It was a great honor to join the opening panel of the 2026 Oslo Forum, alongside H.E. President Ruto of Kenya @WilliamsRuto, Norwegian Foreign Minister Eide @EspenBarthEide, Dr. Comfort Ero @EroComfort, and the BBC’s Lyse Doucet @bbclysedoucet.  We had an engaging discussion about how political leadership, motivated mediators, and innovative partnerships can drive mediation and efforts for peace. Remarking on the United States’ mediation efforts around the world, I noted the complex challenges of modern conflicts and peacemaking, including generating political will among warring parties (who embrace the status quo of conflict) and navigating webs of external actors driving or enabling conflict. I was proud to highlight how the United States leverages the leadership and pragmatism of @POTUS in finding creative solutions for peace, as well as how we use partnerships with countries and organizations around the world to find innovative solutions for peace.

Today, I had the honour of taking my oath of office before @UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres as Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna and Executive Director of @UNODC. In taking this oath, I am reminded that international civil service is, above all, a commitment to people. As I solemnly declared my dedication to carry out these functions with integrity, impartiality, and the utmost regard for the purposes and principles of the United Nations, I reflected on the responsibility that comes with this trust. I step into this role with humility, gratitude and a profound sense of duty, and look forward to working with colleagues and partners across the UN system, and the world to advance peace, security, justice and the rule of law, for a more prosperous and dignified future for all.

#Burundi is Visa free for all Africans!

And it has started.. #Uganda

When people see successful athletes, they celebrate them. They train like this daily in Kenya whether it rains or sunshine, these people give their best

Credibility test for Moscow in Mali: @IbrahimYahayaIb “They have to make sure the situation is under control if they want to remain in business in Africa. If they are unable to help [authorities] regain initiative, then who else will contract with them?” giftarticle.ft.com/giftartic…

RT @AliVaez: Told @AJEnglish: If the ceasefire is extended without a new round of talk, it would be a fragile pause, not a durable ceasefir…

Much needed interventions from religious leaders have begun in Mogadishu regarding the almost daily illegal evictions of people from their private homes. Sheikh Bashir today issued a clear call from the pulpit, it is only right to expect that President @HassanSMohamud responds through his usual pulpit sermons with the same clarity and accountability. As the Sheikh rightly said “every question deserves an answer, every complaint deserves a response.” This is not an isolated complaint. Not one, not two, but hundreds of citizens have raised serious concerns about being dispossessed of their homes. Even the Prophet (SAW) made it a duty to explain how public resources, including the spoils of war, were managed and distributed. If such transparency was required then, who are we to dismiss legitimate public grievances today? #28DaysToGo #Somalia

Here, reflections from @EroComfort and I from the #Sudan conference in Berlin. A marked contrast: While Sudanese meeting in Berlin took a courageous step forward, the international meeting showed that outside peace efforts are backsliding. crisisgroup.org/anb/africa/s…

The priority now should be clear: to secure agreement among key internal and external players on a day after for Sudan while urgently pushing for a humanitarian truce. The outside powers most entangled in this conflict should help end it, not prolong it: crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/s…

🧵Even as the world’s eyes focus on conflict in the Gulf, Sudan is enduring its own brutal war. Millions have been displaced and even more are at risk of famine. Much more needs to be done to stop the world’s worst humanitarian crisis from deepening: crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/s…

Three years on, #Sudan is horribly divided and peace remains elusive. New publication from @CrisisGroup on how a military power struggle in #Sudan became an escalating regional war — and how it could end. crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/s…

In Berlin w/@alanboswell for Sudan conference: the war is too big, cruel and geopolitically important to be allowed to rage indefinitely. Sudan needs a landing zone. But it does require outside backers of the warring parties to put more of their political capital on the line.

The title alone from @Mo_IbrahimFdn chairman should tell you what’s at stake. “Sudan’s war risks destabilising an entire region, triggering proxy wars elsewhere in the Horn of Africa and beyond.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftartic… What happens in Sudan will not stay in Sudan

I’ve signed this @CrisisGroup statement calling for a Hormuz initiative to protect global food security. Disruptions to fertiliser and food supply chains will hit the Horn of Africa hardest—where millions already face acute hunger. This is a matter of urgency, not diplomacy. crisisgroup.org/stm/global/i…

🔴 We are hiring an Analyst for @UN Advocacy and Research to join our team at @CrisisGroup. 📍 Hybrid / Based in New York, United States. Learn more and apply here: jobs.crisisgroup.org/o/analy…

The war in Iran is already having a devastating impact on Sudan's agriculture sector and things will only worsen as it goes on. mercycorps.org/press-room/re…

RT @Rob_Malley: « The price of continued conflict, pitting an unconstrained U.S. president against a regime prepared to set the world on fi…

Good news for travellers across Southern Africa.

“Even as the war with Iran intensifies and consumes global attention, it is vital not to forget that Sudan’s conflict is also primed to spread unless more is done to stop it.” ⁦@wmshewit⁩ ⁦@CrisisGroup⁩ aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/…