His fleeting appearance under the shade of the Great Mosque of Algiers on 27 April put an end to two months of rumours that had rippled through Algeria's political scene: Boualem Boualem is very much still President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's adviser on judicial affairs. Boualem, whose last public appearance dates to February, was at the mosque to take part in the Quran recital award ceremony held on Laylat Al-Qadr, or the "night of fate" that heralds the final days of Ramadan. But within the walls of