Alan Boswell

The Horn of Africa is quaking yet again as the global order shifts. I have an essay out for @ForeignAffairs on why the messy #Sudan conflict could be an omen of wars to come, as peacemaking grows ever harder. foreignaffairs.com/sudan/sudans-w…

NEW Q&A | Power Struggle in Ethiopia’s Tigray: Averting a Return to War The dramatic struggle for control of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has taken a sharp and dangerous turn, threatening to reignite a devastating conflict. We explain what is at stake. crisisgroup.org/qna/africa/eth…

🎧 NEW EPISODE | The Horn This week, @alanboswell talks with @NesrineMalik about the war in Sudan and what the conflicts in Sudan, Gaza and Iran reveal about the collapse of the global order. In partnership with @FESonline crisisgroup.org/pod/africa/sud…

This is now out. In April, I went to Khartoum, this is our report. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

@alanboswell on the tensions between Sudan and Ethiopia.

I spoke here to BBC’s Focus on Africa about the #Sudan-#Ethiopia dispute, amid the alarming regional picture.

Classic cross-border conflict unfolding: two countries facing war from within & authorities from both accusing the other side of supporting its armed opponents. What started in Sudan as a power struggle is escalating regionally ~ @AlanBoswell @CrisisGroup bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0n…

I talked here on @AJEnglish about the spiking tensions between Sudan and Ethiopia, and the dangers of ever more escalations in the region.

the great @nigargoksel & I have a new @CrisisGroup piece on Türkiye’s competition with Iran & Israel, approach to the current war, and risks & opportunities as Ankara and other players prepare for an unpredictable, messy phase ahead crisisgroup.org/cmt/europe/tur…

On the same day, we are witnessing major escalations between Khartoum-Addis and Mekelle-Addis, both of which could unravel the region even more. Dangerous times, as the fault lines in the Horn continue to deepen. #Sudan #Ethiopia #Tigray

Two weeks later, here is the belated communique from the #Sudan conference in Berlin. auswaertiges-amt.de/en/newsroom/ne… The US brokered a deal between KSA and UAE for including both ‘state institutions’ and ‘civilian-led transition’ language in first para.

Control of Sudan is now divided between its army, which holds Khartoum and the east, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the west.  The risks of long-term partition and spillover are continuing to grow: crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/sud…

Here, reflections from @EroComfort and I from the #Sudan conference in Berlin. A marked contrast: While Sudanese meeting in Berlin took a courageous step forward, the international meeting showed that outside peace efforts are backsliding. crisisgroup.org/anb/africa/sud…

- “There’s no constituency for Sudanese lives in the west. There is no one in the streets like the first Darfur genocide. There are no bracelets. No celebrities. There are no students chanting in Newyork or London.”- @nattyray11 - “The longer (Sudan’s) war goes on, the harder it’ll be to unite the country back again”- @alanboswell - “Mass atrocity. Sexual violence. Hallmarks of genocide. Anyone of those words should be enough to get the world’s attention. But all of them together? Everyone should be standing up”- UN’s Denise Brown @UNOCHA_Sudan Part of our report on @BBCAfrica on Sudan as the country enters 4th year of war: youtu.be/JzhDd_AkZ48

The priority now should be clear: to secure agreement among key internal and external players on a day after for Sudan while urgently pushing for a humanitarian truce. The outside powers most entangled in this conflict should help end it, not prolong it: crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/sud…

🧵Even as the world’s eyes focus on conflict in the Gulf, Sudan is enduring its own brutal war. Millions have been displaced and even more are at risk of famine. Much more needs to be done to stop the world’s worst humanitarian crisis from deepening: crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/sud…

Though diplomacy to end Sudan’s civil war made strides in 2025, it appears stalled amid a row between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – and now the Middle East war. Our latest briefing unpacks how to what should be done to end the conflict. crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/sud…

In Berlin w/@alanboswell for Sudan conference: the war is too big, cruel and geopolitically important to be allowed to rage indefinitely. Sudan needs a landing zone. But it does require outside backers of the warring parties to put more of their political capital on the line.

The title alone from @Mo_IbrahimFdn chairman should tell you what’s at stake. “Sudan’s war risks destabilising an entire region, triggering proxy wars elsewhere in the Horn of Africa and beyond.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/ac… What happens in Sudan will not stay in Sudan

Three years on, #Sudan is horribly divided and peace remains elusive. New publication from @CrisisGroup on how a military power struggle in #Sudan became an escalating regional war — and how it could end. crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/sud…