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The Algerian ambassador to Mali has returned to Bamako, more than two weeks after being recalled by Algiers in connection with rising diplomatic tensions between the two neighbouring countries, official sources said Saturday. The Malian ambassador in Algiers – who had been recalled to his country as a reciprocal measure – is still in Bamako but was due to leave in the next few hours, a Malian diplomatic source told AFP. The diplomats had been recalled to their respective countries on December 22, two days after the Algerian ambassador in Bamako was summoned by the Malian foreign minister over …