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algiers
RUNAWAY RISE IN "ALGERIA" LOANS BY EXIMBANK
   The annual report of the U.S. Eximbank, which Maghreb Confidential saw prior to its publication, points to a true boom in American business in Algeria.  (...)  [152 words]   [$2,1]
HONEYMOON WITH EUROPE?
   The Algerian authorities have agreed to all of the European Commission’s proposals concerning immigration (flow of persons and anti-terrorist measures) and could now be prepared to sign an association agreement by the end of this year.  (...)  [89 words]   [$2,1]
TAX LEGISLATION THAT SCARES OILMEN
   The shake-up in Algeria’s oil industry that looks like giving Sonatrach a wider degree of independence also contains a fiscal part that worries a number of foreign companies operating in Algeria.  (...)  [121 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
AFD MAN FIRST IN LINE BEFORE CHIRAC
   Jean-Michel Severino, managing director of the Agence Francaise de Development, was due to visit Morocco between Nov.  (...)  [89 words]   [$2,1]
CANADA HUB IN MOROCCO
   Ottawa would like to establish a regional hub for investment and trade in Morocco.  (...)  [88 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
A BEN ALI-EL TAIEF DEAL?
   Maghreb Confidential has learned that legal proceedings against Kamel el Taeif, the former right-hand man of president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali who turned against his master, may have been suspended.  (...)  [166 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIAN PILOTS SENT HOME
   A dozen Tunisian student pilots enrolled in aviation schools in Florida were sent home in recent days by the FBI.  (...)  [64 words]   [$2,1]
BEN ALI GIVES A PUSH TO SMALL COMPANIES
   A program aimed at upgrading the financial level of small and medium sized Tunisian companies before 2012 when a free trade accord between the European Union and Tunisia comes into effect appears to be marking time.  (...)  [98 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
MOROCCO
VIVENDI
   VIVENDI, already Maroc Telecom’s main shareholder, intends to strengthen its position in the power sector by teaming up with Office Nationale de l’Electricite (ONE) to buy utilities being privatized in sub-Saharan Africa.  (...)  [82 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
ROTHSCHILD INTERNATIONAL
   ROTHSCHILD INTERNATIONAL has won the contract for a feasibility study on the privatization of Tunisia’s Union Internationale de Banques (UIB).  (...)  [56 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
EURO-TUNISIE-CONTACT
   EURO-TUNISIE-CONTACT, an association chaired by Zouheir Fadhel, recently joined Cepex of Tunisia and the Nice-Riviera chamber of commerce to organize a one day business encounter.  (...)  [59 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
KFW
   KFW, the German aid agency, signed two agreements with Tunisia concerning loans of DM 18 and 25 million ($8.  (...)  [54 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
FRAM
   FRAM, a French tour operator which has sent 110,000 tourists to Tunisia this year, once again held its annual convention in Djerba.  (...)  [30 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
SIEMENS
   SIEMENS and ENDESA, partners of Office Marocaine de l’Electricite (ONE) in the Tahaddart combined cycle power station project, have signed an agreement setting up a company that will put the facility into production in October, 2004.  (...)  [39 words]   [FREE]

WHO'S WHO
TUNISIA
HABIB HARIZ
   An influential journalist-cum-civil servant, Habib Hariz, has been named to a key post in the interior ministry:  (...)  [74 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
MOHAMED CHARFI
   Former education minister and "partner" of the ex-eminence grise of president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali, Kamel el Taief in the "Alternative" operation that seems to have fizzled out, Mohamed Charfi is going to set up a new political party.  (...)  [82 words]   [$2,1]
CANADA/MOROCCO
MARCEL PRUD’HOMME
   The new Canada-Morocco parliamentary group will be chaired by Marcel Prud’Homme, an independent Canadian senator who was known in the past for his support for the PLO.  (...)  [73 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/MOROCCO
JACQUES ROCA
   On the heels of Marseilles mayor Jean-Claude Gaudin who visited Morocco this summer, his deputy, Jacques Roca, turned up in the kingdom this week.  (...)  [109 words]   [$2,1]

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