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Gaelle Arenson
MOROCCO Editor in Chief
Bakkoury’s Moment of Doubt on Ouarzazate
The Agence Solaire Marocaine (MASEN) seems to be a little overwhelmed by the industry’s enthusiasm for its project to build a giant, 500 MW solar power plant at Ouarzazate. The scheme, which Mohamed VI and his personal private secretary Mounir Majidi are closely monitoring, will be the first in Morocco’s projected USD 9 billion investment program and propel the kingdom into the era of green electricity. (...)   [522 words]   [$11,2]
TUNISIA
Tunisia Telecom Pre-IPO Tour
Maghreb Confidential understands the chief executive of Tunisie Telecom (TT), Montassar Oualilli, is to head a road show in late January that will take him to Paris, London, Dubai (...)

Shale Gas: Looking at U.S. Experience
   Morocco is pinning its hopes on the country’s reserves of shale gas helping it to reduce imports of oil products in the medium-term.  (...)  [219 words]   [$7]
Charai Mulls Foreign Policy Challenge
   Will the American magazine Foreign Policy have better luck in Morocco than in France? According to our sources, Ahmed Charai, boss of the Maroc Telematique media group (L’Observateur  (...)  [201 words]   [$7]
GTZ, the German overseas development agency, is backing the offensive of German companies in solar energy  (...)  [93 words]   [$2,1]

Cegelec & GE Bid for Sonelgaz Plants
   Riding on the recent success of its first project for a wind farm in Algeria, France’s Cegelec is making the final preparations for its bid for six new power stations that Sonelgaz  (...)  [175 words]   [$7]
Fresh Push for African Space Ties
   Allies on the diplomatic front ever since Thabo Mbeki decided to recognize Polisario, to the great displeasure of Morocco, South Africa and Algeria are now building up their cooperation  (...)  [211 words]   [$7]
Jeannot Krecke  -  Luxembourg's economy and foreign trade minister, Jeannot Krecke,  (...)  [103 words]   [$2,1]

Poulina Group Holding (PGH), the Tunisian food and drink giant headed by Abdelwaheb Ben Ayed, has acquired  (...)  [165 words]   [$2,1]
Icona Italcontract, an Italian company that specializes in fitting out hotels, restaurants and other  (...)  [55 words]   [$2,1]
Jilani Benmbarek  -  It's unusual for someone starting out in the aeronautics field  (...)  [109 words]   [$2,1]
Hajer Mami  -  Widow of Abdallah Mami, a force in Tunisian handball, Hamer  (...)  [52 words]   [$2,1]

Tripoli Just Can’t Resist Banks
   Caught out this summer for acquiring too large a stake in Italy’s Unicredit, the Libyan government, which is awash in cash, is still very much on a spending spree.  (...)  [162 words]   [$7]
Bouchamaoui is preparing to return to Libya's construction sector in a big way.  (...)  [101 words]   [$2,1]
Philippe Pallier  -  The French nuclear energy lobby is champing at the bit.  (...)  [123 words]   [$2,1]

DEFENSE MINISTRY, TUNIS
Promotion in Offing for Army's Top Spy
   Could Ahmed Chebir, who was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in June and serves as boss of the military intelligence agency Direction Generale du Renseignement Militaire (DGRM), soon replace general Rachid Ammar as army chief of staff and indeed head of the armed forces?  (...)  [154 words]   [$7]
HEADQUARTERS OF MOULAY HICHAM FOUNDATION, LIECHTENSTEIN
A New Pulpit for Moulay Hicham
   The dissident cousin of Mohamed VI, the “red prince” Moulay Hicham has just created the Fondation Moulay Hicham pour la Recherche en Sciences Sociales sur l’Afrique du Nord et le Moyen Orient, with its headquarters at Vaduz in Liechtenstein.  (...)  [165 words]   [$7]
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, STRASBOURG
MPs’ Misgivings over EU-Libya Pact
   European lawmakers seem determined to have their say in relations between Tripoli and Brussels. On Dec. 6, the European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee put the final touches to a recommendation to the European Council, with Ana Gomes, a Portuguese Socialist, steering deliberations.  (...)  [179 words]   [$7]
TUNISIA
 Sabri Brahem
Kicked out as chief editor of the Arabic-language daily Assabah, Sabri Brahem, appears to have drawn  (...)  [109 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
 Rachid Khechana
Editor in chief of the opposition newspaper el Mawfik (mouthpiece of the Parti Democratique Progressiste),  (...)  [54 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/LIBYA
 Nuri Mesmari
The Nuri Mesmari saga continues. Muammer Kadhafi’s former chief of protocol, who had been in custody  (...)  [108 words]   [$2,1]
LIBYA
 Mahmoudi Baghdadi
How to reduce Libya's huge army of civil servants. who number nearly a million?  (...)  [81 words]   [$2,1]


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