As well as planning banning the burka, Senegal is
also enforcing the registration of mobile phone
Sim cards as part of its efforts to curb terrorist
activities.
It has the law that those with mobiles should register, but those that don't have never faced a problem.
Now there is a deadline of 30 November for all to be registered, otherwise the number will be de- activated. In Nigeria - where the militant group Boko Haram is based - telecom operator MTN is facing a $5.2bn (£3.4bn) fine for failing to cut off unregistered mobile users. It is thought that armed criminals and terrorist groups in Nigeria use unregistered mobiles to organise their activities.
It has the law that those with mobiles should register, but those that don't have never faced a problem.
Now there is a deadline of 30 November for all to be registered, otherwise the number will be de- activated. In Nigeria - where the militant group Boko Haram is based - telecom operator MTN is facing a $5.2bn (£3.4bn) fine for failing to cut off unregistered mobile users. It is thought that armed criminals and terrorist groups in Nigeria use unregistered mobiles to organise their activities.
