Cablegate: Africa in the French Press

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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 PARIS 002378

SIPDIS

FROM ARS

STATE FOR AF/PD; AF/RD/RA; IIP/G/AF; I/RF(FOREIGN PRESS CENTERS
IN WASHDC AND NYC); INR/AA (GRAVES)
LONDON FOR POL/AF (GURNEY)
BRUSSELS FOR APAO; POL
AFRICAN POSTS FOR PAO; POL

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KPAO XA
SUBJECT: AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
APRIL 1-8, 2005

1. ATTENTION
2. COTE D'IVOIRE
3. ANGOLA
4. DJIBOUTI
5. ZIMBABWE
6. SUDAN
7. RWANDA

1. FOR PAOS, PLEASE NOTE: ALL ARTICLES ARE KEPT FOR A MONTH AND
CAN BE FAXED OR POSTED AT POSTS' REQUEST. SEND REQUESTS BY E-MAIL
TO BROOKESA@STATE.GOV

2. COTE D'IVOIRE
*** LE MONDE 4/8/2005
- "NO CRIES OF TRIUMPH GREET NEW PEACE ACCORD", by special
correspondent in Pretoria Fabienne Pompey

*** LIBERATION 4/7/2005
- "CRISIS SOLVING AGREEMENT REACHED IN PRETORIA", by special
correspondent in Pretoria Valerie Thijs

*** LA CROIX 4/7/2005
- "MBEKI WRESTS ACCORD FOR COTE D'IVOIRE", by special
correspondent in Pretoria Valerie Hirsch

*** LE FIGARO 4/7/2005
- "IVOIRIAN COMMIT TO ENDING HOSTILIIES", by Patrick de Saint
Exupery

*** LE MONDE 4/7/2005
- "THABO MBEKI'S PEACE PLAN",
- "MANDELA'S SUCCESOR WANTS TO CREATE `A NEW AFRICA', by
special correspondent in Pretoria Fabienne Pompey
- "COLONEL MANGOU CLAIMS NEW RELATIONS WITH FRENCH MILITARY',
by special correspondent in Abidjan Jean Pierre Tuquoi

*** LE FIGARO 4/5/2005
- "PEACE FORCE MANDATE IS EXTENDED", by Isabelle Lasserre

*** LE MONDE 4/5/2005
- "THABO MBEKI STRIVES TO SOLVE IVOIRIAN CRISIS", by Fabienne
Pompey in Pretoria and Jean Pierre Tuqoui in Abidjan

*** LE FIGARO 4/4/2005
- "PRETORIA NEGOCIATION ON IVOIRIAN CRISIS", by Patrick de
saint Exupery

*** LIBERATION 4/2-3/2005
- "ULTIMATE SUMMIT TO SAVE COTE D'IVOIRE", by Thomas Hofnung

*** LE FIGARO 4/2-3/2005
- "FRANCE-CORE D'IVOIRE: TORN APART",
- "HATRED HAS REACHED INTO THE BUSH"
- "LICORNE'S POSTION INCREASINGLY UNTENABLE", all articles by
Patrick de Saint Exupery

3. ANGOLA
*** LE FIGARO 4/6/2005
- "ANOTHER PROVINCE IS STRUCK BY MARBURG VIRUS", by Jean
Michel Bader

*** LIBERATION 4/6/2005
- "EPIDEMICS STILL OUT OF CONTROL", unsigned

*** LE FIGARO 4/5/2005
- "RISING CONCERN OVER MARBURG FEVER", by Jean Michel Bader

*** LIBERATION 4/2-3/2005
- "ANGOLA STRUGGLES WITH MARBURG FEVER",
- "DESEASE CAUSES VIOLENT DEATH", articles by Corinne Bensimon

*** LE FIGARO 4/2-3/2005
- "MARBURG FEVER STILL SPREADING", by Jean Michel Bader

4. DJIBOUTI
*** LIBERATION 4/8/2005
- "A ONE-CANDIDATE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION", by Christophe Ayad
and Thomas Hofnung

*** LE FIGARO 4/8/2005
- "I DEEPLY REGRET HAVING NO OPPONENT, SAYS ISMAEL OMAR
GUELLEH", by special correspondent in Djibouti Tanguy Berthemet

5. ZIMBABWE
*** LE FIGARO 4/4/2005
- "MUGABE WINS COMFORTABLY IN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS", by
Caroline Dumay

*** LE MONDE 4/3-4/2005
- "PRESIDENT MUGABE OBTAIN UNDOUBTED ELECTORAL VICTORY", by
correspondent in Johannesburg Fabienne Pompey

*** LIBERATION 4/2-3/2005
- "NO SURPRISE IN POLLING RESULTS", by special correspondent
in Harare Stephanie Savariaud

6. SUDAN
*** LIBERATION 4/4/2005
- "BANNED IVORY FOR SALE ON MARKET PLACE", by correspondent in
Nairobi Alexis Masciarelli

*** LIBERATION 4/2-3/2005
- "DARFUR DRAMA WILL BE TRIED BY CPI", by correspondent in New
York Fabrice Rousselot

*** LE MONDE 4/2/2005
- "UN REFERS DARFUR CRIMES TO CPI", by Claire Trean
- "PROSECUTUION WILL BE HANDED A LIST OF 51 SUSPECTS", by
correspondent in the Hague Stephanie Maupas

*** LE FIGARO 4/2-3/2005
- "DARFUR SUBMITTED TO CPI", by Guillemette Faure in New York

7. RWANDA
*** LE MONDE 4/2/2005
- "HUTU REBELS COMMIT TO LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS", by
correspondent in Rome Jean-Jaques Bozonnet
- "RWANDA FDL'S FAILURE IS

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