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N°912 - Paris, 02/04/2010
Gaelle Arenson
TUNISIA Editor in Chief
A “Leila University” Soon to Open Doors?
Is the close-down of the Universite Libre de Tunis on Jan. 25 a prelude to the inauguration of a future Leila Ben Ali university? Since the first private higher education establishment in Tunisia, founded in 1973 by Mohamed Bouebdelli was “suspended” - until 2014 - by the higher education ministry, the wife of president Ben Ali has been pressing ahead with her project of private university at Carthage, according to our sources. (...)   [594 words]  [$9.5]
ALGERIA
“Green” Money for Algeria?
Will the Global Environment Facility’s buckets of money contain some funding for Algeria? A co-financing system that sprang from the Rio convention, and to which 190 countries subscribe, (...)

ONCF Optimistic Despite the Risks
   The current year could prove highly risky for the Moroccan railway company Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF).  (...)  [242 words]  [$5.4]
Osram, a subsidiary of Siemens A.G., is to distribute 20 million energy-saving light bulbs in Moroc  (...)  [82 words]  [$1.8]
Lefevre Pelletier & Associates is assisting the Association des Societes de Gestion et Fonds d'Inve  (...)  [71 words]  [$1.8]

Hached Tipped as New Sonatrach Boss
   The Sonatrach affair is still very much on the boil because one of its former bosses, Hocine Malta, has alerted the secret service, Departement du Renseignement et de la Securite,  (...)  [217 words]  [$5.4]
Linde, a German group specializing in industrial gas, is about to launch construction of a plant fo  (...)  [91 words]  [$1.8]

Tax Cuts for Trabelsi and Miled
   An article in Tunisia’s budget for 2010 undoubtedly warmed the hearts of Belhassen Trabelsi and Aziz Miled.  (...)  [182 words]  [$5.4]
Foothold in France for Somatra-Get
   The long-established Tunisian public construction company Societe Generale d’Entreprises de Materiel et de Travaux (Somatra-Get), headed by Mongi Makni, has landed its first contract  (...)  [169 words]  [$5.4]
Alfieri, an Italian manufacturer of industrial machines to make plastic bottles, has set up a Tunis  (...)  [94 words]  [$1.8]
Dermscan, a specialist in clinical trials of medicine and cosmetics, is setting up shop in Tunisia.  (...)  [56 words]  [$1.8]
Adel Oueslati -  A Tunisian businessman established in France, Adel Oueslati,  (...)  [91 words]  [$1.8]
Moncef Abdelmoula -  Diversification is the latest watchword in the textile industry.  (...)  [105 words]  [$1.8]
Gilles Terrassier -  A former member of France’s horse jumping team and trainer of  (...)  [55 words]  [$1.8]

De Capoa a Pathfinder for Italians
   Italian businessmen are pushing ahead with their charm offensive in Libya. On Jan. 23, 68 Italian firms were in Tripoli to familiarize themselves with Libya’s business environment  (...)  [196 words]  [$5.4]
Saadi Kadhafi -  The football-mad son of Muammer Kadhafi, Saadi, is back in the  (...)  [62 words]  [$1.8]

BAB AZIZIA PALACE, TRIPOLI
Kadhafi Still Calls the Shots
   Although he has asked his son, Saif El Islam, to handle domestic affairs, Muammar Kadhafi finds himself obliged to act as a referee in the match between the country’s “reformists” and “conservatives.  (...)  [150 words]  [$5.4]
CARTHAGE PALACE, TUNIS
Ben Ali in Security Shake-Up
   Between a surprising speech calling on journalists to stop censuring themselves and a visit by a senior UN human rights aide, president Ben Ali discreetly propelled newcomers into the highest echelons of his security system.  (...)  [179 words]  [$5.4]
FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY, PARIS
Paris between Algiers, Mali and AQIM
   A whistle-stop visit to Bamako in Mali on Feb. 1 by French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner underscored the difficulty of Western countries in trying to oversee the anti-terrorism fight in the region without taking local struggles for influence into account.  (...)  [199 words]  [$5.4]
FRANCE/MOROCCO
 Anne-Marie Idrac
France’s junior minister in charge of foreign trade, Anne-Marie Idrac, is planning a trip to Morocco,  (...)  [83 words]  [$1.8]
TUNISIA
 Mohamed Ben Ezzeddine
Former chief executive of the Tunis Afrique Press (TAP) news agency and ex director of the pro-government  (...)  [144 words]  [$1.8]
MOROCCO
 Tariq Kabbage
Relations are increasingly frosty between the mayor of Agadir, Tariq Kabbage (USFP) and Rachid Filali,  (...)  [105 words]  [$1.8]



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