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Algeria's relations with Madrid cooled last month after Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez tilted towards Algiers' regional rival Morocco in the long-running dispute over Western Sahara (AC Vol 63 No 7 Rabat strengthens Sahara grip)...
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But it was also strongly opposed by the leftist Unidas Podemas party the junior partner in the coalition government with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE Socialist Workers' Party)...
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Vol 62 No 16 |
- ALGERIA
- MOROCCO
Algeria meanwhile has been consolidating its ties with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government in Madrid buying more Russian arms despite its cash squeeze – which has been eased by the upturn in oil prices– and doubling down on support for Polisario and criticism of Israel Morocco's newly open ally (AC Vol 62 No 2 The King's quiet gong & Vol 61 No 25 King reaps Saharan dividend)...
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They include South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa Ghana's Nana Addo Akufo-Addo Côte d'Ivoire's Alassane Ouattara Senegal's Macky Sall Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari Ethiopia's Sahle-Work Zewde Mozambique's Filipe Nyusi and Angola's João Lourenço together with three prime ministers: Spain's Pedro Sanchez Italy's Mario Draghi and Portugal's António Costa (AC Vol 62 No 4 France holds tight in the Sahel & Vol 62 No 9 Death on the front line a coup and then an about turn)...
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Vol 61 No 15 |
- FRANCE
- SAHEL
- G5
At the G5 summit France's President Emmanuel Macron along with Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez emphasised the importance of breaking the cycle...
Vol 61 No 14 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
France's President Emmanuel Macron and Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez each made their first post-lockdown foreign trips to the summit along with African Union Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat to join regional presidents: Burkina Faso's Roch Marc Christian Kaboré; Chad's Idris Déby Itno; Mali's Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta; Niger's Mahamadou Issoufou; Mauritania's Ghazouani...
