ARGUS/OVERWATCH
LATEST VERSION
DEVELOPING · 9 OCT → 31 OCT 2026 · 23 EDITIONS · 58 OUTLETS

More Than 150 Reported Killed in Drone Strike on Abyei Market

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 29 58 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Oct 20 Oct 12:20 UTC · Drone attacks kill civilians across Sudan, including dozens in West Kordofan 20 Oct 18:15 UTC · Drone strikes in Sudan and disputed Abyei region kill scores 21 Oct 06:11 UTC · Drone strikes kill scores at markets in Abyei and West Kordofan 21 Oct 12:11 UTC · Sudanese drone strike kills at least 153 at Abyei market, local official says 22 Oct 18:26 UTC · More Than 150 Reported Killed in Drone Strike on Abyei Market

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 5 HEADLINES

  1. 20 Oct, 12:20 UTC

    Drone attacks kill civilians across Sudan, including dozens in West Kordofan

  2. 20 Oct, 18:15 UTC

    Drone strikes in Sudan and disputed Abyei region kill scores

  3. 21 Oct, 06:11 UTC

    Drone strikes kill scores at markets in Abyei and West Kordofan

  4. 21 Oct, 12:11 UTC

    Sudanese drone strike kills at least 153 at Abyei market, local official says

  5. 22 Oct, 18:26 UTC

    More Than 150 Reported Killed in Drone Strike on Abyei Market

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Blue Nile · 5 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Abdel Fattah · from 19 Oct 14:45, 3 outlets
  • 33.7 million people · from 19 Oct 18:33, 3 outlets
  • European Union · from 20 Oct 16:34, 3 outlets
  • Amiet Market · from 21 Oct 06:16, 3 outlets
  • 100 people killed · from 27 Oct 21:56, 3 outlets
  • 80 people killed · from 19 Oct 14:00, 2 outlets
  • 13 million people been · from 19 Oct 18:33, 2 outlets
  • 17.3 million children · from 19 Oct 18:33, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • people killed: 1,100 (2 from 16 Oct 15:47) → 80 (2 from 19 Oct 14:00) → 200 (1 from 19 Oct 19:22) → 36 (1 from 27 Oct 19:34) → 100 (3 from 27 Oct 21:56) → 306 (1 from 28 Oct 13:26) → 23 (1 from 30 Oct 10:34)
  • displaced people: 30 (2 from 9 Oct 17:19) → 31 (1 from 28 Oct 13:26) → 700,000 (1 from 28 Oct 13:26)
  • civilians killed: 10 (1 from 18 Oct 19:11) → 150 (1 from 19 Oct 19:22) → 16 (1 from 30 Oct 19:00)
  • people been: 13 million (2 from 19 Oct 18:33) → 14 million (1 from 22 Oct 13:35)
  • people injured: 300 (2 from 26 Oct 09:59) → 21 (1 from 27 Oct 08:35)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.