CAIRO, July 18 (Reuters) - The Algerian foreign ministry recalled its ambassador to Morocco on Sunday and hinted at possible further measures in the latest flare-up of tension between the North African neighbours over the disputed territory of Western Sahara. The move was linked to comments from the Moroccan envoy to the United Nations on Algeria's Kabylie region, the ministry said after the envoy drew the region into the decades-old row over Western Sahara, which is claimed by Morocco as well as the Algeria-backed Polisario Front. He had suggested Algeria should not deny that while backing self-determination for Western Sahara. The Polisario Front is fighting for the independence for Western Sahara, a Spanish colony until mid-1970s now largely occupied and administered by Morocco. Reporting by Nayera Abdallah in Cairo and Hamid Ould Ahmed in Algiers; editing by Philippa FletcherOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 16, 2021 09:00 UTC