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Archive n° 695 - 05/19/2005

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

Morocco a Call-Center Paradise

With 25 new call centers opening each year and the branch providing work for 10,000, Morocco has become the world's call center Mecca. (...) [295 words] [$7]

MOROCCO

Customs Bottleneck

An increase on checks of Chinese merchandise by officials assessing the value of goods has led to a serious slowdown at the Moroccan customs service. (...)

algiers

MEDELCI ATTENDS TO RUSSIAN DEBT

No sooner had Mourad Medelci rolled up his sleeves as Algeria's new finance minister than he tackled the question of Algeria's estimated $4 billion debt to Russia. (...) [70 words] [$2,1]

BENACHENHOU'S "SECRET" DEAL WITH ROTHSCHILD

Maghreb Confidential understands that shortly before he was replaced as finance minister Abdelatif Benachenhou reached an agreement with the Rothschild bank to "sound out" the Algerian market... (...) [85 words] [$2,1]

LESSAFRE YEAST DOESN'T TAKE

The world's leading yeast company, Lesafffre, has reportedly dropped a plan to build a yeast plant with the Algerian agribusiness group Saad Boudmagh. (...) [52 words] [$2,1]

rabat

BANK BOSS TO THE RESCUE

The CEO of France's Societe Generale bank, Daniel Bouton, recently turned up in Morocco. (...) [117 words] [$2,1]

MOROCCO BUYS CHINESE SCANNERS

As Maghreb Confidential suggested last October might be the case, Morocco's Office d'Exploitation des Ports (ODEP) picked China's NUCTECH to supply scanners that are to bring Morocco in line with the ISPS code. (...) [136 words] [$2,1]

KOREANS TO SHOW THEIR STUFF

The Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) will organize a business gathering in Casablanca on May 24. (...) [97 words] [$2,1]

FRUIT OF LOOM INVESTS IN TEXTILES

Fruit of the Loom is relocating some of its Chinese production to Morocco. (...) [82 words] [$2,1]

tunis

GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE

According to our sources in Tunis, president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali is planning a government re-shuffle that could result in the departure of justice minister Bechir Tekkari, interior minister Rafik Belhaj and education minister Raouf Najjar. (...) [46 words] [$2,1]

GERMAN PATROL BOATS FOR TUNISIAN NAVY

Two German Navy frigates, a supply ship and a tanker vessel have been moored in the Tunis-La Goulette port since May 17 to show off German know-how. (...) [53 words] [$2,1]

BNP PARIBAS STILL IN RUNNING FOR BANQUE DU SUD

The government has issued a new call for bids for its 33. (...) [112 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	MOROCCO
	KERR MC GEE
	KERR MC GEE may not be alone for long in exploring for oil on a concession off the disputed territory of Western Sahara that it was awarded by Morocco. (...) [109 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO
	RADEEO
	RADEEO, a company that distributes water and electricity in Oujda, Morocco, has issued an invitation to bid for a package including a pre-project study, a tender and an assessment of bids for a water purification project in the city. (...) [48 words] [$2,1]


	SOUTH KOREA/MOROCCO
	KIA MOTORS
	KIA MOTORS (South Korea) has just inaugurated a pilot concession named Chellah Motors in Rabat. (...) [24 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	TASSILI AIRLINES
	TASSILI AIRLINES, a carrier that specializes in serving oil towns in southern Algeria – and which has just been bought by Sonatrach – plans to acquire around 60 aircraft by 2009. (...) [40 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/UNITED STATES
	HONEYWELL
	HONEYWELL, an American civil and military flight electronics firm, plans to set up shop in Algeria. (...) [32 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	AIR ALGERIE
	AIR ALGERIE, which will shortly be partly privatised, has just completed an operation to raise DR 12. (...) [33 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/GERMANY
	CTH/FICHTNER
	CTH/FICHTNER, an Algerian/German consultancy, has won a contract to provide technical assistance on a project to supply drinking water in Tlemcen, Algeria. (...) [34 words] [FREE]


	FRANCE/TUNISIA
	UBIFRANCE
	UBIFRANCE is organizing a Franco-Tunisian seminar on technologies for treating drinking water and waste water in Tunis on June 9-10. (...) [29 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	ALGERIA
	BACHIR TARTAG
	In a major change in Algeria's powerful intelligence and security service DRS, the number two man, general Smain Lamari, is reportedly about to be replaced by general Bachir Tartag. (...) [38 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	FRANCIS HEUDE
	Musical chairs at French consulates in Algeria. Francis Heude was appointed consul general in Algiers on April 12 succession to Jean-Paul Dumont. (...) [46 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO
	HAMID BAHRI
	The Moroccan government has changed its security arrangements in Western Sahara following unrest in the territory's fisheries sector. (...) [70 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO
	SAID AHMIDOUCH
	Holding a degree from the prestigious Ecole des Mines in Paris, Said Ahmidouch has taken over from Driss Bencheick as head of the Casablanca Stock Exchange. (...) [64 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO
	FAYCAL LARACHI
	Vice president of the Marrakech film festival, Faycal Larachi, has been named boss of the brand new Societe Nationale de Radio Television (SNRT) that the government has set up to "consolidate democratic values and the enrichment of national culture. (...) [44 words] [FREE]