US embassy cable - 05PARIS6326

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Identifier:	05PARIS6326
Wikileaks:	View 05PARIS6326 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Paris
Created:	2005-09-16 13:35:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	PGOV KPAO XA
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 PARIS 006326 
 
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 
         SEPTEMBER 2-16, 2005 
 
 
1. ATTENTION 
2. COTE D\'IVOIRE 
3. BURKINA FASO 
4. FRANCE/AFRICA 
5. RWANDA 
6. NIGER 
7 SUDAN 
8 NIGERIA 
 
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 FIGARO 9/15/2005 
  -    \"BEDIE RETURNS BRIEFLY TO ABIDJAN\", by marc Boller in 
     Abidjan 
-    \"DEADLOCK IS TOTAL IN ABIDJAN\", by Patrick de Saint Exupery 
 
*** LIBERATION 9/10-11/2005 
  -    \"PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION `IMPOSSIBLE\' IN COTE D\'IVOIRE\", by 
     Christophe Ayad 
 
*** LE FIGARO 9/3-4/2005 
  -    \"OPPOSITION INTRANSIGENCE STRENGTHENS GBAGBO\", by special 
     correspondent in Abidjan Patrick de Saint Exupery 
 
3. BURKINA FASO 
*** LE MONDE 9/8/2005 
  -    \"IN SPITE OF TRYING, BURKINA WILL NOT BE ABLE TO INSURE 
     SCHOOLING TO ALL CHILDREN BY 2015\", by special correspondent in 
     Ouagadougou Philippe Bernard 
 
4. FRANCE/AFRICA 
*** LIBERATION 9/16/2005 
  -    \"FRENCH MILITARY REDEPLOYS IN AFRICA\", by Jean-Dominique 
     Merchet 
 
*** LA CROIX 9/14/2005 
  -    \"FRANCE REVISES ITS MILITARY PRESENCE IN AFRICA\", by Laurent 
     d\'Ersu 
 
5. RWANDA 
*** LE MONDE 9/15/2005 
  -    \"RWANDA ACCUSES BELGIAN PRIEST OF COMPLCITY IN 1994 
     GNOCIDE\", by correspondent in Brussels jean Pierre Stroobants 
 
*** LIBERATION 9/14/2005 
  -    \"KIGALI STRIVES TO IMPLICATE BELGIAN PRIEST IN GENOCIDE\", by 
     Christophe Ayad 
 
*** LA CROIX 9/13/2005 
  -    \"FATHER THEUNIS REMAINS IN CUSTODY\", by Laurent d\'Ersu and 
     Anne-Laure Soule 
 
*** LA CROIX 9/12/2005 
  -    \"FATHER THEUNIS CALLED BY RWANDAN TRIBUNAL\", by Sevag 
     Tachdjian and Laurent d\'Ersu 
 
 
6. NIGER 
*** LIBERATION 9/12/2005 
  -    \"EVEN WITH AID, NIGER IS STILL HUNGRY\", by special 
     correspondent in Niger Stephanie Braquehais 
 
*** LA CROIX 9/8/2005 
  -    \"FAMINE IS A POLITICAL PROBLEM\", by Catherine Rebuffel 
 
 
7. SUDAN 
*** LA CROIX 9/13/2005 
  -    \"SUDANESE REFUGEES IN UGANDA EAR TO GO BACK HOME\", by 
     special correspondent in Koboko Adrien de Mun 
 
8. NIGERIA 
*** LE MONDE 9/15/2005 
  -    \"SWITZERLAND RETURNS MONEY LOOTED BY ABACHA\", by Jacques 
     Follorou 
 
*** LIBERATION 9/13/2005 
  -    \"WHITE FARMERS FROM ZIMBABWE FIND REFUGE IN NIGERIA\", by 
     special correspondent in Kwara Virginie Gomez 
 
 X. Minimize considered. 
(ARS) STAPLETON

US embassy cable - 05PARIS6326

AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS SEPTEMBER 2-16, 2005