Podcast
The Horn
Episodes
- Sudan’s Separation Fifteen Years Ago and Today’s Disaster
This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with Alex de Waal and Abdul Mohammed, former senior officials for the African Union’s mediation team, on how the split between Sudan and South Su…
- Is Ethiopia Sliding Toward a New Tigray War?
In this episode of The Horn, Alan speaks with Payton Knopf about the rising risk of renewed war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform…
- The Scramble for the Red Sea Is Not Cooling Down
In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by scholar Federico Donelli, author of the recent book Power Competition in the Red Sea, to assess the shifting geopolitics of the Red S…
- Mediating the Horn’s Wars: An Exit Interview
In this episode of The Horn, Alan speaks with Babatunde Afolabi, former Africa Director at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD), now Director of Political Affairs at the Econo…
- Tiny Djibouti, and Its Prime Real Estate
In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by scholar and author Samson Abebe Bezabeh, a professor at the University of Hong Kong, to discuss Djibouti’s domestic politics and shif…
- Sudan, and a Region and World in Upheaval
In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by journalist and author Nesrine Malik. They take stock of Sudan’s war after more than three years of fighting and consider where the co…
- Somalia’s Election Standoff and New Inflection Point
In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by Omar Mahmood, Crisis Group’s Senior Analyst for Somalia and the Horn of Africa, to discuss the deeper implications of Somalia’s new e…
- Bonus Episode: After Three Years of War in Sudan, What Hope for a Ceasefire?
Today we're bringing you a bonus episode on Sudan from Crisis Group's Global Podcast Hold Your Fire!. In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s Sudan…
- How the Iran War is Reshaping the Region
In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by Hafsa Halawa, an independent political analyst and mediation specialist, to discuss the fallout of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran in…
- What’s Really Going on in the Horn?
In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by Moses Chrispus Okello, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Security Studies, to unpack the common forces driving instability across…
- Behind the Saudi-Emirati Rift
In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by H. A. Hellyer, Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute and Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress,…
- Bonus Episode: Will Ethiopia and Eritrea Start a Regional War?
Today we're bringing you a bonus from Crisis Group's Global Podcast Hold Your Fire!. In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group Africa director Murithi Mu…
- Israel, Somaliland and the Horn
In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by Asher Lubotzky, senior research fellow at the Israel-Africa Relations Institute, to discuss Israel’s recognition of Somaliland and it…
- Uganda after Museveni
In this episode of The Horn, Alan speaks with Kristof Titeca, professor at the Institute of Development Policy at the University of Antwerp, to talk about Uganda’s post-election la…
- The Rupture in the Gulf, and its Fallout
In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by Crisis Group experts Yasmine Farouk, Omar Mahmood and Shewit Woldemichael. He first speaks with Yasmine about what is behind the new…
- The Ethiopia-Eritrea Standoff
In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by Michael Woldemariam, associate professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy, to unpack the escalating tensions b…
- Bonus Episode: Reflecting on Sudan’s Collapse and Elusive Peace
This week on The Horn, we post a recent discussion between Crisis Group’s CEO and President, Comfort Ero, and leading expert Alex de Waal, about ongoing efforts to bring Sudan’s wa…
- Global Disorder, Horn of Africa Turmoil. Can Europe Keep Up?
In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by Heiko Nitzschke, Germany’s special envoy for the Horn of Africa, to discuss whether and how Europe needs to adapt its approach toward…
- The El Fasher Atrocities
In this episode of The Horn, Alan speaks with Julia Steers, investigations editor at Lighthouse Reports, about the large-scale atrocities that took place in Darfur’s El Fasher afte…
- Mediators’ Brave New World
In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by Timur Söylemez, former ambassador and former head of the mediation unit at Türkiye’s foreign ministry, to discuss the evolving landsc…
