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Maghreb Confidential /Archives

Archive n° 718 - 11/24/2005

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

Seville New Moroccan Business Capital

Rabat and Madrid have put squabbles over an islet in the Mediterranean and fishing rights far behind them in their rush to plan gigantic programs such as a tunnel under the straits of Gibraltar between Morocco and Spain and a second power interconnection between the two countries. (...) [294 words] [$4.7]

MOROCCO

Morocco : Pollution in Sebou Basin

The US TDA is financing a feasibility study on cleaning up waste water from olive oil production plants that is contaminating the Sebou river. (...)

algiers

French embassy seeks new lease

Maghreb Confidential understands the French embassy in Algiers has begun negotiating the renewal of the lease on the ambassador’s residence in Algiers. (...) [35 words] [FREE]

A rating for Algeria?

The Algerian authorities are pondering whether a rating for Algeria by Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s would be a good idea. (...) [60 words] [$1.5]

Open sky talks soon finalized

Talks on opening U.S. skies to Air Algerie’s fleet are expected to be sewn up by the end of the year, according to our sources. (...) [58 words] [$1.5]

rabat

Sarkozy in Morocco

Ever alert to immigration problems, French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy met with his Moroccan counterpart, Mostafa Sahel, in Rabat on Nov. (...) [36 words] [FREE]

Morocco’s friends in Congress

The Africa, human rights and international operations sub-committee of the House’s international relations committee held a hearing on Western Sahara on Nov. (...) [146 words] [$1.5]

tunis

Ben Ali counters US Criticism with Overture to Opposition

Immediately after the World Summit of the Information Society in Tunis, president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali instructed Zakaria Ben Mustapha, chairman of the Higher Committee for Human Rights, to make contact with opposition parties to “examine their concerns and their aspirations. (...) [117 words] [$1.5]

Austrian business mission

Officials from 10 Austrian companies working in different fields were due in Tunis on Nov. (...) [76 words] [$1.5]

tripoli

Thales’ rival for radar deal

Maghreb Confidential has learned that Spain’s Indra Sistemas has emerged as a serious rival to Thales for a contract to provide Libya with radar coverage of the country, a deal the French group has been seeking to close for the past three years. (...) [110 words] [$1.5]

NASCO buys flour for 2006

Libya won’t be lifting its clamps on flour imports next year. (...) [103 words] [$1.5]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA/GERMANY
	Industrie-und-Handelskammer Frankfurt am Main
	Industrie-und-Handelskammer Frankfurt am Main organized a meeting in Frankfurt on Nov. (...) [65 words] [$1.5]


	INDIA/LIBYA
	Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd
	Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (India) inaugurated its first 150 MW turbine in Libya last week under the Western Mountain Power Project headed by GECOL. (...) [24 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO/SENEGAL
	BMCE Capital Afrique/Goldman Sachs
	BMCE Capital Afrique/Goldman Sachs has been picked by Senegal’s government to advise it on awarding a third GSM telephone license in early 2006. (...) [41 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Cosob
	Cosob, the Algerian stock market watchdog chaired by Ali Sadmi, staged a seminar in Algiers between Nov. (...) [44 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/ITALY
	Italferr
	Italferr, the Italian railway operator, has teamed up with Algeria’s SNTF to organize a seminar in Algiers on Nov. (...) [26 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/GERMANY/AUSTRIA
	Zieri/Obermayer/Bernard
	Zieri/Obermayer/Bernard (Austria/Germany) won two contracts from Algeria’s SNTF. The first concerned a study on building a new 300 km railway line between Ain Oussera, Teriat and Saida in the high hills in central Algeria. (...) [51 words] [$1.5]

WHO'S WHO


	ALGERIA/UNITED STATES
	Delissa Ridgway
	A judge from the US Court of International Trade, Delissa Ridgway, headed a second training session for 16 Algerian magistrates between Nov. (...) [67 words] [$1.5]


	TUNISIA
	Albert Calland
	A deputy director of the CIA, vice-admiral Albert Calland, visited Tripoli for talks with Abdallah Senoussi, brother-in-law of Muammer Kadhafi, on fighting terrorism. (...) [82 words] [$1.5]


	TUNISIA
	Mohamed Ali Ganzoui
	A former state-secretary for security, Mohamed Ali Ganzoui, who was named Tunisian ambassador to Syria just after the bomb attack against the Ghriba synagogue in April, 2002, is back in favour in Tunis. (...) [74 words] [$1.5]


	ALGERIA/IMF
	Rodrigo de Rato
	Visiting Algiers on Nov. 21-22 under an IMF program aimed at stimulating trade in North Africa, the institution’s director, Rodrigo de Rato, called for moderation in wages policy and for an opening of land borders between Algeria and Morocco. (...) [120 words] [$1.5]