What Happened In January? Tigray’s peace process made notable progress as the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) handed in heavy weapons, Eritrean troop withdrawals from Tigray accelerated and more services in Tigray resumed. Meanwhile, insurgent- …
Episode 18: Mark Malloch-Brown on the Ukraine War and Challenges to Open Societies This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood speaks with Mark Malloch-Brown, president of Open Society Foundations (OSF), Crisis Group trustee, and former UN Deputy …
What’s new? Nigeria is preparing for general elections on 25 February and 11 March 2023. The elections will be different from previous polls in several ways, posing new challenges. Amid widespread insecurity, there has been an uptick in election violence, …
This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood speaks with Mark Malloch-Brown, president of Open Society Foundations (OSF), Crisis Group trustee, and former UN Deputy Secretary-General and UN Development Programme administrator, about challenges facing open …
Having cooperated with efforts to bring Cameroon’s government and Anglophone separatists into formal peace talks, Yaoundé should now commit to participate in them. On 20 January, Canada’s foreign minister, Mélanie Joly, announced that the two sides had …
Que se passe-t-il ? Depuis le coup d’Etat de mai 2021, les autorités maliennes se sont rapprochées de la Fédération de Russie, qui est devenue un partenaire militaire privilégié. Parallèlement, elles se sont éloignées de plusieurs partenaires occidentaux …
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On Friday last week, a Palestinian gunman killed seven civilians in occupied East Jerusalem, the deadliest such attack for years. The shooting came the day after a raid by Israeli forces in a refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jenin, also the deadliest …
For most Iranian Americans, the past four months have been unspeakably harrowing. Since the tragic death of Mahsa Amini at the brutal hands of Tehran’s “morality police” in September, we have watched thousands of videos of young protesters, armed with …
The Sudanese military and a coalition of major civilian actors signed a framework agreement on 5 December 2022, paving a path to a new civilian government more than a year after the military seized full power in an October 2021 coup. While the new deal has …
El regreso de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva a la presidencia de Brasil podría marcar un punto de inflexión en el esfuerzo de América Latina por superar sus divisiones a la hora de afrontar problemas regionales y globales, incluidas las prolongadas crisis en la …
Afghanistan started 2023 facing less armed violence than it has in many years, but nevertheless in a state of crisis. Two thirds of Afghans need humanitarian aid, and with the stricken economy incapable of supporting the majority of the population, threats …
Creating new channels of communication between enemies in the Gulf is the best way to prevent frequent flare-ups from escalating into open conflict. Tensions in the region are on the rise with negotiations to restore the 2015 Iran nuclear deal sputtering …
On 31 January 2023, Crisis Group launched its EU Watch List 2023, our yearly publication that identifies ten countries and regions at risk of conflict or escalation of violence, where stronger engagement and early action driven or supported by the EU and …
Africa Asia Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean Middle East and North Africa Global Issues By any measure, the European Union (EU) has a tough year ahead. So far, along with other Western powers, it has responded well to Russia’s …
Growing economic vulnerability – caused by the cost-of-living crisis, financial instability and debt burdens that countries are facing – has potentially serious consequences for global peace and security. Though COVID-19 rates have dropped, and food and …
ما الجديد؟ يقترب الرئيس محمود عباس من إنهاء فترته قائداً للحركة الوطنية الفلسطينية. ومن غير الواضح من سيخلفه، ووفقاً لأي عملية، الأمر الذي يطرح عدداً غير قليل من الأسئلة حول المستقبل السياسي للفلسطينيين. ما أهمية ذلك؟ في ظل رئاسة عباس، أصبحت السلطة …
Benin January 2023 September 2022 October 2022 November 2022 January 2023 Sporadic jihadist violence continued in north as country held peaceful legislative elections. Suspected jihadist violence persisted in northern departments. In Atakora department …
The 5 December signing of a framework agreement between the military and a coalition of major civilian actors could restore civilian rule in Sudan and give the country another chance to chart a path out of decades of authoritarian rule. But progress is far …
Two years after the 1 February 2021 coup d’état, Myanmar remains in deep crisis, with the economy moribund and millions in need of humanitarian assistance. Despite the security forces’ brutal repression of dissent, widespread popular resistance to the …
