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4056 articles since 1992

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02/02/2012

MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1004

POWER BROKERS

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] [€8]

02/02/2012

MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1004

BUSINESS CIRCLES

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] [€5]

02/02/2012

MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1004

COMPANIES

EIB

EIB, the European Investment Bank, seems particularly well-disposed towards Morocco’s royal palace these days. (...) [147 words] [€1,5]

02/02/2012

MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1004

DIPLOMACY

Ali Bongo

Ali Bongo is determined to play Sherpa to Moroccan king Mohamed VI in the labyrinth of the United Nations. (...) [80 words] [€1,5]

26/01/2012

MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1003

BUSINESS CIRCLES

Norwegian NGO targets K&L Gates

After launching a campaign against Innophos which buys phosphates from Western Sahara, the Norwegian NGO Western Sahara Resources Watch (WSRW) is now taking on its lobbyist, K&L Gates LLP. (...) [191 words] [€5]

26/01/2012

MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1003

POLITICAL LEADERSHIP

Stefan Fule

In travelling to Morocco last week, the European commissioner for enlargement and EU neighbourhood policy, Stefan Fule, found himself walking a tight-rope of sorts. (...) [138 words] [€1,5]

26/01/2012

MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1003

POLITICAL LEADERSHIP

Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Regularly taking "refuge" in his beautiful home in Marrakech since the outset of his legal woes in the United States, Dominique Strauss-Kahn will shortly be making his first public appearance in Morocco. (...) [119 words] [€1,5]

26/01/2012

MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1003

COMPANIES

Dana Petroleum

Dana Petroleum is counting on doubling its output to 100,000 barrels per day by 2016 and on spending over GBP3 billion in doing so. (...) [80 words] [€1,5]

26/01/2012

MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1003

DIPLOMACY

Maurizio Massari

Maurizio Massari, Italy's new special envoy to countries in the Mediterranean area and those swept up in the Arab Spring, will assist Italian foreign minister Giulio Terzi in preparing for a 5+5 meeting in Naples on Feb. (...) [69 words] [€1,5]

19/01/2012

MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1002

POWER BROKERS

Fihri's mark still on foreign ministry

Will the lone Islamic figure to be handed a key portfolio in the new Moroccan government, foreign minister Saad Eddine El Othmani, be given free rein by the royal palace?No sooner had El Othmani been named than he sought to display his independence by naming Ali Achour as his chief of staff. (...) [504 words] [€8]

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