Puntland’s bitter campaign against Islamic State (IS or Da’ish), backed by United States special forces, shows no sign of let-up despite 11 months of fighting and the capture...

After multiple failed attempts to chart a route out of Sudan’s devastating civil war, the statement by the Quad – Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and the...

The United Arab Emirates has puzzled many observers with its hostility towards the Somali federal President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and its active support of his opponents in the...

Regional players are adjusting their strategies as conflicts in the Horn of Africa intensify. United States President Donald Trump’s three-country trip to the Gulf from 16 to 19...

Until recently, Africa had slipped down the priority list for investors and diplomats from Oman, but like the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, it is...

In a blaze of publicity the United Arab Emirates announced 10 March the opening of the Madhol Field Hospital in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, adjacent...

After expelling the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from Khartoum in late March, the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) commander General Abdel Fattah al Burhan is now focusing on the...

All eyes are on Sudan, especially now that the military dynamics are shifting in eastern and central areas in favour of Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) commander General Abdel...

Kenyan diplomats and the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) under General Abdel Fattah al Burhan have waded into a new diplomatic row over plans by his rival General Mohamed...

The last-minute cancellation of a press conference in Nairobi on 13 January by senior officials in the Rapid Support Forces suggests that its commander General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo...