Murithi Mutiga

Program Director, Africa

Nairobi, Kenya

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Crisis Group Role

Murithi Mutiga is Program Director for Africa. He is based in Nairobi.

Background

He previously covered East Africa for The Guardian (UK) and before that served as a Contributing Op-Ed Writer to the International New York Times. Murithi was also an editor and columnist with the Sunday Nation.

He holds an MSc in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics.

In The News

22 May 2024

There is a perception [in Kenya] that democracy hasn’t delivered, that elites which had come to power through elections were not delivering. New York Times

Murithi Mutiga

Program Director, Africa

18 Apr 2023

You need a cease-fire [in Sudan] quickly or you are staring at civil war. Bloomberg

Murithi Mutiga

Program Director, Africa

26 Jan 2023

In [African] countries where militias have proliferated, they have filled a vacuum of governance, often left by elites in capital cities who are not accountable to the ru... The Guardian

Murithi Mutiga

Program Director, Africa

12 Dec 2022

The U.S. has traditionally seen Africa as a problem to be solved, but its competitors see Africa as a place of opportunity, which is why they are pulling ahead. New York Times