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QATAR SOMALIA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Farmajo, spurned by Qatar, turns to UAE crown prince MBZ

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, known as Farmajo, addresses Parliament on May 1, 2021.
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, known as Farmajo, addresses Parliament on May 1, 2021. © Hassan Bashi/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP
The Somali president, on the verge of losing his job, is seeking financial support from new sources in the Gulf. The Emirati crown prince has agreed to talks, but remains cautious. [...] (470 words)
Issue dated 18/05/2021 Reading time 2 minutes
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The new Angolan ambassador to Saudi Arabia Frederico Manuel dos Santos e Silva Cardoso (left) met with the Saudi Minister of Protocol Affairs Mashari bin Ali bin Naheet on 25 May 2021. © Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia/Twitter
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Lourenço, Buhari, Sall and co. handpick their envoys to the House of Saud 

Nurturing relations with the leading Gulf power is an absolute necessity for all African presidents seeking financial and political support in the Arab world. To develop their lines of communications with the Wahhabi monarchy, African heads of state choose personalities of the first order.

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