Sudan: siege and famine conditions
Aid convoys blocked on multiple routes; displacement continues to rise across Darfur and Kordofan.
Crisis dashboard
Real-time alerts, threat levels and Horn of Africa hotspots
One screen for what is escalating right now: standing alerts, a threat level for every major theatre, an interactive hotspot map and a rolling feed of regional reporting from BBC, Reuters, Al Jazeera and AllAfrica.
Standing alerts
Red Sea: shipping still rerouting
Sustained diversion around the Cape keeps freight and war-risk insurance elevated for Berbera, Djibouti and Port Sudan.
Ethiopia–Eritrea: force posture hardening
Sea-access rhetoric paired with reported troop movements near the border is the region's fastest-moving interstate risk.
Somaliland: recognition raises internal stakes
Diplomatic progress increases pressure in Sool and Sanaag and invites external interference in local disputes.
Hotspot map
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Critical
Darfur & Kordofan, Sudan
The largest displacement crisis in the world, with siege conditions around several state capitals and aid access repeatedly blocked.
- • SAF–RSF offensives
- • Mass displacement
- • Famine warnings
Threat indicators
Displacement
Rising
Shipping through Bab el-Mandeb
Below baseline
Cross-border force movements
Increasing
Active mediation channels
Open but slow
Food prices, regional staples
Elevated
Airspace / port closures
Localised
Indicator readings are editorial judgements reviewed against the live feed below and the escalation tiers set out on the crisis response page.
Live feed — regional tensions
Rolling coverage from BBC, BBC Somali, Al Jazeera, AllAfrica and Reuters wires — live refresh is only active on horncompass.world