US embassy cable - 05PARIS2378

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