Relations between Algeria and Mali are at an all-time low. In a new clash between the two countries' diplomatic chiefs, a strongly-worded communiqué accuses Algiers of supporting terrorist groups.
The Libyan Foreign Ministry, reputedly close to Algiers, has written to its Moroccan counterpart to protest against the hosting in Bouznika of a consultative meeting between the Libyan House of Representatives and the High Council of State.