Senior Analyst, S. Sudan @Crisisgroup | Author: The Politics of Fear in South Sudan (Zed, 2021) & Climate Shocks & Pastoralist Migration (Zed, 2025) | PhD, Math
Joined January 2022
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Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
🙏🏿 @NobelPrize In honouring Navi Pillay you reaffirm the universality of international law and the importance of peace. A wonderful tribute to an extraordinary South African who has devoted her life to defending both. And to do this now sends a powerful message. 💫❤️
BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPeacePrize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
#NobelPrize
Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
I have a new essay out in @ForeignAffairs about how the Horn of Africa is getting sucked into the Middle East at an ever accelerating pace-- and about how the hard division between the two regions was always ahistorical.
foreignaffairs.com/middle-ea…
Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
🗒️ NEW ANALYST'S NOTEBOOK | South Sudan’s President Jettisons Unity Government and Hardens Grip on Power
@jongethon examines how President Kiir’s call for fresh elections aims to weaken his opponents, and may pave the way to worsening armed conflict.
crisisgroup.org/anb/africa/s…
Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
Important piece here from Daniel @jongethon on Kiir's new power play in #SouthSudan, as he will seek to extend his + family rule through either snap elections or a technical extension. Either way, the direction of travel is clear.
crisisgroup.org/anb/africa/s…
Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
NEW STATEMENT | A Hormuz Initiative to Protect Global Food Security
The Middle East conflict threatens global food security. @CrisisGroup and prominent individuals call for an initiative to ease the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz.
crisisgroup.org/stm/global/i…
Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
ONLINE EVENT | The Iran War One Month in: Any Way out?
30 March | 6pm Brussels | 5pm London
w/ @AliVaez, @HamidRezaAz, @citrinowicz, @dassakaye and @YasFarouk.
Registration ⬇️
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
NEW SPECIAL COVERAGE | @EroComfort’s 2026 Top Picks on Gender and Conflict
For International Women’s Day, @CrisisGroup’s President and CEO shares a list of her top ten publications exploring how conflict and gender intersect.
crisisgroup.org/sco/global/c…
Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
NEW BRIEFING | Ethiopia, Eritrea and Tigray: A Powder Keg in the Horn of Africa
The risk of hostilities remains high after the last major war in the area. African states and outside powers should urgently open back channels to defuse tensions.
crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/e…
Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
🔴 LIVE NOW | Sudan, South Sudan and Somalia: Key Peace and Security Priorities for Africa in 2026
w/ @jongethon, @wmshewit, @OmarSMahmood, and
@Lieslvaudran and Pauline Bax.
youtube.com/live/q2os2bwIQGk
Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
NEW BRIEFING | Seven Peace and Security Priorities for Africa in 2026
The continent is beset by trouble at home while grasping for options in dealing with today’s jumbled global order. The challenges to peace and security are many.
crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/b…
Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
🌍 Africa is facing a wide array of challenges, with wars old and new raging across the continent.
In this special briefing, we highlight seven key peace and security priorities in 2026: crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/b…
Scroll down for threads from our experts on each entry.
Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
Sometimes, a map says it all. This year, more than half of @CrisisGroup's annual list of priority hotspots in Africa are in the Horn.
crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/b…
Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
Told @nytimes that we are bracing for impact in the Horn of Africa from the Saudi-Emirate rift — escalating the war in #Sudan and further dividing #Somalia.
nytimes.com/2026/02/04/world…
Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
ONLINE EVENT | Sudan, South Sudan and Somalia: Key Peace and Security Priorities for Africa in 2026
12 February | 4pm Addis Ababa | 2pm Brussels
w/ @jongethon, @wmshewit, @OmarSMahmood, and @Lieslvaudran and Pauline Bax.
Registration ⬇️
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
I am deeply concerned by the continued escalation of violence in South Sudan, most recently in Jonglei State, which has caused many deaths, injuries & displacement.
Civilians must be protected.
Access for the safe delivery of humanitarian assistance must be ensured.
I call on the Government of South Sudan & opposition forces to immediately halt all military operations & de-escalate the situation through inclusive dialogue.
Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
🎧 NEW EPISODE | The Horn
This week, @alanboswell speaks with @YasFarouk, @OmarSMahmood and @wmshewit about the new public Saudi-UAE rift and its implications for Sudan, Somalia and the wider region.
crisisgroup.org/pod/africa/h…
Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
Fresh off the press analysis in Foreign Policy from @RichardGowan1 & @FortiD on the Board of Peace, or perhaps more aptly, the Board of Discord.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/22…
Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
NEW ANALYST’S NOTEBOOK | Rebel Offensive Sounds Onset of War in South Sudan
@jongethon analyses the country’s resurgent violence as opposition forces make substantial gains against the government in early 2026.
crisisgroup.org/alr/africa/s…
Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
It is now indisputable: #SouthSudan has returned to war. Incredibly tragic for a country that only grows weaker and poorer.
crisisgroup.org/alr/africa/s…
@jongethon
Daniel Akech Thiong retweeted
First major waves from the new Gulf rupture are already hitting #Somalia. Soon, probably, the rest of the Horn.
crisisgroup.org/africa/somal…
@OmarSMahmood
