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Archive n° 935 - 07/22/2010

Gaelle Arenson

TUNISIA

Editor in Chief

Carthage Douses Gafsa Riots with Phosphate

Can phosphoric acid dissolve an unemployment problem? The Carthage Palace certainly seems to think so. To battle against joblessness that regularly triggers riots in the mining region of Gafsa, the state-owned Groupe Chimique Tunisien (GCT) has decided to set up a major phosphoric and sulphuric acid production unit at M’dhilla in the Gafsa region. (...) [539 words] [$9.5]

TUNISIA

Mourad Trabelsi a Would-Be Tycoon?

Far more discreet than other members of the Trabelsi clan, Mohamed Mourad Trabelsi clearly sees himself as a potential magnate like his brother, Belhassen (Karthago group) and his (...)

U.S. Fishermen Re-Locate to Dakhla?

Fishing companies in Louisiana that have been laid low by the BP oil spill are only too welcome to shift their operations to Morocco. (...) [220 words] [$5.4]

Yassir Zenagui - Moroccan tourism minister Yassir Zenagui may have gotten a little (...) [86 words] [$1.8]

Ouyahia’s Policy on Public Contracts

New legislation on government contracts adopted on July 11, and which now needs only to be endorsed by president Abdelaziz Bouteflika by decree at the end of the month, is pretty well (...) [199 words] [$5.4]

U.S. Firms Plan September Onslaught

While business dealings between France and Algeria remain limited, American corporate leaders are plotting a major offensive for late September. (...) [192 words] [$5.4]

Algerie Telecom is seeking out French equipment manufacturers. The state-owned Algerian operator is (...) [68 words] [$1.8]

Imed Trabelsi Shakes up Bricorama

There has been a major executive shake-up at Bricorama, the do-it-yourself department store inaugurated with considerable fanfare in Tunis in late 2008 by Imed Trabelsi, nephew of (...) [211 words] [$5.4]

Titagarh , an Indian manufacturer of freight cars, bridges and mining equipment, is thinking of open (...) [84 words] [$1.8]

Princess El Materi Holding , a company owned by Sakher El Materi, the increasingly prominent son in (...) [111 words] [$1.8]

Preferred Hotel Group , an American luxury hotel chain, will shortly set up shop in Tunisia. (...) [50 words] [$1.8]

Didier Georget - A specialist in automatism and industrial robotics, Gape-Cemes, (...) [53 words] [$1.8]

Hatem Chaabouni - Like other businessmen from Sfax, Hatem Chaabouni has gained (...) [119 words] [$1.8]

Laurent Auzel - Ingerop is revamping its business in Tunisia. The French engineering (...) [89 words] [$1.8]

A Skyscraper for Aicha Kadhafi

Aicha Kadhafi, the rising star among the children of Libya’s leader, is a lawyer by training who has cultivated her connections to the point of being named “goodwill ambassador” of (...) [195 words] [$5.4]

Hyundai Engineering and Construction has just been awarded a USD 1. (...) [51 words] [$1.8]

Theo de Jager - A project by Theo de Jager, vice president of AgriSA, to have (...) [107 words] [$1.8]

TUNISIAN EMBASSY, DOHA

Kedidi Tipped as Envoy to Qatar

Tunisian president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali is looking for a new ambassador to Doha to complete the job of repairing his relations with Qatar leader Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani. (...) [185 words] [$5.4]

JUSTICE MINISTRY, ALGIERS

Another Round Fired at Tlemcen Clan

Will justice minister Tayeb Belaiz still be holding his job in September? Belaiz is adamant that revelations in the press about his son’s alleged implication in a cocaine trafficking case are meant to destabilize him. (...) [174 words] [$5.4]

MAGHREB CENTER, WASHINGTON

Belrhiti Broke Maghreb Center Link

The Maghreb Center appears uncomfortable about our revelations concerning the lobbying career of one of its former members, Talal Belrhiti that appeared in our previous issue . (...) [191 words] [$5.4]

MOROCCO
Ibrahim Essamlali
The presidents of different Moroccan bars were in Beirut on July 13 to attend a meeting of the Arab (...) [83 words] [$1.8]

ALGERIA
Francois Belorgey
Films can no longer be screened in Algeria without the approval of the culture ministry. (...) [119 words] [$1.8]

ALGERIA
Beatrice Khadige
The head of the Algiers bureau of Agence France Presse (AFP), Pierre-Yves Julien, will shortly quit (...) [85 words] [$1.8]

UNITED STATES
Frank Lautenberg
The U.S. Democrat senators Frank Lautenberg, Robert Menendez, Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer (...) [70 words] [$1.8]

Washington/Algiers

Charles Edward Kiamie , external affairs director of the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI which is linked to the State Department), will be in Algiers between July 28-30 to meet with Algerian officials. (...) [69 words] [$1.8]

Rome/Algiers

Silvio Berlusconi will travel to Algiers this autumn for what could be called an exercise in “helicopter diplomacy. (...) [76 words] [$1.8]

Beijing/Algiers

Dai Bingguo , China’s national security adviser and a key figure in Hu Jintao’s government, will be in Algiers until July 22. (...) [76 words] [$1.8]

Archive n° 935 - 07/22/2010

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