South Sudan: With Oil Exports Disrupted, What Lies Ahead for South Sudan?

In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by Edmund Yakani, executive director of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization, to discuss new political talks in Kenya and… Read more »

Somalia: The Roots of Somalia's Slow Piracy Resurgence

After a decade-long lull, Somali pirates have hijacked a handful of vessels in recent months. Crisis Group expert Omar Mahmood reports on the burning anger over illegal trawling… 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 »

Chad: Averting the Risk of Post-Transition Instability

Chadians will soon elect a new president, concluding a three-year political transition that will almost certainly see the incumbent Mahamat Déby Itno retain power. In this… 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 »

West Africa: What Turmoil in Ecowas Means for Nigeria and Regional Stability

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have left ECOWAS, the regional bloc that sanctioned them after military officers seized power in each. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Nnamdi… 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: Lessons From the Missed Opportunity in Puntland's Polls

Elections in the Somali state of Puntland were a mixed bag. The vote was peaceful, but it followed an indirect model in which most have no voice. The re-elected president should… 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 »

East Africa: Somalia, Somaliland and the Explosive Port Deal

This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with Omar Mahmood, Crisis Group's Senior Analyst for Eastern Africa, about the implications for Somalia of a possible port deal between Ethiopia… Read more »

Somalia: Somalia - Making the Most of the EU-Somalia Joint Roadmap

The Somali government aims to "eliminate" Al-Shabaab by the year's end, marking a crucial point in its sixteen-year war with the insurgency. In this excerpt from the Watch List… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Push for Sea Access

This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with Ethiopia scholar Christopher Clapham about Addis Ababa's bid for its own seaport, including its controversial recent deal with Somaliland,… 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 »

Africa: The Fallout in Chad From the Fighting in Darfur

War in Sudan's Darfur region has triggered a refugee crisis in eastern Chad and raised concerns that turmoil could spread. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Enrica Picco draws… 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 »

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 »