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Spotlight UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ERITREA Issue dated 19/06/2020

Isaias Afwerki gives Emirati military base the cold shoulder

Eritrean president Issayas Afeworki. ©Reuters/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

The United Arab Emirates is no longer being welcomed with open arms in Eritrea despite efforts by Abu Dhabi to sweeten the diplomatic pill with humanitarian aid to combat Covid-19. [...] (340 words)

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