Telecom operator, Maroc Telecom, has paid 6.3 billion dirhams ($630 mln) in damages to its competitor Inwi after it was indicted by a court for anti-competitive practices. The fine represents 17% of the firm’s turnover and exceeds the 6.1 billion dirhams it made in profit last year. Fingers are pointing to Maroc Telecom’s CEO Abdesslam […]
Mauritanian capital Nouakchott is hosting this week a business forum aimed at boosting Mauritanian-Moroccan partnership in the energy field. The forum, held under the auspices of the Pan-African Confederation of Electricity (CAFELEC), is co-organized by the Moroccan Federation of Electricity, Electronics and Renewable Energies (FENELEC Morocco) and the Mauritanian Electricity Company (SOMELEC). The forum featured […]
Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Spain’s Interior Minister, indicated Monday October 16 the country’s civil guard will step up surveillance operations on the coasts of Senegal and Mauritania in view of curbing illegal migrations from the two African countries. Grande-Marlaska made the announcement following a meeting held in Canary Islands, a Spanish autonomous territory facing waves of arrivals […]
