N°1064 - Paris, 16/05/2013
Lazare Beullac
MOROCCO Editor in Chief
Why king seeks to mend PJD-Istiqlal feud
Despite a crisis that flared up when the Istiqlal party announced on May 11 it was withdrawing from the coalition government, the split between that party and the moderate Islamist PJD movement looks likely to be smoothed over in talks between their respective bosses, Hamid Chabat and prime minister Abdelilah Benkirane. (.)   [535 words]  
ALGERIA
Benyounes on the runway with Vueling
Son of Algerian senator Mohamed Akli Benyounes and nephew of regional development minister Amara Benyounes , Reda Benyounes is a high flyer in business circles- and in more ways than (...)

Red carpet at BMCE for Mekouar
   Morocco’s envoy to Washington between 2002 and 2011, Aziz Mekouar will now be deploying his talents in quite a different field:  (...)  [189 words]  
ONHYM (Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines) has issued a new call for bids for a contract  (...)  [85 words]  

Italians in vanguard for building boom
   Italian building and public works companies look set to make hay out of a drive by Algeria to build 300,000 housing units for Algeria’s middle classes, a campaign launched by prime  (...)  [174 words]  
Genielake, an Algerian building firm run by Noureddine Lakelak, was one of the guests of honour at UK  (...)  [103 words]  
Rahim breaks off with Yala brothers
Boss of the retail and property concern Arcofina, Abdelouahab  (...)  [98 words]  
Ezzraimi’s Russian connection
The chief executive of the agri-business group SIM, Abdelkader  (...)  [59 words]  

Hnen calls for new confiscations
   Chairman of the Commission de Confiscation, magistrate Nejib Hnen wants to target more people suspected of making ill-gotten gains during the rule of Zine el Abidine Ben Ali.  (...)  [209 words]  
Mabrouk brother’s predilection for Luxembourg
The Mabrouk brothers certainly like the Grand Duchy. A few weeks  (...)  [118 words]  
Stenzel re-locates
Residing up to now in London, the boss of Tunisia’s Nur Energie,  (...)  [100 words]  

Total building a cosy nest for staff
   With BP announcing on May 13 that it was withdraw all of its “unessential” staff from Libya, Total seems intent on putting down new roots.  (...)  [182 words]  
Al-Bargati draws up defence blacklist
   Set up by defence minister Mohamed Al-Bargati , a committee that examines all military contracts signed during the Gaddafi period has drawn up a blacklist of 12 companies accused of  (...)  [180 words]  
Libyan Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA), headed by Abdulrazag Zatout, has issued a call for bids to modernise  (...)  [78 words]  

Ipemed (Institut de Prospective Economique du Monde Mediterraneen), a think tank headed by Jean-Louis  (...)  [134 words]  

ROYAL PALACE, RABAT
Who's going to take the fall for Minurso?
   A number of leading dignitaries could become scapegoats of the Minsurso affair even though Rabat managed to eventually save the day.  (...)  [176 words]  
DEFENCE MINISTRY, TUNIS
The discreet rise of general Laajimi
   Five months after being promoted to the rank of rank of major general, the Tunisian air force’s chief-of-staff, Taieb Laajimi, is continuing his climb towards the top.  (...)  [174 words]  
OXFORD UNIVERSITY, U.K.
Jebali makes pitch for Tunisia
   No longer running Tunisia’s government, former prime minister Hamadi Jebali has transformed himself into an economic envoy for his country.  (...)  [122 words]  
LIBYA
 Dagman soon on way out?
Health minister Nurideen Abdulhamid Dagman is on the list of ministers getting the boot in a forthcoming  (...)  [88 words]  
MOROCCO
 Bricq promises better life for city dwellers
French foreign trade minister Nicole Bricq is due to arrive in Morocco on May 16.  (...)  [158 words]  
LIBYA
 Al Bargati seeks to foster emergence of military experts
Along with re-organizing the army (see P.3), Libyan defence minister Mohamed al Bargati is creating  (...)  [76 words]  



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