http://www.north-africa.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2012-05-16T20:47:28-06:00 http://www.north-africa.com/naj_news/news_na/2septtwo09.html 2009-08-31T13:30:00-06:00 2009-08-31T13:30:00-06:00 Arezki Daoud Despite arguments that the release of Al Megrahi was not motivated by economic gains, it is hard to believe that UK companies may not fully benefit from it, even if there is no paper trail on a deal between the UK and Libya. Ask British executive working in Libya and you will find an interesting consensus. British businesses have themselves made public statements that the release has removed “the last remaining obstacle to the Libyan market opening up to British firms,” according to a British construction industry publication (Building). http://www.north-africa.com/arts-culture/299.html 2009-08-29T02:07:00-06:00 2009-08-29T02:07:00-06:00 Colin Kilkelly By Colin Kilkelly*: As you come to the last corner at the entrance to the Ourika Valley, 35 minutes from Marrakech you can see on your right the little Berber village of Tafza. Before you decide to bypass its centre, you may want to know that it houses a priceless gem, the Berber ecomuseum of Douar Tafza. http://www.north-africa.com/naj_economy/economy_trade/1augtwentyone09.html 2009-08-19T23:45:00-06:00 2009-08-19T23:45:00-06:00 Arezki Daoud After eight years in a Scottish jail, the Libyan man convicted for his role in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has been released on compassionate grounds. Abdel Basset Al-Megrahi is said to have only a few months to live and has arrived in Libya where he was greeted by thousands of supporters. While Scottish justice minister Kenny MacAskill argues his decision was an act of compassion toward a dying man, it is a lot more complex than that. http://www.north-africa.com/naj_economy/economy_trade/1augseven09.html 2009-08-06T16:53:00-06:00 2009-08-06T16:53:00-06:00 Samir Turk The Algerian government enacted substantial changes in the country’s finance law, a move considered by many as drastic and severe. The changes were issued as part of Algeria’s mid-term complementary finance law for 2009.