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 »

South Sudan: South Sudan On the Brink of Another War

This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group experts Daniel Akech and Alan Boswell about escalating violence across South Sudan, President Salva Kiir's dismissal… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia and Eritrea Slide Closer to War Amid Tigray Upheaval

Two years after a disastrous war in Ethiopia's Tigray, internal tussles as well as related tensions between Addis Ababa and Asmara threaten to reignite conflict. All with influence… Read more »

Somalia: Which Way Will Trump Go On Somalia?

This week on The Horn, Alan talks with Crisis Group's Somalia expert Omar Mahmood about what the impact of a major Trump pivot on Somalia could look like, as well as Al-Shabaab's… Read more »

Sudan: Peace Talks Remain the Only Way Out of Sudan's Nightmare

The Sudanese Armed Forces may retake Khartoum. But don't expect a decisive end to the war. Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia and Eritrea, On a Collision Course

This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with Michael Woldemariam, associate professor at the University of Maryland, about the escalating tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the… Read more »

South Sudan: South Sudan On the Precipice of Renewed Full-Blown War

Tensions are running dangerously high after an opposition-linked militia overran an army base loyal to President Salva Kiir in South Sudan's Upper Nile state. Regional leaders… Read more »

Sudan: A Decisive Turn in Sudan's War?

This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group experts Shewit Woldemichael and Alan Boswell about the Sudanese army's recent advances in Khartoum and other parts of… Read more »

Sudan: Battle for Khartoum Marks a Crossroads in Sudan's Civil War

The Sudanese army is pushing to take over Khartoum. Should it prevail, it would record a major victory, though one that would be unlikely to end the country's devastating conflict.… Read more »

Sudan: Big Priorities for the African Union in 2025 - Zooming in On Sudan, DRC and Cameroon

In this online event Crisis Group experts discuss the eight priorities that Crisis Group has identified for the African Union in the year ahead and specifically zoom in on what it… Read more »

Sudan: Bolstering Efforts to End Sudan's Civil War

Sudan's war is causing untold misery and threatening to spill over into the neighbourhood. In this excerpt from the Watch List 2025, Crisis Group explores how the EU and its member… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Calamitous War - Finding a Path Toward Peace

The disastrous conflict in Sudan is pushing the country deeper into chaos. Work to halt it has never been more urgent. To get talks going, mediators may need to present a notional… Read more »

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 »