"JEUNE AFRIQUE" JUNE 19-25 SUPPLEMENT ON

UNCLAS PARIS 004362

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: "JEUNE AFRIQUE" JUNE 19-25 SUPPLEMENT ON
"US/AFRICA: SHARED INTERESTS"


1. PARIS-BASED INFLUENTIAL PANAFRICAN WEEKLY "JEUNE AFRIQUE-
L'INTELLIGENT" DATED JUNE 19-26 HAS A 16-PAGE SUPPLEMENT ON
US/AFRICA RELATIONS UNDER GLOBAL TITLE "SHARED INTERESTS". LIST
OF ARTICLES FOLLOWS:

- "GOOD GUYS" (TITLE IN ENGLISH),EDITORIAL BY MAGAZINE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FRANCOIS SOUDAN ON STATE OF PLAY BETWEEN THE
BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND (FAVORED) AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE.
- "NEW FRONTIERS", BY ELISE COLETTE: "AIDS, ENVIRONMENT AND
OIL DRILLING ARE WASHINTON'S PRIORITIES IN AFRICA. HOWEVER, SINCE
9/11, PREVENTION AGAINST TERRORIST ATTACKS HAS GIVEN A NEW
DIMENSION TO US/AFRICA RELATIONS".
- "STEPHEN HAYES'PRIVATE THOUGHTS", INTERVIEW WITH CORPORATE
COUNCIL ON AFRICA'S CHAIRMAN BY ZIAD LIMAM.
- "CHARITY AND BUSINESS", BY PHILIPPE PERDRIX. "MARKET ECONOMY
ON ONE HAND, COMPASSION ON THE OTHER, ARE AT THE ROOT OF THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION'S AFRICAN POLICY".
- "NGOs ON THE FRONT LINE", BY PHILIPPE PERDRIX. "HEALTH, FOOD
AID, ENVIRONMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS: NGOs ARE EVERYWHERE ON THE
GROUND".
- "FROM HIV/AIDS TO TERRORISM", BY JEAN DOMINIQUE GESLIN,
LISTING MAIN FIELDS OF AMERICAN INTERVENTION: AIDS, MILLENIUM
ACCOUNT, PEACE KEEPING, SECURITY, DEBT, TRADE, FOOD AND
AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION, WATER, ENVIRONMENT.
- "THE BLACK GOLD RUSH", BY PASCAL AIRAULT. "TO DIVERSIFY ITS
SOURCES OF SUPPLY, UNCLE SAM COUNTS ON THE GULF OF GUINEA
OILFIELDS. BY 2015, A QUARTER OF ITS IMPORTS WILL COME FROM
AFRICAN PRODUCERS".
- "TO PREVENT AND TO CURE", CONCLUDING EDITORIAL BY CHERIF
OUAZANI (FORMER ARS IV).


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