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Gaelle Arenson
ALGERIA Editor in Chief
MEDEF Family Photo a Bit Strained
Before it took place, circles within the French employers federation MEDEF sharply debated the wisdom of sending a delegation to Algiers on Nov. 23-24, according to our sources. Completely discouraged by new protectionist measures introduced by Algiers - and specially the obligation to hand a 30% stake in import-export companies to local partners - small and medium sized companies in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur region, among others, were much against what they viewed as a “courtesy call” on Algeria. (...)   [527 words]   [$11,2]
LIBYA
Laico’s Flag over Pullman in Abidjan
According to our sources, the Libyan government is in talks with France’s Accor group to buy its Pullman hotel in Abidjan, a former Sofitel establishment that was converted into a (...)

Temsamani Comes Home on Business
   Born in Tangiers, a former state-secretary in Belgium’s Flemish regional government, Anissa Temsamani, has returned to her birthplace, but in a business capacity.  (...)  [176 words]   [$7]
Air Senegal Picks Emirates over RAM
   Karim Wade, Senegal’s minister for international cooperation, regional development, air transport and infrastructure, has excellent relations with Morocco’s Mohamed VI.  (...)  [218 words]   [$7]
Menara Holding, a firm run by Morocco’s Abderrahmane Zahid, is seeking to export small electrical cars  (...)  [37 words]   [$2,1]
Attijariwafabank, the Moroccan affiliate of the royal holding group ONA, is preparing its debut on Mauritania’s  (...)  [50 words]   [$2,1]
Frederic Elbar  -  A partner in the corporate law firm CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre  (...)  [97 words]   [$2,1]

US Electricity Firms Scouting Terrain
   The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is seeking to broaden the footprint of American firms generating electricity in Algeria.  (...)  [209 words]   [$7]
General Electric is in talks with the Algerian firm Flash (headed by Hacen Boumaraf) to build two hypochlorite  (...)  [73 words]   [$2,1]
Total has just inaugurated port infrastructure at Tenes in Algeria that will enable it to deliver 160,000  (...)  [52 words]   [$2,1]
Frederic Elbar  -  A partner in the corporate law firm CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre  (...)  [97 words]   [$2,1]

SMIs Zero In on Green Market
   Flourishing in North Africa, and particularly in Tunisia, the renewable energy and environment businesses are stirring the lust of many a small and medium sized firm on both sides  (...)  [192 words]   [$7]
Mehdi Nasra  -  Producer Mehdi Nasra, son of Larbi Nasra (Hannibal TV), has  (...)  [43 words]   [$2,1]
Fares Mabrouk  -  A former member of the industry minister’s staff who went on  (...)  [86 words]   [$2,1]
Yousra Hamza Chaibi  -  The wife of Nabil Chabi, Yousra Hamza Chaibi has just joined  (...)  [58 words]   [$2,1]

Komac in Shipping Service Deal
   Tripoli has called on South Korean expertise to help find a place for itself on the shipping services market. The National Economic Development Board (NEDB), which answers to prime  (...)  [202 words]   [$7]
IFC (International Finance Corp., a unit of the World Bank) is interested in buying into the private  (...)  [96 words]   [$2,1]
ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China), which is 70% owned by the Chinese government, has just  (...)  [132 words]   [$2,1]

Christian Laplaud  -  The CEO of G2C Environnement (hydraulics and environment), Christian  (...)  [94 words]   [$2,1]

FINANCE MINISTRY, ALGIERS
Djoudi Tightens the Fiscal Screws
   Algeria’s new rules on transferring funds abroad could lead foreign investors to tear out their hair. Coming on top of measures to restrict imports and investment that prime minister Ahmed Ouyahia introduced during the year, a decree issued on Oct.  (...)  [162 words]   [$7]
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL, TRIPOLI
Yushcheno’s Envoy in Town
   Ukraine and Libya are about to seal closer military ties. Already seriously involved in the aeronautics and farming sectors following the visit of prime minister Yulia Timochenko’s visit, the two countries are now intent on stepping up their cooperation in the military, technical and security fields.  (...)  [155 words]   [$7]
EL MOURADIA RESIDENCE, ALGIERS
So Long Ben Laden, Hello Cocaine
   The general heading the U.S. African Command, William Ward, paid his first visit to Algiers on Nov. 25-26, and appears to have gotten along famously with his Algerian hosts.  (...)  [197 words]   [$7]
LIBYA
 Nasr Al Mabrouk
Former Libyan interior minister Nasr Al Mabrouk has just taken over command of the Green Guard.  (...)  [64 words]   [$2,1]
UNITED STATES
 David Gutelius
In addition to officials from the state and defense departments and the Rand Corporation, senators from  (...)  [132 words]   [$2,1]
LIBYA
 Baghdadi Mahmoudi
Libyan prime minister Baghdadi Mahmoudi wants to restore a bit of order in the awarding of government  (...)  [59 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
 Mezri Haddad
The new Tunisian ambassador to UNESCO, Mezri Haddad, has pointed out to us that his career hadn’t been  (...)  [97 words]   [$2,1]


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