Somaliland’s Elections and Struggle to Break Free
Somaliland is enjoying a boost following parliamentary elections at the end of May that resulted in a surprise victory for the opposition. Dr. Mohamed Farah Hersi joins Alan Boswell to explain what th...
30 Jun 202127min
Ethiopia’s Rocky Transitional Election
Ethiopia is set to hold delayed elections on 21 June, a milestone that – before the ongoing war in the Tigray region – many observers believed would be a litmus test for the transition under Prime Min...
16 Jun 202134min
Bonus Episode: The Insurrection in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado (from the Crisis Group podcast Hold Your Fire!)
In this episode of Crisis Group's podcast Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood and guest co-host Comfort Ero, our Interim Vice President and Africa Program Director, talk to Crisis Group’s Deputy Africa Di...
8 Jun 202136min
The Court Ruling That Just Upended Kenyan Politics
In May, the High Court in Kenya overturned President Uhuru Kenyatta’s plan to make significant changes to the 2010 constitution, seen as one of the most progressive in Africa. Willy Mutunga, former Ch...
2 Jun 202134min
What's Driving Sudan and Ethiopia Apart?
Armed clashes along the al-Fashaga border between Sudan and Ethiopia are the latest twist in the up-and-down relationship between the two neighbouring African juggernauts. The border dispute, rooted i...
18 Mai 202130min
Somalia's Dangerous Impasse
Tensions have been rising in Somalia since President Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo” failed to hold elections in February. After Farmajo moved to extend his term by two years, the ongoing political crisis...
5 Mai 202128min
Inside the Region’s Struggle for Peace in South Sudan
In September 2018, South Sudan signed a peace accord to end five years of civil war. However, the agreement remains extremely fragile, and over two years later key parts of the unity government betwee...
21 Apr 202126min
What Eritrea Wants
The international community has long viewed Eritrea as a pariah state, yet the country’s influence is rising again in the turbulent Horn of Africa region. For more than a decade, Ethiopia and the West...
6 Apr 202145min
