Somalia: Somaliland's Peaceful Handover Withstands Neighbourhood Strains

Somaliland reinforced its reputation as one of the Horn of Africa's stronger democracies by staging a successful presidential election and ushering in a peaceful transfer of power.… Read more »

Nigeria: Restoring Nigeria's Leadership for Regional Peace and Security

For decades after independence in 1960, Nigeria was a diplomatic heavyweight in Africa, pushing for decolonisation and an end to white minority rule in the southern part of the… Read more »

Somalia: Fighting Climate Change in Somalia's Conflict Zones

Few countries are more exposed to the ill effects of climate change than Somalia. Insecurity compounds the problem, with the Al-Shabaab insurgency exploiting drought conditions as… Read more »

Morocco: Managing Tensions between Algeria and Morocco

Since 2021, when Algeria cut ties with Morocco, the two neighbours have been at odds. Thus far, their quarrels have largely remained in the diplomatic realm. Western countries… Read more »

Chad: Limiting the Impact of the War in Sudan On Ouaddaï

Since April 2023, eastern Chad has received more than 930,000 people fleeing the war in neighbouring Sudan, creating an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. The Chadian government… Read more »

Sudan: Inside Sudan's Catastrophic Civil War

This week on The Horn, guest host Elissa Jobson talks with BBC journalist Mohanad Hashim about his recent trip to Sudan, the devastating toll the war has taken on civilians, why… Read more »

Cameroon: Arrest of Separatist Leader Puts Spotlight On Cameroon's Anglophone Conflict

Norwegian police have arrested a Cameroonian separatist leader, Lucas Ayaba Cho, on charges of incitement of crimes against humanity, marking the first major attempt to address… Read more »

Central African Republic: Bringing Lasting Peace to the Central African Republic

Fighting with rebels is aggravating communal tensions in the Central African Republic, a country also buffeted by geopolitical rivalries. In this excerpt from the Watch List 2024 -… Read more »

Somalia: Somalia Amid a Swirl of Regional Tensions

This week on The Horn, Alan talks with Omar Mahmood, Crisis Group's senior analyst for Eastern Africa, about the rising tensions between Somalia and Ethiopia, the new Egypt-Somalia… Read more »

Somalia: The Islamic State in Somalia - Responding to an Evolving Threat

An Islamic State branch has acquired a foothold in Puntland, in north-eastern Somalia, and has been channelling funds to the jihadist network's other African affiliates. Curtailing… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan Is Starving. Now What?

In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by Alex de Waal, leading expert on famine and Sudan and the executive director of the World Peace Foundation, to discuss the worsening… Read more »

Sudan: Halting the Catastrophic Battle for Sudan's El Fasher

Hundreds of thousands of civilians are caught in the crossfire with war intensifying in North Darfur and its capital El Fasher. Concerted pressure is needed to get all sides to… Read more »

Sudan: Working With Others to Halt Sudan's Collapse

After a year of war in Sudan, thousands have been killed and nine million are displaced. In this excerpt from the Watch List 2024 - Spring Update, Crisis Group explains how the EU… Read more »

South Sudan: South Sudan On Edge As Its Neighbour's War Disrupts Oil Exports

Income from oil exports is critical to keeping South Sudan's factious elites together. The war in neighbouring Sudan has led earnings to fall precipitously, threatening instability… Read more »

Cameroon: Curbing Feuds Over Water in Cameroon's Far North

Disputes over water in the northern tip of Cameroon turned deadly in 2021, taking on a troubling ethnic dimension. The authorities have striven to contain the fighting, but to be… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »