Sudan: In Breakthrough, U.S. and Three Arab Powers Agree On Sudan Peace Roadmap

Crisis Group expert Alan Boswell writes on a breakthrough agreement among key outside actors that could help bring peace to Sudan Read more »

South Sudan: South Sudan's Day of Reckoning Is Nigh

South Sudan is at risk of major upheaval. President Salva Kiir's dismantling of the 2018 peace deal that ended the civil war and his recent move to elevate political newcomer… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's RSF Proclaims Parallel Government, Raising Threat of Partition

Crisis Group expert Shewit Woldemichael on the paramilitary force's creation of a rival administration based in western Sudan. Read more »

South Sudan: Succession Fever Deepens South Sudan's Malaise

Tensions are rising in South Sudan as the president manoeuvres to anoint an apparent successor and dissolves the bargain that ended the post-independence civil war. African leaders… Read more »

South Sudan: Briefing to UN Security Council On the Situation in South Sudan

On 18 August, Murithi Mutiga, Crisis Group's Program Director for Africa, spoke to the UN Security Council on the need for global and regional partners to take urgent action in… Read more »

Cameroon: Preventing Unrest in the Run-Up to Cameroon's Presidential Poll

Cameroon's October presidential election will be a stress test for the country's stability. Frustrations with the incumbent and ruling party, constraints on dissent, armed conflict… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: An Electoral Puzzle - Handling Côte d'Ivoire's High-Risk Poll

President Alassane Ouattara's bid for a fourth term and the exclusion of key opponents are fuelling tensions ahead of Côte d'Ivoire's October presidential election. With… Read more »

Sudan: What Does Sudan's RSF Want?

This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with analyst and expert Sarra Majdoub about the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan and their shifting military and political goals as… Read more »

Cameroon: Cameroon's 92-Year-Old President Seeks Re-Election As Allies Withdraw Support

Crisis Group expert Arrey E. Ntui assesses President Paul Biya's determination to stay in office and its implications for the October poll. Read more »

Somalia: Al-Shabaab Recaptures Key Town, While Mogadishu Struggles to Regain the Upper Hand

Crisis Group expert Omar Mahmood reports on Al-Shabaab's capture of the strategic town of Moqokori and its broader implications Read more »

Sudan: Capture of Tri-Border Area Marks Another Twist in Sudan's Civil War

Crisis Group expert Shewit Woldemichael on the importance and regional repercussions of the latest paramilitary advance Read more »

Somalia: Somaliland's Moment?

This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with Guleid Ahmed Jama, a lawyer and political commentator based in Hargeisa, about Somaliland's push for recognition as it navigates regional… Read more »

South Sudan: Succession Crisis Drives South Sudan Toward Famine

Crisis Group experts Daniel Akech and Chris Newton on how the latest famine warning reveals the humanitarian toll of a political fight that risks reigniting civil war. Read more »

South Sudan: As South Sudan Quakes, an Heir Apparent Rises

This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with Crisis Group expert Daniel Akech about South Sudanese President Salva Kiir's uncertain succession plans amid a deepening political crisis… Read more »

Central African Republic: Violence and Herding in the Central African Republic - Time to Act

Ten years of crisis have exacerbated conflict between herders and farmers in the Central African Republic. But reduced insecurity, coupled with warmer relations with Chad, gives… Read more »

Sudan: Drone Attacks On Port Sudan Mark Dramatic Escalation

Crisis Group expert Shewit Woldemichael on the recent escalatory attacks on Port Sudan and their implications for the country's civil war Read more »

South Sudan: UN Readies for Critical Vote On South Sudan's Arms Embargo

The annual renewal of the UN arms embargo on South Sudan comes up for a vote in May. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Maya Ungar warns that ending the mandate entirely would… Read more »

South Sudan: The Stakes of Stripping Climate From UN Peacekeeping in South Sudan

The UN Security Council will soon vote on the future of the peacekeeping mission in conflict-hit South Sudan. In this Q&A, Nazanine Moshiri discusses what is at stake and why… Read more »

Sudan: Any Hope Left for Diplomacy in Sudan?

This week on The Horn, Alan talks with Abdul Mohammed, a former senior official on Sudan at the UN and the African Union, about Sudan's growing fragmentation after two years of… Read more »

South Sudan: South Sudan Retakes Opposition Stronghold, but Violence Is Set to Worsen

Crisis Group's Daniel Akech on stirrings of renewed civil war in South Sudan Read more »

Sudan: London Conference Puts Paralysed Sudan Peace Efforts on Display

Despite tamped-down expectations, Tuesday’s Sudan conference in London was a jarring reality check. Like other forums before it that tried to gin up a more unified effort to… Read more »

Sudan: Battle for Darfur Reaches Fever Pitch As Sudan's War Enters Third Year

Crisis Group's Shewit Woldemichael on the battle for El Fasher in North Darfur and what's at stake Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Two Years of Hell

This week on The Horn, Alan is joined by Sudanese activist Dallia Mohamed Abdelmoniem to talk about the devastation two years of war have brought to Khartoum and across Sudan,… Read more »

Sudan: The Spillover of Sudan's War Into Eastern Chad

War in Sudan has pushed about one million refugees and returnees into isolated and impoverished parts of neighbouring Chad. Crisis Group expert Charles Bouëssel visited this… Read more »

Sudan: Two Years On, Sudan's War Is Spreading

After the Sudanese army recaptured Khartoum, many hoped that Sudan's war would start winding down. Instead, as it enters its third year, the conflict is escalating and likely to… Read more »