UK’s surveillance agency said to have spied on firms in Africa including MTN
09 December 2016 - 16:11
The veil has been lifted on British intelligence operatives spying on heads of state‚ businesspeople‚ diplomats‚ the military and mobile telecommunication companies in 20 African countries. MTN was among the targets of a continent-wide eavesdropping operation carried out by the UK’s electronic surveillance agency‚ known as Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). The revelations are contained in a series of articles published by French newspaper Le Monde in collaboration with investigative online publication The Intercept.
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