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The Rapid Support Forces’ murderous rampage in the North Darfur capital has brought rare global attention to Sudan’s disastrous conflict. The U.S. and its Arab allies should step up efforts to halt the carnage. 

This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard talks with Crisis Group experts Arrey E. Ntui and Jean-Herve Jezequel about the political standoff and protests following Cameroon’s disputed elections and jihadist militants in Mali blocking fuel supplies to the capital Bamako. 

Relations between the U.S. and Nigeria have soured dramatically amid the Trump administration’s allegations that Nigerian Christians are being slaughtered en masse. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Nnamdi Obasi analyses these claims and the implications for bilateral relations. 

This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with Timur Söylemez, former ambassador and former head of the mediation unit at Türkiye’s foreign ministry, about how a shifting global order is reshaping the landscape for mediation and Ankara’s efforts to resolve conflicts in the Horn of Africa.

Crisis Group expert Shewit Woldemichael assesses the implications of the fall of North Darfur’s bitterly contested capital 

This week on The Horn, Alan is joined by Edmund Yakani, executive director of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization, to discuss the trial of South Sudan’s first vice president and former rebel leader Riek Machar, as the country slips deeper into a political crisis. 

This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard talks with Crisis Group experts Shewit Woldemichael and Alan Boswell about what the RSF’s takeover of Darfur’s El Fasher means for the trajectory of Sudan’s war, the country’s de facto partition and hopes for peace. 

Authorities have proclaimed long-time incumbent Paul Biya the winner of Cameroon’s 12 October presidential election, setting off a wave of demonstrations by the opposition, which sees the official tally as rigged. Urgent talks are needed to stave off further unrest.

For years, the U.S. has backstopped the Somali federal government’s campaign against Al-Shabaab’s insurgency, even as frustration with Mogadishu grew in Washington. With a policy review reportedly pending, Washington should consider how to resolve this longstanding dilemma.