Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahayan (MBZ)

United Arab Emirates leader Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahayan wants to strengthen Kaka's role in the supply chain to the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti'...

Here Egypt has taken on the UAE's Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahayan (MBZ) on two separate issues: Abu Dhabi's strong backing for the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan's war while Cairo backs the Sudan Armed Forces under General Abdel Fattah al Burhan...

Then Burhan and the UAE's Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahayan (MBZ) spoke by telephone for the first since Sudan's war started in April 2023...

UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahayan (aka MBZ) seems to be too heavily invested to condition his support to Hemeti which is premised on his global campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood and all its works whose hand he sees in the SAF and its support base...

Differences between the UAE's Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahayan (MBZ) and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) have sharpened in recent years...

As well as headquartering his gold trading empire in Dubai Hemeti has rented out RSF militia men to UAE leader Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahayan to fight alongside Emirati troops in Yemen and Libya...

But more significantly Abiy is keen to work with Emirati ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahayan in the region...

In February and March before the war began Hemeti was in Abu Dhabi on an extended visit meeting with Sheikh Mansour and Emirati ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahayan (MBZ)...

With scant regard for what traditionalists would call decorum M6 travels with the Azaitars including to the United Arab Emirates where he has close relations with its President Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahayan (MBZ)...

Hemeti has also exposed his sponsors in the United Arab Emirates to diplomatic censure just as its ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahayan (MBZ) is trying to expand his business and political empire in East Africa...