AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS

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