Algeria downs drone near border with Mali

Algeria has claimed to have shot down a military drone near the country’s border with Mali in the first incident of its kind since tensions have developed, according to Associated Press on April 2nd.

The army confirmed that a drone had entered Algerian airspace near Tin Zaouatine, a border town in the Western Sahara and stronghold for Tuareg separatists opposed to Mali’s government.

Mali’s army did not confirm whether the drone was shot down by Algeria.

Associated Press