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WEEK
ENDED MARCH 22, 2001 - 103rd. ISSUE
ANIMAL HEALTH
IS
NORTH AFRICA
SHIELDED FROM
FOOT & MOUTH?
Is
it safe to conclude that the Maghreb is free from the Aphteous
fever or foot-and-mouth disease that is currently ravaging
Europe as governments claim? With the strong trade ties
that exist between the two regions, there is some likelihood
that the problem would reach or may have reached North Africa
but so far, there is no evidence of such disease there.
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 Algeria
- Emerging Companies / Airlines
Major Fleet
Expansion at Khalifa Airways
Private Carrier
to Acquire 18 Aircraft from Airbus and More to Come...
Khalifa Airways, Algeria's newest private airline
carrier, is preparing to become a major regional carrier
judging by its ambitious fleet expansion program.
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Morocco
- FY00 Corporate Results
A Review by CDMC
of Moroccan Company 2000 Results
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Tunisia
- Corporate Affairs
Tunisair Result
Surprises Market
National carrier
Tunisair has surprised market commentators with a year
2000 loss of Td29.1 million - a disastrous performance
compared to the 1999 profit of Td12.6 million, but much
better than the widely predicted loss of Td 40 million.
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Algeria
- Shipping
Maersk Explores
Opportunities in Algeria's Shipping Business
Executives of the international
container shipping and maritime giant Maersk Sealand,
a division of the A.P. Moller Group, visited the port
of Djen-Djen in the eastern city of Jijel. The visit
brought some hope to local government officials who
are hoping to attract foreign investors to the area
and boost the profile of the region's economy. The port's
annual shipping capacity is 4.5 million tons.
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Morocco
- Labor Market
Job creation masks shift
to informal sector
Unemployment dropped
slightly in the fourth quarter of 2000, but the net
creation of 146,000 jobs over the last 12 months was
generated mainly in the informal sector...
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Algeria
- Pharmaceuticals
Saidal
Targets Southern Africa Markets
The Algerian pharmaceutical
company Saidal has secured its first major export contract
to the South African market. While the value of the
sale is relatively small, it creates opportunities for
the Algerian firm to market its products in key emerging
markets.
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Tunisia
- Economy
Investment and Export
Incentives Broadened
The government has announced
a series of new investment and export incentives intended
to boost economic growth and employment.
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Morocco
- Power Industry
ONE to Raise its
Stake in Tahadart Power Plant to 48%
Morocco's state run utility
firm ONE will raise to 48% its stake in the planned
400-megawatt Tahadart power plant following the withdrawal
of the Paris-based EDF (Electricité De France).
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Morocco
- Telecom/Law
Méditel Cracks
Down on Cell-phone Fraud
Private mobile telephony
operator Méditel has revoked the accreditation
of 33 sales outlets...
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Morocco
- Infrastructure
Bouygues
Fights to Retain Tangier Port Project
French engineering
giant Bouygues Travaux Publics is fighting to retain
the construction contract for the long-delayed Tangiers-Atlantic
port project.
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GIA
TERRORISTS MEET TO RESTRUCTURE
THEIR ORGANIZATION
WESTERN
ALGERIA TARGETED-
Officials
and observers of the Algerian anti-terrorism campaign
say that some one hundred rebels belonging to the
GIA terrorist group (Groupe Islamic Arme) have
recently met in a rugged region nestled between the
localities of Sidi Mbarek and Taoudmount, southeast
of Sidi Bel-Abbes.
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