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Archive n° 863 - 01/15/2009

Gaelle Arenson

MOROCCO

Editor in Chief

First Signs of Trouble for El Himma

Stitched together in just a few months, the Parti Authenticite et Modernite (PAM) headed by Fouad Ali El Himma, the former interior minister, seems to be already coming apart at the seams. (...) [382 words] [$7]

ALGERIA

EU Going Tougher on Algerian Customs?

Accused of being ineffective in fighting counterfeiting of goods and other traffic, Algeria’s customs service will be helped by Brussels to draft new code. (...)

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Call for “Zeroual as President”

Former general Liamine Zeroual, who served as Algeria’s president between 1995-98 and now lives in retirement in his home town of Batna, is being begged by associations and veterans of the war of independence, to stand in the country’s next presidential election. (...) [129 words] [$2,1]

Sonatrach Sees 4Gas as New Gateway to Euro Market

Sonatrach is seeking to acquire a stake in the LionGas re-gasificatiopn terminal being built at Rotterdam by 4Gas, which is controlled by the U. (...) [100 words] [$2,1]

rabat

Western Sahara: Small and Big Maneuvers Concerning Wall

Morocco's armed forces are repairing the "defense wall" in Western Sahara which was damaged by recent storms. (...) [109 words] [$2,1]

Sijilmassi to Head New Investment Fund?

Former interior minister Mustapha Sahel appears to be taking his time to replace Fathallah Sijilmassi as Morocco’s ambassador to France. (...) [119 words] [$2,1]

Fresh Push for Auvergne Aeronautique

Casablanca Aeronautique, the Moroccan affiliate of the Clermont Ferrand firm Auvergne Aeronautique headed by Jean-Paul and Xavier Fafournoux is to open a new aeronautical sub-assemblies unit later this year, an investment worth EUR 9 million. (...) [79 words] [$2,1]

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Tunis a Resort for Retired Heads of State

According to our sources, several heads of state, including Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas, are seeking to buy luxury villas on the banks of the Lake of Tunis. (...) [80 words] [$2,1]

SERMA Follows EADS but Won’t Relocate

In the wake of suppliers of EADS attracted by the future Airbus plant in Tunisia (Reyes Groupe, Seccmas, Groupe Hutchinson, and Macahers), France’s electronic engineering firm SERMA Technologies is about to set up shop in the El Ghazala technopark in the coming two or three months. (...) [127 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA
	Aigle Azur
	Aigle Azur, an Algerian airline headed by Arezki Idjerouidene, is interested in XL Airways. (...) [37 words] [FREE]


	LIBYA
	Nordana
	Nordana, a Danish company specializing in shipping between the United States and the Mediterranean, will start serving the Libyan port of Misurata on February 26. (...) [36 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	COMAR
	COMAR, a Tunisian insurance company of the AMEN banking group (Ben Yeddar family) would reportedly like to open an affiliate in Algeria in a partnership with the International Finance Corp (a World Bank unit). (...) [43 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	Wall Street Institute
	Wall Street Institute, a network of English language schools owned by the American equity fund Carlyle, is to open a center in Casablanca. (...) [23 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Provideo
	Provideo (France) is to supply a digital command system to the Algerian radio network. (...) [20 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	Accetis
	Accetis, a French recruitment and human resources firm, has opened its North African affiliate in Tunis. (...) [30 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Cosider
	Cosider, a public Algerian construction company, is seeking to team up with a foreign concern for a project to extend the Algiers subway between the place Emir Abdelkader and the Place des Martyrs in downtown Algiers. (...) [74 words] [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO


	UNITED STATES
	Christopher Ross
	The new United Nations envoy for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, who was Washington’s ambassador to Algiers between 1988 and 1991, began visiting Morocco in 2002. (...) [61 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	Mohamed Said
	The former secretary general and spokesman for the banned Islamic party Wafa, Mohamed Said, has set up his own political movement, the Parti pour la Liberte et la Justice (PLJ). (...) [78 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	Mustapha Jaafar
	The secretary general of the Forum Democratique pour le Travail et les Libertes (FDTL), Mustapha Jaafar, will stand in the next presidential election. (...) [42 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	Abdallah Kaabi
	Abdallah Kaabi, Chadli Laroussi and Samira Belhaj Khayech won’t be returning to government. (...) [70 words] [$2,1]


	MOROCCO
	Abdelkader El Kihel
	Abdelkader El Kihel, Rachid Afifal and Hadil Benhamza were the three youngest politicians elected to Istiqlal’s executive committee at its congress on Jan. (...) [73 words] [$2,1]