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Gaelle Arenson
TUNISIA Editor in Chief
Carthage Douses Gafsa Riots with Phosphate
Can phosphoric acid dissolve an unemployment problem? The Carthage Palace certainly seems to think so. To battle against joblessness that regularly triggers riots in the mining region of Gafsa, the state-owned Groupe Chimique Tunisien (GCT) has decided to set up a major phosphoric and sulphuric acid production unit at M’dhilla in the Gafsa region. (...)   [539 words]   [$11,2]
TUNISIA
Mourad Trabelsi a Would-Be Tycoon?
Far more discreet than other members of the Trabelsi clan, Mohamed Mourad Trabelsi clearly sees himself as a potential magnate like his brother, Belhassen (Karthago group) and his (...)

U.S. Fishermen Re-Locate to Dakhla?
   Fishing companies in Louisiana that have been laid low by the BP oil spill are only too welcome to shift their operations to Morocco.  (...)  [220 words]   [$7]
Yassir Zenagui  -  Moroccan tourism minister Yassir Zenagui may have gotten a little  (...)  [86 words]   [$2,1]

Ouyahia’s Policy on Public Contracts
   New legislation on government contracts adopted on July 11, and which now needs only to be endorsed by president Abdelaziz Bouteflika by decree at the end of the month, is pretty well  (...)  [199 words]   [$7]
U.S. Firms Plan September Onslaught
   While business dealings between France and Algeria remain limited, American corporate leaders are plotting a major offensive for late September.  (...)  [192 words]   [$7]
Algerie Telecom is seeking out French equipment manufacturers. The state-owned Algerian operator is  (...)  [68 words]   [$2,1]

Imed Trabelsi Shakes up Bricorama
   There has been a major executive shake-up at Bricorama, the do-it-yourself department store inaugurated with considerable fanfare in Tunis in late 2008 by Imed Trabelsi, nephew of  (...)  [211 words]   [$7]
Titagarh, an Indian manufacturer of freight cars, bridges and mining equipment, is thinking of opening  (...)  [84 words]   [$2,1]
Princess El Materi Holding, a company owned by Sakher El Materi, the increasingly prominent son in law  (...)  [111 words]   [$2,1]
Preferred Hotel Group, an American luxury hotel chain, will shortly set up shop in Tunisia.  (...)  [50 words]   [$2,1]
Didier Georget  -  A specialist in automatism and industrial robotics, Gape-Cemes,  (...)  [53 words]   [$2,1]
Hatem Chaabouni  -  Like other businessmen from Sfax, Hatem Chaabouni has gained  (...)  [119 words]   [$2,1]
Laurent Auzel  -  Ingerop is revamping its business in Tunisia. The French engineering  (...)  [89 words]   [$2,1]

A Skyscraper for Aicha Kadhafi
   Aicha Kadhafi, the rising star among the children of Libya’s leader, is a lawyer by training who has cultivated her connections to the point of being named “goodwill ambassador” of  (...)  [195 words]   [$7]
Hyundai Engineering and Construction has just been awarded a USD 1.  (...)  [51 words]   [$2,1]
Theo de Jager  -  A project by Theo de Jager, vice president of AgriSA, to have  (...)  [107 words]   [$2,1]

TUNISIAN EMBASSY, DOHA
Kedidi Tipped as Envoy to Qatar
   Tunisian president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali is looking for a new ambassador to Doha to complete the job of repairing his relations with Qatar leader Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani.  (...)  [185 words]   [$7]
JUSTICE MINISTRY, ALGIERS
Another Round Fired at Tlemcen Clan
   Will justice minister Tayeb Belaiz still be holding his job in September? Belaiz is adamant that revelations in the press about his son’s alleged implication in a cocaine trafficking case are meant to destabilize him.  (...)  [174 words]   [$7]
MAGHREB CENTER, WASHINGTON
Belrhiti Broke Maghreb Center Link
   The Maghreb Center appears uncomfortable about our revelations concerning the lobbying career of one of its former members, Talal Belrhiti that appeared in our previous issue .  (...)  [191 words]   [$7]
MOROCCO
 Ibrahim Essamlali
The presidents of different Moroccan bars were in Beirut on July 13 to attend a meeting of the Arab  (...)  [83 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
 Francois Belorgey
Films can no longer be screened in Algeria without the approval of the culture ministry.  (...)  [119 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
 Beatrice Khadige
The head of the Algiers bureau of Agence France Presse (AFP), Pierre-Yves Julien, will shortly quit  (...)  [85 words]   [$2,1]
UNITED STATES
 Frank Lautenberg
The U.S. Democrat senators Frank Lautenberg, Robert Menendez, Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer  (...)  [70 words]   [$2,1]


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