Libya’s weapons dangerous on Algerian Southern areas

British magazine “The Economist” think that Algerian southern area is the fertile region of terrorism, saying that the authorities succeeded in the suppression of extremism apparently but the ideology was not eradicated.

The magazine said in a report in which it monitored the reasons for the deterioration of the situation in the south of the country, that was published on Wednesday, on its website, that one of the factors that led to the transformation of the south of Algeria to a fertile area of terrorism, is the decline in employment among the youth of the south, although it includes most of the oil fields and mines, noting that 11 graduated youth among 13 do not find a job.

The magazine increased resentment among residents of these southern regions, including foreign companies which they accuse of plundering state resources, using testimonies of some young people from the region who accuse the government of being involved in what is happening in the south, referring to the frequency of events in this region since last March.

The same source, added that when protests started for the first time in the south, and have been “suppressed” in 2004, some of the protesters turned to the use of violence, and warned that the government’s efforts may have succeeded in extinguishing extremism, but ideology was not eradicated.

The British magazine sees that providing the Libyan arms in recent times and the lack of security in the region worsens the situation, in addition to what was caused by the French intervention in Mali, which pushed extremists towards the rural areas near the Algerian borders.

The “Economist” considers that the attack which targeted the gas base in Tiguentourine in Ain Amenas, near the Libyan borders, in January 2013, which was the first of the kind, confirmed the security concerns in the region.

“Despite that Algeria deployed more than 20000 soldiers to guard its long borders, but the state is still facing threats from all aspects, and monitored a progress in the smuggling of drugs, humans and weapons across the Sahel”.

In the conclusion of its report the British magazine monitored the western governments’ call to Algeria to double its efforts to secure the region, by training    forces of its neighbors and exchanging information with intelligence.