Algeria & France: Untangling Past and Present
Middle East Focus
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Algeria and the Western Sahel - What's the Problem?
Algeria has good reason to feel a bit sore about Libya. And as for Mali, I'm not a specialist of Sahel politics. But clearly, what is happening in Mali, the French being replaced by the Russians, is not a very happy situation for anybody. The Europeans never thought it was important enough to try and address seriously. Until recently, now, even before the Ukraine thing, they would like to move forward. But for 45 years, a different day was made. And as always, you pay the price of history. It's as simple as that.
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