OCP – Nigeria March 2021

Nigeria: Death toll rises to 76, scores missing in boat capsize tragedy

The death toll from a boat accident, which occurred when the vessel carrying passengers capsized in Nigeria’s southeastern state of Anambra last Friday has risen to 76, with dozens reported missing. Officials said the locally made boat was carrying 85 people who were on their way to a local market when it developed an engine […]

The rise and fall of Omar al-Bashir, what next?

After Algeria’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the world has witnessed the fall of Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir on Thursday. Thousands demonstrators in Khartoum chanted and greeted the news that the country’s strongman of three decades had been placed under house arrest. Troops have also raided Bashir’s Islamic movement, linked to the ruling party, and deployed at key locations […]

Will Morocco’s Good Offices Help Defuse Gulf Crisis?

King Mohammed VI is on a visit of friendship to the Gulf countries of the UAE and Qatar, which is seen by analysts as a mediation attempt to defuse tension on the backdrop of the rift between a Saudi-led quartet and Doha. King Mohammed VI who maintains close ties with Gulf monarchs is undertaking a […]