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Gaelle Arenson
ALGERIA Editor in Chief
French Corporations Seek Fresh Impetus
With the snubs flying fast between the French and Algerian governments, businessmen in the two countries are doing their utmost to maintain relations on an even keel. A meeting staged on Nov. 15 by the Reseau ICE (Reseau des Ingenieurs Consultants Franco-Algeriens) by Nadia Bennacer at the Ecole Superieure Algerienne des Affaires (Joelle Le Vourc’h) already drew 50 guests from both sides of the Mediterranean. (...)   [583 words]   [$11,2]
TUNISIA
Nur Energie’s EUR 4 Billion Project
Will Nur Energie strike solar gold in Tunisia? The London start-up is working in semi-secrecy on a huge solar power energy project near Tataouine, in the south-east of the country (...)

Ely-Michel Ruimy, Albert's Financier
   Monaco and Morocco are going to forge a strong tie in luxury property. The Societe des Bains de Mers (SBM), which is majority owned by the Monaco government and manages some of the  (...)  [208 words]   [$7]
CFAO seems to continually run into tax problems in North Africa.  (...)  [129 words]   [$2,1]
Capital Consulting, a Moroccan consultancy headed by Abdelmounaim Faouzi, and Valyans, run by Nicolas  (...)  [55 words]   [$2,1]

CFAO Acknowledges Automobile Risks
   To float on the stock exchange on Nov. 16, the CFAO concern owned by the Pinault family, had to provide every last detail to the Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF).  (...)  [193 words]   [$7]
Marriott Hotel Finally Plants Flag
   Marriott International has been seeking to set up operations in Algeria for five full years. Now it has every hope of doing so, announcing, as it did, that it would open a complex  (...)  [178 words]   [$7]
Vincent Brossy  -  The architectural firm Brossy & Associates, headed by Vincent  (...)  [51 words]   [$2,1]
Abdelkader Lalmi  -  The managing director of the Algerian public television channel  (...)  [100 words]   [$2,1]
Smail Chikhoune  -  The president of the US Algeria Business Council (USABC), Smail  (...)  [69 words]   [$2,1]

French Railwaymen Tout Fast Train
   French railway experts have kicked off a charm offensive in Tunis. Thirteen companies were due to take part in a “facts-finding mission” in the sector organized by Ubifrance on No  (...)  [211 words]   [$7]
Mangin-Egly has just set up a subsidiary in Tunisia. The French group, which specializes in industrial  (...)  [41 words]   [$2,1]
Telecom SudParis, an engineering school attached to the Institut Telecom group, has formed a partnership  (...)  [68 words]   [$2,1]
Assafrica, the African department of the Italian employers federation Confindustria, is organizing seminars  (...)  [52 words]   [$2,1]
CMT Plus (Conseil Management Team), a French consultancy headed by Thierry Briol, has inaugurated an  (...)  [48 words]   [$2,1]
Chekib Nouira  -  The former CEO of the Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie  (...)  [105 words]   [$2,1]
Mounir Mouakhar  -  The Sfax businessman Mounir Mouakhar has just set up a cleaning  (...)  [46 words]   [$2,1]

Zarti Sows its Wheat in Ukraine
   During the FAO summit meeting in Rome, Muammar Kadhafi warned Africa about the “new feudalism” that consists of foreign countries leasing agricultural land.  (...)  [194 words]   [$7]
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION CENTER, PARIS
Morocco’s “Soft Power” at Full Steam
   The frosty weather between Paris, Tunis and Algiers has worked in Rabat’s favor. The kingdom’s envoy to Paris, El Mostapha Sahel, was the lone North African ambassador to attend the inauguration of the exhibition entitled Generations, A Century in the Culture of North Africans in France, on November 17th.  (...)  [168 words]   [$7]
IMF, WASHINGTON
Morocco : the Unvarnished Verdict
   Headed by Mark Lewis, a mission from the International Monetary Fund was in Rabat between Nov.  (...)  [162 words]   [$7]
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRIPOLI
Croatians to Help in Mine Clearance
   Tripoli has strengthened its security ties with Croatia. On Nov. 12, Libyan secretary of state for foreign affairs Mohamed Siala attended the signing of an agreement with the Croatian Mine Action Center (CROMAC) which will help to train mine and bomb disposal personnel in Libya.  (...)  [179 words]   [$7]
TUNISIA
Mezri Haddad
The former Tunisian dissident Mezri Haddad (he was co-publisher of the L’Audace newspaper alongside  (...)  [77 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
Karim Djoudi
Finance minister Karim Djoudi shifts constantly between caution and optimism in drawing up Algeria's  (...)  [135 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
Noureddine Moussa
Housing minister Noureddine Moussa is also wracking his brains about the budget.  (...)  [64 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/ALGERIA
Francis Heude
France’s consul-general in Algiers, Francis Heude, was named an officer in the national order of merit  (...)  [68 words]   [$2,1]


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