If the new government of Ali Laarayedh adopts the same position regarding the management of companies seized from the Ben Ali-Trabelsi clan, the fight to control them won’t subside. A few changes can be expected, however.
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A raft of high-profile politicians will be accompanying François Hollande when the French president pays a state visit to Morocco [...]
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Long confined to the realm of possibilities, the extraction of shale gas at Tarfaya on the border with Western Sahara [...]
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The breakup of ST-Ericsson, a joint venture between the Franco-Italian group STMicroelectronics and Sweden’s Ericsson that had manufactured chips for [...]
The rift between the French shipping line CMA CGM and its former representative in Algeria, Lazhar Hani, has ended up [...]
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Highly prominent since the Ennahda-led coalition came to power, Saudi businessman Salah Kamel has no compunction about recruiting executives closely [...]
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Maghreb Confidential understands the European aeronautics and defence group EADS has positioned its helicopter subsidiary Eurocopter on Libya's promising market [...]
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Libyan health minister Nurideen Abdulhamid Dagman has given a green light to his department to start buying goods again. A [...]
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The Moslem Brotherhood in Misrata remains up in arms against Ali Zeidan's government. While continuing to press the General National [...]
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Confusion reigns over how to deal with unrest that has jolted southern Algeria over the past weeks. According to our [...]
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Cordially disliked by his cabinet colleagues (MC 1046), economic affairs minister Ridha Saidi owes his survival in the government of [...]
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Pascal Canfin, France’s overseas development minister, was due to visit [...]
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Ali Aujali, Libya's ambassador to United States, has resigned. He [...]
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Herve Morin, France's defence minister under Nicolas Sarkozy between 2007-2010 [...]
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Babcock International, a leading sub-contractor to the British armed forces [...]
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STAT (Societe Tunisienne d'Assurance Takaful), which will shortly be launched [...]
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Cteq, an English company that supplies and manages hospitals, recently [...]
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CTCCI (Chambre Tuniso-Canadienne de Commerce et d’Industrie) has been put [...]
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Boss of a strategy and management consultancy, Origin Partners and [...]
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As managing director for public service and affairs (PAS), Hatim [...]
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The Sfax-born businessman Zouhaier Miladi is expanding the operations of [...]
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A Libyan national who has spent his entire life in [...]
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Corporate lawyer Donia Hedda Ellouze has emerged as the mouthpiece [...]
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The president of the General National Council (GNC), 73-year-old Mohamed [...]
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Junior finance minister in Hamadi Jebali’s government, the Ennahda member [...]
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