Lead conversation
Sudan War & Military Situation
3.4K mentions · 20.7% share
Politics, Diplomacy & Foreign Actors is the second-largest conversation. Engagement density is 1.2K interactions per mention, with 66% negative sentiment.
9 campaigns · 488 keywords · 108 live searchesCollected Jun 2 – Jul 2, 2026
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The conversation right now is led by Sudan War & Military Situation and Politics, Diplomacy & Foreign Actors. X carries 75% of mentions, while Instagram carries 58% of engagement.
Dominant conversation
Sudan War & Military Situation
Lead cluster
Rapid Support Forces
Active platforms
5 of 6
Watch targets
7 people · 32 places
Mentions tracked
16.7K▲ 252.0%
Posts collected this window
Total engagement
18.8M▲ 40.8%
Likes, shares, comments, views
Unique authors
9.5K
Distinct voices
Negative sentiment
62%
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
3.2K RSF · 2.7K SAF
The actor layer is asymmetric: Burhan appears in 327 labeled mentions and Hemedti in 383. Track the dedicated feeds: RSF, SAF, Burhan, Hemedti.
Geography
Kordofan outranks the older capital signal
1.5K Kordofan · 2.3K Darfur
The geographic layer points to Kordofan and Darfur more than Khartoum right now. Khartoum-linked labels account for 1K mentions in this window.
Platform split
Volume and attention are not on the same platform
X volume · Instagram attention
X supplies 75% of mentions, but Instagram supplies 58% 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
Sudan War & Military Situationthematic
127 keywords · 17 live searches
3.4K
20.7% share
66%
1.2K
Politics, Diplomacy & Foreign Actorsthematic
89 keywords · 14 live searches
3.4K
20.2% share
64%
1.1K
Atrocities, Famine & Humanitarian Crisisthematic
75 keywords · 13 live searches
2.6K
15.4% share
76%
698
Eastern, Northern & Port Sudanregional
21 keywords · 9 live searches
2.2K
13.4% share
58%
200
Khartoum & Central Sudanregional
40 keywords · 11 live searches
1.4K
8.3% share
52%
834
Culture, Society & Diasporathematic
39 keywords · 12 live searches
1.2K
7.1% share
18%
3.5K
Darfurregional
34 keywords · 11 live searches
1.1K
6.7% share
75%
1.4K
Cross-Border & Refugee Crisisregional
21 keywords · 10 live searches
706
4.2% share
68%
819
Business, Economy & Resourcesthematic
42 keywords · 11 live searches
700
4.2% share
46%
1.8K
Clusters
Top keywords
The conflict themes showing up most across tracked posts.
Rapid Support Forces
Rapid Support Forces · RSF · قوات الدعم السريع · الدعم السريع
3.2K
85% negative
Sudanese Armed Forces
Sudanese Armed Forces · SAF · القوات المسلحة السودانية · الجيش السوداني
2.7K
68% negative
Darfur and El Fasher
Darfur · دارفور · Darfour · El Fasher
2.3K
76% negative
Foreign actors
UAE · United Arab Emirates · الإمارات · Emirates
1.9K
59% negative
Kordofan front
Kordofan · كردفان · El Obeid · الأبيض
1.5K
71% negative
Atrocities and war crimes
massacre · مجزرة · genocide · إبادة جماعية
1.1K
90% negative
Khartoum and Omdurman
Khartoum · الخرطوم · Khartum · Omdurman
1K
30% negative
Host countries
Chad · Tchad · تشاد · Egypt
737
78% negative
Momentum
Trending keywords
Keywords rising fastest versus the previous period of the same length.
- Diaspora networks185▲ 18400%
- Central Sudan470▲ 1105%
- Frontlines and warfare383▲ 733%
- Sudanese Armed Forces2.3K▲ 653%
- location30▲ 650%
- org_splmn7▲ 600%
- weapon7▲ 600%
- politics17▲ 467%
Timeline
Daily mention volume
Mentions per day, Jun 2 – Jul 2, 2026.
Attention
Highest-engagement mentions
Instagramnegative
512.2K eng.You can’t have a heart if you’re able to ignore this little kid’s cries. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: “Whoever among you sees an injustice, let him change it wi...
Sʜᴀʜ Hᴀᴛᴜɴ
Instagramnegative
471.4K eng.This haunting photograph was taken in 1993 in Sudan by South African photojournalist Kevin Carter, while covering the devastating famine. The image shows a seve...
Elham Nikan
TikTokneutral
445.2K eng.#سنهوري _الرهد 🎹 ترند جديد ❤️🔥 #استدخدو_الصوت_ترند😍 #تسجيلات_جعفربيز📟 #جخو،الشغل،دا،يا،عالم،➕_❤_📝✌️🌍🦋 #بورتسودان_البحر_الأحمر_السودان🇸🇩 #بورتسودان_البحر_الأحمر_...
جعفر بيز_ 🔊🎬⚽️
Instagrampositive
426.3K eng.It’s been weighing heavily on me lately that I can’t stay silent about the things happening in the world. Maybe this feeling comes so naturally to me because o...
Nur