Algeria’s foreign intelligence chief fired

Posted On 7 January 2021

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1196 issue: week ending 7 January 2021

The head of Algeria’s foreign intelligence agency General Mohamed Bouzit, known as Youcef was dismissed on Thursday, January 7. Bouzit headed the Directorate of Documentation and External Security (DDSE), an intelligence agency that provided assessment on international issues of interest to Algeria, in particular on Libya, Morocco and the Sahel.  His sacking came senior government officials, in particular the high military command having complaining about the lack of due diligence in intelligence assessments the DDSE has been sharing, “putting at risk national security.”

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