Mauritania: Telecom operators ordered to improve services by September 22 or face heavy penalties

Mauritania’s Ministry of Digital Transformation and Modernization of Administration has mandated that telecom operators improve the quality of their services by September 22, 2024, or face substantial financial and administrative penalties. The ministry’s memorandum outlined potential sanctions, including a reduction of up to three months from the duration of existing licenses and fines of up […]

African govt’s should crack down on illicit trade to increase tax revenue — study

As 93% of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the Global South are “drowning in debt, according to a new research from ActionAid, experts warn that illicit trade greatly exacerbates this budgetary disaster, which in turn robs governments of massive amounts of tax revenue while undermining medical, environmental and economic health. The ActionAid study also rings […]

US supports Morocco’s police narcotics investigation with vehicles, forensic lab test equipment

The United States donated Tuesday several vehicles and forensic lab test equipment to Morocco’s national Police to facilitate drug trafficking investigations and other operations. The donation was a joint effort between the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics & Law Enforcement (INL), says a […]