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Viewing cable 05PARIS4453, AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
05PARIS4453 2005-06-24 13:50 2011-08-24 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Paris
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 PARIS 004453 
 
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 
         JUNE 10-24, 2005 
 
 
1. ATTENTION 
2. SENEGAL 
3. CHAD 
4. DROC 
5. CAMEROON 
6. COTE D'IVOIRE 
7. RWANDA/BURUNDI 
8. NIGER 
9. GUINEE BISSAU 
10. TOGO 
11. SOUTH AFRICA 
12. UGANDA 
 
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. SENEGAL 
*** LE FIGARO 6/21/2005 
- "WHAT ABOUT SENEGAL TO REPRESENT AFRICA AT THE UN?", by 
President Abdoulaye Wade 
 
 
3. CHAD 
*** LIBERATION 6/23/2005 
  -    "DEBY'S MADE-TO-MEASURE REFERENDUM", by correspondent in 
     Ndjamena Stephanie Braquehais 
 
4. DROC 
*** LIBERATION 6/23/2005 
  -    "RISKY TRANSITION ENDING IN KINSHASA", by Christophe Ayad 
 
5. CAMEROON/NIGERIA 
*** LIBERATION 6/24/2005 
- "CAMEROON AND NIGERIA QUARREL OVER OIL" signed TH 
 
6. COTE D'IVOIRE 
*** LE MONDE 6/23/2005 
  -    "MILITARY TRIBUNAL SENTENCES 12 FRENCH SOLDIERS IN COTE 
     D'IVOIRE", AFP 
 
*** LE FIGARO 6/22/2005 
  -    "LAURENT GBAGBO CRACKS DOWN ON VIOLENCE", by Mark Boller in 
     Abidjan 
 
*** LE FIGARO 6/17/2005 
  -    "NEW CHIEF NAMED FOR `LICORNE'OPERATION", by special 
     correspondent in Abidjan Caroline Dumay 
 
7. RWANDA/BURUNDI 
*** LIBERATION 6/18-19/2005 
  -    "RWANDAN REFUGEES UNWANTED IN BURUNDI", by special 
     correspondent in Butare Sonia Rolley 
 
*** LA CROIX 6/15/2005 
  -    "RWANDA SURVIVORS TESTIFY ABOUT THEIR SUFFERING", by 
     correspondent in Brussels caroline Chaumont 
-    "CONCERN OVER 7,000 RWANDANS FORCEFULLY REPATRIATED FROM 
BURUNDI", by correspondent in Kampala Adrien de Mun 
 
8. NIGER 
*** LA CROIX 6/22/2005 
  -    "NIGER POPULATION IS AT RISK", by special correspondent in 
     Maradi/Zinder Christine Holzbauer 
 
*** LE FIGARO 6/21/2005 
  -    "FAMINE IS THREATENING IN NIGER", by Tanguy Berthemet 
 
*** LIBERATION 6/14/2005 
  -    "FACED WITH FAMINE, NIGER CALLS FOR HELP", by Thomas Hofnung 
 
 
9. GUINEA BISSAU 
*** LE MONDE 6/18-19/2005 
  -    "FORMER PRESIDENT VIEIRA STRIVING TO RETURN TO POWER THROUGH 
     THE BALLOT BOX", by Jean-Pierre Tuquoi 
10. TOGO 
*** LE MONDE 6/22/2005 
  -    "NEW TOGOLESE GOVERNMENT IS NAMED", AFP 
 
*** LA CROIX 6/10/2005 
  -    "EDEM KODJO, MINISTER TO GNASSIMBE FATHER AND SON", by 
     Pierre Cichez 
 
11. SOUTH AFRICA 
*** LE MONDE 6/22/2005 
- "VICE PRESIDENT TO BE PROSECUTED FOR CORRUPTION", unsigned 
 
*** LE MONDE 6/16/2005 
  -    "VICE PRESIDENT DISMISSED FOR CORRUPTION", by correspondent 
     in Johannesburg Fabienne Pompey 
 
*** LIBERATION 6/15/2005 
- "PRETORIA DISMISSES ITS VICE PRESIDENT", by correspondent in 
Pretoria Stephanie Savariaud 
 
12. UGANDA 
*** LE MONDE 6/12-13/2005 
  -    "INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL WANTS TO INDICT TWO UGANDAN REBEL 
     CHIEFS", by correspondent in the Hague Stephanie Maupas 
 
*** LIBERATION 6/13/2005 
  -    "TWO UGANDANS ABOUT TO BE INDICTED BY INTERNATIONAL 
     TRIBUNAL", by Christophe Ayad 
13. Minimize considered. 
(ARS) 
WOLFF