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[Za-Ilmaknun]

The UAE is 54 years old. It is a relatively small country, 33,000 sq km, and even smaller in population, 10.4 million (2023), of which 88.5% are foreigners. The population of Emiratis is approximately 1.8 million, or 11% of the total. It has an army of 65000, of which 40% are foreigners.

The Big Prize for the UAE is Ethiopia

Together with Sudan, the UAE looks forward to a win-win situation in the Horn by pouring all its resources into the civil wars in both countries. Satellite imagery obtained by Al Jazeera has revealed that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has opened an air bridge to provide extensive military support to the Ethiopian government in its fight against forces from the northern Tigray region. Vehicles, drones, munitions, armed personnel carriers, and other weapons were transported to Ethiopia regularly. Those activities have been accelerated since then as Abiy’s war began being directed towards the Amhara region. The two countries’ military planes conducted a joint military airshow in Addis Ababa to Mark the Ethiopian Air Force’s Anniversary.

The Horn of Africa has become a crucial arena for the UAE’s projection

1.In Eritrea, Abu Dhabi established its first overseas military base by leasing the port and airport of Assab for 30 years. DP World upgraded the site, which became a hub for launching drones and deploying ground forces during the Yemen war.

2.In Puntland, it took over the Bosaso port and backed factions hostile to the central government. These interventions turned the region into a base for Emirati power projection, reportedly including UAE–Israeli coordination to recognize Somaliland in exchange for a military foothold. This positioning formed part of a strategy to close the western gate of the Red Sea while securing the eastern gate through the Yemeni port of Mokha.”

3.In Somalia, the UAE capitalized on tensions between the federal government in Mogadishu and the breakaway region of Somaliland
It brokered a deal between Ethiopia and Somaliland to make it possible for Ethiopia to have its port in Somaliland constructed and managed by DP, which later created an international outrage.
4.It leased Berbera’s port and airport despite Mogadishu’s opposition, transforming them into integrated military and intelligence facilities.

5.Sudan’s 700-kilometer Red Sea coastline is critical to UAE ambitions in the region. The strategic location makes it a prime candidate for Emirati port control. The UAE’s involvement in Sudan goes deeper

https://borkena.com/2025/06/08/uae-impe ... in-africa/

[Za-Ilmaknun]

The UAE ” uses its soft power with militarized control to dominate trade routes, protect its investments, fuel proxy wars, and entrench US-Emirati security interests across the Horn of Africa.”5


The DP World motto is to make Dubai a “Beacon of Transformative Logistics in the Middle East and Beyond.” DP World is not about the construction of ports and logistics. It is much more than that. Through “technology investments and a forward-thinking approach,” DP World is creating the conditions for gaining access and influence and exploiting the resources of nations across Africa. Beyond port development, these investments include logistics, supply chains, energy, agriculture, and mineral extraction, particularly in countries with weak governance and oversight like Sudan, South Sudan, CAR, Congo, Ethiopia, Chad, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, etc. UAE brings together economic and militarized interventions in a well-coordinated manner. UAE has the best economists, security experts, strategists, and an alliance with all the leading global security and intelligence institutions to make it possible to eliminate all competitors and rivals and assert control over strategic hubs like Djibouti, Aden, Port Sudan, Berbera, Hargeisa, and Assab.

[Za-Ilmaknun]

“The UAE’s control over Yemeni ports does not only carry an economic dimension, but is linked to a strategic security project in which it cooperates with Israel and the United States, including the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, and even the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean.” 13. Across Sudan, the Horn of Africa, and Yemen, the UAE’s foreign policy reflects a pursuit of maritime dominance, regional leverage, and economic harmony.

“The UAE represents a model of a peripheral state that practices imperialism within its own region, while at the same time remaining dependent on the United States as the main imperialist power.”8. It is a model of sub-imperialism nested within US power projection – a system reliant on instability, elite bargains, and the strategic use of soft power cloaked in modernity. The backlash from local populations, resistance movements, and regional states may ultimately unravel this ambitious blueprint.

[AbyssiniaLady]

2.In Puntland, it took over the Bosaso port and backed factions hostile to the central government. These interventions turned the region into a base for Emirati power projection, reportedly including UAE–Israeli coordination to recognize Somaliland in exchange for a military foothold. This positioning formed part of a strategy to close the western gate of the Red Sea while securing the eastern gate through the Yemeni port of Mokha.”

3.In Somalia, the UAE capitalized on tensions between the federal government in Mogadishu and the breakaway region of Somaliland
It brokered a deal between Ethiopia and Somaliland to make it possible for Ethiopia to have its port in Somaliland constructed and managed by DP, which later created an international outrage.
4.It leased Berbera’s port and airport despite Mogadishu’s opposition, transforming them into integrated military and intelligence facilities.

This is baseless lies and propaganda, Dawit W Giorgis is low IQ scumbag.

[Za-Ilmaknun]

2.In Puntland, it took over the Bosaso port and backed factions hostile to the central government. These interventions turned the region into a base for Emirati power projection, reportedly including UAE–Israeli coordination to recognize Somaliland in exchange for a military foothold. This positioning formed part of a strategy to close the western gate of the Red Sea while securing the eastern gate through the Yemeni port of Mokha.”

3.In Somalia, the UAE capitalized on tensions between the federal government in Mogadishu and the breakaway region of Somaliland
It brokered a deal between Ethiopia and Somaliland to make it possible for Ethiopia to have its port in Somaliland constructed and managed by DP, which later created an international outrage.
4.It leased Berbera’s port and airport despite Mogadishu’s opposition, transforming them into integrated military and intelligence facilities.

This is baseless lies and propaganda, Dawit W Giorgis is low IQ scumbag.

denying the obvious will only worsen the existing situations. You may want to call names the messenger but that doesn't make the message false, unfortunately

[AbyssiniaLady]

I know what I am talking about, Dawit W Giorgis is just propagating baseless lies and propaganda, that is how he makes his living.

1.In Eritrea, Abu Dhabi established its first overseas military base by leasing the port and airport of Assab for 30 years. DP World upgraded the site, which became a hub for launching drones and deploying ground forces during the Yemen war.

This is also a lie, there has not even been a penny of investment by the UAE, I just came back from Assab.

[Za-Ilmaknun]

[Za-Ilmaknun]

I know what I am talking about, Dawit W Giorgis is just propagating baseless lies and propaganda, that is how he makes his living.

1.In Eritrea, Abu Dhabi established its first overseas military base by leasing the port and airport of Assab for 30 years. DP World upgraded the site, which became a hub for launching drones and deploying ground forces during the Yemen war.

This is also a lie, there has not even been a penny of investment by the UAE, I just came back from Assab.

You are talking about the now--but
https://apnews.com/article/eritrea-duba ... a825f5e45a

The United Arab Emirates is dismantling parts of a military base it runs in the East African nation of Eritrea after it pulled back from the grinding war in nearby Yemen, satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press show.

The UAE built a port and expanded an airstrip in Assab beginning in September 2015, using the facility as a base to ferry heavy weaponry and Sudanese troops into Yemen as it fought alongside a Saudi-led coalition against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels there.

Over time, the UAE stationed Leclerc battle tanks, G6 self-propelled howitzers and BMP-3 amphibious fighting vehicles at the airport, according to United Nations experts. Those types of heavy weapons have been seen on Yemeni battlefields. Attack helicopters, drones and other aircraft have been seen on its runways.

[AbyssiniaLady]

The UAE built a port and expanded an airstrip in Assab beginning in September 2015, using the facility as a base to ferry heavy weaponry and Sudanese troops into Yemen as it fought alongside a Saudi-led coalition against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels there.

This was a made-up story, the UAE didn't build a port, and neither did it expand an airstrip in Assab, the UAE had small detention facility in Assab for Yemenis and that was it, nothing else, I am in touch with people in Assab, in fact, from Assab all the way to Massawa border, on a daily basis, people are spreading false political disinformation online, so don't waste your time on a made-up story.


If you want to know anything about Afar-Eritreans, Assab, the Dahlak Archipelago, the whole region between Djibouti and Massawa and its population, etc, Don't hesitate to ask me.

[Odie]

Don’t waste your time on this who re camel ar se sni fer
She/he is evil, from Dj-b00ty or zooomalia clan and filled with hate nothing but hate Ethiopians