
On 10 September 2026, Algeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the severance of diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, summoned UAE Ambassador Yousef Saif Khamis Subaa Al-Ali, and gave him 48 hours to comply with the decision and leave the country. The following day, Algeria’s Defence Ministry confirmed that all UAE-registered civilian and…

The Horn of Africa has rapidly transitioned from a peripheral maritime flank into a primary battleground for Middle Eastern proxy competition. The core of this friction lies in a concerted attempt by specific actors to embed a structural divide within the region by weaponising Somaliland’s separatist ambitions. This strategy of fragmentation threatens to destabilise…