— Algeria announced on Wednesday, through the office of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the transformation of a military barracks in the Tanezrouft desert into a high-security prison intended for drug lords and traffickers. Simultaneously, a specialized security agency dedicated to combating drug trafficking, inspired by the American DEA model, will be created. This measure comes in the context of a growing drug trade within this country of 46 million inhabitants