SAUDI ARABIA/UAE/ETHIOPIA : In mediator roles, crown princes MbS and MbZ jostle for influence in the Horn - 26/04/2022

Egypt, Ethiopia
Responsibility for GERD bounced back to Sameh Shoukry

With the Ethiopian rainy season approaching and the third-stage filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) reservoir announced, a new period of tension between Egypt, and the Blue Nile neighbouring countries of Ethiopia and Sudan is looming.

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Ethiopia
EU divided over $300m World Bank grant to Abiy

The first major disbursement to Ethiopia from an international financial institution since the start of the civil war in 2020 went ahead despite the reluctance of key political figures in the European Union.

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

Soon after Sheikh Shakhboot became the Emirati minister for African affairs in February last year he took on the hot potato of Ethiopia's vast GERD dam. This gives the young diplomat a perfect opportunity to demonstrate his abilities on an issue that affects two of the UAE's traditional allies.

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The Emirati minister for African affairs Shakhboot bin Nahyan al-Nahyan.

Spotlight | Horn of Africa
Sudan fills diplomatic space abandoned by Addis

Sudanese prime minister Abdallah Hamdok has taken advantage of his position as chairman of regional, inter-governmental body IGAD to launch a series of diplomatic initiatives in the region.

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Djibouti
Mohamed al-Amoudi tightens his family's grip on hotel business

By appointing one of his sons-in-law to the board of the firm whose portfolio includes the Sheraton hotels in Djibouti and Addis Ababa, the Saudi-Ethiopian magnate has consolidated his control over his Djiboutian subsidiary.

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Saudi-Ethiopian magnate Mohamed al-Amoudi.

Botswana, South Africa
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Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, UAE
In mediator roles, crown princes MbS and MbZ jostle for influence in the Horn

The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

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Responsibility for GERD bounced back to Sameh Shoukry

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EU divided over $300m World Bank grant to Abiy

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

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Sudan fills diplomatic space abandoned by Addis

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Egypt, Ethiopia Responsibility for GERD bounced back to Sameh Shoukry

Ethiopia EU divided over $300m World Bank grant to Abiy

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

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

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, UAE
In mediator roles, crown princes MbS and MbZ jostle for influence in the Horn

Egypt, Ethiopia
Responsibility for GERD bounced back to Sameh Shoukry

Ethiopia
EU divided over $300m World Bank grant to Abiy

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

Spotlight | Horn of Africa
Sudan fills diplomatic space abandoned by Addis

Djibouti
Mohamed al-Amoudi tightens his family's grip on hotel business