Alan Boswell Project Director, Horn of Africa Nairobi Please submit all media inquiries to aboswell@crisisgroup.org or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Crisis Group Role As Crisis Group’s Project Director for the Horn of Africa, Alan oversees the organisation’s work on Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan and regional dynamics. He also hosts Crisis Group’s The Horn podcast since its launch in 2019. Professional Background Alan has worked for over a decade in East Africa. Prior to joining Crisis Group as Senior Analyst for South Sudan in 2018, he served as a formal adviser and researcher for a number of organisations, including the United Nations, USAID, U.S. Institute of Peace, European Institute of Peace, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Folke Bernadotte Academy, Friedrich Egbert Stiftung and World Peace Foundation. He also published conflict research through the Small Arms Survey and was an associate of the Conflict Research Programme at the London School of Economics. Alan started his career as a journalist based in Juba, where he covered Sudan’s split into two countries. He then reported in countries across the continent as the Nairobi-based Africa correspondent for McClatchy newspapers and as a correspondent for Time magazine. He has also written for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy and The Atlantic. Select Publications “Conflict and Crisis in South Sudan's Equatoria”, United States Institute of Peace, April 2021“Insecure Power and Violence: The Rise and Fall of Paul Malong and the Mathiang Anyoor”, Small Arms Survey, October 2019“Spreading Fallout: The collapse of the ARCSS and new conflict along the Equatorias-DRC border”, Small Arms Survey, May 2017 In The News 16 เม.ย. 2024 A big part of the problem has been the Sudanese army side of the war essentially blocking food relief into areas they don't control. CBS News Alan Boswell Project Director, Horn of Africa 24 ม.ค. 2024 Regaining an ally in Sudan, especially along the Red Sea, would be a major win for Iran but will spook other regional and Western powers. Al Arabiya Alan Boswell Project Director, Horn of Africa 20 ธ.ค. 2023 There hasn't been a major ceasefire push since the first few weeks of the war in Sudan … It's been a giant mess. The Economist Alan Boswell Project Director, Horn of Africa 20 ธ.ค. 2023 The [Sudanese] army has never had to fight a war like this before and has shown itself not fit for purpose. The New York Times Alan Boswell Project Director, Horn of Africa 21 ก.ย. 2023 The east [of Sudan] is a powder keg. We just haven’t seen it blow up yet. Al Jazeera Alan Boswell Project Director, Horn of Africa 31 พ.ค. 2023 The concern now is if these Jeddah talks collapse, it confirms more or less that Sudan is basically in freefall into a full civil war. Al Jazeera Alan Boswell Project Director, Horn of Africa Latest Updates Podcast / Africa 15 เมษายน 2024 New U.S. Envoy on Ending Sudan’s War Podcast / Africa 12 เมษายน 2024 What’s Left of Sudan After a Year At War? Podcast / Africa 04 เมษายน 2024 Chad’s Young New Ruler Tightens His Grip Podcast / Africa 25 มีนาคม 2024 Sudan on the Brink of Famine Podcast / Africa 07 มีนาคม 2024 Kenya and the Chaos in Haiti Podcast / Africa 22 กุมภาพันธ์ 2024 As Crises Swirl, Africa’s Leaders Converge Load more