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algiers
FRENCH-ALGERIAN FINANCIAL RELATIONS "NORMALIZED."
   Questioned by French senator Emmanuel Hamel on the state-of-play of economic relations between France and Algeria, finance minister Laurent Fabius declared that during president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's visit to Paris in mid-June "it was decided to set up a mechanism to convert Ffr400 million ($54.  (...)  [140 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
TAZMAMART AND TAHAR BEN JELLOUN
   During a press conference on Sept. 23, the Moroccan Forum for Truth and Justice will announce a date – probably in the first week of October – when a ceremony is to be staged at Tazmamart, the former secret prison in the Middle Atlas where persons involved in two abortive military coups against Hassan II were consigned to a slow death in 58 completely dark concrete cells.  (...)  [283 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES DRAFTED IN FRENCH
   President Zine el Abedine Ben Ali is working ever more strenuously on his speeches.  (...)  [72 words]   [$2,1]
KEEPING MUM ABOUT FRAUD
   To avoid tarnishing the country's image, Tunisian journalists have been "invited" to play down a number of fraud cases, including the export of textiles and electronic goods to Algeria with fake certificates, imports of tainted milk stocks or the sale of Tunisian "blue fish" on local markets after they had been rejected by the Italians.  (...)  [83 words]   [$2,1]

tripoli
SEIF EL ISLAM IN PARIS WITH LAST TWO FRENCH HOSTAGES?
   Col. Muammer Kadhafi has cooked up a new scenario because he senses that the West is growing wary of the compulsory pilgrimage of hostages from Jolo to Tripoli to express gratitude for Libya's part in their release in small batches.  (...)  [181 words]   [$2,1]
PARIS-TRIPOLI, AN UNEASY CLIMATE
   Despite the expected release of all French hostages on Jolo and the virtual certainty of a French invitation to Kadhafi to attend the Marseilles summit, France-Libyan relations remain on an uneasy footing.  (...)  [150 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
ALGERIA
SONATRACH
   SONATRACH has won a $120 million loan from the U.S.  (...)  [81 words]   [$2,1]
LIBYA
SPORTOY
   SPORTOY, a Libyan firm that recently informed trade departments in foreign embassies in Tripoli that it was seeking a foreign partner to construct a bicycle factory, has now let it be known it wants to acquire equipment as well, like volley-ball, basket-ball and hand-ball courts.  (...)  [56 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
ALGIERS STOCK EXCHANGE
   ALGIERS STOCK EXCHANGE has drawn something close to a blank in its first year of operation.  (...)  [108 words]   [$2,1]
SPAIN/MOROCCO
SOL MELIA
   SOL MELIA group of Spain that ran into difficulty early this year in managing the Medina Palace and Club Salam in Agadir has just signed a contract for the construction of a 1,000 bed hotel and 18 hole golf course in the same city.  (...)  [55 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTH AFRICA
SOEKOR
   SOEKOR, the state-owned South African oil company, is interested in Algeria and Libya, Africa Energy & Mining (Indigo Publications) has learned from Chris Davies, North Africa project manager for Soekor E and P (exploration and production).  (...)  [75 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
ALGERIA
AHMED SAHADJI
   Former military attache at the Algerian embassy in Paris, Ahmed Sahadji has been named secretary-general at the defense ministry, one of the most sensitive and prized posts in the military hierarchy.  (...)  [79 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
NOUREDDINE AIT HAMOUDA
   Son of the renowed commander Hamirouche, Noureddine Ait Hamouda reportedly has encountered some trouble in leaving the country.  (...)  [120 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
HABIB BEN YAHIA
   Tunisian foreign minister Habib Ben Yahia seems to have a lot of elbow room in naming "his" diplomats to foreign postings.  (...)  [100 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/LIBYA
JEAN-LOUIS FONTENILLE
   The new trade counsellor at the French embassy in Tripoli, Jean-Louis Fontenille, won't suffer cultural shock in the byzantime atmosphere in Tripoli.  (...)  [65 words]   [$2,1]

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