Algeria says its envoy will return to Mali after year-long rift
Mali added in its statement that its ambassador would return to Algiers and that its airspace would reopen “to all civilian and military aircraft” from or to its northern neighbor
July 11, 2026 00:39
ALGIERS: Algeria said Friday its envoy would return to Mali in an apparent sign of thawing relations following over a year-long diplomatic rift triggered by Algiers shooting down a Malian drone.
Algeria shot down the drone in April 2025, saying it had crossed into its airspace — an allegation Mali denied — sparking tit-for-tat recalls of ambassadors and the closure of airspace.
