Morocco's electricity sector has traditionally been controlled by the state-owned and vertically-integrated Office National de l'Electricité (ONE), which the government reorganised in 1995 in order to regain profitability.

The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU) Jean Ping, has learned with deep sadness the death in Algiers, yesterday 11 April 2012, of Ahmed BEN BELLA, the first President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria.

A staff mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited Cairo from March 25 to April 10 to continue discussions on possible financial support requested by the Egyptian authorities for their economic program.

Etisalat, a telecommunications company with operations in 17 markets across Africa, the Middle East and Asia, will share its ‘Broadband for all’ vision at the innovative TEDx Tripoli event, scheduled for Lybia on 13 February 2012.