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East Africa
The war in Yemen has resulted in a recomposition of Arab-African alliances

Bashir returns to centre-stage - July 26. One of King Salman bin Abdelaziz's first visitors after he arrived in his [...]

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IOG gets support from Gulf States to counter UAE

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

East Africa
The war in Yemen has resulted in a recomposition of Arab-African alliances

In Focus | Sudan
Will Sudan's lost legions return to Darfur from Libya and Yemen?

Eritrea
Isaias Afwerki sends out conflicting signals to Riyadh

Spotlight | Document | Somalia
Emirati intelligence exposes Iranian networks in Somalia

Sudan
Tensions persist between Khartoum and Riyadh

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China mulling a Plan B without Djibouti

Ethiopia
Addis rides to Khartoum's rescue from Sisi

Somalia, Somaliland
UAE military base: Hargeisa keeps trying to persuade neighbors

Spotlight | Sudan
Bashir breaks with Egypt, hitches wagon to Gulf States

Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
Khartoum, Riyadh’s go-between with Asmara

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Will the United Arab Emirates control the Red Sea's African coastline?

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Asmara cosies up to Cairo as tensions grow around major dam project

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Khartoum organises war in Darfur with Riyadh’s support

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"Brothers" threatened by split

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Sisi's manoeuvres to destabilise Addis

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Egypt and UAE common front against Houthis

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Gulf of Aden, arms supermarket

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Al Hamra eyeing a contract to secure the ports

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IOG gets support from Gulf States to counter UAE

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