AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 PARIS 001830 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 MARCH 11-18, 2005 ¶1. ATTENTION ¶2. COTE D'IVOIRE ¶3. TOGO ¶4. DJIBOUTI ¶5. CENTRAFRIQUE ¶6. DROC ¶7. MOZAMBIQUE ¶8. AID TO AFRICA ¶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. TOGO *** LA CROIX 3/16/2005 - "TOGOLESE OPPOSITION PARTIES UNITE BEFORE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION", by Laurent d'Ersu *** LE MONDE 3/15/2005 - "AFRICAN LEADERS SHUN EYADEMA'S FUNERAL", by special correspondent in Lome Jean-Pierre Tuquoi *** LA CROIX 3/14/2005 - "TOGO BURIES `THE OLD BAOBAB' WITHOUT HIS FRIEND CHIRAC", by Thomas Hofnung *** LE MONDE 3/13-14/2005 - "EYADEMA'S SHADOW HOVERS OVER TOGO AS COUNTRY READIES FOR FUNERAL" by special correspondent in Lome Jean-Philippe Remy ¶3. COTE D'IVOIRE *** LE FIGARO 3/18/2005 - "THABO MBEKI'S NEW MEDIATION ATTEMPTS", by correspondent in Pretoria Caroline Dumay *** LE MONDE 3/17/2005 - "THABO MBEKI PLANS A MEETING TO FIND A SOLUTION TO WAR", by Jean Pierre Tuquoi ¶4. DJIBOUTI *** LIBERATION 3/15/2005 - "GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO ENDING ALL FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION", by special correspondent in Djibouti Claude Guibal ¶5. CENTRAFRIQUE *** LE FIGARO 3/14/2005 - "BANGUI TAKES UP DEMOCRACY AGAIN", by Tanguy Berthemet ¶6. DROC *** LA CROIX 3/15/2005 - "CIVILIANS FLEE FROM VIOLENCE IN ITURI", by correspondent in Kampala Adrien de MUN ¶7. MOZAMBIQUE *** LE MONDE 3/13-14/2005 - "GIVEN ITS DEPENDANCE ON THE SUGAR INDUSTRY, MOZAMBIQUE WORRIES ABOUT REFORM OF EUROPEAN SUBSIDIES", by special correspondent in Luabo-Marromeu Fabienne Pompey ¶8. AID TO AFRICA *** LA CROIX 3/14/2005 - "BLAIR'S COMMISSION AIMS TO HELP AFRICA MORE AND BETTER", by Laurent d'Ersu *** LE MONDE 3/13-14/2005 - "TONY BLAIR URGES RICH COUNTRIES TO HELP AFRICA", by Babette Stern - "FRENCH AID, A MIXED BAG, GETTING BIGGER AND SMALLER AT THE SAME TIME", by Jean-Pierre Tuquoi - ¶X. Minimize considered. (ARS) LEACH