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Gaelle Arenson
LIBYA Editor in Chief
The Tale of Saif El Islam’s Fokker 28
The case could go down badly with investors who view Saif El Islam as the shining example of a new, liberal-minded Libya. Next year the International Chamber of Commerce (CIC) in Paris will hand down a finding in a dispute pitting International Aviation Holdings Ltd (IAHL), a firm incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, against Air One Nine (AON), a Cyprus-based concern belonging to the “One Nine” group of Saif El Islam Kadhafi (see box opposite). (...)   [535 words]   [$11,2]
TUNISIA
Peugeot a Prize for Two Sons in Law
Mehdi Ben Gaied has made a stunning debut in the tiny circle of businessmen close to the Carthage Palace. (...)

OCP Could Prove a Thorn in BHP’s Side
   The affair could take on a new dimension if BHP Billiton succeeds in its huge and hostile USD 39 billion takeover bid for Canada’s Potash Corp.  (...)  [206 words]   [$7]
France Telecom on Vivendi's Turf ?
   Will France Telecom finally succeed in setting up shop in Morocco? After casting lustful eyes at Algerie Telecom when its privatization was being considered France Telecom has turned  (...)  [195 words]   [$7]
RAMSA (Regie Autonome Multi-Services d'Agadir), has just issued two calls for bids for the construction  (...)  [99 words]   [$2,1]
Leal Santos Company, a Brazilian company controlled by the Spanish concern Actemsa and Jealsa Rianxeira,  (...)  [49 words]   [$2,1]
USTDA (United States Trade Development Agency) plans to call on an American consultancy to assist Morocco's  (...)  [65 words]   [$2,1]

Sonatrach May Drop Methanol Option
   Will Algeria’s Sonatrach have to pick and choose between its petrochemical projects? When he met with energy minister Youcef Yousfi on Aug.  (...)  [180 words]   [$7]
El Fell Under Hammer in Hammamet
   With several hotel groups under siege by their creditors (MC 905/914 ), a key auction is to take place before a court in Grombalia on Sept.  (...)  [219 words]   [$7]
Maille Club plans to set up a shop in the “holiday village” that Sakher el Materi is currently building  (...)  [126 words]   [$2,1]
Abdelmajid Ben Ismail  -  A Sahel-born businessman, Abdelmajid Ben Ismail, is forever  (...)  [78 words]   [$2,1]
Slim Zarrouk  -  The summer season decidedly shines on the sons-in-law of president  (...)  [86 words]   [$2,1]

BG Says It Plans to Bail Out
   Libya’s “gas revolution” may, or may not, take place (MC 934 ). Whatever the case, however, it will be without BG Group which is packing up its bags to leave.  (...)  [229 words]   [$7]
Strabag, an Austrian building company, has won a USD 133 million contract to upgrade the motorway between  (...)  [104 words]   [$2,1]
Saadi Kadhafi  -  Lieutenant-colonel Saadi Kadhafi, who has been known to kick  (...)  [111 words]   [$2,1]

Anne-Marie Idrac  -  The staff of France's junior minister for foreign trade, Anne-Marie  (...)  [132 words]   [$2,1]

HEADQUARTERS OF ASSABAH, CASABLANCA
Sorcery Claim at Eco Medias
   Summer was particularly torrid in the newsrooms of Eco Medias, publisher of the dailies L’Economiste and Assabah.  (...)  [222 words]   [$7]
ARABIC FIELD SCHOOL, TUNIS
School for U.S. Diplomats Closing Down
   Arabic speakers at the State Department are up in arms. The Arabic Language Institute, also known as the Arabic Field School, where many of them learned the language, is reportedly about to close its doors.  (...)  [176 words]   [$7]
STATE DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON
Forging New U.S.-North Africa Contacts
   The U.S. State Department wants to foster strong ties between businessmen and influential figures in the U.S., Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and Libya.  (...)  [139 words]   [$7]
TUNISIA
 Kamel Ayadi
The Tunisian branch of Global Infrastructure Anti-Corruption Center (GIACC) has begun to discreetly  (...)  [119 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/ALGERIA
 Rolande Ruellan
Has the president of the sixth chamber of France's Audits Court, Rolande Ruellan, kicked a hornets nest  (...)  [104 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
 Tarek Ben Ammar
A day after meeting with Tunisian president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali, the film producer Tarek Ben Ammar  (...)  [136 words]   [$2,1]


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