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Maghreb Confidential /Archives

Archive n° 619 - 10/09/2003

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

The Generals, FLN and the Third Man

The fight to gain control of the formidable electoral machine that the FLN has become is expected to shortly produce a winner. (...) [340 words] [$4.7]

algiers

WHO WILL NEZZAR BACK IN PRESIDENTIAL DERBY?

We understand that gen. Khaled Nezzar will shortly publish a new book entirely devoted to president Albdelaziz Bouteflika. (...) [73 words] [$1.5]

END TO GAS DESTINATION CLAUSE?

The Algerian government recently hinted that it might drop its ? (...) [128 words] [$1.5]

A NEW CONTAINER PORT

An invitation to tender to build a new, $400 million container port in Algiers will be issued in April, 2004. (...) [68 words] [$1.5]

rabat

CHIRAC'S "GUESTS" FOR MOROCCO TOUR

The delegation accompanying Jacques Chirac on his state visit to Morocco between Oct. 9-11 counts around 15 corporate chiefs (...) [235 words] [$1.5]

USAID TO STREAMLINE COMMERCIAL COURTS

The U.S. Agency for International Development launched an assistance program on Sept. (...) [73 words] [$1.5]

SHIPYARD PROJECT

Morocco's fisheries ministry wants to build a shipyard in Morocco to reduce the cost of repairing the country's fleet of fishing boats, which number 2,300 in all, in foreign yards. (...) [79 words] [$1.5]

tunis

FULL CONVERTIBILITY OF THE DINAR

During a visit to Tunis on Sept. 26-27 the deputy director of the IMF, Agustin Carstens, urged Tunisian ministers to begin the process of making the dinar totally convertible. (...) [45 words] [FREE]

FRANCO-TUNISIAN JV IN PLASTIC

The son-in-law of Tunisia's president, Slim Zarrouk, has struck a good deal with the French plastics group Plastivoire. (...) [106 words] [$1.5]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	TUNISIA
	ONTT
	ONTT, Office National de Tourisme Tunisien, has issued a call to bids for its advertising campaigns between 2004-2007. (...) [33 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	ARINSO FARICA
	ARINSO FARICA, an affiliate of Arinso International, has won the contract to install a computer system to manage human resources at Morocco's finance ministry. (...) [28 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	BRPM
	BRPM, the Moroccan mining research institute that explores for gold and base metals, has set up a cooperation program with the firms Caolino Panciera (Italy) and Outokumpu Base Metals in Finland. (...) [35 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	LG
	LG, the South Korean electronics group, has launched a major advertising campaign in Morocco to promote mobile telephones. (...) [22 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	CIMENTS DU MAROC
	CIMENTS DU MAROC (Italcementi), Cimpor and other cement firms operating in Morocco are going to be asked to contribute to a fund worth 1 billion dirham ($110 million) to renovate ramshackle housing. (...) [60 words] [$1.5]


	ALGERIA
	JACOBS GIBB
	JACOBS GIBB (US) and Fitchner-RWG in Germany figure among the consultancies selected by the Agence Nationale Algerienne des Barrages for projects aimed at reinforcing dams. (...) [29 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	VINCI
	VINCI and Eiffage are among the 20 firms bidding for the contract to build the East-West Algerian motorway (1,216 km). (...) [40 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	SONELGAZ
	SONELGAZ (Algeria) is to shortly put out a call for bids to build two power stations (1,200 and 400 MW) and for the installation of a monitoring unit in the Constantine region. (...) [46 words] [$1.5]

WHO'S WHO


	ALGERIA
	SOUAD BENDJABALLAH
	Unknown to the general public, the lawyer Souad Bendjaballah has joined the government as minister for scientific research. (...) [73 words] [$1.5]


	ALGERIA
	MAHMOUD KHOUDRI
	A native of western Algeria, president Abdelaziz Bouteflika is intent on winning support in the east. (...) [57 words] [$1.5]


	LIBYA/SWITZERLAND
	SAIF EL ISLAM
	After appearing at the Arab World Institute in Paris, paintings by Saif el Islam, son of Muammar Kadhafi, are now hanging at Libya's permanent mission to the UN in Geneva. (...) [63 words] [$1.5]


	MOROCCO
	OMAR BAHRAOUJI
	The newly-elected mayor of Rabat, Omar Bahraouji, wants the Moroccan capital to have a subway. (...) [83 words] [$1.5]


	FRANCE/MOROCCO
	ALAIN DELON
	French actor Alain Delon was awarded the Wissam du Merite Intellectuel by king Mohammed VI during the Marrakech festival that was chaired this year by actress Nathalie Baye. (...) [60 words] [$1.5]