Pauline Bax Deputy Program Director, Africa Please submit all media inquiries to media@crisisgroup.org or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Crisis Group Role Pauline Bax joined Crisis Group as Senior Editor and Policy Advisor before taking the position of Africa Program Deputy Director. She assists in shaping the analysis and reporting across the program, helps deliver publications and contributes to research. Professional Background Pauline spent almost ten years as West Africa correspondent for the Dutch newspaper NRC/Handelsblad and contributed radio, TV and print reports to various international media, including the BBC, RFI and The Guardian. She subsequently moved from Ivory Coast to Ghana to report for Bloomberg News. In recent years, she served as Africa government editor for Bloomberg, steering coverage for the agency’s network of local correspondents across sub-Saharan Africa. Areas of expertise West African Politics Southern Africa Political Economy Conflict & War Natural Resources Languages English French Dutch German Afrikaans Latest Updates U.S. Congressional Testimony / Africa 18 July 2023 Pauline Bax Speaks to the House Foreign Affairs about the Role of Wagner in Russia Q&A / Europe & Central Asia 29 June 2023 Assessing the Wagner Group’s Aborted Run on Moscow: What Comes Next? Event Recording / Europe & Central Asia 28 June 2023 Wagner Rebellion Explained (Online event, 28 June 2023) Podcast / Africa 02 June 2023 Could Jihadists Seize Parts of Coastal West Africa? Event Recording / Africa 23 February 2023 The Promise and Potential Pitfalls of Nigeria’s 2023 Elections (Online event, 23 February 2023) Podcast / Europe & Central Asia 29 November 2022 Making Sense of Russia’s Changing Role in Africa Load more