Resumen de How Libya impacts North Africa
The power games being played in Libya complicate any possible solution to the crisis.
However, Algeria’s re-entry into the regional diplomatic and security fray, and its stance that conflicts should be resolved regionally, would appear welcome in western Libya and Tripoli; it certainly is in Tunisia.
Algeria is looking to play a leading role in the Libyan political process. It is too far from the combat zone to be directly threatened but it remains very alert to the security risks a major conflagration in Tripoli might pose in Tunisia, whose stability it considers as vital for its own.
Tunisia shares a 1010 km frontier with Algeria and a 454 km one with Libya.
Stopping the flow of weapons from Libya is thus essential for the security of both, Tunisia and Algeria.
