The UN security council came out with a report on Mali
United Nations Official Document
Every concerned part contributed, except for Algeria. p. 46
"The Panel requested to meet with relevant authorities in Algiers to gather
more details about these seizures in order to establish possibly linkages to armed groups operating in Mali and/or identify arms trafficking networks. The proposed visits could not be accommodated. "
The Algeria that has fired and replaced almost all the top brass in the army and the security services over a few years, starting with the all powerful general Tewfik in 2015. Possibly forced by the seizure by the Coast Guard in the port of Oran of 701 kilograms of cocaine hidden among frozen meat on a cargo ship from Brazil, with links to the army.
Now everyone is waiting for Bouteflika to decide if he will run again for a fifth term in 2019. If he goes, there has been a generational change in Algeria.
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