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Gaelle Arenson
LIBYA Editor in Chief
Crucial Turning Point for Gas Market
The leading figures in Libya’s gas industry were in Rome in late June to take stock of the state-of-play in the sector at the Libya Gas Summit, organized by the CWC Group. With reserves of at least 1500 billion cubic meters - as much as next-door Egypt’s - Libya has all the cards in hand to become one of the continent’s top producers. (...)   [591 words]   [$11,2]
MOROCCO
Ivalis On Move With Serghrini
Almost inexistent in Morocco for the moment, the business of outsourcing inventories (of supermarkets, etc.) looks like it is finally taking off. (...)

Shift in Business & Image for Elalamy
   Moulay Hafid Elalamy has moved into higher gear. In planning to float 15% of the insurance group CNIA Saada on the Casablanca stock exchange he is taking the first step in what seems  (...)  [228 words]   [$7]
Axia Fx Ltd, a British company specializing in foreign exchange and international bank payments, has  (...)  [100 words]   [$2,1]
Frederic Sallet  -  In charge of Alcatel-Lucent’s operations in North, West and  (...)  [49 words]   [$2,1]
Youssef Chraibi  -  In spearheading a campaign against the French state secretary  (...)  [96 words]   [$2,1]

Revamp in French Business Circles
   Change is sweeping through French business circles in Algiers. Three new French foreign trade advisers have been appointed. In what is an official but unpaid function, the advisers  (...)  [208 words]   [$7]
Strategica to Survive Ban on Siagh
   Deutsche Bank can breathe a sigh of relief. It will retain its position as leading underwriter on Algeria’s stock market despite a government ban on its former partner El Hachemi  (...)  [217 words]   [$7]
EADS,Rohde & Schwarz and Carl Zeiss have banded together in a consortium to produce electronic sub-systems  (...)  [79 words]   [$2,1]

BAT privatizes Zarzis Port
   Will Zarzis emerge as the biggest logistic hub in southern Tunisia? Maghreb Confidential understands that the Banque d’Affaires de Tunisie (BAT), an affiliate of Societe Tunisienne  (...)  [240 words]   [$7]
Dyas BV, a Dutch oil exploration and production company, has discreetly moved into Tunisia's offsho  (...)  [80 words]   [$2,1]
STPCM (Societe Tunisienne de Pneumatiques et de Caoutchouc Manufacture) has run into cash flow prob  (...)  [106 words]   [$2,1]
One Tech, a Tunisian industrial group headed by Moncef Sellami which makes cables, plastic goods and  (...)  [41 words]   [$2,1]
Naima Ben Ali  -  The sister of president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali, Naima Ben Ali,  (...)  [63 words]   [$2,1]
Zalmay Khalilzad  -  RAK Petroleum, the oil company of the Ras Al Khaimah emirate,  (...)  [115 words]   [$2,1]

Not Everybody in Tripoli Loves BP
   The pro-BP campaign led by the boss of NOC and energy minister Shokri Ghanem and by Abdallah Badri, secretary-general of OPEC (MC 933 ) has not gone unnoticed by supporters of prime  (...)  [192 words]   [$7]
Salim Ben Ghriba  -  Is the National Oil Corporation (NOC) about to appoint an official  (...)  [71 words]   [$2,1]

SECURITY HEADQUARTERS, TRIPOLI
Nakassa Back Home in Secret Service
   There’s been a shake-up in Libya’s secret service. Serving at present as Tripoli’s ambassador to Tunis, Ahmed Mokhtar Nakassa is about to step down in favor of Abdelati El Obeidi as MC reported in its 928 th issue.  (...)  [173 words]   [$7]
ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY, RABAT
Fighting a Rising Tide of Sleaze
   Has Abdessalam Aboudrar taken on an impossible task? The boss of Morocco’s Instance Centrale de Prevention de la Corruption (ICPC) is pulling out all the stops to improve the country’s “corruption rating.  (...)  [161 words]   [$7]
GREAT GEORGE ST., WESTMINISTER, LONDON
No Summer Break for Libyan Business
   Even in the midst of summer, political circles in London are beavering away at spurring Britain to do business with Libya.  (...)  [175 words]   [$7]
UNITED STATES
Jeffrey Trimble
Executive director of the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors, Jeffrey Trimble wants to know everything  (...)  [140 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
Sihem Bensedrine
Times are tough for Sihem Bensedrine. The Tunisian militant, the bugbear of the Tunisian authorities,  (...)  [112 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO/UNITED STATES
Aziz Mekouar
Morocco’s envoy to Washington, Aziz Mekouar, spoke at length in Boston on July 9 on the occasion of  (...)  [97 words]   [$2,1]


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