematic
75 keywords · 13 live searches
5.5K
16.4% share
44%
751
Politics, Diplomacy & Foreign Actorsthematic
89 keywords · 14 live searches
4.8K
14.3% share
51%
1.6K
Khartoum & Central Sudanregional
40 keywords · 11 live searches
3.8K
11.4% share
27%
620
Culture, Society & Diasporathematic
39 keywords · 12 live searches
2.3K
7.0% share
18%
3.9K
Business, Economy & Resourcesthematic
42 keywords · 11 live searches
2.2K
6.7% share
26%
1.1K
Cross-Border & Refugee Crisisregional
21 keywords · 10 live searches
1.3K
4.0% share
52%
2.2K
Darfurregional
34 keywords · 11 live searches
1.3K
3.8% share
69%
3.1K
Clusters
Top keywords
The conflict themes showing up most across tracked posts.
Sudanese Armed Forces
Sudanese Armed Forces · SAF · القوات المسلحة السودانية · الجيش السوداني
3.3K
57% negative
Foreign actors
UAE · United Arab Emirates · الإمارات · Emirates
1.6K
58% negative
Darfur and El Fasher
Darfur · دارفور · Darfour · El Fasher
1.1K
75% negative
Atrocities and war crimes
massacre · مجزرة · genocide · إبادة جماعية
1.1K
88% negative
Rapid Support Forces
Rapid Support Forces · RSF · قوات الدعم السريع · الدعم السريع
1K
83% negative
Kordofan front
Kordofan · كردفان · El Obeid · الأبيض
998
44% negative
Rapid Support Forces
Rapid Support Forces · RSF · قوات الدعم السريع · الدعم السريع
896
79% negative
Sudanese Armed Forces
Sudanese Armed Forces · SAF · القوات المسلحة السودانية · الجيش السوداني
885
4% negative
Momentum
Trending keywords
Keywords rising fastest versus the previous period of the same length.
- Foreign actors12▲ 1100%
- Port Sudan and the east6▲ 500%
- org_parallel8▲ 300%
- trade10▲ 150%
- gov2▲ 100%
- company2▲ 100%
- politics2▲ 100%
- person_hilu1▲ 100%
Timeline
Daily mention volume
Mentions per day, Jul 19 – Aug 18, 2026.
Attention
Highest-engagement mentions
Instagramneutral
1.7M eng.Please donate and support Palestinian, Sudanese andSyrian families with the link in my bio. The only difference between us and a refugee… is luck. We were bor...
theduasanctuary
Instagramneutral
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sarafromgaza
Instagrampositive
1.1M eng.📍Red Sea, Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 Welcome to Shebara Hotel, part of the groundbreaking Red Sea Project, is redefining luxury travel — transforming the Red Sea into the ...
Sean Riffel
Instagramneutral
1M eng.Beautiful cultivation inspired by cultural and traditional practices in a South Sudanese Community. Although farmers cultivate in South Sudan, insecurity and po...
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