Djibouti–Berbera: Inside DP World’s Port Strategy in the Horn of Africa
Beyond a Resignation: DP World, Doraleh and the Red Sea Port Power Play
The resignation of Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, the longtime head of DP World, after revelations about his links to Jeffrey Epstein, has been cast as a move for accountability. In practice, it looks like a political firewall for a far larger enterprise: the United Arab Emirates’ projection of power through ports from the Horn of Africa to the Indian Ocean, with the Red Sea as a central fault line.
DP World, the Dubai government–owned port operator, is…