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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 east nor west – we face forwards. Like Nkrumah, the Gulf monarchs alternate between cutting deals in Washington and Beijing and Moscow. Unlike him, they have trillions of dollars in sovereign wealth funds and face no immediate threats of coups d état. ....
Efforts to end the conflict have stalled amid the humanitarian crisis and communications breakdown in Khartoum, An abundance of mediators – including the African Union (AU), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the UN, the Gulf States, the United States, the European Union and Turkey – are are vying to end the war of the generals in Khartoum. ....
Competing hard for influence, Gulf States are trying to impose their agendas on governments in the Horn, Amidst the weak international response to the serial crises of drought, famines, terrorism and war in the Horn of Africa, the manoeuvres of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Arab states are changing some of the power dynamics in the region. Asian powers, such as China, India and Japan are more selective and pragmatic in their interventions while the influence of western powers has waned markedly. ....
Shorn of political alternatives and determined to remain in power, the junta is falling back on Islamists of all stripes to shore up the regime, Six months after the Sudanese military seized power again, a new reality is taking shape for the junta. Whether it was always part of the military s aims, or simply a consequence of events, Islamists – and not just members of the formerly ruling National Congress Party (NCP) – are being restored to their privileges and taking important government jobs. ....
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 United Arab Emirates (UAE), to moderate their support for Addis Ababa s war strategy. ....