OCP & IFDC

Egyptian President Takes up AU Top Leadership Position

Egypt’s President Fattah al-Sisi Sunday officially replaced his Rwandan counterpart as chair of the African Union (AU) headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The summit of the pan-African bloc gave Egypt the Pan-African organization’s top seat, for the first time since 2002. The rotating chairmanship moves every year between the four regions of the organization. The […]

Libyan Presidential Council calls for quick appointment of Defense Minister

In a letter dated Monday, the president of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed El Menfi, called on Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah to quickly appoint a defense minister.   The post has been vacant since the Government was announced in March due to its sensitive nature. Both opposing camps want to take the post.   […]

In Detaining OCP Vessel, South Africa Puts Ideology before Justice- American Enterprise Institute

In detaining a vessel loaded with Sahara phosphates bound for New Zealand, the ruling party in South Africa, the ANC, is reconnecting with its anachronistic populist marxist ideology, putting politics above justice in a hostile action that threatens to derail a peace process led by the UN, said the US public policy think tank, The […]