Following the Malian Prime Minister’s accusatory speech at the UN about Algeria, Morocco’s permanent representative to the UN supported Bamako’s claims, accusing Algiers of playing a dubious role in the Sahel and Sahara.
The Amazigh World Assembly is again calling attention to the conflict between Tuareg and the Malian army. They criticize the role of both Bamako and Algiers in the ongoing violence in Azawad.
On January 28, 2024, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger announced their withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The three countries, along with Chad, had joined Morocco's Atlantic Access Initiative on December 23, 2023.
Mali, fresh from disentangling itself from France, aims to fully extricate itself from Algerian oversight. The Bamako government declared the 2015 Algiers peace agreement defunct.