Maghreb: the upheaval of 2022 – Le Point

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LETTER FROM MAGHREB. While Tunis is increasingly isolated, Algiers will once again become a regional power against a very strong Morocco in the diplomatic ring.

Par Benoit Delmas

The qualification of Morocco in the semi-finals of the World Cup was a highlight of this year 2022 for the Maghreb and Africa. Faced with Algeria’s economic recovery, it could have been an important channel for the soft power of the Cherifian kingdom.
© Fadel Senna/AFP

Published on 25/12/2022 at 11:00 a.m.

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After two years (2020-2021) of Covid, border closures and tourist industries in Morocco and Tunisia, these two countries in the region attract 13 and 9 million travelers respectively in a normal year. North Africa hoped to breathe, start again as before, ignore this pandemic calamity and perk up its economies. The war unleashed in Ukraine by Russia will have decided otherwise. Raw materials have become gold: oil, gas, durum wheat, common wheat… The most basic everyday actions – getting around, heating, eating – come at a high price. Inflation is flirting with 10%. Each country will have reacted differently according to its strengths and the ideology of the power in place. Detail review.

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