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September 19
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 »
September 12
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 »
June 26
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 »
June 24
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 »
May 23
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 »
May 15
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 »
April 25
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 »
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 »
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