Time To Talk

For several decades now, relations between Algeria and Alliance of Sahel States (ASS), made up of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have been on a good footing. While citizens from these countries lived and carried out cross border trade in tranquility, an unfortunate incident sprouted over the weekend prompting member countries of the Alliance of Sahel States (ASS), to recall their Ambassadors in Algeria in response to the shooting down of a Malian drone on their shared border. Though the incident has been described by the bloc as a violation of international law and an example of the Algerian government's supposed support for terrorism, there is room for these countries to settle the wrangling through dialogue. 
Instead of deteriorating the existing relations, it is time to talk and not time to trade insults. Even if the aircraft was intercepted near the border town of Tin Zaouatine, in the extreme south of Algeria, where the Algerian Armed Forces claim to have acted in response to an unauthorized air incursion or not, what has happened should be considered an accident. The two nations have much to gain by working toget...