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Archive n° 758 - 10/12/2006

Gaelle Arenson

TUNISIA

Editor in Chief

Tunisia : SMEs Eye South African Market

South Africa does a lot of its shopping these days in North Africa, with the exception of Morocco: Rabat and Mohamed VI are still stinging from Thabo Mbeki’s recognition of the Democratic Arab Republic of Sahraoui. (...) [254 words] [$7]

MOROCCO

Al Adl Wal Ihsanne Boycotts Moroccan Election

The Islamic movement’s spokesman, Fahtallah Arsalane, called the ballot a farce that would only prolong “absurdity and corruption”. (...)

algiers

Alstadi Wins First Round Against Government

The Italian groups Alstadi and LESI won a first round in the conflict pitting them against Algeria’s water resources ministry concerning a contract to build the Koudiat dam in the Bouira region that was finally won by France’s Razel group. (...) [124 words] [$2,1]

rabat

Total Maroc Acquires SDBP in Bid to Catch Up with Afriquia and Shell

The Total group, which already held 50% in Morocco’s Societe de Distribution de Butane et Propane (SBDP), has bought out the remaining 50%, becoming the owner of the Saada Gaz and Sigmaghreb brands. (...) [49 words] [$2,1]

Push for Tourism with Spring O’Brien

The Office Marocain Natinal du Tourism (OMNT) has just signed a $1. (...) [107 words] [$2,1]

tunis

Olive Oil Glut

Chaired by Moshen Boujebel - who will shortly quit his post- the Association Tunisienne des Exportateurs d’Huile d’Olive has a glut of 25,000 tons of olive oil that it can’t sell abroad just as the new 2006-2007 production season is to begin on Nov. (...) [91 words] [$2,1]

Al Atrouss Unwelcome on Algerian Pick-Up Market?

Holding the concession for the Opel and Isuzu makes on the Tunisian market and owner of the firm Industries Mecaniques Maghrebines (IMM), the Al Atrouss group is finding it hard to survive competition from the Ford pick-up truck concession controlled by Belhassen Trabelsi and the Mabrouk group’s Mitsubishi concession. (...) [93 words] [$2,1]

Nouvelair-Karthago Merger More a Takeover

New details have emerged concerning a planned merger between Azid Miled’s Nouvelair and Karthago Airlines, a carrier owned by Belhassen Trabelsi. (...) [45 words] [FREE]

tripoli

Saif el Islam Switches Ambassadors

The heir apparent to Muammar Kadhafi, his son Saif el Islam, has taken over the job of restructuring Libya’s foreign ministry. (...) [112 words] [$2,1]

Aicha Gets Edge Over Saif

The Libyan leader has preferred that his only daughter, Aicha, oversee the Wa’atassemou organization instead of the Saif el Islam Foundation. (...) [41 words] [FREE]

Libyan Clerics Barred from France

The French interior ministry under Nicolas Sarkozy has just refused visas to eight Libyan clerics who had wished to visit France at the end of Ramadan. (...) [42 words] [FREE]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	TUNISIA
	Tanit
	Tanit in Tunisia has lost one of its two partners, Jamel Al Arem, who has left to set up his own concern, Arem Group. (...) [31 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	STEG
	STEG in Tunisia is going to issue a call for bids to build three windmill farms generating 120 MW in the Bizerte region. (...) [74 words] [$2,1]


	SWEDEN/TUNISIA/SUDAN
	PA Resources
	PA Resources, a Swedish oil group which bought out SOCO Tunisie, is going to use Tunis as a bridgehead to break into the Sudanese market. (...) [45 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Berrahal
	Berrahal, a private Algerian sugar concern, is going to commission a sugar refinery in Oran with a capacity of 200,000 tons a year. (...) [55 words] [$2,1]


	LIBYA/FRANCE
	Ubifrance
	Ubifrance is pulling out all the stops on Libya after years of holding back because of the embargo. (...) [99 words] [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO


	FRANCE/MOROCCO
	Jerome Chartier
	A center-right legislator, Jerome Chartier , who is close to interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy , travelled to Morocco last week as part of a study of immigration policy. (...) [81 words] [$2,1]


	LIBYA
	Mohamed Ahrim
	In the run-up to a European Union/African Union ministerial conference in Tripoli on Nov. (...) [50 words] [$2,1]


	UNITED STATES/TUNISIA
	Moncef Barouni
	At the height of the recent conflict in Lebanon, the steering committee of the Tunisian American Chamber of Commerce headed by Moncef Barouni sent a letter to the American embassy protesting over American policy in the Arab world. (...) [71 words] [$2,1]


	SOUTH AFRICA/TUNISIA
	El Haj Gley
	The director-general of the Office National de la Poste , El Haj Gley , has been appointed the official representative of Tunisian information technology firms on African markets. (...) [108 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	Atef Saanouni
	Sponsored by Amor Bouchicha , president of the Federation de l’Electricite et de l’Electronique (FEE), Atef Saanouni has just succeeded his ailing father, Boujemas Saanouni. (...) [23 words] [FREE]