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Archive n° 624 - 11/13/2003

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

Carthage Palace : So Long "Mr. AA"

Abdelawahab Abdallah, nick-named "Mr. AA" fell suddenly from grace on Nov. 8. He was fired as spokesman but kept on as adviser. (...) [360 words] [$7]

algiers

KHELIL PROMOTES ALGERIAN OIL AND GAS

Algeria's energy minister, Chakib Khelil, was in Washington late last week to vaunt the merits of Algerian LNG, whose transatlantic shipping costs are particularly competitive. (...) [63 words] [$2,1]

PHILIP MORRIS TESTS THE WATERS

Maghreb Confidential understands that Philip Morris, the leading American cigarette manufacturer, is currently negotiating an agreement with the Societe National Algerienne de Tabac et d'Allumettes. (...) [92 words] [$2,1]

rabat

WHO WILL CONTROL PRIVATE RADIO AND TV NETWORKS?

The deregulation of Morocco's radio and television market next month has stirred a lot of interest among foreign investors. (...) [258 words] [$2,1]

MOROCCAN BUILDING INDUSTRY ON SHOW IN PARIS

Over 15 Moroccan construction companies turned up in Paris on the occasion of the BATIMAT 2003 fair. (...) [83 words] [$2,1]

tunis

BEN ALI INAUGURATES HIS MOSQUE

With considerable fanfare, president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali inaugurated a new mosque named ? (...) [52 words] [$2,1]

SOCIETE GENERAL BOSS SMOOTHES THINGS OVER

The boss of the French Societe Generale bank, Daniel Bouton, travelled in person to Tunis on Nov. (...) [105 words] [$2,1]

tripoli

PRO AND ANTI-KADHAFI FORCES LINE UP

The influential think-tank Atlantic Council, chaired by former assistant secretary for African affairs Chester Crocker, who wants to see American oil companies back at work quickly in Libya, will moderate a conference on Libyan diplomacy in Washington this week on the theme: (...) [162 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	FRANCE/MAGHREB
	AIGLE AZUR
	AIGLE AZUR, a French airline, will inaugurate three new lines on Nov. (...) [21 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	ANADARKO
	ANADARKO, Maersk Olie Algeriet, ENI Oil Algeria and Sonatrach have made a new oil find in the Berkine basin in Algeria. (...) [25 words] [FREE]


	GERMANY/MOROCCO
	KFW
	KFW, the German overseas development agency, is to put up 80 million euros towards a project by Office National Marocain de l'Electricite to build a 44 MW hydro-electric power station at Tanafnit El Borj. (...) [44 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	AUTOROUTES DU MAROC
	AUTOROUTES DU MAROC, headed by Othmane Fassi Fihri, is to build the motorway section linking Settat to Marrakech under a project funded by EIB to the tune of 100 million euros. (...) [34 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	OFFICE MAROCAIN DES CHANGES
	OFFICE MAROCAIN DES CHANGES is deregulating international arbitration operations. Banks will no longer need authorization to proceed with transactions. (...) [25 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/CANADA
	CANAC DESSAU SOPRIN
	CANAC DESSAU SOPRIN, a Canadian consortium, has been tasked by Algeria's SNTC, to supervise and monitor work on the Ain m'Lila-Tebessa railway line under a contract worth 1. (...) [36 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	HYUNDAI
	HYUNDAI saw its sales in Algeria overtake those of Peugeot in August because of the appreciation of the euro against the dinar. (...) [26 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/GERMANY
	DE-CONSULT/SETIRAIL
	DE-CONSULT/SETIRAIL has won a DR 415 million contract to provide technical assistance and supervision of construction of the Senia-Arzew line in Western Algeria. (...) [28 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	ENERGO PROJEKT
	ENERGO PROJEKT is to map underwater resources in northern Algeria for the country's drinking water agency. (...) [20 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	RENAULT FRANCE
	RENAULT FRANCE has been contracted to deliver ambulances and other vehicles to Algeria's Civil Protection service under a contract worth 711,225 euros. (...) [26 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	TUNISIA
	MOHAMED JERI
	A former chief-of-staff to Tunisia's president (1990-94) and ex finance minister (1995-97), 55-year-old Mohamed Jeri has been named head of the country's Audits Court. (...) [48 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/LIBYA/TUNISIA
	HABIB BEN YAHIA
	The Carthage Palace is determined to see that the 5+5 summit in Tunis in December is a success. (...) [60 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	NOUREDDINE BOUTAR
	A print-press journalist, Noureddine Boutar, has managed the quite considerable feat of launching Tunisia's ? (...) [57 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	ABDERRAHMANE CHIBANE
	A former religious affairs minister in the Chadli government, Abderrahmane Chibane, who was sounded out about taking the post of director of the Paris Mosque in the late 1990s, has re-activated the Algiers-based religious association Nadi Ettarakki. (...) [62 words] [$2,1]