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Hostilities between March 23 (M23) insurgents and Congo’s national army have also triggered a spike in tension between the DRC and Rwanda, with the former accusing the latter of supporting the M23.

Regional powers should drive diplomacy in DRC as M23 surrounds Goma

With the humanitarian crisis growing, nations involved, particularly Kenya, must press hard for a halt to the insurgent advances and urge Kinshasa and Kigali to reduce tensions

  • International Crisis Group
14 min read
On 2 November, Ethiopia’s federal government and leaders of the country’s northern Tigray region agreed to end two years of devastating war.
ABIY AHMED

Pretoria deal gives Ethiopia a chance at lasting peace

All parties must act responsibly to build a solid foundation for peace after signing an agreement on 2 November

  • International Crisis Group
20 min read
Okwalla Ochang Cham and his family
ERITREA

A call to action: Averting atrocities in Ethiopia’s Tigray war

An Ethiopian-Eritrean offensive has made gains in Tigray. World leaders must act urgently to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in the brutal conflict

  • International Crisis Group
15 min read
Wreckage of a tank in tigray area – Ethiopia. Image: Getty Images
BLUE NILE RIVER

Avoiding the abyss as war resumes in Northern Ethiopia

International envoys should keep pressing the Ethiopia and Tigray parties to renew the truce and begin formal direct negotiations.

  • International Crisis Group
19 min read
A picture taken from a vehicle and through a window shows a group of migrant men, mainly from Niger and Nigeria, sitting in the back of a pick up, on January 15, 2019 during a journey across the Air dessert, northern Niger, towards the Libyan border post of Gatrone. (SOULEMAINE AG ANARA / AFP)
AGADEZ

Don’t disrupt Niger’s balancing act

Europe must tread carefully or risk fuelling militancy and migration

  • International Crisis Group
5 min read