US embassy cable - 05PARIS8368

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 PARIS 008368 
 
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 
         DECEMBER 2-9, 2005 
 
 
1. ATTENTION 
2. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT 
3. COTE D\'IVOIRE 
4. CAMEROON 
5. RWANDA 
6. GABON 
7. ERITREA 
8. SOUTH AFRICA 
9. SUDAN 
10. MALAWI 
11. AFRICA\'S PRISONS 
 
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. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT 
*** LA CROIX 12/5/2005 
  -    \"CHIRAC CELEBRATES LINK WITH AFRICANS OF ALL GENERATIONS\", 
     by special correspondent in Bamako Laurent d\'Ersu 
-    \"IN KAYES,FRANCE BETS ON JOINT DEVELOPMENT\" by Laurent 
d\'Ersu in Kayes 
-    \"WE\'RE RACING AGAINST FLARING DEMOGRAPHY\", interview with EU 
Commissioner Louis Michel by Laurent d\'Ersu 
 
*** LIBERATION 12/5/2005 
  -    \"ONLY WISHFUL THINKING OUT OF BAMAKO\'S HIGH MASS\", by 
     special correspondent Thomas Hofnung 
 
*** LE FIGARO 12/5/2005 
  -    \"CHIRAC PROMISES VISAS FOR AFRICA\'S BRAINS\" by Patrick de 
     Saint Exupery 
-    \"AFRICA, EMIGRATION, BRAIN DRAIN AND DEVELOPMENT\", by former 
CentralAfrica\'s prime minister Anicet Georges Dologuele 
-    \"CHIRAC FAVORS `CHOSEN\' IMMIGRATION\", editorial by Yves 
Threard, 
 
*** LE MONDE 12/4-5/2005 
  -    \"CHIRAC\'S LAST AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT\", by special 
     correspondents in Bamako Philippe Bernard, Beatrice Gurrey and 
     Nathalie Nougayrede 
 
*** LE FIGARO 12/3-4/2005 
  -    \"PARIS KEEPS ITS DISTANCE FROM AFRICA\", by correspondent in 
     Bamako Patrick de Saint Exupery 
-    \"DIFFICULT REUNION BETWEEN CHIRAC AND HIS AFRICAN PEERS\", by 
correspondent in Bamako Philippe Goulliaud 
-    \"FRANCE IS LEFT BEHIND IN THE RUSH FOR AFRICA\'S OIL\", by 
Sixtine Leon Dufour 
 
*** LIBERATION 12/3-4/2005 
  -    \"FRANCAFRICA LOOKING AT ITS YOUNG PEOPLE\", testimonies by 
     several young Africans collected by Thomas Hofnung 
-    \"AFRICA MUST TAKE CONTROL OF ITS OWN FATE\", interview with 
Malian film director Souleymane Cisse by Thomas Hofnung 
 
*** LA CROIX 12/2/2005 
  -    \"FRANCE AIMS AT LESS INTERVENTIONISM\", by special 
     correspondent in Bamako Laurent d\'Ersu 
 
 
3. COTE D\'IVOIRE 
*** LIBERATION 12/6/2005 
  -    \"COMPULSORY PRIME MINISTER NOMINATED IN ABIDJAN\", by special 
     correspondent in Bamako Thomas Hofnung 
 
*** LE MONDE 12/6/2005 
  -    \"NEW PRIME MINISTER NOMINATED WITH FRENCH SUPPORT\", by Jean- 
     Pierre Tuquoi 
 
*** LA CROIX 12/6/2005 
  -    \"CHARLES KONAN BANNY, NEW PRIME MINISTER\", by Julia Ficatier 
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4. CAMEROON 
*** LIBERATION 12/5/2005 
  -    \"CAMEROON CLOSES ITS EYES ON HIV/AIDS\", by special 
     correspondent in Yaounde Blandine Grosjean 
 
5. RWANDA 
*** LE MONDE 12/7/2005 
  -    \"GENOCIDE FAKE RECONCILIATIONS\", by special correspondent in 
     Kigali Marion Van Renterghem 
 
 
6. GABON 
*** LE MONDE 12/9/2005 
  -    \"GABON STRIVES TO PROTECT ITS FOREST THROUGH RATIONAL 
     FELLING\", by special correspondent in Oyem Jean-Pierre Tuquoi 
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7. ERITREA 
*** LE MONDE 12/9/2005 
  -    \"ERITREA DEFIES UN\", by Jean Philippe Remy in Nairobi and 
     Philippe Bolopian in New York 
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8. SOUTH AFRICA 
*** LIBERATION 12/8/2005 
  -    \"FORMER NUMBER TWO IN TROUBLE\", by correspondent in 
     Johannesburg Valerie Hirsch 
 
*** LE MONDE 12/3/2005 
  -    \"HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE RECOGNIZED BY SOUTH AFRICA\'S JUSTICE\", 
     by correspondent in Johannesburg Fabienne Pompey 
 
 
9. SUDAN 
*** LA CROIX 12/8/2005 
  -    \"UNHCR REFUSES SUDANESE REFUGEES IN CAIRO\", by Guillaume de 
     Dieuleveult in Cairo 
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10. MALAWI 
*** LIBERATION 12/7/2005 
  -    \"FOOD DISORDER IN MALAWI\", byspecial correspondent in 
     Blantyre Valerie Hirsch 
 
11. AFRICA\'S PRISONS 
*** LA CROIX 12/7/2005 
  -    \"HUMAN RIGHTS ARE DENIED IN AFRICA\'S PRISONS\", by Caterine 
     Rebuffel 
 
12. Minimize considered. 
(ARS) STAPLETON