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Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday criticised foreign intervention in his country and warned against efforts to divide neighbouring Libya.
Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune, elected in a partly boycotted vote last year, has reshuffled the cabinet amid economic woes spurred by a drop in oil prices and the coronavirus crisis.
Lawyers accused the Algerian regime of attempting to repress peaceful anti-government protesters through banning demonstrations on the pretext of coronavirus restrictions.
An army detachment clashed with "an armed terrorist group", during an ambush on Saturday in the Gaadet Lahdjar area, in the prefecture of Ain Defla, killing corporal Mostafa Znanda.
Algeria has intensified its crackdown on an anti-government protest movement in a bid to discourage demonstrations once coronavirus restrictions are lifted.
The death of Droukdel - once regarded as Algeria's enemy number one - could leave AQIM (Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb) in disarray, sources have said.
Tebboune is considering a change in the constitution that would allow Algeria to deploy military abroad and experts are concerned this could mean a rise in interventionist policies.
Algeria is easing lockdown measures in 19 provinces, while Afghanistan has detected polio in areas previously declared free of the disease after immunisation programmes were paused due to Covid-19.
France, despite public denials, has long been suspected of favouring Haftar, who has the backing of Egypt, Russia and the United Arab Emirates.
Algerian officials greeted Aguila Saleh at Algiers International Airport, though the reason for the visit remains unknown.
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