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Algeria Gate: In line with its ongoing support for the “7-77 Programme” launched by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications to boost digital inclusion and citizen empowerment, Algérie Télécom has announced free in-person training courses starting Sunday, August 9th, 2026 at its Skills Development Centre in the province of Setif.

According to a statement from the company, after the capital of the High Plateaus, the programme will be expanded to include the remaining centres. In-person courses will be organised in Annaba on Tuesday, August 11th 2026, then in Saida on Sunday, August 16th 2026. At least 600 participants will benefit from these courses, which will be led by renowned experts and specialists in advanced technologies.

The courses offered cover a variety of topics, including an introduction to artificial intelligence and its uses, cybersecurity, protection of personal data, as well as the discovery of various modern digital tools and skills.

The programme aims to help different age groups; children, young people and adults, acquire the basic knowledge and skills needed to deal with the digital environment, strengthen their awareness of the opportunities offered by modern technologies, and introduce them to the risks and ways to prevent them.

Since its launch in July 2026, the 7-77 programme has attracted widespread interest from citizens, with the number of registrants via the digital platform exceeding 150,000 from all wilayas of the country and from various age groups.

In-person training provides a greater opportunity for direct interaction between participants and instructors and allows the acquired knowledge to be put into practice, making the learning process more effective and closer to citizens’ needs.

In addition to the in-person courses, the programme continues to offer online courses, allowing the scope of benefits to be expanded and access to be provided to citizens in different regions of the country. So far, 1,166 participants have benefited from forty courses organised to date.

By supporting the 7-77 digital empowerment programme, Algérie Télécom has reaffirmed its commitment to contributing to the widespread adoption of modern technologies among citizens. The gradual expansion of the programme through Algérie Télécom’s skills centres represents an important step towards facilitating the acquisition of digital skills and opening the way for the public to discover the professions and technologies of the future.

Algeria Gate: In a move underscoring strategic cooperation between Algeria and Niger, the Algerian Ministry of National Defence has delivered military equipment to the Nigerien army. The donation was made on the orders of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Minister of National Defence, with the aim of strengthening bilateral ties, particularly in the military domain.

According to a statement from the Ministry of Defence, General Said Chengriha, Delegate Minister to the Minister of National Defence and Chief of Staff of the People’s National Army, ordered the transfer and delivery of a donation from the Ministry of National Defence to the Nigerien army, consisting of equipment (4 helicopters) and military gear.

According to the statement, two MI-24V helicopters and two MI-171 helicopters took off today, Sunday, August 9th, 2026, from the secondary deployment base at In Guezzam in the 6th Military Region, heading to Niamey Airport in Niger.

A military transport aircraft from Algeria’s air forces also carried ammunition for the helicopters, along with spare parts, maintenance and support equipment, and logistical supplies.

The statement clarified that this operation, which falls within the framework of strengthening the fraternal and historical relations that bind the two sister countries, comes to reaffirm Algeria’s commitment to continuing to support the countries of the region, particularly in the fields related to defence and security, the exchange of expertise, and multi-faceted support.

Through this endeavour, Algeria renewed its determination to continue its efforts, in coordination with its partners, to strengthen security and stability in the region, the same source added.

Slimane Boussoufa, “the Mercenary,” Under Heavy Fire from Algerian Journalists

Algeria Gate: Former Hespress and France 24 journalist Slimane Boussoufa has provoked widespread fury among Algerian journalists both inside the country and abroad.

His coverage of the Ceuta events has been condemned as unprofessional, crude, and driven by a clear anti-Algerian agenda laced with personal revenge.

Two heavyweights of Algerian media Mourad Chebine and Mustapha Bounif have led the charge.

Mourad Chebine’s Brutal Professional Lesson

Mourad Chebine, the iconic face of Algerian television in the 1990s and a former senior figure at Sky News Arabia, delivered a masterclass in journalistic ethics without ever naming Boussoufa the classic method of heavyweights who refuse to elevate the unworthy.

He opened with a series of devastating questions:

“Is press freedom the right to cross the sea hunting for ‘harraga’ from your own country among tens of thousands of Moroccans who stormed Ceuta?

Is freedom of expression the right to threaten someone with exposing their private secrets simply because they disagree with your political stance?

Is it freedom to publish dubious information about a case still before the courts in order to steer public opinion or influence the course of justice?

Has lying become a point of view, blackmail investigative journalism, defamation courage, and the violation of privacy a right?”

Chebine continued with uncompromising clarity:

“These questions do not require lengthy answers.

They require a constant reminder that freedom is not a privilege without limits.

Journalism is not built by turning platforms into courts, nor by using people’s reputations and private lives as fuel for scoops and sensationalism.

Freedom of expression does not mean inventing facts, spreading lies, manufacturing hatred, forging images and documents, or exploiting information for blackmail.”

He concluded with a line that cuts deep:

“These are not restrictions invented by any authority to muzzle journalists.

They are the most basic foundations of a press that understands its mission.

Professional ethics are not measured by what others do, but by what we ourselves have sworn to respect.

Governments change, laws change, balances of power shift.

One thing must never change: a journalist does not derive the honour of the profession from how far he is willing to go, but from how much he deliberately chooses not to cross.

There are lines that, once crossed, do not merely bring down journalism — they destroy the very meaning for which freedom was created.”

Chebine’s post was met with near-unanimous support from fellow journalists.

Mustapha Bounif Delivers the Final Blow

Influential journalist Mustapha Bounif finished the job with a video that leaves little room for escape.

He asked Boussoufa a simple, devastating question: where is the proof that the young man he interviewed in Ceuta was actually Algerian?

The man’s accent was unmistakably Moroccan.

The T-shirt he was wearing carried the word

“Casablanca” in Latin letters.

Bounif forced viewers to confront the obvious: why would an Algerian “harraga” wear a shirt bearing the name of a Moroccan city?

And would that detail have worked in his favour if Spain had decided to send him back with the rest of the group?

Boussoufa, it seems, never noticed.

A Journalist Against His Own Country

There is a reason this kind of coverage is possible.

When Moroccan authorities grant an Algerian journalist access to cover such a sensitive event on their soil, it is rarely an act of journalistic neutrality.

Boussoufa’s earlier work for Hespress between 2008 and 2010 particularly his articles on communal tensions in Algeria  already revealed a pattern of extreme hostility.

A journalist from the Mozabite community of Ghardaïa who left Algeria and then used hostile foreign platforms (Moroccan and French) to pour fuel on internal divisions is not a common occurrence.

In Boussoufa’s case, it appears unique.

There is a clear difference between a professional journalist and an unethical one.

The professional works within the rules, without tricks.

The other needs a certain cunning to obscure the absence of ethics and to confuse the public.

But that cunning rarely fools actual professionals.

In this case, it did not