Julius / Meridian - I think that either it is a very good guise and Meridian can be bothered to stay up half the night and make it look like he is posting from the African time zone, or he really is close to the action.
Although his English and knowledge of colloquialisms is good, there are a couple of errors here and there in some of the language that make it look like a non-native English speaker, could be doing the writing.
I didn't really care initially, but all potentially points to somebody close to the action, particulary with some of the accuracy seen so far, although I take all opinions on the board with a grain of salt as I am sure most here do.