The heart-wrenching eyewitness accounts in Today’s Guardian from El-Fasher underscore the urgency for the international community to intensify pressure on the RSF, demanding an immediate halt to their offensive aimed at seizing control of the city.
theguardian.com/global-develop…

Negotiations over a hostage deal are starting to feel like negotiations over two state solution.

There r differences, of course, but there's far more awareness of the violence & misery in Gaza than there is of the war in Sudan. So I encourage u to focus on this 50' podcast via Crisis Group analysts led by Richard Atwood who discuss both conflict hotspots: crisisgroup.org/africa/horn-af…

France voted in the General Assembly for the resolution enhancing the status of the Observer State of Palestine.
It is time to work towards a two-state solution. France is engaged in this way at the UNSC.

Taipei-based friends, please consider attending this terrific panel taking place next Friday.

An important warning on heightened risks of Rakhine-Rohingya violence at the current time, and a call for both sides to de-escalate rhetoric and action and rise above historical animus to prevent this spinning out of control. That wd benefit only the junta crisisgroup.org/asia/south-eas…

The General Assembly just passed a Resolution to upgrade Palestine's privileges at the United Nations. 143 member states voted in favor.

A few quick facts about what this means. 👇🧵 (1/7)

I talk to Elizabeth Hagedorn Al-Monitor about today’s vote 👀

al-monitor.com/originals/2024…

New favourite UN day 😀👌🏾

➡️Iran & US seem keen to avoid wider regional escalation
➡️Situation in Syria's east likely to remain volatile at least 'til Israel & Hamas agree a ceasefire
➡️Pressing for that conflict's end is a way for D.C. to help defuse regional tensions
bit.ly/44DECXk Crisis Group

📖Statement: As the #Arakan Army advances, and the #Myanmar military reaches for every possible tool to stop it, the fate of communal relations in Rakhine State is hanging in the balance. crisisgroup.org/asia/south-eas… via @crisisgroup

Elected officials in the U.S. have seized on campus protests to accuse their political foes of supporting antisemitism. But for years they have mainstreamed anti-Jewish rhetoric and conspiracy theories—much of it focused on our founder, George Soros, and misrepresenting our work…

The insurgency in Mozambique largely went underground under military pressure but is making a slow return. What will the planned exit of SADC troops mean? My colleagues Meron Elias and Pauline Bax outline the stakes