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MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1004 - 02/02/2012
TUNISIA/UNITED STATES
Inger Andersen
Inger Andersen, vice-president of the World Bank, is due to visit Tunis February 10-11. (...)  [66 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1004 - 02/02/2012
LIBYA/UNITED KINGDOM
Faouzi Abdelali
Faouzi Abdelali will make his first foreign trip as Libya’s new interior minister to London. (...)  [84 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1003 - 26/01/2012
LIBYA/UNITED STATES
John Christopher Stevens
John Christopher Stevens is Washington’s new ambassador to Libya. It was he who established the first contacts with the insurgency at the start of the anti-Gaddafi insurrection, a contact that enabled Washington to keep tabs on different stages in the regime’s fall. (...)  [72 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1002 - 19/01/2012
ETHIOPIA
Abdel Rahim Al Keeb
Abdel Rahim Al Keeb, Libya's new prime minister, will travel to Addis Ababa on Jan. (...)  [80 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1002 - 19/01/2012
LIBYA/DENMARK
Villy Sovndal
Villy Sovndal, the Danish foreign minister, will shortly organize a visit to Libya after his decision to open a representation office in Tripoli this year. (...)  [66 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1001 - 12/01/2012
TUNISIA/UNITED STATES
Ahmed Masoon
Ahmed Masoon, the International Monetary Fund’s director for the Middle East and Central Asia, Ahmed Masoon, has been in Tunis since Jan. (...)  [83 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1000 - 05/01/2012
LIBYA/ITALY
Mario Monti
Mario Monti, Italy's new prime minister, will head a delegation to Libya on Jan. (...)  [77 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1000 - 05/01/2012
LIBYA/UNITED STATES
Joe Liberman
Joe Liberman has promised to ask that a list of Tunisian Islamists - and others as well - banned from entering the U. (...)  [80 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°999 - 22/12/2011
LIBYA/UNITED STATES
Adam Hock
Adam Hock, who runs a number of American consulting concerns (Alliance Strategies, Larad International, etc) has founded the US Libya Chamber of Commerce (USLCC) and named himself president. (...)  [68 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°998 - 15/12/2011
MOROCCO
Yanick Paternotte
Yanick Paternotte, a legislator from the center-right UMP party, took over from Jean Roatta as president of the France-Morocco Friendship Group in Parliament on Dec. (...)  [70 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°998 - 15/12/2011
LIBYA
Pierre Lellouche
Pierre Lellouche, France’s junior minister for foreign trade, is trying to squeeze in a trip to Libya before Dec. (...)  [84 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°997 - 08/12/2011
LIBYA/POLAND
Mustapha Abdeljalil
Mustapha Abdeljalil, chairman of Libya's National Transition Council (NTC) will be the guest star of a European development conference staged by the European Union in Warsaw on Dec. (...)  [84 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°996 - 01/12/2011
LIBYA/UNITED STATES
Matthew Epperly
Matthew Epperly has been retained to burnish the image of “new Libya,” in Washington. (...)  [81 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°996 - 01/12/2011
TUNISIA/FRANCE
Edouard Guillaud
Edouard Guillaud, the French armed forces chief of staff, was in Tunis on Nov. (...)  [78 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°995 - 24/11/2011
FRANCE/LIBYA
Pierre Seillan
Pierre Seillan, the number two man at the French embassy in Tripoli who is leaving his post (MC 990), may have sent a signal of sorts to the new Libyan authorities in an interview published on Nov. (...)  [85 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°994 - 17/11/2011
LIBYA/FRANCE
Abuhamoud Al-Shiabani
Abuhamoud Al-Shiabani has been approved by France as Libya’s new ambassador to the country. (...)  [79 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°994 - 17/11/2011
TUNISIA/UNITED STATES
Amel Bouchamaoui
Amel Bouchamaoui, chairwoman of the Tunisian American Chamber of Commerce (TACC) is more than ever a force to be reckoned with in Tunisian-American relations. (...)  [71 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°993 - 10/11/2011
LIBYA/UNITED KINGDOM
Mark Prisk
Mark Prisk, Britain's state secretary for business and enterprises, will head a "civil security" mission to Libya in February or March, at the latest. (...)  [81 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°992 - 03/11/2011
LIBYA/RUSSIA
Sergei Lavrov
Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, wants to ensure that Russian companies get off to the right in the new Libya. (...)  [74 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°992 - 03/11/2011
ALGERIA/FRANCE
Cherif Rahmani
Cherif Rahmani, the Algerian tourism minister, will take part in a colloquium on “Algeria and France in the 21st century” at France’s National Assembly on December 17. (...)  [71 words]   [$2,1]
 
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1004 - 02/02/2012
GABON/MOROCCO
Ali Bongo
Ali Bongo is determined to play Sherpa to Moroccan king Mohamed VI in the labyrinth of the United Nations. (...)  [80 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1003 - 26/01/2012
TUNISIA/SWITZERLAND
Rached Ghannouchi
Rached Ghannouchi, head of Tunisia’s moderate Islamic movement Ennahda but who occupies no official function, will speak before no less than three panels at the Davos Forum between Jan. (...)  [67 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1003 - 26/01/2012
NORTH AFRICA/ITALY
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]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1002 - 19/01/2012
MOROCCO/SENEGAL
Saad Eddine El Othmani
Saad Eddine El Othmani, Morocco's new foreign minister (see here) plans to visit Senegal and Mali. (...)  [68 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1001 - 12/01/2012
TUNISIA/ITALY
Rafik Abdessalem
Rafik Abdessalem, Tunisian foreign minister, will join forces in Naples with his Italian counterpart Giulio Terzi, on Feb. (...)  [85 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1001 - 12/01/2012
ALGERIA/FRANCE
Jeannette Bougrab
Jeannette Bougrab is clearly in favor with the Algerian authorities. (...)  [74 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°1000 - 05/01/2012
LIBYA/TUNISIA
Moncef Marzouki
Moncef Marzouki, Tunisia's president, was disappointed with the results of his visit to Tripoli and Misrata last week. (...)  [85 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°999 - 22/12/2011
FRANCE/TUNISIA
Emma Ben Jemaa
Emma Ben Jemaa, one of the star bloggers of Tunisia's revolution, is expected to take part in one of the roundtables of "Nouveau Monde" seminar being staged by French industry minister Eric Besson in Paris on Jan. (...)  [71 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°999 - 22/12/2011
TUNISIA/UNITED KINGDOM
Jan Fischer
Jan Fischer, vice president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, will be the fist official from the establishment to visit Tunis in late January. (...)  [70 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°998 - 15/12/2011
MOROCCO
Omar Louzi
Omar Louzi, a Moroccan militant of the Amizigh cause, has founded a “Moroccan support committee” for Eva Joly, the Green Party’s candidate in the French presidential election. (...)  [80 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°997 - 08/12/2011
MOROCCO/LIBYA
Khouildi Hamidi
Khouildi Hamidi, former intelligence coordinator for Muammar Gaddafi, and his son Khaled,as well as several of his associates, have been granted the right to reside in Morocco, to the displeasure of Libya’s National Transition Council (NTC). (...)  [74 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°997 - 08/12/2011
LIBYA/LUXEMBOURG
Philippe de Fontaine Vive
Philippe de Fontaine Vive, vice president of the European Investment Bank (EIB), will be in Tunisia on Dec. (...)  [81 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°996 - 01/12/2011
LIBYA/EGYPT
Ali Issaoui
Ali Issaoui, who was previously in charge of foreign affairs on the National Transition Council (NTC), is now accusing Mustapha Abdeljalil of involvement in the murder of Abdel Fattah Younes, former military chief of the insurgency. (...)  [81 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°995 - 24/11/2011
ALGERIA/FRANCE
Mourad Medelci
Mourad Medelci, Algeria's foreign minister, will be heard before the French parliament's foreign affairs committee chaired by Axel Poniatowski in Paris on Dec. (...)  [70 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°995 - 24/11/2011
NORTH AFRICA/FRANCE
Jean-Marc Gadoullet
Jean-Marc Gadoullet, nicknamed "the engineer," has been acting as middleman in negotiations with Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (QQIM) for the release of exmployes of Areva kidnapped in Niger in September, 2010, according to our sources. (...)  [84 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°994 - 17/11/2011
ALGERIA/FRANCE
Noel Mamere
Noel Mamere,Anny Poursinoff, Yves Cochet and Francois de Rugy, legislators from the Europe Ecologie-Les Verts party, submitted a draft bill to parliament aimed at “recognizing France’s responsibility in the October 17, 1961 massacre” that stemmed from a peaceful march organized by Algeria’s FLN. (...)  [75 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°993 - 10/11/2011
FRANCE/LIBYA
Pierre Lellouche
Pierre Lellouche, France's junior minister for foreign trade, has put back a trip he had planned to Libya in mid-November because he wants to wait until the new prime minister, Abder Rahim El Keeb, names a government. (...)  [86 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°993 - 10/11/2011
TUNISIA/FRANCE
Renaud Muselier
Renaud Muselier, a legislator from southern France and head of the cultural committee of the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM), will play host to a seminar on “Mediterranean humour” at the Marigny hotel in Paris on Nov. (...)  [77 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°992 - 03/11/2011
ALGERIA/UNITED STATES
Yacine Rahmoune
Yacine Rahmoune, co-founder of the Algerian Startup Initiative (ASI), is working with the U. (...)  [84 words]   [$2,1]
MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n°991 - 27/10/2011
ALGERIA/FRANCE
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Abdelaziz Bouteflika spent a few discreet days in Paris between the end of September and early October to undergo a series of medical examinations after a sudden deterioration in his health, according to Maghreb Confidential’s sources. (...)  [80 words]   [$2,1]

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