Alan Boswell
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Horn of Africa director @CrisisGroup. host, The Horn.
Nairobi
Joined June 2007
RT @EroComfort: š§µ1/4 āGaza appears to have arrived at a horrifying precipice this past week.āĀ . My colleague @aj_iraqi explains how the worā¦.
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RT @matnashed: Tune in to this really insightful yet sprawling episode of the Horn with ICG host @alanboswell and @Sarra_M_Majdoub . It cā¦.
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RT @CrisisGroup: After losing control of Khartoum, how is the RSF recalibrating its military strategy in Sudan?. @alanboswell and @Sarra_M_ā¦.
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This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with analyst and expert Sarra Majdoub about the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan and their shifting military and political goals as Sudanās civil war...
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RT @RichardGowan1: Is it time to say goodbye to formal peacemaking institutions like the @UN and @OSCE?. We may regret it if we do, I argueā¦.
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In this expanded and edited version of a lecture given to the Geneva Centre for Security Policy on 6 May 2025, Crisis Group expert Richard Gowan explores the dilemmas facing UN conflict management...
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I also talk about the nascent push on #Sudan from the new US administration.
Our Horn of Africa Director @AlanBoswell speaks to @CNN about the International Criminal Court investigations into the use of sexual violence as weapons of war in #Sudan.
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RT @CrisisGroup: Our Horn of Africa Director @AlanBoswell speaks to @CNN about the International Criminal Court investigations into the useā¦.
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RT @EroComfort: Al-Shabaab gaining momentum; fed govt struggles to maintain external support to regain upper hand. AUSSOM lacks clear fundiā¦.
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Crisis Group expert Omar Mahmood reports on Al-Shabaabās capture of the strategic town of Moqokori and its broader implications
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RT @mutigam: Trump declared the new DRC-Rwanda deal a "wonderful treaty" and "glorious triumph". But is it? I discuss this and a range of oā¦.
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This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Murithi Mutiga, Crisis Groupās Africa program director, about the DR Congo-Rwanda peace deal, what it says about the Trump administrationās diplomacy...
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RT @GuleidJ: Talked to @alanboswell on issues, including #Somalilandās push for recognition, MoU with #Ethiopia in 2024, and the āprospectsā¦.
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This week onĀ The Horn, Alan speaks with Guleid Ahmed Jama, a lawyer and political commentator based in Hargeisa, about Somalilandās push for recognition as it navigates regional turmoil and an...
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RT @jongethon: The latest famine warning from #SouthSudan is truly harrowing. My colleague Chris Newton and I explain in this @CrisisGroupā¦.
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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
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What to make thus far of Trump 2.0's veering approach to foreign crises and peacemaking? @CrisisGroup's @EroComfort @atwoodr peer across the globe and unpack. 'So far, then, there is no Trump doctrine. There are Trump instincts'.
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The following is adapted from a report from Crisis Groupās President and CEO Comfort Ero to the organisationās Trustees in mid-May 2025. She and Executive Vice President Richard Atwood look at the...
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RT @mutigam: What does the departure of Wagner Group from Mali mean beyond simply passing the baton to the Africa Corps?. Interesting quickā¦.
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Crisis Group expert Franklin Nossiter considers the implications of Wagner Groupās departure from Mali, and its replacement by the Africa Corps
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RT @jongethon: South Sudan is facing a succession crisis that could reshape its fragile future. On the latest "The Horn" podcast from @Crisā¦.
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This week onĀ The Horn, Alan speaks with Crisis Group expert Daniel Akech about South Sudanese President Salva Kiirās uncertain succession plans amid a deepening political crisis that has pushed the...
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RT @cobbo3: As South Sudan quakes, a heir apparent, Benjamin Bol Mel, a wealthy businessman and increasingly influential but divisive figurā¦.
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This week onĀ The Horn, Alan speaks with Crisis Group expert Daniel Akech about South Sudanese President Salva Kiirās uncertain succession plans amid a deepening political crisis that has pushed the...
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RT @maya_ungar: āļø My quick take for @CrisisGroup on how last week's UNSC votes on South Sudan and Libya reflect on the broader sanctions dā¦.
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Crisis Group expert Maya Ungar on UN Security Council votes on sanctions on South Sudan and enforcement of Libyaās arms embargo
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RT @ME_Council: Upcoming Webinar: "Sudan War: Two Years On". šļø June 4, 2025.š 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm (Doha time).š Zoom.š Registration: https:/ā¦.
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RT @CrisisGroup: āOfficials on both sides say Donald Trump administrationās upending of diplomatic norms and alliances have convinced themā¦.
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Crisis Group expert Liesl Louw-Vaudran on the way global turbulence has reshaped ties between the regions
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For more on this strange new era of peacemaking in DRC, listen to our latest here:.
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This week on The Horn, Alan talks with Crisis Groupās Great Lakes Project Director Richard Moncrieff to size up the new efforts to end the regional war in eastern DR Congo.
āIf I thought you could use a mineral deal to end decades of war, then there are countries that I imagine would have been fixed already,ā @CrisisGroup president @EroComfort reacting to the Trump administrationās slapdash DRC mediation efforts.
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RT @mutigam: āIf I thought you could use a mineral deal to end decades of war, then there are countries that I imagine would have been fixeā¦.
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Even the presidentās Republican allies in Congress are pushing for an inclusive peace process.
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