Murithi Mutiga Program Director, Africa Nairobi, Kenya Please submit all media inquiries to media@crisisgroup.org or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Murithi Mutiga is Program Director for Africa. He is based in Nairobi. 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 9 Aug 2022 Post-conflict societies rarely earn the right lessons, but I think Kenya did. It adopted a new constitution with a relatively independent judiciary that led to a more con... New York Times Murithi Mutiga Program Director, Africa 13 Jun 2022 Kenya is one of the few countries [in Africa] where you go into an election without knowing who is going to win. Financial Times Murithi Mutiga Program Director, Africa 14 Dec 2021 If [Kenyan President] Kenyatta can achieve a ceasefire that potentially stops a catastrophic confrontation among warring actors in Ethiopia, that would give him quite an ... The New Statesman Murithi Mutiga Program Director, Africa 19 Nov 2021 The U.S. needs to drop the old posture of viewing Africa as just a problem to be solved. Reuters Murithi Mutiga Program Director, Africa 13 Sep 2021 Unfortunately, while in much of the world 9/11 is viewed as in the past, in Africa, the legacy of those attacks lives on. The World Murithi Mutiga Program Director, Africa 1 May 2021 The [economic] impact [of the pandemic in Africa] has been immense. These are countries with very limited social safety nets, and … very little resources to respond to a ... The Guardian Murithi Mutiga Program Director, Africa Latest Updates Op-Ed / Africa 20 September 2022 Cameroon’s Anglophone conflict: Children should be able to return to school Podcast / Africa 18 August 2022 What Next After Ruto is Declared Winner of Kenya’s Nail-biter Election? Podcast / Africa 17 June 2022 Rollercoaster Politics Ahead of Kenya’s August Elections Commentary / Europe & Central Asia 04 March 2022 The Ukraine War: A Global Crisis? Also available in Español Op-Ed / Africa 02 March 2022 The U.S. Must Raise the Stakes for Sudan’s Coup Leaders Podcast / Africa 29 October 2021 The Military’s Dangerous Power Grab in Sudan Load more