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Archive n° 856 - 11/20/2008

Gaelle Arenson

ALGERIA

Editor in Chief

Algeria: New Communications Tack for Bouteflika

While waiting to officially announce he is standing for a third term in office following a change in the Constitution, president Abdelaziz Bouteflika is switching his communications team. (...) [281 words] [$7]

ALGERIA

Algeria: Concern Over Harvest

Ninety percent of Algeria’s 900,000 farmers have been unable to buy seed because of a new law obliging them to pay off loans before any purchase. (...)

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Aciel Trains Gazprom Executives

Aciel, the Paris-based concern specialised in lobbying and business intelligence headed by Patrick Vidal and Bruno Gosselin, is involving itself increasingly in Algeria. (...) [122 words] [$2,1]

BioMerieux Algerie To Open for Business

Held back because of red tape, the Algerian affiliate of France's BioMerieux, a company specializing in public health, is due to start operating in early 2009, it was announced on Nov. (...) [53 words] [$2,1]

Will Khadra Pull it Off?

His appointment caught everyone by surprise. Suddenly parachuted into the post of boss of the Centre Culturel Algerien (CCA) at the behest of president Abdelaziz Bouteflika a year ago, the writer Yasmina Khadra, alias Mohamed Moulessehou, wants to inject fresh dynamism into the institution on the rue de la Croix Nivert in Paris. (...) [211 words] [$2,1]

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Amadeus Rides to Mediterranean Union’s Rescue

The Institut Amadeus, a think tank founded by Brahim Fassi Fihri, son of Moroccan foreign minister Taieb Fassi Fihri, is activating its network for a “MEDays” gathering in Tangiers between Nov. (...) [127 words] [$2,1]

Attijari Advises Kuwait’s Al Taameer

The Attijariwafa Bank, which is 29.6% owned by the Moroccan royal family’s ONA holding company, has beefed up its business ties with Kuwait. (...) [78 words] [$2,1]

Sahel in OCP’s Sphere of Influence

The Institut Francais des Relations Internationales is staging a seminar in Paris on Dec. (...) [100 words] [$2,1]

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Second Thoughts on Privatizing Drilling Company

Will a move to offer stakes in state-owned Compagnie Tunisienne de Forage (CTF) to private firms succeed? (...) [65 words] [$2,1]

New Bayahi-Poulina Move in Retail Sector

The Bayahi-Poulina tandem has consolidated its presence in the retail trade by having its Magasin General supermarket chain buy out the stakes of the Mabrouk and Hamrouni groups - respectively 35 and 34% - in Promogros, a wholesale concern, for DR 60 million. (...) [45 words] [FREE]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	MOROCCO
	Air France-KLM
	Air France-KLM is reportedly interested in acquiring Royal Air Maroc which was recently put on the auction block. (...) [18 words] [FREE]


	MALI
	Attijarawafa Bank
	Attijarawafa Bank has paid Mali's government 800 millon DH (EUR 72. (...) [75 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	Laceramic
	Laceramic, a Tunisian firm run by Slim Zarrouk, son-in-law of president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali, has opened a new plant to make pre-fabricated boards. (...) [39 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Groupement Portugais de Construction d’Algerie
	Groupement Portugais de Construction d’Algerie has won the contract to build two office buildings worth EUR 100 million at Pins Maritimes in Algeria. (...) [53 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	Thales
	Thales, the CIAC Group, the Port Autonome du Havre, SEF Industrie, IXSEA, DCNS and Pegasse Instrumentation all sent delegations to Tunis this week to look for opportunities in the maritime security and safety sectors. (...) [34 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	Nehelsen GmbH
	Nehelsen GmbH won the contract put out to tender by Tunisia to operate a dangerous waste treatment center at Jradou and three reception, storage and transfer installations. (...) [75 words] [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO


	UNITED STATES/LIBYA
	Anne-Marie Slaughter
	A member of Barack Obama’s campaign staff, 40-year-old Anne-Marie Slaughter, who is a professor of international affairs at Princeton, is being wooed by the Libyans who are anxious to butter up the new American administration. (...) [134 words] [$2,1]


	LIBYA/UNITED STATES
	Hamed Arabi Al Houderi
	The director-general of Libya’s Economic & Social Development Fund, Hamed Arabi Al Houderi, has been named chairman of the brand new First Gulf Libyan Bank, that was co-founded with Abu Dhabi’s First Gulf Bank. (...) [110 words] [$2,1]