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International Crisis Group

From revolution in Sudan, to Al Shabaab’s increasing regional reach and Ethiopia’s burgeoning political transformation, the Horn of Africa is in turmoil. The Horn, a new podcast series from...

Episodes

20 of 182 episodes

The View from Eritrea

In this episode of The Horn , Alan is joined by Reuters journalist Giulia Paravicini to discuss her recent visit to Asmara, Eritrea’s capita...

38:51Oct 30, 2026

Ethiopia and Eritrea, On the Cusp of War

In this episode of The Horn , Alan is joined by Michael Woldemariam, associate professor at the University of Maryland, to discuss the confl...

39:35Oct 13, 2026

Bonus Episode | How Close Are Ethiopia and Eritrea to All-out War?

Today on The Horn , we are bringing you a bonus episode on the rising risk of war between Ethiopia and Eritrea from Crisis Group's Global Po...

39:28Oct 9, 2026

Inside Sudan’s War

In this episode of The Horn , Alan is joined by Yousra Elbagir, Sky News’s Africa correspondent and winner of the RTS Network Television Jou...

58:14Oct 1, 2026

Bonus Episode | Back to War in Ethiopia?

Today on The Horn , we are bringing you a bonus episode on Ethiopia from Crisis Group's Global Podcast Hold Your Fire! . In this episode, Ri...

37:35Sep 30, 2026

Bonus Episode | Two Shores, One Sea: The Horn of Africa and West Asia in a Contested Red Sea

Today we're sharing a bonus episode from the WASSAP podcast, where Alan joins hosts Désirée Custers and Hubert Kinkoh to explore the growing...

43:00Sep 25, 2026

The Houthis, the Saudis and the New Red Sea Politics

In this episode of The Horn , Alan is joined by Crisis Group’s Arabian Peninsula director Yasmine Farouk and senior Yemen analyst Ahmed Nagi...

47:11Sep 18, 2026

Somalia’s End-of-year Cliffhanger

This week on The Horn, Alan talks with Samira Gaid, founder and senior analyst at the Mogadishu-based think tank Balqiis, about the possible...

32:20Sep 3, 2026

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...

1:00:46Aug 18, 2026

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 Acas...

41:18Jul 10, 2026

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 as...

41:23Jun 29, 2026

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 D...

32:42Jun 12, 2026

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 discu...

27:05Jun 4, 2026

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 ye...

35:41May 15, 2026

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 t...

35:52Apr 30, 2026

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! ,...

42:28Apr 9, 2026

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 fall...

36:55Apr 2, 2026

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...

36:02Mar 19, 2026

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 Fell...

37:50Mar 5, 2026

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 wi...

44:30Mar 4, 2026