How did Droukdel, who was on the Algerian army radar, manage to sneak into neighboring Mali, which shares highly defended border with Algeria? How did he travel the two thousand kilometers distance between his hideout in the mountains of the Kabyle region and Mali? How did he manage to cross the Malian border that the Algerian army is supposed to monitor constantly to thwart any attempt by terror groups to cross into Algeria? These are a set of questions raised by Le Monde, which suspects the Algerian army to have struck a deal with one of the most dangerous men in the Sahel desert and possibly with other terror groups. Besides, Droukdel’s death “could thus have the unexpected consequence of the decomposition of the last terrorist hideouts in Algeria”, predicts Le monde.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 16, 2020 16:30 UTC