Algeria Regains Diplomatic Leverage in the Sahel (lemonde.fr)

• Mali junta faces ongoing insurgency challenges
• Algiers re-emerges as key diplomatic power broker
• Regional power shift affects security landscape

"The Malian junta's failure to contain insurgent groups has forced a shift in regional dynamics, allowing Algeria to re-emerge as a critical mediator. Years of declining influence in the Sahel are being reversed as Algiers leverages its diplomatic infrastructure to address the worsening security vacuum in Mali, presenting a strategic alternative to the junta's current failing military approaches."