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