RABAT- Maroc Telecom, Morocco's largest telecoms operator, has acquired an additional 10 percent stake in Burkina Faso telecoms company Onatel, bringing its total holding in the firm to 61 percent.

The transaction, worth 41 million euros ($50.8 million), was completed at Abidjan's regional stock exchange at a price per share of 8,000 CFA francs ($14.78), Maroc Telecom said on Wednesday.

($1 = 0.8078 euros)

($1 = 541.2400 CFA francs)

(Reporting by Ahmed El Jechtimi Editing by Aidan Lewis and Edmund Blair) ((Aidan.Lewis@tr.com; +216-29850352;))