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US President-elect Donald Trump: Openings and warnings for Africa

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Donald Trump's dislike of patient, principled diplomacy as a means to peace and his preference for transactional politics and populist gestures.

This brings openings and perils in some areas in Africa .

The idea of "liberal peace" had long been a powerful strand in US global strategy.

The first Trump administration preferred direct deal-making, whereby autocrats cut a private bargain over the counter.

Tensions in the Horn of Africa would be reduced if Egypt and the UAE align their strategies.

The risks of a conflagration are high, writes Alex de Waal .

The Trump White House will not be likely to restrain bellicose tendencies by Middle Eastern powerbrokers or African leaders.