African Union Summit: Is the Algerian regime giving lessons it doesn’t follow?

A diplomatic display lacking credibility

In a move raising many questions about the seriousness of the actors in the region, the Algerian regime is once again trying to ride the wave of “mediation” and “conflict prevention” at the African Union summit. This maneuver, viewed by observers as a mere hollow diplomatic display, aims to cover up the major failures of this regime in managing volatile regional files, primarily the crisis it fabricated regarding the Moroccan Sahara, which has exhausted the region.

The Algerian regime: Double talk and glaring paradoxes

It is ironic that the Algerian regime speaks of “strengthening conflict prevention” while remaining the main source of regional destabilization through its direct support for separatist groups and its fueling of tensions in Mali and the Sahel. The presence of a representative of this regime at an African summit claiming to seek peace raises a fundamental question about the diplomatic ethics it follows, as it strives to paint itself as a dove of peace while practicing policies of threat and blackmail against its neighbors.

Why does the Algerian regime fail to convince Africans?

African nations have realized today that the slogans of the Algerian regime do not go beyond the corridors of conferences. This regime lacks the strategic vision and political realism enjoyed by Morocco. While Morocco is making steady progress toward real economic and development partnerships on the continent, the Algerian regime is drowning in the quagmire of obsolete ideologies and the search for an illusory regional leadership that will never be realized, no matter how much it tries to polish its image in international forums.

In conclusion, this move remains a desperate attempt to repair a shaken image both internally and externally, and the African summit will not be able to hide the fact that the Algerian regime is part of the problem, not part of the solution, in any conflict affecting the security and stability of the continent.