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Archive n° 814 - 12/20/2007

Gaelle Arenson

MOROCCO

Editor in Chief

Morocco’s Film Industry on a Roll

Are French film studies going to relocate much of their production to Morocco on the heels of aircraft manufacturers Dassault and Airbus Industrie? (...) [296 words] [$7]

MOROCCO

Resumption of Fighting by Polisario ?

Some fear Polisario could use bonuses from an oil licensing auction to be launched in 2008 to purchase arms to resume fighting in Western Sahara in 2009. (...)

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Where was Bouteflika When Bombers Struck ?

Many in Algiers were surprised by president Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s silence when two suicide bombers attacked the capital last week. (...) [83 words] [$2,1]

Collateral Damage from Attacks

Since the terrorist assaults on Dec. 11, the second of which targeted the United Nations’ office in Algiers, both the U. (...) [132 words] [$2,1]

Blanky to be Broken Up?

One of Algeria’s biggest private concerns, the Blanky group, appears about to be dismantled because of the legal woes of one of its owners, the Cherfaoui brothers. (...) [74 words] [$2,1]

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Russians Lie in Wait in Nuclear Energy

In the new race to develop a nuclear energy industry in Morocco and in North Africa in general, the French are going to have to contend with competition from Russia. (...) [120 words] [$2,1]

Cimpor’s Push in Cement

Dominated by France’s Lafarge group, Morocco’s cement market is expanding by leaps and bounds. (...) [81 words] [$2,1]

Cala Iris Project: Local Firms Edge Out Spanish

Whether private or public, major Moroccan groups hold sway in the holiday real estate sector. (...) [87 words] [$2,1]

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Uranium in Tunisia?

Tunisia plans to extract uranium from its phosphate resources which make it one of the biggest producers in the world. (...) [94 words] [$2,1]

UAE Increases Stake in Somocer

The Dubai Investment Group has increased from 17.3% to 22. (...) [79 words] [$2,1]

Affes Cleared

Owned by Abdessalem Affes, the Affes group, a leading manufacturer of pasta, has been in receivership since April. (...) [67 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	MOROCCO/LIBYA
	Tamoil Sakia
	Tamoil Sakia, an affiliate of the state-owned Libyan concern Tamoil, has joined with private Moroccan investors in planning to search for oil in Western Sahara in 2008. (...) [27 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	Gulf Finance House
	Gulf Finance House (Bahrain) is to invest USD 3 billion in creating an offshore financial center in Tunis. (...) [34 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Mehri
	Mehri, a group owned by Algerian businessman Abdelmadjid Mehri, has sold its Tango beer brand to Heineken and is reportedly in talks with a Saudi group to sell it his Pepsi Cola bottling plant. (...) [44 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Dubai Ports World
	Dubai Ports World (UAE) has won a 30 year concession from Algeria’s transport ministry to operate the Algiers and Djendjen ports. (...) [20 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	SNTF
	SNTF, the Algerian railway company, is to earmark USD 18 billion to renovate and build up its network. (...) [31 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	ACDI/VOCA
	ACDI/VOCA, an American NGO specializing in micro finance and Devonshire Investors, a private equity concern, recently sent their respective senior vice presidents, Jim Phippart and Michael Smith, on a prospecting tour of Tunisia. (...) [33 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Veolia
	Veolia (France) has signalled an interest in managing Algier’s rail network. (...) [32 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Sonatrach
	Sonatrach (Algeria) has cancelled a cooperation agreement it signed with Russia’s Gasprom last year. (...) [22 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	SPAIN/LIBYA
	Antoni Brufau
	The boss of Spain’s Repsol oil company, Antoni Brufau, is the man behind Muammer Kadhafi’s visit to Spain. (...) [62 words] [$2,1]


	RUSSIA/LIBYA
	Sergei Lavrov
	Russia will send its foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, to Tripoli on Dec. (...) [39 words] [FREE]


	FRANCE/LIBYA
	Al Moatassim Kadhafi
	The son of Muammer Kadhafi and a rival of Saif al Islam, his brother, to take over from the Libyan leader, Al Moatassim Kadhafi was in Paris last week. (...) [88 words] [$2,1]


	LIBYA
	Ezzedine Hencheri
	Kadhafi’s security chief, Ezzedine Hencheri, could be named interior minister (a post that doesn’t exist for the moment) in a forthcoming government shuffle. (...) [45 words] [FREE]