BP is leveraging the state of the energy market and Algeria's domestic challenges to try to get better investment terms.
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Natural gas facility in Ain Amenas, Algeria
Luanda will try to relieve the pressure on the country's political elite.
This is an internal Stratfor document listing significant meetings and events for the next week.
The country's prime minister is not likely to gain much support from neighboring governments.
France's new policy on security actions in Africa reflects experiences from the Mali intervention.
The country's political transition is slowed by the demands of the various groups.
Rebels in Darfur and Kordofan threaten to further break up the Sudanese state.
A Western intervention in Syria would not be as clean or effective as some believe.
Algeria's longest serving head of state influenced his country's re-emergence as an important player in critical global arenas.…
