In a matter of days, Dubai’s long-standing image as a stable, untouchable hub has been shaken, exposing how quickly its economy can be undermined when confidence—the foundation it relies on—begins to erode.

The remote Benishangul-Gumuz region in western Ethiopia has quietly become a strategic UAE-backed base training thousands of fighters for Sudan’s RSF militias, with logistics, equipment, and instructors flowing directly from Abu Dhabi.

Al-Estiklal tracks the cyber war between Egypt and the UAE, revealing the Emirati funding of online committees and how Cairo-Abu Dhabi tensions exposed efforts to sabotage Egypt’s revolution.

Abu Dhabi’s newest sovereign wealth fund, L’IMAD Holding, is taking control of its peer ADQ, the government media office announced Friday, claiming a major consolidation that would create a new investment powerhouse in the emirate under the crown prince.

Egypt has ramped up military support for the Sudanese army against the RSF, emboldened in large part by Saudi Arabia’s confrontation with what it calls the “Abu Dhabi government militia,” and despite Cairo’s long-standing ties with MBZ.