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algiers
WORLD BANK TO HAVE SAY IN DRAFTING BUDGET?
   Are the Algerian authorities about to open their books to experts from the World Bank?  (...)  [56 words]   [$2,1]
AFD TO FUND SOCIAL HOUSING
   The Agence Francaise de Developpment which has always had problems in operating in Algeria is to provide loans in soft-loan conditions to help upgrade property in some towns and to construct social housing.  (...)  [53 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
YUSSUFI WEARY
   Moroccan prime minister Aberahmane Yussufi appears extremely weary these days.  (...)  [115 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCAN EMPLOYERS AWAITING KING'S SUMMONS
   King Mohammed VI hasn't yet found it necessary to meet with his country's businessmen, bankers and industrial bosses.  (...)  [47 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO'S CACHET
   A number of economic warning signs are beginning to flash, to the concern of government experts.  (...)  [80 words]   [$2,1]
SENATE EXAMINES "CALCULATED BREAK"
   Xavier de Villepin, chairman of the French senate's foreign affairs and defense committee, couldn't resist the tempation to see "Morocco in Movement" for himself.  (...)  [251 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
INFIGHTING BETWEEN THE TRABELSIS AND SLIM CHIBUB
   Two powerful Tunisian business clans are fighting it out in the corridors of the presidential palace for control of consumer markets, in particularly that of the Moncef-Bey market (clothing, shoes, spare parts, cigarettes, bananas, pistachio nuts), but also tourism, insurance and franchises like parking lots at the airport.  (...)  [114 words]   [$2,1]
BUSINESS AS SEEN BY CIAN
   The French companies that invest in Tunisia and belong to the Conseil des Investisseurs en Afrique (CIAN), which has just published its annual report, are confident they will continue making a profit in the year 2000 (74% voiced optimiism compared to 66% last year, while only 9% predicted losses).  (...)  [81 words]   [$2,1]

tripoli
KADHAFI WORRIED
   New concern has arisen in Tripoli following a Scottish judge's rejection of a request that the Libyan "state" (and thus col.  (...)  [129 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
FRANCE/MOROCCO
LYONNAISE DES EAUX
   LYONNAISE DES EAUX appears to hold the edge –at least on the public relations level – over six other candidates bidding to win a management contract for the Water, Electricity and Water Treatment network in Tangiers and Tetouan.  (...)  [149 words]   [$2,1]
LIBYA
ITALGRANI
   ITALGRANI, one of Libya's biggest suppliers of cereals, has just been declared bankrupt.  (...)  [33 words]   [FREE]
TUNISIA
OFFICE TUNISIEN DES CEREALES
   OFFICE TUNISIEN DES CEREALES (OTC) is being overhauled. Two weeks ago the company's management sent four experts to France to examine the way that the Office National Interprofessionnel des Cereales (ONIC) and France Export Cereales run their businesses.  (...)  [49 words]   [$2,1]
UNITED STATES/LIBYA
CONOCO
   CONOCO, which has been campaigning for months to persuade Washington to allow it to return to Libya, may have advanced its cause singularly by having its chairman Archie Dunham named head of the National Petroleum Council (NPC).  (...)  [114 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
NORTH AFRICA/FRANCE
JEAN-CLAUDE COUSSERAN
   Former head of the North Africa and Middle East department at the French foreign office and presently ambassador to Turkey, Jean-Claude Cousseran, who is fluent in Arabic, is expected to replace African-specialist Jacques Dewatre as head of the French secret service, Direction Generale de la Securite Exterieure (DGSE) early in the New Year.  (...)  [172 words]   [$2,1]
UNITED STATES
RONALD NEUMANN
   Edward Walker's appointment has head of the State Department's Near and MIddle East desk will lead to a number of staff changes in the service, to begin with one involving Ronald Neumann, deputy assistant secretary in charge of North African countries.  (...)  [84 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/TUNISIA
GABRIEL KABLA
   Born in Djerba, a doctor by profession and an active member of the RCD in France, Gabriel Kabla has risen quickly to prominence in recent months due to high level political connections.  (...)  [101 words]   [$2,1]

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