President Alpha Condé has recalled Guinea’s Ambassador in Algiers in protest over the inhuman treatment endured by Sub-Saharan migrants in Algeria. Guinean news outlets were all unanimous in citing the inhuman treatment by Algerian authorities to African migrants as a cause for the deterioration of relations between the two countries. Guinean websites are awash with abhorrent stories by migrants who were abandoned in Algeria after being taken Manu military to the borders with Niger. Algerian officials, including the Prime Minister, have uttered irresponsible statements blaming the economic hardships in Algeria on migrants. A close advisor to ailing President Boutefliqua went as far as accusing Sub-Saharan migrants of spreading diseases and HIV in Algeria.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 17, 2018 16:30 UTC