International Policy Digest

Algeria’s milk queues become longer as crisis deepens

Queues have become commonplace in Algerian cities where citizens wait for long hours to receive rationed and subsidized powder-based milk. Social media is awash with angry citizens protesting at milk shortage in the oil and gas rich country that has yet to meet its food sovereignty. In Algeria milk is a serious issue! President Tebboune, […]

Russian navy ship docks in Tanzania, highlighting deepening bilateral ties

The Russian naval training vessel Smolny has docked in Tanzania’s port city of Dar es Salaam, marking a significant moment in the deepening relationship between Moscow and Dodoma. The stopover — Smolny’s fifth during its current long-range voyage — brought over 300 naval cadets to Tanzanian shores. Welcomed by senior Tanzanian officials and Russia’s ambassador, […]

Foreign Policy Magazine: How long will Algeria’s geriatric rulers hold?

Algeria is drowning in social discontent, raising the prospects of a return to mass protests and a violent response from its military autocratic regime, warns U.S. Foreign Policy magazine, noting that Algeria needs a second liberation…this time, from its aged rulers. The country needs to be liberated from its aged rulers who failed to transform […]