November 30

• Sudan: Nation Needs Major Reform to Avert More War [document]

  The Executive Summary and Recommendations of Sudan: Major Reform or More War, the latest International Crisis Group report: Read more »

November 26

• Cote d'Ivoire: Insecurity, Political Tensions Threaten Nation's Recovery [analysis]

  The volatile security situation and political tensions are threatening Côte d'Ivoire's recovery. Read more »

November 20

• Congo-Kinshasa: Goma - Avoiding a New Regional War [document]

  The east Congolese city of Goma and its key airport have reportedly fallen after heavy fighting to the M23 rebel group. Regional and international actors must now prevent this... Read more »

October 30

• Burundi: Burundi - Bye-Bye Arusha? [press release]

  Since the 2010 boycotted elections, Burundi is steadily drifting away from what was initially regarded as a peacemaking model, and violence from both the ruling party and the... Read more »

October 25

• Burundi: The Dust Has Not Yet Settled Since 2010 Elections [document]

  Although the institutions are functioning and the government has been priding itself on its development and security achievements, Burundi is regressing. Read more »

October 15

• Southern Africa: Implementing Peace and Security Architecture [document]

  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Read more »

October 9

• Somalia: Assessing Turkey's Role in Somalia [document]

  Turkey is the newest country to intervene in Somalia and its involvement has produced some positive results. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's courageous visit to Mogadishu in... Read more »

October 5

• Congo-Kinshasa: Military Solution to Conflict in East Fails [document]

  The plan to resolve the conflict in the Kivu by emphasising a military solution is failing. Two years after the rapprochement between Congolese President Joseph Kabila and his... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Eastern Congo - Why Stabilisation Failed [press release]

  Since Bosco Ntaganda's mutiny in April 2012 and the creation of the 23 March rebel movement (M23), violence has returned to the Kivus. This crisis shows that today's problems are... Read more »

September 24

• Mali: The Need for Determined and Coordinated International Action [document]

  In the absence of rapid, firm and coherent decisions at the regional (Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS), continental (African Union, AU) and international (UN)... Read more »

September 19

• Congo-Kinshasa: Examining the Role of Rwanda in the DRC Insurgency- Mark L. Scheider [document]

  Testimony by Mark L. Schneider, Senior Vice President, International Crisis Group to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and... Read more »

September 15

• Libya: Divided We Stand - Libya's Enduring Conflicts [document]

  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Read more »

August 22

• Ethiopia: Ethiopia After Meles [opinion]

  The death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who had not been seen in public for several months, was announced on 20 August 2012 by Ethiopian state television. Read more »

August 20

• Guinea Bissau: Managing the Post-Coup Transition [analysis]

  Guinea-Bissau took another dangerous turn on 12 April 2012, when the army arrested Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior, who was about to be elected president. A military... Read more »

August 8

• Mali: Avoiding Escalation - Report on Mali [document]

  In a little more than two months, Mali's political regime has been demolished. Read more »

July 18

• Mali: Avoiding Escalation [document]

  In a little more than two months, Mali's political regime has been demolished. An armed rebellion launched on 17 January 2012 expelled the army from the north while a coup deposed... Read more »

July 11

• Congo-Kinshasa: Black Gold in the Congo - Threat to Stability or Development Opportunity? [document]

  Although it should provide development opportunities, renewed oil interest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) represents a real threat to stability in a still vulnerable... Read more »

June 15

• Congo-Kinshasa: Open Letter to UN Security Council on Eastern DRC Crisis [document]

  Excellency, Read more »

June 6

• Tunisia: Confronting Social and Economic Challenges [document]

  Eighteen months after prompting the onset of the Arab spring, Tunisia still can boast of an ongoing, successful transition. The former regime, which stood for corruption and social... Read more »

May 9

• Tunisia: Combatting Impunity, Restoring Security

  Although Tunisia stands out in a turbulent Arab world for its relatively peaceful transition, justice and security must be bolstered to ensure long-term stability. Read more »

April 26

• Sierra Leone: Taylor Verdict a Warning to War Crimes Perpetrators [press release]

  The landmark guilty verdict today against former Liberian President Charles Ghankay Taylor is a warning to those most responsible for atrocity crimes that they can be held... Read more »

April 24

• Egypt: Lobby Group Urges Military to Negotiate Deal on Transition [document]

  With Egypt's presidential election having become a free-for-all, zero-sum game, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) should take a step back and, with the full range of... Read more »

April 19

• Africa: Preventing Full-Scale War Between Sudan and South Sudan [analysis]

  Sudan and South Sudan are teetering on the brink of all-out war from which neither would benefit. Increasingly angry rhetoric, support for each other's rebels, poor command and... Read more »

April 6

• Uganda: No Resolution to Growing Tensions

  Unless President Yoweri Museveni breaks with the ways of his predecessors and the trend of his own lengthy rule, popular protests and discontent will grow in Uganda. Read more »

• Uganda: No Resolution to Growing Tensions [opinion]

  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Read more »