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“If you don’t improve the lives of Malian citizens in terms of security, in terms of governance, in terms of transparency, in terms of growth, in terms of job unemployment, then I think many people will be asking: what have we gained from sovereignty?” Our President and CEO Comfort Ero was in Bamako, #Mali to discuss the country’s domestic and foreign policy at a moment of important geopolitical change in the region.

With a background in international development and previously working with Chemonics International on USAID projects in East and South Africa, Ginger is International Crisis Group’s Senior Advocacy & Research Analyst. Joining Crisis Group in 2023, Ginger Jacobs develops and implements advocacy strategies to engage U.S. stakeholders – including government agencies, think tanks and NGOs – in support of Crisis Group’s efforts to prevent and mitigate deadly conflict. On our 30th anniversary, she explains what motivated her to come to the organisation. ➡️ Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eV-jcWVq

📉 The Islamic State-Khorasan Province has swiftly emerged as a leading jihadist threat to international peace and security. Despite staging fewer deadly attacks in 2025, it remains dangerous. Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, the IS-KP has emerged as a major international security threat, orchestrating or inspiring attacks abroad following a Taliban clampdown on its home turf. A series of mass-casualty attacks in 2024 in Iran and Russia have demonstrated the continuing dangers posed by the group, while boosting the case for enhanced cooperation between these states and the West despite the geopolitical rivalries that tear them asunder. Despite a recent lull and a fall in the number of attack launched by IS-KP in 2025, its offensive could resurge. States should adapt to the threat posed by more decentralised jihadist groups, including the possibility that the Islamic State-Khorasan Province may be replaced or supplemented by other ISIS affiliates. 📌 Our latest briefing explores how robust law enforcement cooperation will be vital to keep containing IS-KP and any other ISIS branch that may seek to replace it: https://lnkd.in/dueSsyuc

"Aged 92, Paul Biya is the world’s oldest head of state. Should he win the election, he will be 99 years old when his term ends." My colleague Arrey Elvis Ntui unpacks President Biya’s determination to stay in office and its implications for Cameroon’s stability. Full International Crisis Group report on #Cameroon October presidential election coming soon...stay tuned! https://lnkd.in/dV-jSXB7

Wonderful to be back in #Malaysia to share some thoughts on #conflictprevention on the sidelines of the #ASEAN & #EastAsiaSummit Foreign Ministers Meetings and 🇦🇺 FM Penny Wong's keynote speech about our region's share future and shared responsibility. "Agency in shaping the future we want, not just accepting it." Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade International Crisis Group ANU National Security College Rory Medcalf AM Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia

📨 Zones de tensions | Violence et transhumance en Centrafrique & la politique étrangère de Donald Trump La deuxième édition de notre nouvelle newsletter trimestrielle en français est désormais disponible. Vous y trouverez notamment notre dernier rapport sur la République centrafricaine, où les violences associées à la transhumance n’ont cessé de croître au cours de la dernière décennie, un photo-reportage sur les répercussions de la guerre au Soudan dans l’est du Tchad et une analyse des récentes tensions diplomatiques entre le Mali et l’Algérie. Dans cette nouvelle édition, Comfort Ero, présidente et directrice générale de Crisis Group, et Richard Atwood, vice-président exécutif, examinent également les premières initiatives de la seconde administration de Donald Trump en matière de politique étrangère et tentent de comprendre pourquoi le président américain peine à obtenir ce qu’il souhaite sur la scène internationale. Enfin, ne manquez pas les derniers épisodes de notre podcast en français, Afrique 360°, consacré notamment à la situation politique en Côte d’Ivoire à l’approche de l’élection présidentielle d’octobre prochain. Pour vous abonner à Zones de tensions et à nos actualités en français: https://lnkd.in/gqMvjWt

📽️ Our Horn of Africa Director Alan Boswell speaks to CNN about the International Criminal Court investigations into the use of sexual violence as weapons of war in #Sudan. ⬇️

🗞️ This Week in Conflict | International Crisis Group: 30 Years of Conflict Prevention and Resolution Built out of the destruction of the Balkan Wars in the 1990s, we have made great strides focusing on conflict resolution and shaping peace over the past three decades. In their own words, our trustees explore Crisis Group’s founding, its expansion and look at the new challenges that lie ahead at a moment of danger and discontinuity for the world. Elsewhere, our analysts give their quick takes on an uptick in violence in Somalia and Mali, where groups such as Al-Shabaab and Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin have made considerable ground. Finally, make sure you listen to our latest podcast on U.S. peacemaking in Africa, as we look at the DR Congo-Rwanda deal, Sudan’s civil war and simmering tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

🎥 International Crisis Group has hit 30! A massive thank you to all our supporters over the last three decades. 🙏🏾💫 Over the last thirty years, we have made great strides focusing on conflict resolution, preventing and addressing conflict wherever our organisation finds it. But as we mark this significant milestone, new challenges lie ahead, and our work remains essential at a moment of danger and discontinuity for the world. In their own words, our trustees - including Susana Malcorra, Juan Manuel Santos, Zeinab Badawi, Ayo Obe, Mark Malloch-Brown, Alex Soros, Frank Giustra, Abdulaziz Sager, and Mo Ibrahim - explore Crisis Group’s founding, its expansion into a global organisation and what the future holds.

International Crisis Group turns 30 this year, at a moment when global conflict is accelerating, fragmenting, and taking an increasing toll on civilians. I am so proud to be a small part of the work we do to understand, prevent, and unravel violence. https://lnkd.in/e2DBtiw2