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Gaelle Arenson
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An American base at Tamanrasset ?
According to Maghreb Confidential sources, the United States is mulling the idea of installing an air base at Tamanrasset. (...)   [330 words]   [$7]

algiers
WILL STATE COUNCIL BACK BOUTEFLIKA OR BENFLIS ?
   In the pre-electoral battle between Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Ali Benflis, Algeria's State Council will be the first to come down on one side or the other.  (...)  [156 words]   [$2,1]
RAHIMI AND CHERFAOUI IN REAL ESTATE BATTLE
   Abdelouahab Rahim, the boss of Arco Bank and the 2A insurance company, has been awarded an 80 hectare concession for his ?  (...)  [112 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
BRITISH FINANCIERS EXAMINE PROJECTS IN NORTH
   While Morocco's attention was focused on Jacques Chirac's visit, the Moroccan-British business council met discreetly at OCP's headquarters in Casablanca on Oct.  (...)  [137 words]   [$2,1]
SPANISH TEXTILE OFFENSIVE
   The first country to relocate small and medium-sized firms to Morocco (900 have moved in compared to 500 French firms), Spain sent a big delegation of executives representing textile firms to Tangiers in late September to forge new partnerships.  (...)  [136 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
WHO'S GOING TO BUY BANQUE DU SUD?
   In awarding to Banque d'Affaire de Tunisie (BAT) the contract to supervise the partial privatization of Banque du Sud, the Tunisian government irritated other candidates for the establishment's hand, including three French banks.  (...)  [144 words]   [$2,1]

tripoli
KADHAFI PUMPING FOR PARIS TRIP
   Maghreb Confidential understands that negotiations on the affair of the DC10 airliner operated by UTA are snagged less on the amount of money to pay to the families of victims than on Muammar Kadhafi's desire to obtain a ?  (...)  [157 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
ALGERIA
ASSOCIATION FRANCE-EXPORT CEREALES
ASSOCIATION FRANCE-EXPORT CEREALES is organizing a ?Franco-Algerian cereals meeting 2003?  (...)  [40 words]   [FREE]
ALGERIA/GERMANY
ZF /SNVI
ZF (Germany) and the Algerian truck maker SNVI are to inaugurate a joint venture for the construction of gear boxes in January.  (...)  [69 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
UNION BANK
UNION BANK (Algeria) appears to be in financial trouble, according to our sources.  (...)  [40 words]   [FREE]
LIBYA
ORANGINA
ORANGINA (Pernod-Ricard group) has been approached by the Libyan government to distribute its beverages in the country.  (...)  [80 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
BOUYGUES
BOUYGUES is now back in the construction business in Algeria after a 10-year absence.  (...)  [36 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
BANQUE COMMERCE DU MAROC
BANQUE COMMERCE DU MAROC has signed an agreement with the French firm Unigrains to establish a fund worth 1 billion dirham ($107 million) to finance farming projects in Morocco.  (...)  [33 words]   [FREE]

WHO'S WHO
ALGERIA/LIBYA
KHOUILDI HAMIDI
The chief of Libya's security services, Khouildi Hamidi, travelled discreetly to Algiers last week to mediate between president Abdelaziz Bouteflika and his former prime minister – and now enemy – Ali Benflis.  (...)  [109 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
ABDERRAHMANE HADJ NACER
According to the former governor of the Banque d'Algerie who now offers private consultancy services, Abderrahmane Hadj Nacer, the Algerian immigrant community in France has huge investment potential.  (...)  [91 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
AHMED GHOZALI
We wrongly reported in our last issue that Ahmed Ghozali and Belaid Abdlesslam were being sounded out as a potential ?  (...)  [57 words]   [$2,1]

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