“Doha has lost influence in Sudan amid the revolution,” Andreas Krieg, a professor at King’s College London, told AFP. – ‘Battlefield’ –Saudi Arabia and the UAE have each deposited $250 million (223 million euros) in Sudan’s central bank as part of a three-billion dollar support package following Bashir’s departure. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt cut all ties with Doha in June 2017 over accusations it supports “terrorists”. While Qatar and Turkey back the internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), Saudi Arabia and the UAE support strongman Khalifa Haftar and his self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA). But Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s engagement in Libya and Sudan may in fact “reduce Qatar’s influence and aggravate its isolation”, Guidere argued.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 26, 2019 17:48 UTC