Vol 65 No 8 | SAUDI ARABIAUNITED ARAB EMIRATESAFRICAGULF STATES Facing neither west nor east – but forwards 11th April 2024 Unleashing tens of billions of investment across Africa, the UAE and Saudi Arabia are buying critical minerals and political influence The strategy of the oil-fired Gulf States in Africa appears to be modelled on a foreign policy dictum coined by Ghana's founding President, Kwame Nkrumah: 'We face neither... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 23 | SAUDI ARABIAAFRICA Riyadh re-launches its Africa courtship 15th November 2023 Saudi Arabia signals 'game changing' investments at economic summit with plans to sign deals worth $553m and more with African officials Investments, trade deals and debt financing were on offer at Friday's summit between Saudi Arabia and African leaders as the Gulf state seeks to build on its growing... READ FOR FREE
Vol 59 No 20 | SOUTH AFRICASAUDI ARABIA Riyadh to the rescue 12th October 2018 The bail-out of the state-owned Denel arms company has diplomatic costs as Pretoria is pulled further into Saudi Arabia’s camp Officials working on Saudi Arabia's planned US$100 million investment into South Africa's ailing state-owned arms company, Denel, say it could be finalised by the end of the year....
Vol 59 No 10 | ETHIOPIASAUDI ARABIA Gold fever 18th May 2018 The ruling Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front's favourite billionaire, the Ethiopian-Saudi Mohammed Hussein al Amoudi, seems to have disappeared from favour in Addis Ababa as surely as he...
Vol 55 No 7 | EGYPTSAUDI ARABIA Out of reach 4th April 2014 The shareholders of Egypt's Ajwa for Food Industries Company are embroiled in a long-running dispute with the former non-executive Chairman, the Saudi Arabian billionaire Sheikh Mohamed bin Issa...
Vol 49 No 17 | DJIBOUTISAUDI ARABIA Bin Laden's bridge 22nd August 2008 The epic plan for the world's longest suspension bridge, stretching 27 kilometres between Djibouti and Yemen (AC Vol 49 No 13) and officially launched in Djibouti on 28...
Vol 47 No 21 | SUDANSAUDI ARABIA Signal from Saudi 20th October 2006 An astonishing attack on Sudanese President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir in the Saudi press signals a crack in Arab solidarity over Khartoum's policy on Darfur.