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Algeria
French military still banned from Algerian air space despite diplomatic outreach

Paris hopes Algeria will soon lift its ban on the use of its airspace to resupply military operations in the Sahel, namely Barkhane. The army is currently using private foreign sub-contractors, not part of the ban, to fly equipment over Algeria. [...]

Published on 13/12/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Algeria
Why Paris and Algiers have suspended military cooperation

A diplomatic blunder by the French and then a purge of Algeria's military representation in France have prompted a complete freezing of bilateral defence relations. Africa Intelligence has the lowdown.

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Algeria
French military still banned from Algerian air space despite diplomatic outreach

Algeria, France, Sahel
Macron and Tebboune quietly mend their fences

Mali
From Washington to Algiers, Paris manoeuvres behind the scenes to keep Wagner out of Mali

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