Africa Business Radio

Algeria has closed its airspace to all Moroccan planes due to provocations and hostile practices by its neighbour.Morocco called the severing of ties completely unjustified and says the decision was based on false, even absurd pretexts.The Algerian presidency says the decision had been made "to shut its airspace immediately to all civilian and military aircraft as well as to those registered in Morocco."The presidency says they examined the situation on Algeria's border with Morocco and took into account the continuation of provocations and hostile practices by Morocco without providing details.