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Crisis Group experts explain why public frustration with Tanzania’s ruling party is mounting in the lead-up to general elections on 29 October

Somalia faces political division, a resurgent Al-Shabaab and waning foreign confidence in its federal system. In this excerpt from the Watch List 2025 – Autumn Update, Crisis Group explores how the EU and member states can help address current challenges and deeper political fault lines.

Dans cet épisode d’Afrique 360°, Rinaldo Depagne et sa co-présentatrice exceptionnelle, Liesl Louw-Vaudran, reçoivent Emmanuelle Veuillet, chercheuse sur le Soudan du Sud à l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) et à l’Institut des mondes africains (IMAF), pour évoquer l’escalade des tensions politiques au Soudan du Sud et les risques d’un nouveau conflit dans le pays.

The speeches at the UN General Assembly this year focused their foreign policy attention on Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and UN reform. Crisis Group experts analyse the issues world leaders picked out and what their remarks say about shifting diplomatic attention to major crises.

This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard talks with Crisis Group experts Shewit Woldemichael, Alan Boswell and Yasmine Farouk about recent shifts in Sudan’s war and whether a joint statement by the U.S. and several Arab countries stands any chance of ending it. 

Côte d’Ivoire heads toward a high-stakes presidential election amid persistent political exclusion, identity tensions, and fears of renewed unrest.

Crisis Group expert Franklin Nossiter analyses General Doumbouya’s designs on securing victory in presidential polls despite an earlier promise not to seek an electoral mandate

Why Mediators Struggle to End a New Kind of Conflict

In this video, Crisis Group’s Deputy Program Director for Africa, Pauline Bax, explains how Moscow utilises military assistance and manipulates social media to ramp up its influence in African countries, particularly Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Libya, and Mali.

On 12 September, the United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates announced a breakthrough roadmap for ending the catastrophic war in Sudan. With the initiative already flagging, the four countries should urgently press the main belligerents toward peace talks.