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Crisis Group expert Omar Mahmood reports on Al-Shabaab’s capture of the strategic town of Moqokori and its broader implications

Crisis Group expert Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim analyses the recent uptick in jihadist attacks in western Mali, and their significance for the broader conflict between government forces and JNIM insurgents 

Crisis Group expert Ibraheem Bahiss analyses the reasons behind Moscow’s move and what it could portend for the Taliban’s future diplomatic ties

Crisis Group expert Meron Elias reports on the Kenya street protests of 25 June, and what the government should do to address youth discontent in their aftermath

Crisis Group expert Marta Mucznik analyses the pledges and ambiguities of this week’s gathering in The Hague

Crisis Group expert Jerome Drevon shares insights about which jihadist group was behind Sunday’s church bombing in Damascus and why Syria’s new leadership will struggle to rein it in.

Crisis Group expert Shewit Woldemichael on the importance and regional repercussions of the latest paramilitary advance

Crisis Group experts Daniel Akech and Chris Newton on how the latest famine warning reveals the humanitarian toll of a political fight that risks reigniting civil war

Crisis Group expert Franklin Nossiter considers the implications of Wagner Group’s departure from Mali, and its replacement by the Africa Corps

Crisis Group expert Elizabeth Dickinson on the aftermath of a bid to kill Senator Miguel Uribe, carried out by a 14-year-old hired gun.