Algeria Gate: After more than twenty years heading Reuters’ bureau in Algeria, Lamine Chikhi brings to AL24, the Algerian international channel, solid experience in journalism, analysis, and regional and international geopolitical transformations.
Recognised for his professionalism, his knowledge of major international balances and his mastery of figures, Lamine Chikhi has a profile that matches the new ambitions assigned to AL24.
AL24, a new voice for Algeria in the world
Through AL24, the objective is to give a new dimension to Algeria’s international media presence. The channel must be able to address a global audience, present the Algerian reading of major events and highlight the dynamism of Algerian diplomacy.
The ambition is clear: to make AL24 a true voice of Algeria internationally, capable of carrying its discourse, explaining its positions and making its diplomatic choices better known.
Genuine media diplomacy
In this new orientation, AL24 is called upon to play a role of media diplomacy by accompanying Algerian foreign policy and explaining its positions to the international public.
The channel will also have to contribute to defending national interests against foreign media campaigns, with the ambition of building a real media rampart around issues that directly concern Algeria.
It is also a matter of improving the country’s image abroad and giving greater prominence to its regional weight, its diplomatic role and its position on major international dossiers.
Palestine and Western Sahara: the causes at the heart of the discourse
AL24’s editorial line should also give an important place to the causes considered just by Algeria, notably the Palestinian and Sahrawi questions.
The objective is to defend these dossiers on the international media stage and to make the Algerian position heard by a much wider audience.
The ambition to compete with major international channels
With the human skills available and the material and logistical resources mobilised by the State, AL24 now intends to take a new step. The challenge thus goes beyond that of a simple news channel: AL24 wants to establish itself as an international media actor capable of carrying Algeria’s voice and, in the long term, of competing with the major international channels.
In this perspective, the arrival of Lamine Chikhi marks a desire to give AL24 a new impetus, based on journalistic experience, mastery of international issues and an ambition clearly oriented towards the international stage.





