Russian telecom giant Vimpelcom has reportedly signed an agreement with the Algerian government for the country's telecom unit previously owned by Orascom Telecom, which Vimpelcom purchased last year. The deal is being reported to be as high as $7.8 (...)
Moroccans are excited over news that Maroc Telecom has officially launched Samsung's Galaxy Note device. The new product has users hopeful that future technologies will be readily accessible in the country in the coming years.
“We have waited a (...)
Leading solutions provider for telecom infrastructure Mobiserve's Mali unit has been awarded the Middle East and Africa's best supplier award for 2011. The award came as part of the 2011 Mali Strategic Cooperation Forum, which aimed at boosting IT (...)
SINGAPORE: A female Indonesian student was gang-raped by 6 men while traveling on a minivan in South Jakarta on Friday evening, the Jakarta Post and activists reported.
“The criminals then dumped her on the side of a railroad track in Kebayoran (...)
SINGAPORE: Animal rights activists are lashing out at the Chinese government over a recent report that revealed the country consumes more than four million cats annually. They have called on Beijing to end the “deplorable” idea of eating cats and (...)
LONDON: Tunisian model Hanaa Ben Abdesslem has become the first-ever Muslim face of Lancome. The 22-year-old will be featured in a new campaign for Teint Idole Ultra 24h foundation.
The move has the young model poised for international stardom (...)
Five Moroccan men set themselves ablaze on Thursday in protest to the rampant unemployment in the country and lack of jobs. It was part of widespread demonstrations in the country over the poor economic situation facing the country.
Activists (...)
Leading satellite provider Intersat Africa has inked a new partnership with Belgium Satellite Services (BSS) to enhance its offerings and services in the continent. According to a statement, the companies hope to draw on recent investments in new (...)
Middle East-based Glowork, a website for women's empowerment, announced it has inked a new deal with EXA Information Systems in an effort to create thousands of jobs for Saudi Arabian women.
According to a published statement from Glowork, “under (...)
Leading Moroccan private equity company Fipar Holdings is to raise some $230 million in a public offering sometime this year, a source close to the company told Bikyamasr.com.
Reuters news agency also confirmed the source's revealing that the (...)
Rhinos in South Africa are to get some extra protection after a horrific 2010 saw more than 400 killed by poachers in the country. According to the environment ministry, an additional 150 rangers are to be hired for the Kruger national park in an (...)
Top IT security products distributor iAxcess announced over the weekend that it was boosting its presence in the Middle East and Africa, notably North Africa, for deliviery continuity disaster recovery and data replication software from (...)
LONDON: Some 50 leading international figures, including dignitaries, academics and development experts from across the globe are gathering in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Sunday for a United Nations conference on democracy in the Arab (...)
LONDON: Russia has warned the European Union on Thursday to not support American demands that sanctions be brought down against Iranian oil exports. Moscow claims it would leave too much of a burden on EU citizens.
“If the EU follows the (...)
CAIRO: Qatar's Qtel chairman Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohamed Bin Saud al-Thani and the Tunisian government hope that a renewed interest by the Gulf company in the North African nation will assist the country in boosting its telecom sector.
Qtel, (...)
ALGIERS: Investors are already whetting their appetites at the possibility of Egypt's Orascom unit in the country, Djezzy, being open for purchase. That optimism continued on Monday and Tuesday in New York, as Russia's second largest mobile operator (...)
ALGIERS: Moroccan mobile operator Maroc Telecom announced on Tuesday that it had begun deployment of an international high speed fiber optic cable between the North African country and Spain.
The French Vivendi Universal Group company, also added (...)
LONDON: Former Pussycat Dolls star Kimberly Wyatt has shocked Europe with a photoshoot calling for the European Union to honor a law passed to bar animal testing.
The image now plastered on billboards for the People for the Ethical Treatment of (...)
ALGIERS: Tunisia's Islamic party Ennahda condemned the use of anti-Semitic slogans as a top Hamas official arrived in the country on Monday. The chants left the local Jewish community alarmed, but the Islamists said that the use of the anti-Semitic (...)
LONDON: Ireland's animal rights activists have renewed their demands for the government to ban horse racing in the country after five horses were killed during the Leopardstown Christmas festival last month.
The Alliance for Animal Rights has (...)
ALGIERS: Telecom group Vimpelcom announced on Sunday that it has agreed to sell its majority stake in the Algerian state operated Djezzy unit, which had been owned by Egypt's Orascom Telecom, but after Vimpelcom purchased Orascom last year, the (...)
ALGIERS: The café is bustling with the younger generation. They are all on their computers, typing away. Anwar Yussif is a 20-year-old blogger and university student. He says he can't wait until the country's first 3G network is officially launched (...)
LONDON: Egyptian Amr Shabana, the world's number 8 squash player, ended his British woes on Sunday, beating France's Gregory Gaultier to win the World Series of squash title in the UK.
It was his first victory on British soil, and came as a (...)
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team is to visit Egypt later this month to discuss a potential $3.2 billion loan to the Egyptian government, Egypt's finance minister told local media on Sunday.
“The IMF has not formulated any special terms (...)
Morocco is opening up tenders for five wind farm projects totaling some 850 megawatts in the country, the state-run power utility ONE announced on Friday.
The operator will receive bids until March 2 for what they said would be the “development, (...)