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US Pushes for Stake in Ethiopia’s Mega‑Airport Development

The United States is pushing to secure a significant role for American industry in Ethiopia’s $12.5 billion Bishoftu International Airport, a four‑runway development intended to anchor the country’s long‑term aviation expansion. The “Dubai of Africa” project has drawn intense interest from international investors, with Washington viewing it as an opportunity for U.S. industrial participation in Africa’s […]

Travel RadarTravel RadarZoe Weyrauch-Gosling3 Aug

UK prioritised ties with UAE over averting mass atrocities in Sudan, MPs to be told

Foreign Office failed to act on warnings of genocide due to ‘pressure’ from emirates, Yale human rights investigator will tell a parliamentary select committee The British government had received intelligence that Ethiopia appeared to be supporting a genocidal militia in Sudan’s civil war as far back as 2024 but did not go public with the news for fear of upsetting the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a parliamentary committee will hear. In May 2024, officials from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) told Nathaniel Raymond , an American human rights investigator at Yale University, that “significant private pressure” from the UAE meant the UK would not publicly divulge information linking Ethiopia and the emirates to their support for the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe GuardianMark Townsend23 Jun