Saudi escalationAs relations were deteriorating between the Saudi Arabian and Emirati leaders Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud visited United States President Donald Trump in Washington DC in November winning his approval for the purchase of F-35 fighter jets perhaps as many as 48 planes in a multi-billion-dollar deal that would make Saudi Arabia the first Arab nation to get such advanced military technology...
Trump is also aware of the deepening hostility between the UAE's Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan who lobbied for Somaliland and Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman al Saud who vehemently opposes breaking up Somalia...
Fédération Internationale de Football (Fifa) President Giovanni Infantino the presiding (critics say ‘evil') genius was more than reassured that Morocco's co-hosting of the 2030 Fifa World Cup along with Spain and Portugal would be a triumph for a resurgent Al Andalus – to be followed in 2034 by his friend and an even more powerful monarch Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud...
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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi have put the hard sell on Sudan Armed Forces leader Abdel Fattah al Burhan to agree to peace talks brokered by Washington and Riyadh to end the two-year civil war...
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Vol 66 No 23 |
- ERITREA
- ETHIOPIA
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) signed a logistics hub deal in Djibouti last year and has shown interest in developing Assab...
RISING GULF POWERS MULL WASHINGTON'S LINE Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud has stayed silent on Sudan for months but he has clear interests in the conflict and its implications for the balance of power in the region...
He did not meet Mohammed bin Salman although Saudi Arabia's Ambassador in Port Sudan had tried to arrange this...
In response to Trump's speech Saudi Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman mentioned the Sudan civil war and stated his intention to restart the Jeddah process...
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Differences between the UAE's Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahayan (MBZ) and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) have sharpened in recent years...
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Saudi ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman appears to be waiting for a new opportunity to launch an initiative and is in no hurry...
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman promised to sell him arms at favourable rates if as expected the arms embargo on Somalia is lifted at UN donors' conference in December according to sources close to the presidency...
Abu Dhabi may be looking again to strengthen its foothold in the Red Sea especially as supreme ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed's rivalry with Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman heats up...