French AFD- Moroccan FNM sign agreement in Rabat

Maroc Telecom Invested €6 bln in Africa over Last Decade

Maroc Telecom, Morocco’s largest telecom operator, said that it invested €6 billion over the last decade in modernizing telecommunication infrastructure in the African continent. Speaking to the press following talks with Côte d’Ivoire’s president in Abidjan earlier this week, head of Maroc Telecom management board, Abdesslam Ahizoune, said that the company is planning to expand […]

Nigeria: more than 150 kidnapped students rescued days before ransom deadline

Nigerian army has, over the past two days, successfully rescued more than 150 “unharmed” pupils and teachers who were abducted by gunmen from a school in the country’s northeast earlier this month. The kidnapping in Kaduna state on 7 March, one of the biggest such attacks in years, has prompted a national outcry over security. […]

Tunisia bans crew of sunk tanker to leave pending investigations

A Tunisian court has banned the crew of the vessel which sank last Saturday in the Gulf of Gabes, with 750 tons of diesel fuel in its tanks, to leave amid ongoing investigations. Mohamed Karray, the spokesperson of Gabes Court of First Instance, Wednesday told local radio Mosaique fm that authorities have detained skipper Georgian, […]