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algiers
BORDER PROBLEMS WITH TUNISIA
   The head of Tunisian customs, Habib Ben Said, visited Algiers on May 3-4 to discuss border problems between the two countries with his Algerian counterpart.  (...)  [44 words]   [FREE]
NEW FISCAL PACT WITH FRANCE
   Almost unnoticed, a new accord preventing double taxation between France and Algeria has been signed.  (...)  [80 words]   [$2,1]
FRENCH FRIEND OF ALGERIAN SECURITY SERVICE
   In a book filled with previously-unknown anecdotes and entitled "Memoires of a DST Boss" (Editions Calmann-Levy), Yves Bonnet, head of the French counter-espionage service between November, 1982 and July, 1985, describes how he met with the chiefs of Algeria's military security service "in the discreet luxury" of the Crillon hotel in the autumn of 1984.  (...)  [197 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
ONA AND BENJELLOUN UNDO CROSS HOLDINGS
   Morocco's two biggest private companies, ONA and the Othman Benjelloun group, have decided to sell off shares they held in one another.  (...)  [132 words]   [$2,1]
TEXTILE CRUNCH
   Faced with a sharp drop in sales of textiles which account for 36% of Morocco's exports, companies in the branch have asked to seal a partnership contract with the government.  (...)  [124 words]   [$2,1]
NO MONEY FOR GIANT TOURISM SCHEME
   The government has had to admit it hasn't got the money to meet a proposal by the tourism federation of the CGEM employers' association to build a huge, 160,000 bed hotel complex costing 30 billion dinars and promising jobs to 600,000 people.  (...)  [110 words]   [$2,1]
THE SAUDIS INVEST
   Around 30 Saudi Arabian businessmen are currently touring Morocco for possible investment in the mining, farming, textile and leather industries and are said to have pledged up to $4.  (...)  [59 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
TAOUFIK BEN BRICK'S "NEW" PARIS FRIENDS
   A written statement by beleaguered Tunisian journalist Taoufik Ben Brick wasn't all that flattering to France since in the first paragraph he bitterly criticized President Jacques Chirac's support for Zine el Abedine Ben Ali.  (...)  [165 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
LIBYA
GRANDS MOULINS DE FRANCE
   GRANDS MOULINS DE FRANCE has just sold Libya 70,000 tons of flour at a price of Sfr380 ($220) per ton despite an Italian offer to supply it at Sfr335.  (...)  [82 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO
UNION FENOSA, ENDESA and GAMESA
   UNION FENOSA, ENDESA and GAMESA have been pre-selected among the nine initial candidates for a project to build two windmill parks at Tarfaya and Tangiers.  (...)  [57 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO
NESCO
   NESCO, a Saudi Arabian holding company, is seeking to build holiday resorts at Marrakesh and Agadir in Morocco.  (...)  [48 words]   [$2,1]
TALESA
   TALESA, an Algerian company that transforms cork, and which is an affiliate of the Entreprise Nationale de Liege (ENL), will sell 25% of its equity to the Portuguese cork company Suberus.  (...)  [42 words]   [FREE]
TUNISIA
BEST-RE
   BEST-RE, a Tunisian re-insurance company, has won a B++ rating (very good) from A.  (...)  [54 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
TDA
   TDA (Trade Development Agency), an offshoot of the U.S. Commerce Department that finances trade missions and studies to spur sales of American equipment abroad is seeking international experts to assess the potential of the Algerian market in the ports and transportation sectors.  (...)  [53 words]   [$2,1]
UNITED STATES
LONE STAR ENERGY
   LONE STAR ENERGY, an affiliate of the U.S. Skidmore group, has just signed an exploration license to operate in the Talsinnt region ($50 million).  (...)  [27 words]   [FREE]

WHO'S WHO
MAURITANIA
JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MITTERAND
   Son of the former French president and ex African advisor at the Elysee palace, Jean-Christophe Mitterrand – currently active in Mauritania – has been dogged by an affair concerning his friend, the public relations man Jean-Pierre Fleury, boss of ADEFI International.  (...)  [102 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO
MEHDI QOTBI
   A long-time lobbyist in French-African affairs, Mehdi Qotbi will be awarded the Legion d'Honneur at the Elysee palace on May 16 by president Jacques Chirac.  (...)  [159 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO
FOUAD ALAOUI
   Number two man in the Union des Organisations Islamique de France (UOIF) headed by Hadj Tihami Breze, Fouad Alaoui succeeded in attracting 30,000 Moslems for the organization's 17th congress spread over four days at the Exhibition Park at Le Bourget near Paris.  (...)  [82 words]   [$2,1]

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