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Vol 65 No 22 |

CHAD
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

From Abu Dhabi with Dirham

31st October 2024

UAE leader Mohamed bin Zayed will want political and other favours in return for his hefty investment in Mahamat Kaka

After meeting France’s President Emmanuel Macron at the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) in Villers-Cotterêts on 4-5 October, Chad’s President Mahamat Déby Itno ‘Kaka’ rushed to Abu...

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Vol 65 No 20 |

SUDAN
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Burhan ups the stakes as army bombs UAE diplomatic building

1st October 2024

The Sudanese army has denied claims it carried out the attack, instead blaming its paramilitary rival the Rapid Support Forces

The bombing of the United Arab Emirates’s ambassador’s residence in Khartoum on Monday has prompted a war of words after Dubai pinned the blame for the ‘heinous attack’...

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Vol 65 No 14 |

Abiy Ahmed’s sovereignty deal with Muse Abdi risks more regional turmoil

27th June 2024

Ethiopia’s accord with Somaliland on access to the sea angers Mogadishu as the UAE pushes its side in the fight

Regional concerns are mounting over the mooted quid pro quo between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Muse Bihi Abdi in which Ethiopia gets a port in the...

Vol 65 No 8 |

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...

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Vol 64 No 17 |

TANZANIA
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Samia's response to Emirati port deal critics prompts backlash

22nd August 2023

The president's commitment to free speech is being questioned after the arrest of opposition and civil society activists who criticised the deal with the UAE

The government's heavy-handed response to critics of a controversial port deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has prompted condemnation from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

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Vol 62 No 12 |

Muddled meddling by the UAE

10th June 2021

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed and one of his top advisors are rethinking the United Arab Emirates' policy in the Horn

As Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government complains about United States 'interference' in the Tigray conflict, there are signs that Washington's stance has caused some governments, especially the...

Vol 60 No 16 |

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
AFRICA

The Crown Prince’s power play

9th August 2019

From Benghazi to Assab and Khartoum, the UAE’s strongman has emerged as a key player in regional conflicts

The world has woken up to the dynamic and ruthless Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces, Sheikh Mohammed bin...

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