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April 15
Sudan: New U.S. Envoy On Ending Sudan's War
In this episode of The Horn, Alan Boswell talks with Tom Perriello, U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan, about obstacles to peace in Sudan and U.S. efforts to mediate an end to the… Read more »
April 12
Sudan: What's Left of Sudan After a Year At War?
This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group experts Shewit Woldemichael and Alan Boswell to discuss the latest from Sudan after nearly a year of war. Read more »
April 11
Sudan: Sudan - a Year of War
All-out fighting between rival branches of the armed forces has devastated Sudan. With millions facing famine, diplomats should push the two main belligerents much harder to accept… Read more »
March 28
Nigeria: JAS Vs. ISWAP - the War of the Boko Haram Splinters
The two jihadist groups in north-eastern Nigeria have bruised each other badly in internecine fighting. But they are still a menace to civilians, both in Nigeria and in the other… Read more »
March 25
Sudan: Sudan On the Brink of Famine
This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with Alsanosi Adam, an active member of Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms, about the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Sudan as famine looms… Read more »
March 06
Somalia: The Stakes in the Ethiopia-Somaliland Deal
A preliminary agreement with Somaliland giving landlocked Ethiopia access to the Gulf of Aden has heightened tensions in the Horn of Africa, a region already in turmoil. In this… Read more »
January 09
Sudan: Sudan's Calamitous Civil War - a Chance to Draw Back From the Abyss
Sudan's war is entering an even more dangerous phase as fighting spreads to the heavily contested east, spelling more atrocities and mass displacement. Diplomats should seize a new… Read more »
November 16, 2023
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Ominous New War in Amhara
A rebellion in the Amhara region risks plunging Ethiopia into wider conflict. The federal government should seek talks with the militants as part of efforts to resolve the… Read more »
September 25, 2023
Somalia: Avoiding a New Cycle of Conflict in Somalia's Galmudug State
Polls likely due in 2024 could unsettle Galmudug, a building block of Somalia's federal project, increasing frictions along clan and other lines. State and federal authorities have… Read more »
July 28, 2023
Niger: Niger Coup: Quote from Crisis Group's Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim
"The coup in Niger has dashed the hopes which the one Sahelian country that has so far shown a degree of resilience to both insecurity and political instability, gave the region. Read more »
July 26, 2023
Sudan: The Future of Sudan's Resistance Committees
This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with Maryam Elfaki, an active member of Sudan's resistance committees, about life inside Khartoum's war zones and the future of grassroots… Read more »
July 24, 2023
Sudan: Time to Try Again to End Sudan's War
Sudan's calamitous three-month war may be entering a critical new phase. In recent weeks, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has further entrenched its superior position… Read more »
July 21, 2023
Sudan: Time to Try Again to End Sudan's War
Amid shifting military dynamics, a narrow window for dialogue about stopping the fighting in Sudan may have opened. But diplomacy is in disarray. Outside actors should urgently… Read more »
July 07, 2023
Sudan: A Long War Looming in Sudan
This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined again by Crisis Group's Sudan expert Shewit Woldemichael and Horn of Africa director Alan Boswell to talk about Sudan and whether… Read more »
June 22, 2023
Sudan: A Race Against Time to Halt Sudan's Collapse
Ferocious fighting in the capital and elsewhere is tipping one of Africa's largest countries ever closer to falling apart. There are no easy ways to halt the carnage. All with… Read more »
June 12, 2023
Africa: Non-Western 'Middle Powers' Now Intervene in Conflicts
After a relative lull following the end of the Cold War, violent conflicts have proliferated around the world since the turn of the century, and they generally proven to be more… Read more »
May 19, 2023
Somalia: Time for Somaliland and the Dhulbahante to Talk
Somaliland's army and Dhulbahante militias are fighting for control of the town of Las Anod. The Dhulbahante want to join Somalia rather than be part of Somaliland's state-building… Read more »
April 25, 2023
Ethiopia: What Facebook Does (And Doesn't) Have to Do With Ethiopia's Ethnic Violence
A victim's relative is among those accusing Meta in a Kenyan court of failing to adequately police incendiary speech on Facebook during Ethiopia's civil war. Much greater effort… Read more »
April 20, 2023
Sudan: Stopping Sudan's Descent into Full-Blown Civil War
Fighting in cities across Sudan has left hundreds dead and trapped untold numbers at home in severe danger. If not halted, the conflict could become a devastating civil war. Local… Read more »
March 31, 2023
Cameroon: A Second Look At Cameroon's Anglophone Special Status
In 2019, Cameroon's government acknowledged the Anglophone regions' distinct identity by giving them Special Status. Yet this legal framework has not quelled the separatist… Read more »
March 22, 2023
Central African Republic: Ten Years After the Coup, Is the Central African Republic Facing Another Major Crisis?
In March 2013, Seleka rebels triggered a civil war in the Central African Republic. A decade later, strong domestic and international tensions raise concerns the country could face… Read more »
March 21, 2023
Somalia: Sustaining Gains in Somalia's Offensive Against Al-Shabaab
In conjunction with clan militias, the national army has dislodged the Islamist insurgency Al-Shabaab from swathes of central Somalia, marking a breakthrough in the fifteen-year… Read more »
February 09, 2023
Cameroon: Canada Initiative Offers Opportunity for Cameroon Peace Process
Pre-talks between Cameroon's government and Anglophone separatists, facilitated by Canada, have opened the door to a long overdue peace process, but Yaoundé has baulked. The… Read more »
January 16, 2023
Nigeria: Rethinking Resettlement and Return in Nigeria's North East
Authorities are keen to return or resettle the millions of people who fled homes in Borno state, the epicentre of fighting with Islamist militants in north-eastern Nigeria. But… Read more »
January 11, 2023
Somalia: Somalia's Offensive Against Al-Shabaab
This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with Omar Mahmood, Crisis Group's senior analyst for Eastern Africa, about the government offensive backed by local clans that is making gains… Read more »
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