The rag is burning between Algeria and Mali. A development which offers an opportunity for Morocco to make its return to this Sahel country. Nasser Bourita met his Malian counterpart this Saturday in Marrakech.
Although Algeria, with the support of France, succeeded in 2014 and 2015 in excluding Morocco from mediation in Mali, every movement from Rabat to Bamako is perceived as «interference». Local media have accused Morocco of orchestrating a campaign against a «supposed» presence of Algerian soldiers in Mali.
In 2013, Morocco placed a wager on Ibrahim Boubace Keïta, who, at the moment, was running for the presidential elections in Mali. Five years later, drawing lessons from the past, distanced itself from the Malian politicians competing to head the West African country.