The Qatari Quality Mark, launched recently, represents the passport for local companies to go international while strengthening their competitiveness in the local market, a Qatar Foundation (QF) economist has said.

The value of the contract Kahramaa signed with Doha Cables exceeds QR1.24bn while that with QICC is QR640mn. The two contracts are valued at QR1.88bn, while the total length of the cables is 10,000km.

Hamad Bin Khalifa (HBK) Hospital in Boutilimit, Mauritania, served more than 79,000 people in 2015, according to an annual report of the hospital.