Scramble for the horn of Africa -
Though a tiny fishing town, Berbera has been coveted for centuries by global powers due to its strategic location at the entrance to the Red Sea. It's a place of contrast, of massive cargo ships and ancient Arab dhows, of Ottoman ruins, CIA bunkers, camel herders and derelict soviet military bases. Now it finds itself getting drawn into the divisions of the Gulf and another regional tug-of-war, with the construction of a massive new port by the UAE.
Though a tiny fishing town, Berbera has been coveted for centuries by global powers due to its strategic location at the entrance to the Red Sea. It's a place of contrast, of massive cargo ships and ancient Arab dhows, of Ottoman ruins, CIA bunkers, camel herders and derelict soviet military bases. Now it finds itself getting drawn into the divisions of the Gulf and another regional tug-of-war, with the construction of a massive new port by the UAE.