The Horn
The Horn of Africa is in turmoil. From revolution in Sudan to civil war in Ethiopia, from Somalia’s political stalemate and the regional spread of jihadism to troubled East African democracies, the region’s pace and scale of change are difficult to keep up with. The Horn, a podcast series from the International Crisis Group, helps make sense of it all. Host Alan Boswell and guests dive deep behind the headlines as they analyse events, debate diplomacy and discuss avenues toward peace. Hosted by...
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Episodes (175)
Somalia’s End-of-year Cliffhanger
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Sudan’s Separation Fifteen Years Ago and Today’s Disaster
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Is Ethiopia Sliding Toward a New Tigray War?
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The Scramble for the Red Sea Is Not Cooling Down
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Mediating the Horn’s Wars: An Exit Interview
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Tiny Djibouti, and Its Prime Real Estate
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Sudan, and a Region and World in Upheaval
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Somalia’s Election Standoff and New Inflection Point
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Bonus Episode: After Three Years of War in Sudan, What Hope for a Ceasefire?
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How the Iran War is Reshaping the Region
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What’s Really Going on in the Horn?
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Behind the Saudi-Emirati Rift
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Bonus Episode: Will Ethiopia and Eritrea Start a Regional War?
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Israel, Somaliland and the Horn
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Uganda after Museveni
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The Rupture in the Gulf, and its Fallout
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The Ethiopia-Eritrea Standoff
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Bonus Episode: Reflecting on Sudan’s Collapse and Elusive Peace
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Global Disorder, Horn of Africa Turmoil. Can Europe Keep Up?
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The El Fasher Atrocities
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Mediators’ Brave New World
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Bonus Episode: What Does the RSF’s Seizure of El Fasher Mean for Sudan’s War?
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The Trial of South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar
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Bonus Episode: Can a U.S.-Arab Roadmap Stop Sudan’s War?
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Ethiopia’s Grand and Contested Dam
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Dr. Comfort Ero on the Future of Peacemaking
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Peacekeeping is Dying. Long Live Peacekeeping?
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What Does Sudan’s RSF Want?
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Bonus Episode: The DR Congo-Rwanda Deal, Trump’s Mediation and African Politics
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Somaliland’s Moment?
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As South Sudan Quakes, an Heir Apparent Rises
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The New Scramble for Peace (and Minerals) in DR Congo
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Any Hope Left for Diplomacy in Sudan?
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Sudan’s Two Years of Hell
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A Region in Spiral, a World in Tumult
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Bonus Episode: South Sudan on the Brink of Another War
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Which Way Will Trump Go on Somalia?
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Ethiopia and Eritrea, On a Collision Course
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The Aid System is Collapsing. Now What?
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Bonus Episode: A Decisive Turn in Sudan’s War?
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Trump’s Aid Cuts and What Africa Should Expect Next
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The Race for AU Chair: Power, Politics, and Influence
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What to Expect from the New AU Mission in Somalia
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Humanitarian Diplomacy: Negotiating Aid Access in a Turbulent World
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Bonus Episode: Trump in Africa
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Peacemaking in Africa amid Global Disorder
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What’s at Stake for Africa at COP29?
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Inside Sudan’s Catastrophic Civil War
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Africa’s Debt Burden and the Need for Global Financial Reform
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Somalia amid a Swirl of Regional Tensions
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