MAGHREB CONFIDENTIAL n° 605 - 05/06/2003

NULL Politics the Key to Bank Maneuvers The all-powerful spokesman for Tunisian president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali, Abdelwahab Abdallah, was all smiles when he turned up as guest of honor of sorts at a gathering in Paris on June 3 to mark the 15th anniversary of Image 7, a communications company run by Anne Meaux. (...). [Total : 326 Words]. (4,7USD) 3

MOROCCO MOURAD BELMAACHI Having lost his bid for the presidency of the Moroccan employers association Confederation Generale des Employeurs Marocains (CGEM) in 2000, Mourad Belmaachi intends to run again for this year's election on June 20. (...). [Total : 84 mots]. (1,5USD) EGYPT/LIBYA AHMED KADDAFEDAM The cousin of Muammer Kadhafi who oversees Franco-Libyan relations, Ahmed Kaddafedam, has been requisitioned to serve on another diplomatic front: (...). [Total : 79 mots]. (1,5USD) MOROCCO/PORTUGAL TAYEB RHAFES Morocco's fisheries minister, Tayeb Rhafes, met with his Portuguese counterpart, Armondo Sevinate Pinto in Rabat last week. (...). [Total : 67 mots]. (1,5USD) MOROCCO DRISS BENCHEIKH After long weeks of negotiations, Driss Bencheikh, head of the Casablanca Stock Exchange, has refused to quit his post to take over as boss of CIMR, the Caisse Interprofessionnelle Marocaine de Retraite. (...). [Total : 61 mots]. (1,5USD) FRANCE/MOROCCO BERNARD GIULIERI France's consul in Marrakech, Marc Janet, has gone into retirement and been succeeded by Bernard Giulieri, a senior aide at the French foreign ministry. (...). [Total : 45 mots]. (FREE!)