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Maroc Telecom, the leading telecom operator in Morocco, held its General Assembly in Rabat on Tuesday, at a time French group Vivendi is about to hand over to the UAE Etisalat its 53 per cent stake in Morocco’s largest carrier. Read more
Cephalopod fleet of the Galician fishing sector is concerned about what seems to be a very likely fishing agreement between Mauritania and China despite not being sure of whether it will fish in North African country’s shores again. Xavier Aboi, Read more
Mali’s neighboring countries have pledged to consolidate regional security and stability, to join efforts to fight terrorism in the Sahel-Sahara region and to back the African force currently deployed in the West African country (MISMA). The pledge was made at Read more
The deputy director general of Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, Ghouneimane El Ghanem, is on a working visit to Mauritania where he met with Prime Minister Dr. Mohamed Ould Moulaye Laghdaf. EL Ghanem said his visit is in line Read more
President Mohammed ould Abdelaziz was slightly injured Saturday after soldiers opened fire on his motorcade, reports said. The president has been admitted to the military hospital in capital city, Nouakchott, where he underwent a surgery. On Sunday, he was airlifted Read more
One of Libya’s most wanted men, Abdullah Senoussi, has been extradited by Mauritania. He was the former intelligence chief under the former regime. Mr. Senoussi was arrested in March on his arrival in Mauritania in a flight from Casablanca, sparking Read more
The Islamic Development bank (IDB) has agreed to inject $1.96 billion in socioeconomic and development projects to be carried out in several Islamic countries. Financing agreements were signed between the bank and the beneficiary countries during the 37th annual meeting Read more
Libyan authorities have asked Mauritania to extradite the former head of Libyan intelligence, Abdullah al-Senussi, 62, arrested last week in Nouakchott carrying a fake passport. Gen. Senussi fled Libya last year as the autocratic & despotic regime of Col Moammar Read more