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Spotlight | Horn of Africa
MbZ proposes diplomatic package to Sisi and Abiy ahead of AU summit

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan. © @MohamedBinZayed/Twitter

Ahead of the African Union summit to be held in Addis Ababa on 5-6 February, the UAE's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan has been busy trying to shape a role for the UAE as a mediator in the region. To this end he held meetings, separately but only three days apart, with Egypt and Ethiopia's leaders. [...]

Published on 03/02/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan.

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Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Spotlight | Horn of Africa
MbZ proposes diplomatic package to Sisi and Abiy ahead of AU summit

Ethiopia
EU commissioner Janez Lenarcic expected in Addis shortly

Somalia
Abiy alliance takes a hit after Farmajo defeat in Somalia

Ethiopia
Fighting resumes between Tigrayans and Eritreans

Ethiopia
Abiy and TPLF blow hot and cold over humanitarian truce

Spotlight | East Africa
UAE's new minister for Africa dives into Nile maelstrom

Ethiopia
Tigray war "truce" hinges on key variables

Horn of Africa, UAE
Emirates' 'Mr Africa' makes low-key French tour

Horn of Africa
The failure of mediation over Tigray whets the appetites of Moscow and Beijing

Ethiopia
Tigrayan Muslims secede taking cue from Orthodox church

Ethiopia
Fighting escalates between federal army and the OLA

Egypt, Horn of Africa
Abdelfattah al-Sisi's very personal diplomacy in the Horn

Horn of Africa, Turkey
Covid-19 stalls Erdogan and MbZ's grand diplomatic designs

Ethiopia
Abiy ensnared by his Amhara allies

Spotlight | Horn of Africa
Afwerki's diplomatic blitz to mediate between Khartoum and Addis

Egypt, Senegal
Macky Sall expected to meet Sisi in Cairo

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Who are the federal army veterans in charge of the Tigray offensive?

Egypt
Let down by Tshisekedi, Sisi turns to Sall, the next AU chair, for GERD support

Horn of Africa
MBZ dominates fence-mending efforts between Abiy and Hamdok

Spotlight | Eritrea, UAE
Emirates quits its Assab military base