Notwithstanding the high-handedness of UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan (MBZ) in treating with nations such as Somalia – such as his ignoring of the UN arms embargo – Hassan Sheikh has invited Abu Dhabi's anger at times...

Others said that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan (MBZ) who was by then in full control in Abu Dhabi was promoting Sharmarke as his man or that DP World played Somaliland off against Mogadishu...

The UAE under President Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan (MBZ) is Egypt's largest foreign investor – with a US$35 billion commitment on the Mediterranean coast and shares Sisi's detestation of the Ikhwan al Muslimun (Muslim Brotherhood)...

Abiy's bonds with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan are strong meaning Addis would get at least tacit support from Abu Dhabi if his rivalry with former ally Eritrea's President Issayas Afewerki exploded into conflict...

We hear that the bombing killed dozens of RSF fighters wounded many including foreigners awaiting evacuation as well as officials from the UAE including one linked to Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahayan's family...

Piqued by this loss of face in London the following day UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan (MBZ) summoned Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ‘Kaka' to Abu Dhabi for talks on ‘cooperation'...

To strengthen its position Saudi Arabia may propose a diplomatic initiative that risks antagonising UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan (MBZ)...

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 militia's presence in Darfur and its principal supporters: Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ‘Kaka' and United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan (MBZ) (Dispatches 24/3/24 Burhan's forces capture presidential palace tightening their grip on Khartoum)...

The growing influence of Islamists including loyalists to the National Islamic Front/National Congress Party regime ousted in 2019 on the SAF has sounded alarm bells with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan (MBZ) who sees groups linked to Al Ikhwan al Muslimun (Muslim Brothers) as an existential threat to the region...

The sanctions were a rare wake-up call to UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan (MBZ) and family who had assumed they would continue to enjoy impunity for their military and gold-trading operations in Africa...