Deputy Director, Horn of Africa @CrisisGroup Formerly @RVInews
Joined July 2012
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NEW ALERT | Pulling Ethiopia and Eritrea Back from War
Addis Ababa and Asmara are edging closer to a direct conflict, which would cause further mayhem in the troubled Horn of Africa and the Red Sea basin. It is not too late to avert disaster.
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NEW COMMENTARY | As the Horn of Africa Nears Boiling Point, Time for Urgent Diplomacy
The Horn of Africa is beset with overlapping wars and crises, with Sudan and Ethiopia at the centre.
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Regional dynamics are increasing the stakes for Addis Ababa in the new showdown over Tigray. We explain why tensions are high in Ethiopia. crisisgroup.org/qna/africa/e…
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NEW Q&A | Power Struggle in Ethiopia’s Tigray: Averting a Return to War
The dramatic struggle for control of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has taken a sharp and dangerous turn, threatening to reignite a devastating conflict. We explain what is at stake.
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🚨In a nutshell: war would devastate a region where past conflicts have cost hundreds of thousands of lives. It would overlap with Sudan's war, pull in powerful states from outside the Horn of Africa & further roil the volatile Red Sea region.
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New Crisis Group publication out today on the intensifying risk of war between Ethiopia and Eritrea, also involving Ethiopia's Tigray region.
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The violent flare up in Tigray shows just how quickly the deteriorating situation in northern #Ethiopia could spiral, some three years after the peace deal.
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My latest analysis for @CrisisGroup details why the trial of Riek Machar, combined with chaotic succession struggles within the presidency, is one of the greatest threats to the country’s stability since the end of its civil war in 2018. crisisgroup.org/africa/south… via @crisisgroup
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1/5 A pivotal week in Africa.
🧵 on Sudan, South Sudan, Cameroon and Somalia.
🇸🇩 As brutal violence engulfs El Fasher, @wmshewit is tracking the catastrophe and its stakes for Sudan’s future.
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Here is a key graf in @CrisisGroup's latest #SouthSudan briefing on how Kiir has built the country's political system around his rule and strengths -- and why any successor will struggle to hold it together.
Here, @CrisisGroup peers deep into a teetering #SouthSudan, where a tug of war over Kiir's succession, spiking violence, the raging war in #Sudan, and the dismantling of the 2018 peace deal all pose interlocking existential risks to the young country.
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‘Denouncing police brutality, restraining security forces from abusive conduct, and holding abusers accountable would be a good start.’ My colleague @Meron_El on the Kenya protests. crisisgroup.org/africa/east-…
Security Council misses funding deadline for AU Mission in Somalia crisisgroup.org/africa/afric… via @crisisgroup
Drone attacks on Port Sudan mark dramatic escalation crisisgroup.org/africa/horn-… via @crisisgroup
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If the UN Security Council weakens or altogether strips climate references from the UN peacekeeping mission in #SouthSudan’s mandate, backsliding will become more likely elsewhere. I discuss what's at stake in tomorrow’s vote on UNMISS’s future. 🧵1/9
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Despite tamped-down expectations, Tuesday’s Sudan conference in London was a jarring reality check says @alanboswell.
In today’s fragmenting world, it is unclear which country or institution could bridge the external divides now tearing Sudan apart.
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Part of a new format for @CrisisGroup -- The Analyst's Notebook -- a quick take on the battle for Darfur and the war ahead
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Great run-through and analysis of the HoA's conflicts and how to tackle them
Pleasure to be back on @CrisisGroup’s „The Horn“ podcast with @alanboswell , reflecting on some of the current dynamics in the Horn and the Red Sea.
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Despite the army's recapture of Khartoum, Sudan's war is far from over, and there is a risk that it may widen further. New statement from @CrisisGroup
Many hoped that Sudan’s war would start winding down after the Sudanese army recaptured Khartoum. Instead, the conflict is escalating and likely to expand. crisisgroup.org/africa/horn-…
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NEW ALERT | Ethiopia and Eritrea Slide Closer to War amid Tigray Upheaval
Amid upheaval in Tigray and Ethiopia’s quest for sea access, Crisis Group fears Ethiopia and Eritrea are slipping toward a devastating new war. Our alert calls for urgent de-escalation efforts and the opening of backchannels.
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.@wmshewit @CrisisGroup on Sudan’s uncertain future:
➡️Army’s Khartoum retake won’t end war
➡️Push to RSF’s Darfur turf risks more protracted stalemate
➡️ Other possibility: country irrevocably divided, each side entrenching itself in zones of influence.
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