International Crisis Group

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

AFRICA:CENTRAL AFRICA: CRISIS GROUP'S NAIROBI-BASED TEAM MONITORS AND REPORTS ON THE FRAGILE PROCESS OF RECONCILIATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, AS WELL AS CONTINUING SECURITY CHALLENGES IN BURUNDI, CAMEROON, CHAD, AND THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.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, AND BURKINA FASO. 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 REPORTS ON CONFLICT-RELATED DEVELOPMENTS IN KENYA AND UGANDA, SOMALIA'S CONFLICT WITH AL-SHABAAB, AND PROBLEMATIC TRANSITION. IT COVERS ETHIOPIA CONFLICT IN TIGRAY AND TENSIONS ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY AND MONITORS ERITREA.EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA: CRISIS GROUP'S REGION BASED-ANALYSTS REPORT ON MOZAMBIQUE'S INSURGENCY AND ZIMBABWE'S CONTINUING CRISIS, AND COVERS SOUTH AFRICA'S ROLE IN THE REGION. ANALYSTS MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS IN MADAGASCAR, MOZAMBIQUE, AND ANGOLA, AND THE CAPACITY OF THE REGIONAL ORGANIZATION, SADC, AND CONDUCTS ADVOCACY WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT AND SADC.AFRICAN UNION: CRISIS GROUP'S NAIROBI-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 GROUPS 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 GROUPS 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.

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA:ISRAEL/PALESTINE: CRISIS GROUP ANALYSTS IN THE REGION MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS IN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE, FOCUSING ON THE STATE OF THE 'PEACE PROCESS', POINTS OF TENSION AND DE-ESCALATION STRATEGIES.IRAQ/SYRIA/LEBANON: CRISIS GROUP COVERS THE WAR IN SYRIA, INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS IN LEBANON AND RELATIONS BETWEEN SYRIA AND LEBANON. IT ALSO COVERS GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY IN IRAQ, AS WELL AS THE QUESTION OF THE KURDS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA.IRAN/GULF STATES/YEMEN: CRISIS GROUP COVERS EFFORTS TO RESTORE THE NUCLEAR DEAL BETWEEN THE P5+1 AND IRAN, AND IRAN'S ROLE IN THE REGION. IT ALSO COVERS YEMEN, FOCUSING ON THE WAR AND EXPLORING WAYS TO BRING IT TO AN END AND THE FOREIGN POLICIES OF OTHER GULF COUNTRIES.NORTH AFRICA: CRISIS GROUP REPORTS ON THE TRANSITIONS IN EGYPT, LIBYA, TUNISIA, AND ALGERIA.