The Latest Breaking News from the International Crisis Group

According to the International Crisis Group, women are increasingly working for Mexican drug cartels, sometimes as leaders.

The next administration is more likely to appear by default than by design, says Tahani Mustafa, senior Palestine analyst at the International Crisis Group

Conflict and insecurity have dominated campaign discourse in the DRC and could stop displaced people from voting.

Tensions are running high as the Democratic Republic of Congo prepares to hold parliamentary and presidential elections on 20 December. Concerns over transparency and recurrent violence have observers worried about the vote and its aftermath.

The world's eyes are on Gaza at the moment, and rightly so. But violence is also continuing in the occupied West Bank. Even before the October 7 Hamas attacks, 2023 was already the deadliest year for Palestinians there in two decades. Now, violent confrontations are happening almost every day. Israel…

As the Israel-Hamas war escalates, the US author says his book tour is fraught with the possibility of misunderstanding

Azerbaijani experts and residents of the capital on whether ethnic Armenians and Azerbaijans can ever live in harmony.

By pulling out of a landmark deal that allowed Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea, Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken a gamble that could badly damage Moscow’s relations with many of its partners that have stayed neutral or even been supportive of the Kremlin’s invasion of its neighbor

Dr Patricia Lewis from the International Security Programme also responded to claims the mercenaries' uprising was staged with Putin in on it from the beginning

Oleg Ignatov is the senior Russia analyst at the International Crisis Group, an independent organisation that works to prevent wars

Analysts warn the conflict may have far-reaching consequences not only for Sudan but also on an already unstable region.