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Archive n° 723 - 01/05/2006

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

Libya : Fight Hots Up for Wheat Market

The US Wheat Exporters Association had a disastrous year on Libya’s market in 2005. The Libyans failed to buy a single ton of American wheat after snapping up 350,000 tons in 2004. (...) [348 words] [$7]

ALGERIA

Algeria : Oil Centres Pose Major Threat

After the land collapse at Hassi Messaoud, the authorities have declared the oil centres of Hassi R’Mel and Hassi Berkine as “major risk zones” (...)

algiers

Who Stood in For Bouteflika ?

Maghreb Confidential understands the head of Algeria’s security and intelligence agency Departement du Rensignement et de la Securite, general Mohamed Mediene aka “Tewfik” headed the government after president Abdelaziz Bouteflika left for medical treatment in France on Nov. (...) [57 words] [$2,1]

CIAN Sees Rosy Future for French Business

French corporate chiefs are optimistic about the chances of picking up new business in Algeria this year, according to the Conseil Francais des Investisseurs en Afrique (CIAN). (...) [98 words] [$2,1]

Curtain Call for Mouna Bank and Arco Bank

The Banque d’Algerie has liquidated Mouna Bank and Arco Bank, two private local concerns. (...) [37 words] [FREE]

rabat

France’s Caisse d’Epargne Buys into CIH

A move by the French establishment Caisse d’Epargne to buy into the ailing Credit Immobilier et Hotelier (CIH) came very shortly after the World Bank said it planned to lay out $200 million for Morocco’s banking sector, part of which would be used to mop up CIH’s bad loans. (...) [171 words] [$2,1]

Concessions for Second Tangiers-Med Terminal

The Agence Speciale Tanger Mediterranee couldn’t make up its mind on who would own the concession for the second terminal of the new Tangiers-Med port. (...) [86 words] [$2,1]

Transportation Management Contract Up for Grabs

The Regie Autonome des Transports de Rabat will shortly farm out the management of the city’s transportation system. (...) [134 words] [$2,1]

tunis

Nouvel Air to Serve Montreal

Nouvel Air, a carrier owned by rich businessman Aziz Miled, who is close to Slim Chiboub, son-in-law of president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali, will shortly inaugurate direct flights between Tunis and Montreal. (...) [34 words] [FREE]

Investors Sought for Wind Energy Project

Tunis is seeking to build a windmill farm with a capacity of 300 MW between now and 2010. (...) [92 words] [$2,1]

tripoli

Tripoli Buys Two Agusta Helicopters

Muammer Kadhafi has just signed a contract for the procurement of two Italian Agusta 109 helicopters despite efforts by the French to promote Eurocopter: (...) [69 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA
	Italfer
	Italfer, a new Algerian-Italian joint venture, has just completed a plant to construct pre-fabricated housing units at Souk Ahras in eastern Algeria. (...) [34 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Rhode & Schwartz
	Rhode & Schwartz (Germany) has won a contract to supply two FM radio stations for the newspapers El Moudjahid and El Massa under a deal worth EUR 606,156. (...) [29 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	STEP
	STEP and Delta Communications/Groupe SNEF (France) are to deliver 400 mobile VHF transmitter-receivers, 40 50 W VHF relay stations and 25 100 W VHF relay stations worth EUR 1. (...) [39 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Smiths Heimann
	Smiths Heimann has won a contract worth roughly EUR3 million from the Algerian transportation ministry to supply scanners, metal detectors and video equipment to detect dangerous items and goods. (...) [30 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Dessau Soprin
	Dessau Soprin, a Canadian consultancy, has been contracted to monitor work on a project to supply drinking water to Mostaganem, Arzew and Oran in western Algeria, along with a water treatment plant at Sidi Lahdjel. (...) [36 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Sinhydro
	Sinhydro (China) has been awarded a contract to conduct draining and water purification work and to stop water from rising in the Souf valley in Algeria. (...) [40 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Nissan Algeria
	Nissan Algeria is to supply two light four-wheel drive vehicles to the Algerian customs service. (...) [16 words] [FREE]


	LIBYA
	Grundfos
	Grundfos, a Danish pump manufacturer, will shortly start working in Libya out of its regional base, in the UAE. (...) [20 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Stucky/ENHYD
	Stucky/ENHYD (Switzerland/Algeria) has won the technical assistance contract for a project to build a dam at Kef Eddir in Algeria. (...) [21 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	LIBYA
	Bachir Rayani
	. A sports commentator on Libyan television, Bachir Ryani, was found dead on waste ground in Tripoli on Dec. (...) [84 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO/TUNISIA
	Yassine Hamila
	The Hamila group plans to shortly invest in Morocco in partnership with Omnium Nord-Africain (ONA), the country’s leading private group controlled by the royal family. (...) [62 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	Ridha Mahjoub
	A Tunisian consultant, Ridha Mahjoub, has just set up Star Export to advise companies seeking to set up shop in Algeria and Libya. (...) [45 words] [FREE]