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Mauritania extends for six months MoU with Cairo-based Arab Contractor to build tramway in Nouakchott

Mauritania has extended for six months the Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Egyptian Arab Contractor company to build a tramway in capital Nouakchott, local media report. The extension was enacted by Minister of Equipment and Transport Mohamed Ali O. Sidi Mohamed, who said the move is meant to enable the company to finalize the […]

Mauritania: 2 Arrested Journalists Obtain Pre-Trial Release

Two Mauritanian web journalists were Saturday set free temporarily after being arrested for defamation on Thursday, reports say. Jeddna Deida and Babakar Baye Ndiaye, respectively managing editor of “Mauriweb” and webmaster of “Cridem” were handed provisional release following their arrest on Thursday after the President’s son Badr Ould Abdel Aziz accused them of defamation for […]

Nearly 800 suspects arrested in Nigeria’s largest cybercrime raid

Some 792 people, including many foreign nationals, have been arrested in Nigeria as part of a sweeping raid on a crypto ring that has reportedly been involved in a sophisticated fraud operation targeting victims worldwide with false cryptocurrency schemes and romantic scams. Many of the nearly 800 suspects taken into custody from the site in […]