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In this second episode of The Horn’s mini-series exploring jihadism along the Swahili coast, Alan Boswell talks to regional expert Samira Gaid about the evolution of Al-Shabaab and how Somalia can use external stabilisation support more effectively.

This special mini-series of Crisis Group’s The Horn explores jihadism along the Swahili coast. In this first episode, Alan Boswell talks to Ngala Chome ​​about the history of militant ideologies in Eastern Africa and how states can better address their growing threat.

In Season 1 of Hold Your Fire! Richard Atwood and Naz Modirzadeh speak to Crisis Group field analysts and special guests to get their unique, on-the-ground perspective on the world’s conflicts — from covering ethnic tensions in Ethiopia and a military coup in Myanmar, to going behind the scenes in Colombia’s peace talks. Episodes from more recent seasons of Hold Your Fire! can be found here: Season 2 and Season 3.

This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood and Naz Modirzadeh talk to Crisis Group’s Lahib Higel about the Tishreen uprising that upended Iraqi politics and what President Biden’s announcement that U.S. forces will end their combat mission in Iraq means for the country.

This week on The Horn, Alan Boswell talks to Declan Walsh, Chief Africa Correspondent for The New York Times, about the dramatic events he witnessed firsthand in Ethiopia’s Tigray war. 

This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood talks to Crisis Group experts Laurel Miller and Andrew Watkins about the Taliban’s recent gains across Afghanistan as U.S. and NATO forces withdraw, what this means for the war’s trajectory and prospects for peace talks.

This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood and guest co-host Comfort Ero talk to Crisis Group’s Richard Horsey about the armed resistance forming against the military regime in Myanmar six months after the coup and the broader crisis provoked by the Tatmadaw’s crackdown.

This week on The Horn, Alan Boswell welcomes Dr. Luka Biong Deng Kuol, a South Sudanese former minister and academic, to reflect on South Sudan’s trajectory since achieving independence ten years ago and whether it can still change course toward a more stable future.

This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood and Naz Modirzadeh talk to Alan Boswell, senior analyst for South Sudan, for an in-depth look at South Sudanese statehood ten years after independence.

In Season 2 of War & Peace, Olga Oliker and Hugh Pope cover issues such as nuclear weapons proliferation, cybersecurity, as well as specific conflicts in Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean and beyond. Episodes from other series of War & Peace can be found here: Season 1 and Season 3.