AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS

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