As Mali’s junta pokes at Algeria, what’s at stake for North Africa and Sahel? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Supporters hold a poster depicting Malis interim leader and head of Junta, Colonel Assimi Goïta (L) and Guinea Interim leader and head of Junta, Mamady Doumbouya (R), in Bamako, Mali, on September 22, 2022 during Mali's Independence Day military parade. (Photo by OUSMANE MAKAVELI / AFP) (Photo by OUSMANE MAKAVELI/AFP via Getty Images) — Supporters hold a poster depicting Mali's interim leader and head of the junta, Colonel Assimi Goïta (L), and Guinean interim leader and head of the junta, Mamady Doumbouya (R), in Bamako, Mali, on Sept. 22, 2022, during Mali's Independence Day military parade. — OUSMANE MAKAVELI/AFP via Getty Images

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (R) welcomes Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) upon his arrival at Bamako airport on March 2, 2018.

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French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Senegal's President Macky Sall (L).

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Algeria's Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal waves during a welcoming ceremony with Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti (not pictured) at Houari Boumediene Airport in Algiers November 14, 2012. Picture taken November 14, 2012. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (ALGERIA - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3DHZF

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Activists for the independence of the Western Sahara wave flags and banners reading "Sahara: Only Pace!" during an annual protest organised by the state coordinator of associations of solidarity with the Sahara in Madrid on November 11, 2016 marking the 4th anniversary of the tripartite Madrid agreements demonstrators deem illegal. - The Western Sahara is a territory bordered by Morocco and Algeria and disputed by Spain and Morocco who both claiming sovereignty. (Photo by GERARD JULIEN / AFP) (Photo by GERA

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