Algeria and Mali restore diplomatic relations following yearlong rift

Algiers [Algeria]/Bamako [Mali], July 12: More than a year after a diplomatic fallout, relations between Algeria and Mali are beginning to thaw, with both countries reinstating their ambassadors and reopening their airspace to one another.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced on Saturday that the country's ambassador would return to Mali, a day after Algiers fully reopened its airspace to civilian and military aircraft travelling to and from its southern neighbour.
Issa Ousmane Coulibaly, spokesperson for Mali's military government, confirmed in a statement that Bamako had taken reciprocal measures.
Relations between the two African nations deteriorated in April last year after Algeria said it had shot down a Malian surveillance drone for violating its airspace. Bamako disputes this, saying the drone was downed within its own borders. (Agencies)
Source: Qatar Tribune