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algiers
BIG ALGERIAN "ENERGY" TOUR IN SUDAN
   Algiers and Khartoum are now talking of oil exploration instead of the problem of Algerian "Afghans" passing through Sudan.  (...)  [199 words]   [$2,1]
OTTAWA OFFERS LEG-UP TO PRIVATE SECTOR
   Canada’s ambassador to Algeria, Richard Belliveau, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Algerian government last week that provides for assistance to back reforms in Algeria’s private sector.  (...)  [108 words]   [$2,1]
DGSN TIGHTENS STADIUM SECURITY
   The Algerian security service Direction Generale Algerienne de la Surete Nationale (DGSN) has noted a rise of violence at soccer games and wants the police to be consulted in advance on when and where matches are to be played.  (...)  [42 words]   [FREE]

rabat
MOHAMMED VI SEEKS TO REVERSE INVESTMENT DIP
   Although the sale of Morocco’s second GSM license in 1999 partly obscured the trend, direct foreign investment in Morocco has been falling steadily in recent years, just as tourism receipts have tapered off as well.  (...)  [131 words]   [$2,1]
COHN-BENDIT, GENERAL MORILLON AND INTERNEES AT TINDOUF
   Named Moroccan ambassador to the European Union in April, Aicha Belarbi, who appeared before the European Parliament on the question of Western Sahara, has given a push to a new Morocco-European Friendship Association set up recently by French general Philippe Morillon.  (...)  [103 words]   [$2,1]
ROYAL AIR MAROC REASSURES CANADIANS
   To put a halt to a 20% slide in reservations on its services to Canada since the terrorist attack in the U.  (...)  [87 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
COSMETIC GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE
   As has become customary, Tunisians found a partial government shuffle on Oct.  (...)  [136 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
ALGERIA
PETRONAS
   PETRONAS, the Malaysian oil group, plans to transfer its London headquarters to Algiers, the Malaysian ambassador to Algeria declared.  (...)  [23 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
BMCE BANK INTERNATIONAL
   BMCE BANK INTERNATIONAL opened a new agency in Barcelona in the hope of promoting investment in Morocco and encourage savings by Moroccans living in Catalonia.  (...)  [29 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
LAFARGE
   LAFARGE, which plans to build a new 1.2 billion dirham ($106 million) cement works at Tetouan, summoned its senior staff to Marrakech between Oct.  (...)  [35 words]   [FREE]
ALGERIA
ENEL
   ENEL, ENI, NUEVO PIGNONE, EDISON GAS and ABB all held talks last week with Algerian energy minister Chakib Khelil, who was on a trip to Italy.  (...)  [70 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
SAIDAL
   SAIDAL, an Algerian pharmaceuticals company, has pulled out of a joint venture launched in 1993 under the name Adaph in which it held a 10% interest alongside Fabre’s 45%% and Novo-Nordisk’s 45%.  (...)  [79 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO/RUSSIA
AEROFLOT
   AEROFLOT, the Russian airline, has decided to suspended its flights to Morocco from Oct.  (...)  [39 words]   [FREE]
MAURITANIA
ICORE
   ICORE, Spain’s credit guarantee agency, awarded a $32 million loan to Mauritania to beef up its storage capacity for oil products and to build a new oil terminal in the port of Nouakchott.  (...)  [37 words]   [FREE]

WHO'S WHO
UNITED KINGDOM/LIBYA
MUSA KUSA
   The former boss of Mathaba International who supervised Libyan operations in Africa and backed rebel movements on the continent, Musa Kusa, was received in London between Oct.  (...)  [132 words]   [$2,1]
EUROPE/MOROCCO
MOHAMED BECHARI
   With Mohamed Bechari’s appointment as secretary general of the European Islamic Conference (EIC), Morocco now has a highly experienced spokesman in place in Brussels.  (...)  [84 words]   [$2,1]
UNITED STATES/MOROCCO
BERNARD DONGE
   A consulting auditor at the World Bank in Washington, Bernard Donge has received authorization from the U.  (...)  [78 words]   [$2,1]
MAURITANIA
DAVID CRAIG
   A New Zealand national who specializes in mining projects, David Craig was named the World Bank’s director for Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania and Sao Tome e Principe in late September in succession to Hassan Tuluy.  (...)  [38 words]   [FREE]

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