IMF's Lagarde escapes formal investigation in French case    Three Egyptian women murdered in "honor killing"    ENPPI lose ground in league race after 5-1 loss to already-qualified Ahly    Salafi sheikh describes how the soldiers were released    National Council for Human Rights releases report on "Al-Aqrab" prison    Haras El-Hodoud reject Ahly's offer for striker Mekki    Power cuts instigate protests    Egyptian activists to participate in 'March against Monsanto' Saturday    Coach Vieira gives Zamalek ultimatum over unpaid salaries    Orascom Telecom closer to delisting after stock tender: Source    Several political parties to protest against discussion of judiciary bill    Leonardo DiCaprio Space Flight Auctioned for $1.5 Million    Interior Minister rewards policemen while Amnesty International criticises ministry    Saudi Arabia confirms another death from SARS-like virus    No deaths reported on US highway bridge collapse    A calm state in Tahrir Square before demonstrations    North Korea says will take 'positive steps' for peace    Kerry's focus on peace talks, not settlements    Egypt Plans to Issue Sukuk in Early 2014    Volatile Nikkei Keeps Asian Stocks on Edge    Iran denies it has forces in Syria    Egypt's Morsi to Participate in 21st African Union Summit    Obama Seeks End to Perpetual U.S. 'War on Terror'    Marginalised conscripts under the spotlight    Egypt Delays Rationing Subsidized Fuel to Build Database    Egypt Forms Female Police Force to Combat Violence – Paper    Polygamy – protecting, not degrading women    Egypt's Morsi to participate in African Union Summit    LEGEND BIRTH: Eric Cantona    Tsunami warning in Russia's Far East after 8.2 quake    VIDEO: Treika guides Bani Yas to first-ever Gulf triumph    Egypt's Morsi wants arrest of Sinai kidnappers after hostages released    Ultras White Knights leader released on bail    Five drown in sewer in Assiut    Cashing in on ‘Islamic' products    Politics with a smile    Egypt's Pope Tawadros II heads to Vienna    Egypt's Maridive obtains $150 million Islamic loan    The beginning not the end    Egypt to boost fuel supply to ease power shortages    Barakat to retire at end of season    Summer fun in the city: Nine things to do around Cairo    Local Roundup: Zamalek and Ghazl El-Mahalla qualify to second round in Egyptian Cup    Arabian racing takes centre stage in Toulouse    ‘I don't like cricket... I love it!'    Coin smugglers foiled at Cairo Airport    PROGRAMME: Four Countries – Four Movies, screening in Cairo    Rare "Harry Potter" first edition fetches record auction price    

Articles of the author Jonathan Terry
Vimpelcom to get $7.8 billion for Algerian unit
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 billion. Analysts say the sale could help push (...)

25 - 01 - 2012
Samsung's Galaxy Note arrives in Morocco
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 long time for new IT products and better devices, (...)

24 - 01 - 2012
Mobiserve's Mali unit wins African supplier award
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 in the country and across the region and (...)

24 - 01 - 2012
Female student gang-raped on board minivan in Jakarta
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 Lama after the attack,” a friend of the victim told (...)

23 - 01 - 2012
China eats more than 4 million cats annually
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 dogs in the country. “Why are they killing, (...)

22 - 01 - 2012
Tunisian becomes Lancome's first Muslim face
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 after she made her runway debut last year for (...)

20 - 01 - 2012
5 Moroccans set selves ablaze to protest economic conditions
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 said that three had been burned badly enough that (...)

20 - 01 - 2012
Intersat Africa expands network with new partnership
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 technologies to push into North Africa and the Arab (...)

20 - 01 - 2012
Glowork looks to create new jobs for Saudi women
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 this agreement signed at the Council of Saudi (...)

19 - 01 - 2012
Morocco's Fipar to raise $230 million for bourse
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 company, which hopes a 17 percent stake in Morocco's (...)

18 - 01 - 2012
South African rhinos to get more protection as poaching increases
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 effort to battle against poachers. The move comes (...)

18 - 01 - 2012
iAxcess boosts presence in MENA region
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 American-based Vision Solutions. “We are very excited to (...)

17 - 01 - 2012
World leaders in Lebanon for democracy conference
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 world. According to the UN, the conference hopes to (...)

15 - 01 - 2012
Russia warns EU over Iran oil sanctions
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 Americans and places an embargo on purchases of Iranian (...)

12 - 01 - 2012
Qatar's Qtel to boost Tunisia market
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, which owns Tunisia's Tunisiana – one of three mobile (...)

12 - 01 - 2012
Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt poses in shocking animal rights billboard
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 Animals (PETA), shows her as a victim of (...)

11 - 01 - 2012
Vimpelcom sees massive gains in stock value as sale imminent
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 Vimpelcom – which purchased Orascom last year – (...)

11 - 01 - 2012
Morocco's Maroc Telecom begins fiber cable to Spain
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 that the new cable would be ready for use as (...)

11 - 01 - 2012
Tunisia's Islamists lash out at anti-Semitic comments
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 chanting is unacceptable. The small group of (...)

10 - 01 - 2012
Animal rights activists call for Irish horse racing ban
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 called on the government to end the multi-million (...)

10 - 01 - 2012
Vimpelcom, Algerian gov't agree to sell-off
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 nationalization of the Djezzy unit sparked (...)

10 - 01 - 2012
Excitement abounds in Algeria with 3G coming
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 later this year. “It will be amazing to be able (...)

10 - 01 - 2012
Egypt's Amr Shabana wins World Series squash title, hope for sport
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 relief for the former number 1. Four-time champion (...)

09 - 01 - 2012
IMF to visit Egypt to discuss loan
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 for aid to Egypt,” Finance Minister Mumtaz al-Saeed (...)

08 - 01 - 2012
In Qatar, Monfils upsets Nadal, Federer withdraws
Gael Monfils upset Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-4 Friday in the semifinals of the Qatar Open to create an unexpected all-French final against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga after Roger Federer pulled out of the tournament with back spasms. Monfils, who had only beaten Nadal once before in nine meetings, used a (...)

07 - 01 - 2012
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