Welcome to Foreign Policy ’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Algeria balances its ties to Iran with its role as a critical gas supplier to the West, Egypt imposes a monthlong energy-rationing policy, and France reportedly disinvites South Africa from the G-7 leaders’ summit under pressure from the United States. Gas Power? The war in Iran has put Algeria in an awkward position, as it balances its strategic alignment with Iran while also benefiting from soaring energy prices as a