{"id":7809,"date":"2026-07-11T17:35:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T17:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/11\/algeria-and-mali-restore-diplomatic-ties-following-yearlong-rift\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T17:35:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T17:35:25","slug":"algeria-and-mali-restore-diplomatic-ties-following-yearlong-rift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/11\/algeria-and-mali-restore-diplomatic-ties-following-yearlong-rift\/","title":{"rendered":"Algeria and Mali restore diplomatic ties following yearlong rift"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Relations begin to thaw as both countries reinstate ambassadors and reopen airspace closed to each other since April 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>More than a year after a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/4\/7\/alliance-of-sahel-states-recall-ambassadors-as-tension-with-algeria-rises\">diplomatic fallout<\/a>, relations between Algeria and Mali are beginning to thaw, with both countries reinstating their ambassadors and reopening their airspace to one another.<\/p>\n<p>Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced on Saturday that the country\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/29\/malis-tuareg-rebels-say-russian-fighters-must-withdraw-from-country\">Mali\u2019s Tuareg rebels say Russian fighters must withdraw from country<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/30\/mali-crisis-who-are-the-key-leaders-to-know-about\">Mali crisis: Who are the key leaders to know about?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2026\/5\/26\/the-mali-crisis-could-have-a-dangerous-spillover-effect\">The Mali crisis could have a dangerous spillover effect<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Issa Ousmane Coulibaly, spokesperson for Mali\u2019s military government, confirmed in a statement that Bamako had taken reciprocal measures.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The fallout between Algeria and Mali has jeopardised security in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/29\/what-role-has-russia-played-in-malis-security-and-the-sahel-region\">Sahel region<\/a>. Mali is a member of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), along with Burkina Faso and Niger. Both Ouagadougou and Niamey also withdrew their ambassadors to Algeria in April last year in solidarity with their ally.<\/p>\n<p>The AES has experienced a surge in attacks by armed groups linked to the ISIL (ISIS) group and al-Qaeda in recent years. Many analysts argue that such groups were able to establish a foothold in the Sahel partly because of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2016\/1\/28\/libya-extremism-and-the-consequences-of-collapse\">NATO-backed overthrow<\/a> of longtime Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The ousting of Gaddafi left a power vacuum that has been exploited by armed groups. Vast stockpiles of weapons belonging to forces loyal to him were looted and are believed to have been used by those groups.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria has previously mediated peace talks between the Malian government and Tuareg separatist rebels waging an armed rebellion there.<\/p>\n<p>However, last year\u2019s diplomatic fallout led Algiers to step back from its role as mediator, raising concerns about Mali\u2019s security and territorial integrity while also posing a threat to Algeria\u2019s own internal security.<\/p>\n<p>This April, Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf reaffirmed Algiers\u2019s support for Mali\u2019s territorial integrity, rejecting what he described as all forms of \u201cterrorism\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relations begin to thaw as both countries reinstate ambassadors and reopen airspace closed to each other since April 2025. 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 &#8230; <a title=\"Algeria and Mali restore diplomatic ties following yearlong rift\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/11\/algeria-and-mali-restore-diplomatic-ties-following-yearlong-rift\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Algeria and Mali restore diplomatic ties following yearlong rift\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}