Algeria

The delicate balancing act of Giorgia Meloni's Algiers trip

Pressure has been mounting on Rome since the European Union's statement on Western Sahara. Without hiding Italian companies' interest in Morocco, Italy is keen to maintain its diplomatic ties with Algiers, its main supplier of natural gas.

The security and business implications of the Algiers-Niamey reconciliation

While Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Abdourahamane Tiani wished to highlight the trans-Saharan gas pipeline project as a means of sealing their reconciliation, it was in fact Algerian security officials who played a decisive role in maintaining and reviving relations between the two neighbours.

French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez due in Algiers