Algiers ceded francophone influence to Rabat while looking inward. This is the attempt to buy it back.
L'Algérie, longtemps très influente au sud de sa frontière, en particulier au Mali, a progressivement perdu son lien privilégié avec ses voisins, parfois au profit du rival marocain.
Tebboune's continental charm offensive exposes how Algeria's decades-long isolation allowed Morocco to quietly capture influence across francophone Africa while Algiers was busy nursing internal wounds. The irony is thick: Africa's largest country by landmass had to rediscover its own backyard, starting with Mali where French boots just left and geopolitical vacuums beg to be filled. This isn't about Pan-African solidarity. It's about two Maghreb giants finally realizing that authentic continental leadership requires showing up consistently, not just when the optics demand it.
Tebboune's continental charm offensive exposes how Algeria's decades-long isolation allowed Morocco to quietly capture influence across francophone Africa while Algiers was busy nursing internal wounds. The irony is thick: Africa's largest country by landmass had to rediscover its own backyard, starting with Mali where French boots just left and geopolitical vacuums beg to be filled. This isn't about Pan-African solidarity. It's about two Maghreb giants finally realizing that authentic continental leadership requires showing up consistently, not just when the optics demand it.
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