INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP

AFRICA CENTRAL AFRICA: CRISIS GROUP'S NAIROBI-BASED TEAM MONITORS AND REPORTS ON THE FRAGILE SECURITY SITUATION IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC AS WELL AS THE STALEMATED TRANSITION IN CHAD. THE TEAM ALSO REPORTS ON THE CONFLICT IN CAMEROON'S ANGLOPHONE REGION. GREAT LAKES: CRISIS GROUP'S GREAT LAKES PROJECT TRACKS THE MULTIPLE SECURITY AND POLITICAL CHALLENGES IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AND REPORTS ON WIDER TENSIONS WITHIN AND AMONG ITS KEY NEIGHBOURS, BURUNDI, UGANDA AND RWANDA.WEST AFRICA: CRISIS GROUP'S WEST AFRICA PROJECT COVERS NIGERIA AND EXAMINES POLITICAL ISSUES OF SUCCESSION, DEMOCRACY AND RISKS TO THE COUNTRY'S STABILITY AS A WHOLE, INCLUDING BOKO HARAM AND NIGER DELTA MILITANCY. DAKAR-BASED ANALYSTS ALSO WATCH EVENTS CLOSELY IN COTE D'IVOIRE AND MONITOR GUINEA, GUINEA-BISSAU, LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE. SAHEL: CRISIS GROUP'S DAKAR BASED ANALYSTS FOCUS ON THE CRISIS ENGULFING PARTS OF MALI, NIGER, BURKINA FASO, TOGO AND BENIN.HORN OF AFRICA: CRISIS GROUP'S REGION-BASED ANALYSTS FOCUS ON CONFLICTS AND CRISES IN SUDAN AND SOUTH SUDAN AS WELL AS TENSIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. THE PROJECT COVERS ETHIOPIA'S COMPLEX INTERNAL CONFLICTS AND MONITORS ERITREA.EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA: CRISIS GROUP'S REGION BASED-ANALYSTS REPORT ON SOMALIA'S CONFLICT WITH AL-SHABAAB AND ITS PROBLEMATIC TRANSITION. THEY ALSO COVER MOZAMBIQUE'S INSURGENCY AND ZIMBABWE'S CONTINUING CRISIS. ANALYSTS MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS IN KENYA, MADAGASCAR, MOZAMBIQUE AND ANGOLA AND REPORT ON THE REGIONAL ORGANIZATION SADC'S PEACE INITIATIVES. THEY ALSO CONDUCT ADVOCACY WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT AND SADC.AFRICAN UNION: CRISIS GROUP'S REGION-BASED STAFF WORKING ON AFRICAN UNION RELATIONS UNDERTAKES ADVOCACY, RESEARCH AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE AFRICAN UNION FOCUSING ON ASPECTS OF CRISIS GROUP'S WORK, INCLUDING CONFLICTS, CONTESTED TRANSITIONS AND RELATIONS WITH THE UNION'S STRATEGIC PARTNERS IN ADDIS ABABA.

ADVOCACY:CRISIS GROUP'S ADVOCACY ENGAGES THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, REFLECTING OUR CUMULATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW BEST TO TAILOR AND TARGET OUR MESSAGES TO THE UNIQUE POLICY CONTEXT OF VARIOUS LOCAL, REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTORS. WHILE CRISIS GROUP'S ADVOCACY EFFORTS ARE CUSTOMISED TO ADDRESS EACH PARTICULAR CONFLICT SCENARIO, THEY CONSISTENTLY INFLUENCE AN ARRAY OF ACTORS/DECISION-MAKERS IN THE COUNTRY IN QUESTION, THOSE TO WHOM THEY LISTEN, AND THE SPECTRUM OF INFLUENTIAL INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS OR STAKEHOLDERS.