Three African Conflicts Among World's "Top 10 to Watch"

A leading conflict monitor warns that three African crises are escalating into major global threats. The International Crisis Group (ICG) has listed conflicts in Ethiopia-Eritrea, Mali-Burkina Faso, and Sudan among the world's ten most critical to monitor in 2026. The Brussels-based think tank says these wars demand urgent international attention. This follows a year of intense violence across the continent in 2025. The ICG's "Conflicts to Watch" report highlights these three situations for their high risk of worsening. The analysis points to particularly dangerous tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Long-standing disputes there threaten to ignite a broader regional war. The full report urges world leaders to prioritize preventing these African conflicts from growing further in the coming year.