Eni Signs $8 Billion Gas Deal With Libya Following Meloni Visit
Libya became the latest North African country to sign a gas deal with Italy as Meloni continues the diplomatic blitz of the region discussing energy security and migration.
Libya became the latest North African country to sign a gas deal with Italy as Meloni continues the diplomatic blitz of the region discussing energy security and migration.
“Don’t forget the last colony of Africa, Western Sahara … Let us fight to free Western Sahara from oppression,” said Mandla Mandela.
Anti-French sentiment is on the rise in Algeria, especially since Emmanuel Macron’s statements in October 2021, when he condemned the political-military system in place.
Due to the dismal deportation rates, France plans to substantially reduce the number of visas it grants to Algerian, Tunisian, and Moroccan nationals.
The primary suspect, a 24-year-old Algerian woman who was residing in the country illegally, has been charged with murder of a minor accompanied by rape, torture, and acts of barbarism.
While the signing of 11 bilateral agreements is a feather in French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne’s cap, the issue of securing more gas from Africa’s top exporter remains largely untouched.
Franco-Algerian relations have been tense, with Macron’s geopolitical ambitions finding themselves inhibited in this theatre.
Despite the wide economic gulf between them, Moroccan diplomacy has by far exceeded that of Spain—the size of an economy is not a determining factor in deciding a country’s importance to larger players.
The wound of Algeria was quickly closed without being disinfected, and has continued to rot slowly ever since. It has weakened the French body politic, made sicker by Macron’s intervention.
In a remarkable break with its historic policy, reflecting either incompetence or deliberate national sabotage, the Spanish government has accepted Moroccan designs over the Western Sahara.
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