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Why OMP Solutions is supplying Egyptian APCs to Burundi's blue helmets

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“Sisi's African offensive”

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Sisi's African offensive

With the civil war in Libya and the fall of Omar Al Bechir's regime in Sudan, Cairo is having to resume a more active role in African affairs extending beyond the issue of water rights on the Nile, which until recently were Egypt's primary focus on the continent. As a result, Egypt's 45 embassies in Africa have been tasked by President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi to conduct a number of military, hydroelectric and economic cooperation projects in east and central Africa. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam remains, nevertheless, a major concern (see our running story). [...]

The Marck subsidiary is to supply Burundian troops in MINUSCA with a batch of 16 armoured vehicles designed by Egyptian firm Kader. The arrangement comes amid warming relations between Evariste Ndayishimiye and Abdelfattah al-Sisi. [...] (471 words)

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US security contractor Engility to train Ivorian MINUSMA troops

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