UAE Ambitions in Africa and Sudan

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According to documented international and regional reports, and intelligence information revealed by global media outlets, the UAE has supported the Rapid Support Forces militia in Sudan during the current war, and has penetrated the Horn of Africa region “Chad, Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Somalia”, in order to achieve political, strategic, security, and commercial interests, which can be highlighted in the following points:

The “UAE” seeks to maintain its food security, through the acquisition of fertile agricultural lands in Sudan, and in Africa in general, such as the “Al-Fashaga” border region with Ethiopia.
Pressuring towards the implementation of the “Abu Amama” port project on the Red Sea.
Controlling Sudanese seaports due to their strategic location.
Controlling vital resources “gold and other minerals”.
Enhancing the “UAE’s” political and commercial influence in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea coast.
Preventing the return of Islamists to power in Sudan once again.
The necessity of building a wide network of commercial and political alliances to secure trade routes and food security on a global scale.
Controlling the ports of the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean, through the DP World network, for the purpose of controlling continental maritime navigation traffic.
Enhancing the financial reserve of the “UAE”.
The “UAE” pumps huge funds into the renewable energy, telecommunications, and infrastructure sectors in several African countries, which consolidates its role as an economic power capable of directing development paths in the continent.
Observers of international and African political affairs pointed to several “methods and axes”, through which the rampant influence and the economic and political interventions of the UAE in Sudan and Africa can be confronted, most notably:
Using paths of diplomatic and sovereign escalation, through the expulsion of UAE diplomats in the region.
Canceling economic and mining cooperation agreements.
International and UN pressure, by submitting documents and reports to the UN Security Council and the United Nations, clarifying the nature of the UAE intervention, and demanding an end to the documented support with weapons and equipment.
Full and tight control over strategic ports and airports.
Directing economic resources (gold and minerals) to serve the public treasury and reconstruction.
Reducing commercial dependence on UAE markets.
Stopping dealings with suspicious companies that drain the country’s wealth.
Establishing counter-African alliances and partnerships among neighboring countries: “Egypt, Chad, Ethiopia, Central African Republic”.
Working to prevent the transformation of the region into an arena of absolute economic, military, and political influence for a single country.
Supporting and enhancing African national sovereignty.
Enhancing the role of the African Union to adopt peaceful solution initiatives that take into account African national interests.
Preventing foreign guardianship by all means.
In the meantime, political analysts see the necessity of using the legal path to stop the UAE intervention in Africa and Sudan, through filing lawsuits before international courts and arbitration bodies against entities and companies involved in the illegal looting of mineral and agricultural resources.
In addition to the importance of tracking supply chains and demanding strict restrictions on them, as they are tools operating in money laundering crimes and transnational international crimes.
These are crimes that fall under the jurisdiction of international law, which must be applied away from the use of the jurisprudence of international and regional balances and interests, which intersect in a way that digests the rights of many countries, contradicting global calls that advocate for respecting state sovereignty and preserving human rights.