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Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger Withdraw Ambassadors Amid Tensions

4/7/2025

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Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have pulled their ambassadors from Algeria, igniting a diplomatic firestorm after a Malian drone was shot down. Mali's accusations of Algeria supporting terrorism and the closure of its airspace to Malian flights have intensified the already strained relations, a fallout from the military juntas' rise to power.

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Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have pulled their ambassadors from Algeria, igniting a diplomatic firestorm after a Malian drone was shot down. Mali's accusations of Algeria supporting terrorism and the closure of its airspace to Malian flights have intensified the already strained relations, a fallout from the military juntas' rise to power.