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Signal indices

Each 0–100 score is built from the current results. Every card shows the score and what's driving it.

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Civilian Harm Pressure

62
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33% harm-keyword density

Combines overall negativity with atrocity, humanitarian, Darfur, and Kordofan keywords.

61% of all mentions are negative
5500 harm and frontline keywords across the current feed
76% peak negativity in humanitarian/Darfur campaigns
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Warfront Pressure

46
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60% frontline-keyword density

Measures whether the feed is centered on armed actors and active fronts.

3.4K war-campaign mentions
3.2K RSF and 2.7K SAF mentions
1.5K Kordofan mentions
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Attention Distortion

45
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45-point platform gap

Flags when the platform getting engagement is not the platform carrying most mentions.

instagram has 11% of mentions
instagram has 56% of engagement
Treat viral posts as a sign of attention, not of overall volume
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Foreign-Actor Pressure

35
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20.2% politics share

Shows how much the conversation is being pulled into diplomacy and outside-power framing.

3.4K politics/diplomacy mentions
1.9K foreign-actor mentions
Foreign-actor mentions are 61% of the top keyword cluster
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Narrative Concentration

32
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41% in top two campaigns

Whether attention is spread across campaigns or concentrated in just a few.

Sudan War & Military Situation: 20.6%
Politics, Diplomacy & Foreign Actors: 20.2%
Rapid Support Forces: 3.2K mentions
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Coverage Blind Spot

13
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1 quiet platforms

How much of what Sudan Watch tracks has no matching posts in the current window.

1 of 6 tracked platforms are quiet
0 of 9 campaigns are quiet
A quiet platform is a coverage gap, not a sign the topic is unimportant
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Actor Imbalance

8
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1.2x RSF/SAF

Tracks whether SAF and RSF mentions are balanced or dominated by one side.

3.2K Rapid Support Forces mentions
2.7K Sudanese Armed Forces mentions
8% imbalance between the two main actors
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Spike Velocity

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0x prior avg

How the most recent day compares with the average of the days before it.

9 mentions in the latest day
400 average mentions before that
A short history can overstate momentum until more days build up
Method

How the scores are built

These are rough indicators, not measurements of the conflict itself. They show where attention and pressure concentrate in the current window.

Civilian Harm Pressure
62 / 100

50% overall negativity + 35% harm-keyword density + 15% peak harm-campaign negativity

  • 61% of all mentions are negative
  • 5500 harm and frontline keywords across the current feed
  • 76% peak negativity in humanitarian/Darfur campaigns
Warfront Pressure
46 / 100

35% war-campaign share + 65% armed-actor/frontline keyword density

  • 3.4K war-campaign mentions
  • 3.2K RSF and 2.7K SAF mentions
  • 1.5K Kordofan mentions
Attention Distortion
45 / 100

Absolute gap between the top engagement platform share and its mention share

  • instagram has 11% of mentions
  • instagram has 56% of engagement
  • Treat viral posts as a sign of attention, not of overall volume
Foreign-Actor Pressure
35 / 100

65% politics-campaign share + 35% foreign-keyword strength vs the top keyword cluster

  • 3.4K politics/diplomacy mentions
  • 1.9K foreign-actor mentions
  • Foreign-actor mentions are 61% of the top keyword cluster
Narrative Concentration
32 / 100

60% top-two campaign share + 40% top-keyword share

  • Sudan War & Military Situation: 20.6%
  • Politics, Diplomacy & Foreign Actors: 20.2%
  • Rapid Support Forces: 3.2K mentions
Coverage Blind Spot
13 / 100

80% quiet-platform share + 20% quiet-campaign share

  • 1 of 6 tracked platforms are quiet
  • 0 of 9 campaigns are quiet
  • A quiet platform is a coverage gap, not a sign the topic is unimportant
Actor Imbalance
8 / 100

Absolute RSF–SAF mention gap divided by total RSF + SAF mentions

  • 3.2K Rapid Support Forces mentions
  • 2.7K Sudanese Armed Forces mentions
  • 8% imbalance between the two main actors
Spike Velocity
0 / 100

Log-scaled latest daily volume compared with the prior daily average

  • 9 mentions in the latest day
  • 400 average mentions before that
  • A short history can overstate momentum until more days build up