Terrorists lost their capacities in Algeria, says minister

Algerian interior minister Dahou Ould Kablia Thursday said terrorist groups largely lost their nuisance capacities in Algeria thanks to security forces operations.

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• Terrorist groups which have existed since the 1990’s largely lost their nuisance capacities inside the country thanks to the army and other security forces effort, Dahou Ould Kablia told a meeting with prefects.
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• Violence intensity has been considerably decreasing in Algeria since the implementation of the Charter for the National Reconciliation in 2006, he added.
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• He also said Algeria had done “everything” to secure its border with its neighbours in the Sahel region. This is meant to prevent any infiltration of members of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in the country.
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• “Important human and physical means were deployed to reinforce security on our borders and prohibit intrusion.”
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• Ould Kakblia believes that countries in the Sahel region should step up coordination. 
• A meeting is expected to be held between Algeria, Mauritania, Niger and Mali and their partners early in September in Algiers to organise anti-terrorist cooperation in the Sahel region.