Morocco to Launch 4G Services
Morocco just gave the go-ahead to launch Fourth Generation (4G) mobile phone service. The National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT) will invite bids for 4G licences by year's end. Officials with the agency expect Moroccan 4G services to go live next year....
Arab Economics Union is desperately needed
Throughout the history of mankind, we can find that economics and politics are always linked together. There is no successful politics without strong sustainable economics and vice versa. As a matter of fact, if we have studied the reasons of most of the old and...
Maghreb News : 2013-07-28
Terrorism | 2013-07-28 Tunisia buries slain politician As thousands rally to remember Mohamed Brahmi, Tunisian authorities are pointing to salafists tied to al-Qaeda in the shocking murder. Economy | 2013-07-28 AfDB supports Morocco employment efforts The African...
Maghreb news 2013-07-26
Magharebia Latest News Latest Discussion Terrorism | 2013-07-26Tunisia blames salafists for Brahmi slaying Thousands of citizens joined a general strike as Tunisia held a national day of mourning for its latest political assassination victim. Crime &...
Protests after Tunisian opposition leader killed
Angry anti-government demonstrations broke out Thursday across Tunisia after gunmen killed the leader of a leftist opposition party, raising fears of new chaos on the difficult road to democracy in the cradle of the Arab Spring. Just five months after a similar...
Critical Times For Algeria – Analysis
Over a two-month period Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika vanished from the country’s political scene. He was reported to have suffered a mild stroke and travelled to France in order to receive medical care. His absence sparked rumors that the 76-year-old...
Morocco-Senegal: Pragmatism And Economic Diplomacy – OpEd
From July 25 to July 27, Macky Sall, president of Senegal, will begin an official state visit to Morocco and will be received by King Mohammed VI in Casablanca. This visit comes four months and ten days after the March 15 visit that the King made to Dakar. It was the...
Maghreb news 2013-07-25
Magharebia Latest News Latest Discussion Ramadan | 2013-07-25Mauritanians come together during Ramadan Ramadan in Mauritania is a time for youth to build strong bonds. Politics | 2013-07-25Consensus urged on Tunisia constitution Prolonging Tunisia's democratic...
The Arab spring label is over. The Arab struggle for a better future is not
We should have called it differently. But the energy, the passion and the hope on the southern shore of the Mediterranean in early 2011 did resemble a sudden burst of spring. The Arab world was crying out for change – change for the better. The hurdles it met, and is...
Gibson Dunn and Freshfields lead on Vivendi’s €4.2bn Morocco telecoms sale
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken the lead roles on French media giant Vivendi's €4.2bn (£3.6bn) sale of its shareholding in Maroc Telecom. Vivendi has confirmed it has entered exclusive negotiations with UAE telecoms giant...