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Security fears as top Cabinet Office official quits to work for UAE
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Security fears as top Cabinet Office official quits to work for UAE

MPs raise concerns over Alex Aiken’s move to role advising Abu Dhabi’s foreign ministry on communications. The Government’s executive director of communications, who has been involved in sensitive discussions on national security, is to take a job at the United Arab Emirates’s foreign ministry. Alex Aiken, who in recent years has sat in on security...

Tanzania signs a controversial port management deal with Dubai-based company despite protests
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Tanzania signs a controversial port management deal with Dubai-based company despite protests

Tanzania’s government signed a controversial port management deal with Dubai-based DP World that had fueled protests in the African country in the past months and led to arrests of dozens of critics. The deal was signed on Sunday in the presence of Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who has recently been accused of cracking down...