The incident is a continuation of Tunisian provocation of Moroccan diplomacy after autocratic president Kais Saied gave a state reception to Polisario chief during a Japan-Africa summit in 2022. In response to this offense to bilateral ties, Morocco protested to Tunisia and recalled its ambassador. After backtracking on his country’s democratic achievements, autocratic president kais Saied has succeeded in making his country a vassal serving Algeria’s military rulers. Tunis is now siding with an irrational Algerian military regime serving a hegemonic agenda that has only simmered instability in north Africa as well as the Sahel, including through manipulating terrorism that ironically also hit Tunisia’s tourism-dependent economy. Algeria has given 300 million dollars to Tunisia in exchange for its unconditional support in international fora.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 04, 2024 15:43 UTC