[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Diplomatic sources have revealed that the UAE intends to give Israel a foothold in the Horn of Africa region by sponsoring the establishment of a military base for Tel Aviv in Somaliland
...Republic of Somaliland is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as a de jure part of Somalia. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden with approximately 5.7 million residents as of 2021. The capital and largest city is Hargeisa. The government regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which united from 1960 to 1991 with the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic. Under the Siad Barre regime, Somaliadestroyed ninety percent of Hargeisa Per international law, once you're in, you gotta stay in, no matter how bad it smells....
The sources told "Emirates Leaks" website that the UAE secretly offered to establish a military and intelligence base for the Zionist entity in Somaliland, with Abu Dhabi providing full financial support for that.

According to the sources, Abu Dhabi convinced the local authorities in Somaliland of the necessity of establishing a military base for Israel in exchange for working with Tel Aviv to officially recognize the state of Somaliland.

The UAE’s move comes as part of a plan to invest in the countries overlooking the Gulf of Aden and the Horn of Africa (specifically Somalia, Djibouti, Æthiopia, and Eritrea
...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age...
), in addition to the ongoing conflict in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
to extend influence over the region surrounding the Bab al-Mandab Strait.