Private Military Enterprises and UAE Proxy Forces
UAE Proxy Forces - Manar Military Company, the Emirati Foreign Legion, and the Ghobash Network
Private Military Enterprises and UAE Proxy Forces
Shadowed by elite privilege and boundless ambition, the Ghobash brothers—Saeed and Nawwaf—drive a sprawling network that fuses state strategy, port infrastructure, and covert military influence across Africa and beyond. Anchored in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, their flagship holding, Ghobash Trading & Investment, steers interests in chemicals, coatings, real estate, logistics, and healthcare. Spectrum Industries supplies essential industrial materials to key ports in Africa. Their commercial ventures are interlinked with regional power through DP World’s major infrastructure projects, spanning from Senegal to Mozambique. Behind the scenes, their co-founding of Manar Military Company alongside Freddy Riaud signals a shift toward paramilitary ambition: EDCC-licensed PMC operations backed by national security organs. That convergence of legal investment, maritime expansion, and clandestine military initiatives marks a bold chapter in private-state collaboration, wielding resources, state ties, and covert capabilities as instruments of strategic influence.
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