The diplomatic row between Algeria and Mali ended in disgrace for the Algerian regime which is floundering as it has strained relations with all its neighboring countries. During the past few years, Algeria had recalled its ambassador to France on several occasions. The Algerian ambassador to Mali has returned lately to Bamako after being recalled by Algiers amid heightened tension between the two countries over Algeria’s “unfriendly acts” and “interference” in Mali’s “internal affairs”. The move irked Bamako which summoned immediately the Algerian ambassador to protest against Algiers’s meddling in Mali’s domestic affairs. Furthermore, the Sahel countries do not trust the Algerian regime which serves the agenda of the former French colonial power.
