N°1019 - Paris, 24/05/2012
Gaelle Arenson
LIBYA Editor in Chief
Hiring season for corporate lawyers
The race is on in London, New York, Dubai and Paris to hire a new generation of Libyan lawyers trained abroad but registered with the Tripoli bar. In recruiting these potential legal eagles - all close to Libya’s new government - international corporate law groups hope to take part in recovering Libya’s frozen assets. (...)   [550 words]   [$11,2]
TUNISIA
Paris & Berlin in clash on debt
Germany’s write-off of Tunisia’s debt to Berlin has sparked a mini crisis with Paris. Ever since Germany’s ambassador to Tunis, Horst-Wolfram Keril, announced in January that Berlin (...)

IBM encroaches on McKinsey territory
   Under cover of putting up loans to help finance Moroccan infrastructure projects, IBM is attempting to position itself as an indispensable adviser to the Moroccan government.  (...)  [213 words]   [$7]
Lefevre Pelletier & Associes (LPA) advised the African Development Bank (ADB) on finalizing a funding  (...)  [76 words]   [$2,1]
XCOM, a French event organizer run by Sylvie Reforzo, will stage the first Moroccan e-commerce fair  (...)  [67 words]   [$2,1]

Scrap iron glut for lack of steelworks
   Algeria’s three public scrap iron companies, Entreprise de Recuperation de Centre (ERC), Entreprise de Recuperation de l’Est (ERA) and Entreprise de Recuperation de l’Ouest (ERO) and  (...)  [143 words]   [$7]
Zara, a brand that belongs to the Spanish clothing giant Inditex, is making a new stab at operating  (...)  [87 words]   [$2,1]
Grumbling at REAGE
Members of the REAGE network, the leading mouthpiece of Algerians  (...)  [111 words]   [$2,1]

A boss to find a suitor for Zitouna
   The Tunisian government has switched strategy in its handling on the issue of Zitouna bank, an Islamic establishment seized from Sakher El Materi, son-in-law of former president Zine  (...)  [180 words]   [$7]
Charfeddine spreads his wings
Initially specializing in pharmaceuticals, businessman Ridha  (...)  [95 words]   [$2,1]
Everything’s a family business for Fethi Mzabi
While Fethi Mzabi holds shares along with his brothers Moncef  (...)  [96 words]   [$2,1]

New chief for Price Stability Fund
   A lot of instability seems to be sweeping through Libya’s Price Stability Fund. Two weeks ago a dozen of its employees - including the commercial director- were kidnapped by militias  (...)  [193 words]   [$7]
Government cracks down on media
   The president of the National Transition Council (NTC), Mustapha Abdeljalil, has taken the media firmly in hand with a view to controlling it after the June 19 elections.  (...)  [213 words]   [$7]
Deloitte is pressing ahead with its offensive in Libya. The auditing and consultancy firm, which recently  (...)  [116 words]   [$2,1]
An up and down week for Bey
Boss of Libya's biggest private company (HB Group), Husni Bey  (...)  [95 words]   [$2,1]

French Defense Ministry has issued a call for bids to set up "a North African Observatory (Morocco,  (...)  [69 words]   [$2,1]

INTERIOR MINISTRY, TUNIS
Abid seeks arrangement with Islamists
   A long-standing key figure in Tunisia’s interior ministry and boss of its National Security Department for the past year, Nabil Abid has been multiplying his contacts with the Islamic Ennahda party.  (...)  [166 words]   [$7]
NTC HEADQUARTERS, TRIPOLI
How Tunis “sold” Mahmoudi
   Tunisia’s extradition of Baghdadi Mahmoudi, the last prime minister of the Gaddafi era, to Tripoli is expected to take place after Libya’s elections on June 19.  (...)  [170 words]   [$7]
AVENUE DE SEGUR, PARIS
UPM mission quits palatial quarters
   Housed since it was set up in the magnificent Marigny mansion beside the Elysee Palace, the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM) unit moved into its new offices on the Avenue de Segur on May 21.  (...)  [168 words]   [$7]
LIBYA
 Toureg representative quits NTC
The leading spokesman for Touregs on Libya's National Transition Council (NTC), Moussa al Kouni has  (...)  [106 words]   [$2,1]
LIBYA
 Belhaj keeps military uniform under civil garb
Although he has officially quit as chief of Tripoli's military council to found his political party,  (...)  [133 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE
 Arabic speaker named chief of staff to Fabius
Diplomat Denis Pietton has been appointed chief of staff to France’s new foreign minister, Laurent  (...)  [101 words]   [$2,1]



top of the page |  Last edition  |  French edition  |  My Account  |  Subscribe  |  Terms and Conditions  |  FAQ  |  Contacts  |  Legal Notices  | top of the page

Africa Intelligence | West Africa Newsletter | The Indian Ocean Newsletter | Maghreb Confidential |
Africa Energy Intelligence | Africa Mining Intelligence | Top African Leaders |
Africa Business Intelligence | African Government & Political News | Intelligence Online