While I do not agree with every aspect of this detailed publication by the American Enterprise Institute, it is well worth reading. Some of its maps are outstanding. Published in February this year Fault Lines In the Horn of Africa, remains an important reference.
For example, this is extremely helpful in understanding the UAE and its interests in Sudan’s civil war.
The UAE has backed Hemedti and his paramilitary RSF to protect its interests in Sudan’s civil war. Hemedti and the RSF fought in the Libyan and Yemeni civil wars under Emirati command and control a significant portion of Sudan’s gold trade. The UAE had many reasons to consider backing the SAF, given SAF involvement in the Emirati coalition in Yemen, billions of dollars in gold exports, and territorial control over almost all the now-suspended Emirati investments along the Nile or Red Sea coast. The UAE may have partially viewed the SAF as an untrustworthy partner due to its Islamist ties, which the UAE still views as a major concern.
Martin Plaut 
Your Excellency, It was with great dismay and shock that we have come to learn that some naive Ethiopians youngsters were caught in an intricate legal web in your respectable Kingdom. We the Ethiopian Diaspora in Europe whole-heartily respect the laws and cultural praxis of your kingdom and we do not condon anyone undermining your rules & regulations. Yet within these premises we would like to bring to your attention a few points that may help to consider clemency to those naive youngsters. 1. As you well know the relation of the Saudi & Ethiopia kingdoms goes back to Prophet Mohamed’s ( صلى الله عليه وسلم) time. The first mosque in the world was built at Negashi, Tigray when the then Ethiopian King (Nagasi- ملك) warmly welcomed the persecuted Saudi Arabians (640AD-> 18 AH). Then after the Ethiopian Bilal ( بلال. ) become the first person to make azan/adhan (أذان). Thus we hope this seasoned relation would not be soured because of this unexpected mishap. 2. The Holy Quran (قرآن كريم ) says a great deal that Allah is forgiving & merciful and that we the followers have the obligation to respect & obey all His teachings: Allow us to cite a few quotes from the Holy Quran: ” The Holy Quran emphasizes pardoning and forgiveness as noble, God-loved acts, urging believers to overlook faults and restrain anger, promising divine forgiveness in return (Surah An-Nur /النور 24:22). It advises that pardoning is a “matter of resolve” [42:43], rewards it directly from Allah [42:40], and equates it with maintaining peace and demonstrating piety [3:134]. [1 https://www.facebook.com/groups/826770851192730/posts/2142888129580989/, 2 https://www.facebook.com/HRMOniru/posts/forgiveness-restores-unity-quran-2422-surah-an-nur-oh-allah-we-come-before-you-w/1605913961258921/ , 3 https://themuslimvibe.com/faith-islam/5-verses-from-the-holy-quran-on-forgiveness , 4 https://www.islamic-relief.org.uk/resources/knowledge-base/dua/duas-for-forgiveness/ , 5 https://quran.com/an-nisa/43-53]”
In all these grounds we beseech earnestly your government, in the omnipotent Allah/الله القَدِير/ and Prophet Mohammed/ (صلى الله عليه وسلم), to give total pardon to those Ethiopian on death-row; and if this is not possible to mitigate the sentence to imprisonment or financial penalty to which we are able to raise the necessary fund among our diaspora communities and several humanitarian organizations in this world.
Yours very truly & respectfully,
T.A.D.E_ UK-Branch On behalf of Ethiopian Diaspora in Europe.