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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Mozambique: Stemming the Insurrection in Cabo Delgado

Mozambique's northernmost coastal province was a tinderbox of colonial-era tensions, inequality and Islamist militancy. Discoveries of ruby and natural gas deposits lit the match.… Read more »

Somalia: A Halting Embrace of Dialogue for Somalia and Somaliland

Ethiopia, the U.S. and the EU have brokered surprise talks between the Somalia and Somaliland administrations, which are historically opposed, though progress has stalled while… Read more »

Somalia: Assessing Turkey's Role in Somalia

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 »

Guinea: Overview - Change on Hold

The following is the overview of the International Crisis Group's report - Guinea: Change on Hold. To read the complete report in French, click here.  Read more »

Sudan: Lasting Peace Requires New Strategy, Says Report

A new and worse civil war in Sudan is possible unless the international community presses for a fundamental shift in the way the country is governed. Read more »

Guinea: Power Struggle Over Govt's Future Is Beginning

With a power struggle emerging in Guinea as the president's long reign nears its end, international actors should send clear signals that a military takeover would be unacceptable. Read more »