Niger’s four mobile operators were imposed a fine of more than FCFA3.5 billion, for not boosting the quality and coverage of their services. The news was revealed on the national TV channel by Aichatou Bety, the member of the regulatory authority in charge of posts and telecommunications (ARTP).   Among the four operators, Celtel Niger, subsidiary of the Indian Bharti, was imposed...

In 2016, Senegal’s fish exports stood at 192,000 tons generating FCFA204 billion, according to Agence de presse sénégalaise.  According to Diène Ndiaye, director of the fishery processing industries at the ministry of fishery and maritime economy, this amount represented about 14.6% of total export earnings.  Still on the same trend, the sector held the first position in regards...

3,000 displaced. That is new development in the number of casualties resulting from the land conflict that started in the West of Côte d’Ivoire last week. Earlier report showed two dead and 1,500 displaced. “We have numbered 3,000 displaced who are actually at the Guiglo prefecture. This is a serious humanitarian crisis,” said the director of cabinet of the interior minister, Vincent Toh...

In Togo, parliamentarians recently gathered to review and adopt two draft bills. Besides a vote on the composition and attributes of the National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH), this second ordinary session for 2017 also helped define the institution’s budget for 2018.  At the end of the meeting, it comes out that the national assembly’s budget for the country is estimated at...

According to the Moroccan minister of tourism, air transport, craftsmanship and social economy, Mohamed Sajid, tourism has generated 64.2 billion dirham (about $6.7 billion) of revenues for the country in 2016. The sector thus contributed to 7% of Morocco’s gross domestic product (GDP) last year, creating 2.5 million direct and indirect jobs. Mohamed Sajid also said that the number of...

A control mission revealed that more than 2.000 bags of rice disappeared from Cameroon's national cereal board's stores, l'Oeil Du Sahel (a regional paper published three times a week) revealed. The stores concerned are namely, the stores in the districts of Kaélé, Yagoua, Doukoula, Moutourwa, Dziguilao, and Moulvoudaye. The same source revealed that Barthelemy Nemba, the manager of the board...

According to the results of the prefeasibility studies (PFS) released by Birimian this week, the construction of the Goulamina Lithium project in Mali should begin mid-2019. It will last 18 months and commence produce at the beginning of 2021.  The lifeline of the project was estimated to 9-14 years with its ore processing capacity ranging between 14 million tons (at a grade of 1.39%...

Tunisia and France signed on October 5, 2017, a series of agreements worth a total of €92.3 million ($108 million), to boost their cooperation in multiple areas, Xinhua reported.  Eleven overall, the agreements were signed on the sidelines of the first meeting of the high council for the Tunisia-France cooperation. At the meeting were present Tunisia’s Prime Minister, Youssef...

Already two dead and more than 110 displaced. That is what shows the review of the land conflict which for some weeks now has been opposing the Baoulé to Wê in Bloléquin, in the Western part of Ivory Coast. The two ethnicities are fighting over the Goin-Débé classified forest.  According to the Ivorian Press Agency (Agence ivoirienne de Presse-AIP) which cites the spokesperson of the...

Exim Bank India will invest CFA41.6 billion ($74.6 million) in Côte d’Ivoire, to build four military hospitals and purchase equipment in Abidjan, Bouake, Korhogo and Daloa. This was made public after the ministerial council held on October 4th in Abidjan. The investment is in the framework of the promise of Cote d’Ivoire’s government to improve the living conditions of its armed...