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Gaelle Arenson
MOROCCO Editor in Chief
CEN-SAD, Rabat’s secret weapon in Sahel
Dormant since the death of its founder and principal supporter Muammar Gaddafi, the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) has attracted the keen interest of Morocco recently. Rabat wants to revive the organisation, established in Tripoli in 1998, and take it in hand in order to counter Algeria’s predominant influence in the troubled region. (...)   [522 words]   [$11,2]
LIBYA
IMF plays it subtle
On a visit to Tripoli at the end of January to carry out one of its Chapter IV audits, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave some precious advice to the new financial authorities (...)

Oil companies focus on Tarfaya
   The region of Tarfaya in the north of Western Sahara has already served up heavy oil, the offshore Cap Juby oil field, discovered by Exxon Mobil.  (...)  [197 words]   [$7]
EIB, the European Investment Bank, seems particularly well-disposed towards Morocco’s royal palace these  (...)  [147 words]   [$2,1]

Canadian manager for Cevital
   Cevital, Algeria’s biggest private group, is to undergo something of a revolution. According to Maghreb Confidential’s sources, Issad Rebrab, Cevital’s founder and chairman of the  (...)  [156 words]   [$7]
Azzedine Fridi  -  The ANESRIF (Agence Nationale d’Etudes et de Suivi de la Réalisation  (...)  [108 words]   [$2,1]

No Marshall Plan in the offing
   Washington does not intend to launch a Marshall Plan for Tunisia, was the message that U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Neal Steven Wolin and U.  (...)  [190 words]   [$7]
Water and gas to quell unrest
   Gafsa and Sidi Bouzid, which were cradles of the uprising that brought President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s reign to an end last year, are receiving special attention from the new  (...)  [208 words]   [$7]
YKH Holding, the Tunisian group headed by Tarek Hamila, is facing the prospect that it might have to  (...)  [133 words]   [$2,1]
Correction: Cérès Editions -  (...)  [90 words]   [$2,1]
Taoufik Boussarsar  -  Appointed minister of tourism at the end of December, Elyes  (...)  [72 words]   [$2,1]

Hong gets foothold in Tripoli
   In the new technology world, everyone wants to befriend Libya. The Korean-origin U.S. businessman Adrian Hong, who heads the discreet strategic advice consultancy Pegasus Strategies,  (...)  [192 words]   [$7]
National Oil Company (NOC) in Libya is planning to reopen its steam cracking unit in Ras Lanuf during  (...)  [54 words]   [$2,1]
Adam Hock  -  On February 22, Adam Hock, the president of the U.S.-Libya Chamber  (...)  [137 words]   [$2,1]

NTC HEADQUARTERS, TRIPOLI
NTC’s “too Qatari” spymaster out
   Barely a week after the appointment of Salem Al Hassi as head of Libya’s new external intelligence service, the National Transitional Council (NCT) has been obliged to replace him.  (...)  [181 words]   [$7]
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, DAVOS
Hamadi Jebali, Swiss rep
   Tunisia’s Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, who arrived at the World Economic Forum in Davos on the evening of January 26 on board a small aircraft provided by Nouvelair, had a long exchange with the U.  (...)  [159 words]   [$7]
LA MARSA, TUNIS
AFL-CIO-UGTT make odd couple
   The American Federation of Labour - Congress of Industrial Organisations (AFL-CIO), the principal workers’ federation in the U.S., has planted a flag in Tunis’ chic suburb of La Marsa, where blue collars are in distinctly short supply.  (...)  [165 words]   [$7]
TUNISIA/LIBYA
 Mondher Rezgui
Tunisian political scientist Mondher Rezgui has a new day job.  (...)  [102 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA/LIBYA
 Aïcha Gaddafi
Muammar Gaddafi’s daughter Aïcha Gaddafi is understood to have left Algeria, according to Maghreb Confidential’s  (...)  [172 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
 Martine Gambard
The secretary of the French foreign ministry in charge of emergency operations inside the French diplomatic  (...)  [58 words]   [$2,1]


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