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	Maghreb Confidential /Latest Issue

N°843

Paris, 24/07/2008

Next issue on August 28

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Gaelle Arenson

ALGERIA

Editor in Chief

Emirates Enthusiasm for Algeria Begins to Wane

The Arab country that Abdelaziz Bouteflika has visited the most since becoming president - he has dropped in three times and spent years in exile there following the death of Houari Boumedienne - the United Arab Emirates says it is “disappointed” regarding its “partnership” with Algeria. (...) [335 words] [$4,7]

RISKS

Algeria Clamps Down on Media

The French-German television channel Arte was refused a visa to cover Angela Merkel’s visit to Algeria. The authorities offered no reason for the veto.

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Cold Shoulder for Germans on Frigates

Germany engaged in intense consultations and prepared a “highly competitive” offer for a contract from Algeria for frigates that Berlin hoped to sign during Angela Merkel ’s visit to the country last week. (...) [95 words] [$1,5]

Sonelgaz Sets Up on Spanish Market

Algeria's state-owned power utility Sonelgaz is scheduled to shortly set up a company to market electricity in Spain. (...) [124 words] [$1,5]

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Who Will be Mediterranean Union’s First President?

According to our sources, one of the reasons behind the cancellation of king Mohammed VI ’s visit to the inauguration of the Union for the Mediterranean in Paris was the question of the organization’s future secretary. (...) [102 words] [$1,5]

Fresh Changes at the Top at ONA

The streamlining of ONA ’s management team is continuing following the departure of Saad Bendidi a few months ago in the wake of poor results by its affiliate Wana . (...) [142 words] [$1,5]

Italians to Rival Sonasid

The main player in Morocco's steel industry, Sonasid , will soon have to contend with rivals on its market. (...) [109 words] [$1,5]

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Loukil in Oil Play...

The Loukil group has just bought the Industrial and Petroleum Engineering Contrating concern, a firm specializing in oil services. (...) [92 words] [$1,5]

... And Djilani inTextiles

The group chaired by Hedi Dilani , head of the Tunisian employers federation ( Union Tunisienne de l’Industrie, du Commerce et de l’Artisanat ) has just acquired the share of the Libyan Arab Foreign Investment Company (LAFICO) in the textiles group Confection Ras Jebel (CRJ). (...) [64 words] [$1,5]

El Matera’s Islamic Television Channel

The son in law of president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali , Sakhr El Materi , is poised to inaugurate a private television channel. (...) [60 words] [$1,5]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	LIBYA
	Barwa Real Estate
	Barwa Real Estate (Qatar) is to build a real estate complex in Libya that will consist of houses, offices and a four star hotel on a 3,000 sq. (...) [31 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	Inteko
	Inteko (Russia), the property group of Elena Baturina, wife of Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, is to invest nearly € 500 million in a holiday complex in Morocco. (...) [27 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	Merke
	Merke (Spain) plans to build nearly 300 low-cost housing units in the Sidi Abdelkrim region in Morocco for DH 287 million. (...) [21 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Thales
	Thales (France) and its partners Vossioh-Cogifer and CSEE Alger have won a contract worth € 268. (...) [30 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Nortel
	Nortel (Canada) has been contracted by Algeria’s Agence National d’Etudes et de Suivi de la Realisation des Investissements Ferrovaires (ANESRIF) to supply wireless communication systems for two new railway lines. (...) [31 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	TAV Havalimanlari Holding
	TAV Havalimanlari Holding (Turkey), which operates the concession for Enfidha and Monastir airports in Tunisia, has launched a catering service through its affiliate BTA Catering Services . (...) [39 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	Constructa
	Constructa, a French real estate group, is studying ways of setting up operations in Morocco. (...) [15 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Boche
	Boche (France) is to supply 30,000 pairs of Ranger boots for the Algerian civil protection service. (...) [27 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	Globainet
	Globainet (Tunisia), an Internet operator headed by Ali Nasr Chakroun , has just set up a new company to manufacture water heaters and equipment to store energy. (...) [27 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	MOROCCO
	Abdelillah Benkirane
	The sixth national congress of the Party for Justice and Development (PJD, Islamic) was held in Rabat on July 19-20 and resulted in the election of Abdelillah Benkirane as its secretary general. (...) [113 words] [$1,5]


	TUNISIA
	Abdelwaheb Ben Ayed
	The Poulina group is now back in favor with president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali . (...) [121 words] [$1,5]


	LIBYA
	Aicha Kadhafi
	The only daughter of Muammar Kadhafi , Aicha Kadhafi , was the first to sound off against Switzerland following the arrest of her brother Hannibal and his girlfriend last week in a hotel in Geneva (MCE N°842). (...) [96 words] [$1,5]