Audit Trail · Article #2376300

Drone attack on market kills more than 150, South Sudanese officials say

Source article ↗ · The Globe and Mail · outlet lean: center · owner: Globe and Mail Inc. (Woodbridge) (corporate)

published 2026-10-20T18:05:38.719588 · ingested 2026-10-20T16:05:38.719588

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 vv3

triggers: none — NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)

      computed at 2026-10-20T16:05:38.719588
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.296 confidence: 42% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-20T16:14:50.124769-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.296

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-20T16:16:03.627526

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✗

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (5)

unverified South Sudanese officials say at least 150 people died from a drone attack on a market.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-20T16:14:38.718399
      

unverified The incident occurred in one of the bloodiest weeks of ongoing war between Sudan and South Sudan.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-20T16:14:38.718399
      

unverified Sudan's military is accused of carrying out strikes against disputed territory of Abyei.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-20T16:14:38.718399
      

unverified Drone attack on market kills more than 150 people.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-20T16:16:03.619898
      

unverified South Sudanese officials say the incident took place in Abyei region of disputed territory.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-20T16:16:03.619898
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Drone attack on market kills more than 150, South Sudanese officials say 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-20T16:05:38.723597
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

Accountability {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Environmental {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Fairness {'events': 1, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (1 events; minimum 100 for a non-provisional score)', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Privacy {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Safety {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Transparency {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Ethics audit by C.R.E.E.D. Institute · 1 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-10-20T16:05:38.719588 ingested

payload

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2026-10-20T16:14:50.124769 bias_v2_scored

payload

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