Algeria recalls Morocco ambassador over Berber comments 19 Jul 2021 / 14:44 H. Pix for illustration purposes. ALGIERS: Algeria recalled its ambassador in Morocco for consultations on Sunday as a new diplomatic spat broke out between the regional arch-rivals. The move came after Morocco’s envoy to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, expressed support for self-determination for Algeria’s traditionally restless Kabylie region, a stronghold of the country’s Amazigh (Berber) minority. Hilale made the remarks in a note to the presidency of the Non-Aligned Movement earlier this month at UN headquarters in New York, stating that “the valiant Kabyle people deserve, more than any other, to fully enjoy their right to self-determination”.