Sally Healy is an independent consultant. She was formerly Associate Fellow of the Africa Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House and a specialist in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. She continues to work on the region as an independent consultant focussing on the analysis of regional peace and security. She convened the Horn of Africa Group at Chatham House and wrote the Group’s report Lost Opportunities in the Hom of Africa: How Conflicts Connect and Peace Agreements Unravel (2008).