Africa International

Burkina Faso: Moroccan Addoha Group Launches Construction of New Cement Plant

Morocco’s Addoha group has launched, through its subsidiary CIMAF, the construction of a new cement plant with an output capacity of 700,000 tons per year. The plant, located in Bobo-Dioulasso, the second the city of the West African country, will cost about €25 million and will be completed in 18 months. The new plant will […]

Africa International

US, Senegal Ink Defense Cooperation Deal

The American government and Senegal on Monday signed a cooperation agreement to ease the deployment of American troops to the West African nation to counter humanitarian crises, natural disasters or terrorist attacks. The accord will give US troops access to areas in Senegal, such as airports and military installations, in order to respond to security […]

Headlines Morocco

Morocco Condemns Terror Attacks in Côte d’Ivoire, Participates in Investigations

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has condemned in the most vigorous terms the simultaneous terror attacks that targeted Sunday the Ivorian seaside resort of Grand Bassam. The King sent a message of condolences to President Alassane Ouattara and also talked to him over the phone. According to a statement released by the Royal Office Sunday […]

Headlines Libya

Libya: IS fleeing southwards dodging inexistent airstrikes

Intelligence sources have claimed that the militants of the IS group in Libya have begun to flee southwards and could be heading to neighboring Sahel countries as fears over western airstrikes increase. Colonel Mahamane Laminou Sani, Director of Niger’s armed forces documentation and military intelligence agency, confirmed that militants of the extremist group are “moving […]

Africa International

Burkina Faso: Rabat condemns AQIM assault as a blow to peace, Moroccan native among victims

Morocco has vehemently condemned the terrorist attacks that targeted the capital city of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, as a blow to peace and stability in this sisterly country and as a blow to the efforts being made to establish democracy. At least 30 people of some 20 nationalities have been killed in the attacks staged at […]

Headlines Mauritania

Mauritania hosting President Bashir despite international arrest warrant

The one-day 4th Summit of the Pan-African Agency for the Great Green Belt held in Mauritania this Monday with the participation of several African Heads of State concerned by the desert encroachment has reignited the debate over the arrest of Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir. President Omar Al-Bashir arrived, Sunday, in Mauritanian capital city Nuakchott, leading […]

Business Features

Maroc Telecom’s Net Income Increases by 5.6% in 2014

Maroc Telecom’s growth expectations for 2014 have been fulfilled as the net income of Morocco’s leading telecommunications group increased by 5.6% to MAD 5.850 billion compared to MAD 5.540 billion a year earlier, i.e. a net margin of 20.1% in progress by 0.7 points. Last year, the consolidated revenue of Itissalat Al Maghrib or IAM […]

Africa Features International

French Defense Minister for political solution in Libya

French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian stressed the need to find a political solution to the Libyan crisis rather than another military operation in the North African country plunged in chaos since the collapse of the Kaddafi regime. The French official, who was visiting Madama, Northern Niger, where a French military base is being built […]

Business Features

ICT Progress in Gabon Makes of the country a Pioneer in Central Africa

The positive evolution scored by the sector of information technologies in Gabon as evidenced by the launch earlier this year of the 4 generation of mobile telephony services has made of this country a pioneer in Central Africa. Gabon Telecom, one of the most vital internet providers in this Central African nation, was actually the […]

Business Features Headlines Morocco

Morocco’s Telecom group Upbeat about Growth in 2014  

Morocco’s leading telecommunications group Maroc Telecom or IAM seems upbeat about its growth in 2014 as the financial results for the first half of the current year showed a slight increase compared to the same period last year. The company’s turnover actually reached 14,564 Billion Moroccan dirhams to 14,468 Billion during the same period of […]