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N°1071 - Paris, 07/04/2013 Lazare Beullac TUNISIA Editor in Chief A lost occasion for Hollande The agenda for French president Francois Hollande's visit to Tunisia on July-5 offered ample proof that the mutual suspicion between Paris and the ruling Ennahda party still runs as deep as ever. To the extent that crucial security ties are suffering. (...)     TUNISIA Kuwait reactivates the CTKD fund Qatar's funds aren't alone in catching attention these days. Standing back ever since the fall of the Ben Ali regime, the Consortium Tuniso-Koweitien de Developpement (CTKD) will shortly (...) Al Jazeera soon back on the air     Banned in Morocco since October, 2010 for what was perceived as its "biased" reports, Al Jazeera will shortly be broadcasting from the country again. (...)    Royal Air Maroc Royal Air Maroc (RAM) wants to extend its network in sub-Saharan  (...)    ONCF ONCF (Office National des Chemins de Fers) in Morocco is about  (...)    Abderrahim tests the waters The editorial director of theHuffington Posts's new North African  (...)    Raffarin plots new onslaught     Former French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, the special envoy of Francois Hollande for economic diplomacy in Algeria, is planning a fresh offensive in the country in Septem (...)    Armee Nationale Populaire Armee Nationale Populaire (ANP) in Algeria wants to strengthen  (...)    CMA CGM scuttles local agent     The chief executive of the French shipping group CMA CGM, Jacques Saade, who is to accompany Francois Hollande during his visit to Tunis on July 4-5, will seize the occasion to find (...)    Tuninvest Tuninvest intends to put its foot on the accelerator in Lib  (...)    Bettaieb the brick king Tunisian industrialist Lassaad Betaieb is continuing to press  (...)    Beulin takes a good look Traditionally linked to Morocco (where the company he runs,  (...)    Bargati canned, military buys stalled     The dismissal of Libyan defence minister Mohamed al Bargati on June 27 following deadly clashes between militia groups in Tripoli has dashed the hopes of European military suppliers (...)    Amsterdam-Tripoli by way of LIA     Set up in 2011, the Dutch Libyan Cooperation Council (DLCC), which organized the Libya Update seminar in The Hague on June 25, makes no bones about courting Tripoli. (...)    CARTHAGE PALACE, TUNISIA Ammar was given the boot    Was Rachid Ammar simply put out to grass upon retiring as Tunisia's armed forces chief? In fact, no. Maghreb Confidential's sources in Tunis say the chief of staff never asked to quit his job, contrary to what he claimed on television.  (...)    GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS, TRIPOLI No quarter between Zeidan and militia    In the wake of the Moslem Brotherhood's victory in the election for a president of theNational General Congress (NGC, >MC 1070) and clashes in Tripoli last week, the coalition that backs prime ministerAli Zeidan has been shaken to the core.  (...)    AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION, ADDIS ABABA Rabat to woo Zuma via Ethiopia    Moroccan foreign minister Saad Eddine El Othmani is taking his time to complete his list of new diplomatic appointments (>MC 1063).  (...)    Haftar unveils radical plan In response to the current political deadlock (>see here), the former commander of Muammar Gaddafi's  (...)    The military names its "Mister Integrity" Colonel Abdelaziz Ali Mhamed Lashgar is to chair the Instance d'Integrite et de Reforme de l'Armee  (...)    A potential successor to Mangoush The former military governor of Fezzan, Wanis Boukhmada, appears to be in pole position among the five  (...)    London/Algiers Richard Spring (alias Lord Risby), the special envoy of prime minister David Cameron for Algeria, will return to the country in September where he is due to meet with industry minister Cherif Rahmani.  (...)    Tunis/Aix en Provence Mustapha Kamel Nabli, former governor of the Banque Centrale de Tunisie who was once sounded out on leading the Nidaa Tounes party, is expected to attend economic seminars organized by the Cercle des Economistes in Aix en Provence on July 5.  (...)    Paris/Tunis Yamina Benguigui, junior minister for Francophonie affairs, was deeply involved in preparing Francois Hollande's trip to Tunisia (>see here).  (...)

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