Elections in the Somali state of Puntland were a mixed bag. The vote was peaceful, but it followed an indirect model in which most have no voice. The re-elected president should reconcile with...
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Armenia Struggles to Cope with Exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenia is having problems integrating over 100,000 refugees who fled Nagorno-Karabakh when Azerbaijan took control of the enclave in September 2023. Yerevan has tried to be generous, but it lacks...
World + 13 more
CrisisWatch February 2024
CrisisWatch is our global conflict tracker, an early warning tool designed to help prevent deadly violence. It keeps decision-makers up-to-date with developments in over 70 conflicts and crises every...
Northern Mali: Return to Dialogue
In northern Mali, fighting has resumed between armed groups signatory to the 2015 peace agreement and government forces, even as clashes with jihadists continue. Bamako's initiative for an...
Nord du Mali : revenir au dialogue
Dans le nord du Mali, les combats ont repris entre les groupes armés signataires de l’accord de paix de 2015 et les forces gouvernementales, alors que les affrontements se poursuivent avec les...
The Security Council Agrees to Consider Funding AU Peace Operations
In late December 2023, the UN Security Council signed on to a framework for channelling UN funds to African Union-led peacekeeping missions. In this Q&A, Crisis Group experts Daniel Forti and Liesl...
Afghanistan + 8 more
Crisis Group’s Impact Highlights: March to October 2023
Crisis Group’s work preventing conflict and shaping peace has a positive influence on crises around the globe. This Impact Note highlights cases in Afghanistan, Colombia, Haiti, Myanmar,...
Conflictividad perpetua: una ruta hacia la estabilidad en el Perú
Ningún país de América Latina sufre mayores índices de insatisfacción con la democracia y las instituciones gubernamentales que el Perú. Si no hay avances para frenar la polarización política y la...
Unrest on Repeat: Plotting a Route to Stability in Peru
No country in Latin America suffers higher rates of dissatisfaction with democracy and government institutions than Peru. Absent remedies for political polarisation and state dysfunction, the mass...
Afghanistan + 12 more
Watch List 2024
Crisis Group’s early-warning Watch List identifies ten countries and regions facing deadly conflict or escalation of violence. In these situations, early action, driven or supported by the EU and its...
Afghanistan + 5 more
The Taliban’s Neighbourhood: Regional Diplomacy with Afghanistan [EN/PS/Dari/RU]
Even as many diplomats shun the Taliban regime, protesting its treatment of women and girls, emissaries of countries near Afghanistan have sought dealings with Kabul in areas like security and...
¿Puede una guerra contra el crimen traer alivio a Ecuador?
El aumento de la violencia en Ecuador ha llevado al nuevo presidente Daniel Noboa a declarar la existencia de un “conflicto armado interno” con grupos criminales. En estas preguntas y respuestas, la...
Can a War on Crime Bring Relief to Ecuador?
Spiking violence in Ecuador has led recently-inaugurated President Daniel Noboa to declare an “internal armed conflict” with criminal groups. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Glaeldys González...
Surviving the War in Gaza
As the conflict in Gaza enters its fourth month, Crisis Group’s Gaza-based researcher Azmi Keshawi, working with colleague Claudia Gazzini, tells the story of his family’s daily struggle to survive...
Sudan’s Calamitous Civil War: A Chance to Draw Back from the Abyss
Sudan’s war is entering an even more dangerous phase as fighting spreads to the heavily contested east, spelling more atrocities and mass displacement. Diplomats should seize a new opportunity to...
Haiti’s Gangs: Can a Foreign Mission Break Their Stranglehold?
What's new? Foreign security personnel are expected to begin arriving in Haiti in early 2024 to assist the national police in fighting the gangs besieging much of the country. UN-authorised,...
Les gangs en Haïti : une mission étrangère peut-elle briser leur emprise ?
Que se passe-t-il ? Une force étrangère de sécurité devrait arriver en Haïti début 2024 pour aider la police à lutter contre les gangs assiégeant une majorité du pays. Autorisée par l'ONU, menée par...
Beyond the Election: Overcoming Bangladesh’s Political Deadlock
Bangladesh is heading into general elections with the opposition sitting out the vote after staging major protests. With dissatisfaction growing among the public, the ruling party and its rivals...
oPt + 18 more
10 Conflicts to Watch in 2024
More leaders are pursuing their ends militarily. More believe they can get away with it. Can we stop things falling apart? 2024 begins with wars burning in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine and peacemaking in...
Israel + 2 more
Diplomacy Must Prevail in Israel-Hizbollah Conflict
Thus far, Hizbollah and Israel have avoided a disastrous escalation on the Israeli-Lebanese border as the Gaza war rages. But trouble lies ahead. Western-led mediation remains the best way to restore...