[Maghrebia] An Algiers court on Tuesday sentenced a Mauritanian citizen to three years in prison for "belonging to an armed terrorist group", APS reported on Wednesday (March 17th). Mohamed Ould Moulay Esaid reportedly left Mauritania for Mali in 2007, where he was recruited by a terrorist group active in the Algeria-Mali border region. After he and 25 other terrorists were intercepted by Algerian troops in the southern region of Ouargla, he fled to Batna and joined the "Death Brigade", AFP reported. According to a judicial source, the Mauritanian and a "significant" number of other terrorists later clashed with Algerian soldiers in neighbouring Tebessa.