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Gaelle Arenson
MOROCCO Editor in Chief
Heads Start Rolling over Laayoune Riots
The events that rocked Western Sahara are obliging Mohamed VI to punish those deemed at fault. The riots were a slap in the king’s face. With Rabat working to justify its sovereignty in the region by promoting growth, 15,000 people had set up a camp at Gdeim Izik to give voice to their social and economic discontent. (...)   [559 words]   [$11,2]
TUNISIA
Ben Bouzid in Top Job at IM Bank
A game of musical chairs is playing out at International Maghreb Merchant Bank (IM Bank), a Tunisian investment establishment co-founded and chaired by French economist Olivier Pa (...)

Bouregreg Valley Goes Own Way
   Lamghari Essakl, boss of the Agence de l’Amenagement de la Vallee du Bouregreg (AAVB), has once again been given free rein to act as he wishes.  (...)  [208 words]   [$7]
Corporacion Mondragon, a Spanish industrial conglomerate, is toying with the idea of building industrial  (...)  [45 words]   [$2,1]
Ali Hassan Rahman  -  A lawyer by training and a former executive of International  (...)  [89 words]   [$2,1]

Raffarin’s Much-Awaited Visit
   As Maghreb Confidentiel went to press, former French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin’s arrival in Algiers on Nov.  (...)  [251 words]   [$7]
Stalemate on Renault Plant Deal
   Jean-Pierre Raffarin is likely to also discuss the case of French car maker Renault in Algiers on Nov.  (...)  [162 words]   [$7]
French Award for Quiet Businessman
   Tunisian industrialist Hedi Beji was made a knight of France’s Legion d’Honneur on Nov. 11. The award was granted by Bernard Kouchner only a few days before he stood down as France’s  (...)  [162 words]   [$7]
Heineken is tightening its supervision of its operations in Tunisia.  (...)  [118 words]   [$2,1]
Alain Cheseaux  -  Headed by managing director Henri Kennedie and board chairman  (...)  [101 words]   [$2,1]
Sakher El Materi  -  All good things come to those who wait is a dictum that Sakher  (...)  [141 words]   [$2,1]
Jean-Claude Terrier  -  President of Marseille Europort and executive director of Marseille  (...)  [82 words]   [$2,1]

More Ukrainian Wheat for Tripoli
   Ever-closer relations between Libya and Ukraine don’t seem to have been thrown off track by a change of government in Kiev.  (...)  [216 words]   [$7]
Ernst & Young is about to sign a USD 57.9 million contract with the Libyan government.  (...)  [73 words]   [$2,1]
Aecom, an American engineering firm, has seen a sharp increase in the amount it will earn from a contract  (...)  [91 words]   [$2,1]
LIA (Libyan Investment Authority), the Libyan sovereign fund managed by Mohamed Layas, doubled the value  (...)  [80 words]   [$2,1]

ROYAL PALACE, RABAT
Laanigri Could Crack Whip in W. Sahara
   Will riots in Laayoune (see Page 1 ) put general Hamidou Laanigri back in business? According to information gleaned by Maghreb Confidential, the former head of Morocco’s police and the security agency Direction de la Surete Nationale (DST), who was named inspector of Forces Auxilliares (FA) in the southern zone a year ago (MC 904 ) was called back urgently to oversee the dismantlement of the camp at Gdeim Izik on Nov.  (...)  [155 words]   [$7]
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, PARIS
Who’ll be Tripoli’s New Mouthpiece?
   Patrick Ollier’s appointment as minister in charge of relations with Parliament in the new French government deprives Tripoli of its best friend in the National Assembly.  (...)  [177 words]   [$7]
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, BRUSSELS
An End to Fishing off Western Sahara?
   Renewing the EU-Moroccan fishing accord that runs out next February could be a stormy affair. NGOs and a number of Euro MPs have joined forces to oppose the current agreement that has been in force since 2008 and allows 130 European trawlers (including 100 from Spain) to fish in Moroccan waters.  (...)  [172 words]   [$7]
LIBYA
 Houda Fethi Ben Amer
Appointed last January, Houda Fethi Ben Amer, secretary of the General People’s Committee for Inspection  (...)  [118 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
 Foued Daghfous
Recently named minister in charge of government property and still an adviser to president Zine el Abedine  (...)  [139 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
 Youcef Yousfi
Algeria's energy minister, Youcef Yousfi, was in Tunis on Nov.  (...)  [122 words]   [$2,1]


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