AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 PARIS 002931 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 22-29, 2005 ¶1. ATTENTION ¶2. TOGO ¶3. COTE D'IVOIRE ¶4. NIGER ¶5. SOUTH AFRICA ¶6. SUDAN ¶7. NIGERIA ¶8. ABDOU DIOUF ¶9. AMINATA TRAORE ¶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 *** LE FIGARO 4/29/2005 - "PARIS PLEADS FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION", AFP, Reuters *** LIBERATION 4/29/2005 - "MILITARY DO NOT ARREST PEOPLE, THEY SHOOT THEM", by special correspondent in ANEHO (border with Benin),Thomas Hofnung *** LE MONDE 4/29/2005 - "OPPOSITION YOUNGSTERS CONFRONT TROOPS IN LOME STREETS", by specia correspondent in Lome Philippe Bernard - "FRANCE WILL NOT INTERFERE, SAYS BARNIER", signed J.-P.T. *** LIBERATION 4/28/2005 - "TOGOLESE CAPITAL SEES RED", by special correspondent in Lome Thomas Hofnung - "PARIS IS AGAIN LOOSING ITS FOOTING IN ITS FORMER PRESERVE", by Christophe Ayad and T. Hofnung *** LE FIGARO 4/28/2005 - "DEADLY RIOTING IN LOME AFTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION", AFP, Reuters - "AFRICA IS FRENCH WEARY", by Patrick de saint Exupery - "PARIS HAS LITTLE ECONOMIC WEIGHT IN TOGO", signed P.S.-E. *** LE MONDE 4/28/2005 - "VIOLENCE ERUPTS AS FAURE GNASSIMBE CLAIMS VICTORY", - "FRENCH CITIZENS THREATENED, SHOPS LOOTED", - "NO TELEPHONE LINES SINCE ELECTION", all articles by Philippe Bernard in Lome - "HEIR IS IMPOSED BY EYADEMA'S CLAN AND THE ARMY", by Jean- Pierre Tuquoi *** LE FIGARO 4/27/2005 - "GENERAL EYADEMA'S SON CLAIMS VICTORY", by Patrick de Saint Exupery *** LIBERATION 4/27/2005 - "BALLOT BOX VERDICT SETS LOME STREET ON FIRE", by special correspondent in Lome Thomas Hofnung *** LA CROIX 4/27/2005 - " THE ELECTION WAS A JOKE", interview with opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio by Laurent d'Ersu *** LIBERATION 4/26/2005 - "HIGH RISK VOTE COUNTING IN TOGO", by Thomas Hofnung in Lome *** LA CROIX 4/26/2005 - "IN THE BE DISTRICT OF LOME, TROOPS PILLAGED BALLOT BOXES", by special correspondent in Lome Stephane Auvray - *** LE MONDE 4/26/2005 - "TOGOLESE VOTE FOR POST-EYADEMA PRESIDENT", - "FAURE GNASSIMBE DREAMSOF A MORROCAN STYLE TRANSITION", both articles by Philippe Bernard in Lome *** LE FIGARO 4/26/2005 - "PARIS SUPPORTS CONTESTED ELECTION", by Patrick de saint Exupery *** LA CROIX 4/25/2005 - "FAURE EYADEMA SAYS HE IS SURE OF VICTORY", by special correspondent in Lome Stephane Auvray *** LIBERATION 4/25/2005 - "EYADEMA'S SUCCESSION MARRED BY VIOLENCE", by Thomas Hofnung in Lome *** LE FIGARO 4/25/2005 - "ELECTION UNDER TENSION FOR EYADEMA'S SUCCESSOR", by Patrick de Saint Exupery - "LE FIGARO'S CORRESPONDENT TURNED BACK FROM TOGO" unsigned *** LE MONDE 4/24-25/2005 - "ONE BEFORE POLLING, OPPOSITION FEARS ARMY DIRTY TRICK" - "TRHEE QUESTIONS PUT TO FRANCOIS BOKO" - "THE YELLOW WAVE OF YOUNG OPONENTS WANT TO TURN THE PAGE AFER A 38 YEAR REIGN", all articles by Philippe Bernard *** LIBERATION 4/23-24/2005 - "VOTING MAY LEAD TO IMPLOSION", ", by Thomas Hofnung in Lome *** LE FIGARO 4/23-24/2005 - "TOGOLESE POLLING UNDER THREAT", by Patrick de Saint Exupery ¶3. COTE D'IVOIRE *** LE MONDE 4/29/2005 - "MY BEING A CANDIDATE IS AN ACT OF NATIONAL RECONCILIATION", Intervew with former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara by Jean- Pierre Tuquoi *** LE FIGARO 4/28/2005 - "MBEKI GREETS COTE D'IVOIRE'S PROGRESS TOWARD PEACE", unsigned *** LIBERATION 4/28/2005 - "GBAGBO RELENTS ON OUATTARA", by Christophe Ayad *** LE MONDE 4/28/2005 - "GBAGBO ACCEPTS MBEKI'S PLAN FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION", signed J-P T. ¶4. NIGER *** LE MONDE 4/26/2005 - "AREVA IS ACCUSED OF POLLUTING DRINKING WATER IN ARLIT", by Herve Kempf ¶5. SOUTH AFRICA *** LE FIGARO 4/29/2005 - "CORRUPTION DAMAGES ANC'S IMAGE", by correspondent in Durban Caroline Dumay - "IMBROGLIO OVER MANDELA'S FAKE PAINTINGS", signed C.D. in Capetown ¶6. SUDAN *** LE FIGARO 4/29/2005 - "NATO SEEKS TO INTERVENE IN DARFUR", by correspondent in Brussels Alexandrine Bouilhet - "OUR VILLAGES HAVE TURNED INTO CEMETERIES", by special correspondent in Darfur Thierry Oberle - "DIALOGUE WITH CHAD GETTING MORE TENSE", signed T.O in Abeche *** LE MONDE 4/29/2005 - "AFRICAN UNION WANTS NATO IN DARFUR", unsigned ¶7. NIGERIA *** LE MONDE 4/28/2005 - "NIGERIA THREATENS TO DEFAULT IF DEBT IS NOT REDUCED", by Babette Stern ¶8. ABDOU DIOUF *** LE FIGARO 4/23-24/2005 - "WE WANT AN ENLIGHTENED, MODERN EUROPE", interview of former Senegalese President Diouf by Frederic Fritscher and Alexis Lacroix as part of a sries of articles on Europe's future ¶9. AMINATA TRAORE *** LIBERATION 4/23-24/2005 - "I OFTEN LIKEN KABILA FATHER-AND-SON TO BUSH FATHER-AND- SON", interview of former Malian minister Aminata Traore on her latest book "Letter to the French President." by Thomas Hofnung ¶10. Minimize considered. (ARS) WHITE