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PETROLEUM
& GAS
Algeria’s
Production Capacity Increases As Production Starts At
Hassi-Berkine
Algeria’s
oil production capacity has risen this week when production in the Hassi
Berkine field began.
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Maghreb
Union
MINISTERIAL
MEETING IN
EARLY OCTOBER
Political
life is quickly evolving in the Maghreb and with the election of Bouteflika,
the Eizenstat initiative and the removal of the UN embargo on Libya, politicians
are given a second chance to the idea of an integrated Maghreb or UMA.[Follow
this link]
Morocco
Government
Issues Revised
Forecast
for Agriculture:
A NEGATIVE 1998-99 SEASON
The Moroccan ministry of agriculture
concluded that the added-value of the 1998-99 agricultural season is to
decline by 18% compared to the last season. In a report sent to the
country’s parliament, the minister of agriculture, Mr. Habib El-Malki wrote
that the total value produced in the farming sector was only DH 32 billion
or 18% less than the previous season.[Follow
this link]
Morocco
Government
Agrees on Winery’s Restructuring
Plan:
SINCOMAR TO SLASH WORKFORCE
The government commission in charge
of endorsing the privatization of state-owned companies accepted a restructuring
plan for the winery Sincomar. The plan would improve the company’s
financial situation prior to selling it to private investors but would
layoff half of the workforce. [Follow
this link]
Algeria-Employment
New
Jobs in Ain Defla
Over the last 18 months, the province of Ain Defla has
created 6,400 jobs through the implementation of three job creation programs
known as Emploi Salarie a Inititiative Locale or ESIL, the Travaux
à Intérêt Public, and the Contrat de Préemploi
(CPE).
Algeria-Politics
RND
Troubles Reach
The
National Assembly
When Ouyahia became the head of the RND party he pledged
to launch a clean up operation aimed at eliminating the “modernists” and
strengthen the position of the “nationalists.” The so-called “modernists”
in the RND party are led by Mokdad Sifi, a politician who ran for the presidential
office, thus splitting the party into those who supported his candidacy
and those who pledged allegiance to Abdelaziz Bouteflika through a group
led by former premier and now head of the RND Ahmed Ouyahia.
Algeria-Resources
Slight
Improvement of Water Supply in Constantine
The population of Constantine in eastern Algeria has
witnessed a slight improvement in its water supply. This improvement
is through the reduction of the water-rationing program known as the Orsec
Plan and was made possible following a good winter season characterized
by above normal rainfalls and snow.
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