Elissa Jobson Adviser, African Union Relations Nairobi, Kenya Please submit all media inquiries to ejobson@crisisgroup.org or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Crisis Group Role Elissa joined Crisis Group in November 2015. As Adviser on African Union Relations, she is the organisation's main liaison with the AU and conducts research on AU policies and decisions related to conflict prevention and resolution in Africa. Prior to joining Crisis Group, Elissa was a media relations specialist with UNICEF in New York, where she helped co-ordinate public advocacy around the Sustainable Development Goals. Between 2012 and 2014, she was a freelance journalist based in Addis Ababa working for The Guardian, Africa Confidential, The Africa Report and Business Day. Before that Elissa was Editor of Global: The International Briefing, a quarterly international affairs magazine. As a journalist and researcher she has followed the activities of the African Union, and its predecessor the Organisation of African Unity, since 2000. In The News 14 Mar 2017 Building coalitions at the regional level and ... at the international level will be how [the head of the AU] can make an impact on many of the crises that the continent is facing. RFI Elissa Jobson Adviser, African Union Relations 31 Jan 2017 If there is one thing that will in the longer term lead to a more peaceful Africa it will be an Africa trading more freely with itself. The Washington Post Elissa Jobson Adviser, African Union Relations Latest Updates Op-Ed / Africa 22 January 2017 Tripartite Changing of the Guard With leadership transitions at the United Nations, African Union and in the United States creating uncertainty, Crisis Group's Africa Program Director Comfort Ero and African Union Relations Adviser Elissa Jobson spotlight the three main challenges to Africa's peace and security in the coming months. Originally published in The Africa Report Op-Ed / Africa 10 October 2016 The African Union Tried and Failed on Burundi. Now It’s Time to Try Again Unless regional and international organisations act in concert and inject new life into the mediation process, Burundi risks igniting a wider crisis. Originally published in African Arguments Op-Ed / Africa 6 August 2016 Why the Choice of the AU Chair Matters So Much in Today’s Multipolar World Beset by seemingly intractable and bloody crises and conflicts at home and beyond, as well as the global security challenges and climate change, the next AU chair will have to navigate an increasingly complex, international political environment. Originally published in The East African