Morocco prepares tender to launch 5G

Morocco is preparing to launch a tender to launch 5G bandwidth, a project that attracts interests from China’s Huwawei and western firms, Morocco’s Finance News Hebdo said. Huwawei is already operating in the country in partnerships with local operators Maroc Telecom and Orange Maroc and seems to be better placed compared to western peers such […]

Algeria continues crackdown in Kabylie, sentences poet Samir Mokrani to two years in prison

The fierce repression carried out by Algeria’s ruling junta against activists in Kabylie was evidenced again this week when militant poet Samir Mokrani was sentenced to two years in prison for his peaceful activism in favor of the autonomy of Kabylie. The conviction of Samir Mokrani, Monday February 6 by the court of Tizi Ouzzou, […]

Morocco’s RAM stops operating Boeing 737 Max 8 after Ethiopian crash

Morocco’s flag carrier RAM has temporarily grounded its operating Boeing 737 max 8 airplane after a plane of the same type operated by Ethiopian airlines crashed killing 189 people. Morocco operates one Boeing 737 Max 8 and has received this year another plane of the same type, which is not in service yet. RAM received […]