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Week ended September 29, 2001 - 114th.
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2004 Tunisian
Presidential Elections
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President for Life!
One
step Forward, Two Steps Back
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The announcement that President Ben Ali will run for a fourth
term does not come as a surprise. It confirms that the constitution
in countries like Tunisia plays an insignificant role in
the country's legal system and how such legal instruments
can easily be changed to accommodate a few.
A fourth term for president
Ben Ali, who should be noted has done a very good job
improving the economic position of his country, does not
bode well for Tunisians and their quest for democracy.
Indeed a fourth term clearly paves the way for a life-long
presidency system just like Ben Ali's predecessor Bourguiba
attempted to do so prior to a bloodless coup.
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 Global
Terrorism and Impact on the Economy
North Africa
in the Aftermath of Terror Attack in America
The world economy
is waiting for the American reaction following the
terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center and
the Pentagon. Fear and uncertainty are forcing analysts
worldwide to expect the worst as American plans to
strike back.
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Current
Events
Attacks in the U.S. Force Europe to Rethink its Protection
of Terrorists
It took a major
catastrophe of the scope of the attack against the
World Trade Center to force European governments
to pay special attention to organizations that have
been funding and supporting terrorism in Algeria
and elsewhere.
Europe has provided protection to individuals and
groups that helped perpetuate the killings in Algeria
where tens of thousands of people have been slaughtered,
disappeared or lost a relative as a result of a
deadly struggle for the control of power.
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Algeria
- Industry
Private
Sector Pulls Industrial Output to Positive Growth
An analysis from
the Algerian industry ministry shows that industrial
sector grew 1.3% year on year during the first half
of 2001 (1H01). As expected, this positive growth,
albeit sluggish, is the result of a relatively good
performance of the private sector while output from
the state-owned industry fell once again by 0.6%.
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Morocco
- Spain
Illegal Immigration:
Death and Diplomatic Tension
On September
8, 2001 fourteen would-be-immigrants were found
dead on the Sidi Taibi beach in Beni Mellal, Morocco.
The poorly built boat they choose to take them to
Spain could not sustained their weight and the power
of the sea. Few days later, five other bodies were
found on the Bouselham beach. On the other side
of the Mediterranean, Spanish authorities also recently
discovered the bodies of 13 individuals who left
Morocco in search of opportunities elsewhere.
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Algeria-The
Kabylie Region
A Presidential
Call for Dialogue Rejected by Elder Council
In an important
move, the Algerian government announced that it is
willing to review the demands of the representatives
of the citizens of the Kabylie region who are organized
within the traditional body of elders known as Aarouchs
(or Archs). A communiqué from president Bouteflika's
office released this weekend states that Prime Minister
Ali Benflis was the president's appointee to discuss
the Aaroushs platform of demands established at the
town of El-Kseur as the Kabylie region was embroiled
in violent riots. Although the Archs rejected it,
the invitation to dialogue is indeed a major step.
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Morocco
- Industry Trend
Is Morocco Prepared
for Globalization?
Morocco is soon
to become a more privileged partner of the European
Union. Few years from now, the Moroccan economy will
be tightly linked to that of its northern neighbor
in an effort to establish a regional free trade zone.
But today, as Morocco prepares for such a dramatic
move, it needs to rethink the steps it is making to
prepare for the free trading block.
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Algerian
Economy
Latest IMF Assessment
of the Algerian Economy
Since the outset
of its Fund-supported adjustment and reform program
in 1994, Algeria has made-in particularly difficult
circumstances-substantial progress toward the restoration
of macroeconomic stability and implemented a comprehensive
set of structural reforms. Growth turned positive,
the inflation rate dropped, and the balance of payments'
viability was restored. Assisted by a tightening of
domestic demand management, the Algerian economy was
able to weather the oil price downturn of 1998-99,
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