{"id":822,"date":"2018-05-28T12:45:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T12:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euromenaenergy.com\/?p=822"},"modified":"2018-05-28T12:45:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T12:45:52","slug":"gulf-crisis-threatens-e-africa-peace-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/?p=822","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Gulf crisis threatens E Africa peace efforts\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-827\" src=\"http:\/\/emimer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2017-06-05T_c2725312_18526_134-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emimer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2017-06-05T_c2725312_18526_134-1.jpg 350w, https:\/\/emimer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2017-06-05T_c2725312_18526_134-1-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"vid-player-container-384\" class=\"player-container not-fixed-size\">Diplomatic tensions between countries in the Gulf are threatening peace efforts in East Africa, particularly in the Horn of Africa, the EU\u2019s special envoy has warned.<br \/>\nThe crisis, which erupted nearly a year ago, has pitted Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain against Qatar, with Riyadh and its allies accusing Doha of fostering close ties with Iran and backing Islamic extremists. Qatar has denied all the allegations and the accusers have failed to submit any evidence to support their claims.<br \/>\nBut the fallout has had direct repercussions in the Horn of Africa where it has exacerbated already-existing tensions, notably in Somalia, said Alexander Rondos, Europe\u2019s special envoy to the region.<br \/>\nIn particular, tensions have escalated steadily between Somalia and the United Arab Emirates, which has sought to extend its influence there as the war in Yemen rages on.<br \/>\nAlthough the two countries have been traditionally close, Mogadishu\u2019s attempts to remain neutral over the Gulf divisions have not gone down well.<br \/>\nOne of the EU\u2019s \u201cmost important objectives\u201d is to make sure that East Africa \u201cis as well protected as it can be from what is a rapidly shifting geopolitical environment\u201d in the Gulf, he said on Friday following a two-day seminar of EU envoys to the region.<br \/>\nPolitical strife between Gulf states and their alliances with east African players was \u201cthe biggest strategic issue because it could easily undermine all of the efforts to overcome East Africa\u2019s own particular crises, whether it\u2019s South Sudan or Somalia,\u201d Rondos said.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diplomatic tensions between countries in the Gulf are threatening peace efforts in East Africa, particularly in the Horn of Africa, the EU\u2019s special envoy has warned. The crisis, which erupted nearly a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[36,39,85,103,151,233,246],"class_list":["post-822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-africa","tag-alexander-rondos","tag-crisis","tag-egypt","tag-gulf","tag-qatar","tag-roudi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}