Horn of Africa
US efforts are to leverage the Nile river for political advantage, exert naval control over the Red Sea (Yemen is lost) and commercial control over Sudan’s vast gold and oil resources.
Russian naval base, US fears, Sudan struggle
On 14 March 2023, Sudan announced it would host Russia’s first naval base in Africa. The base would ensure a permanent presence of the Russian navy in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, and would spare its ships long voyages to reach the area. The new base would expand on the power-projection support provided b…