AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 04 PARIS 005596 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 AUGUST 1-19. 2005 ¶1. ATTENTION ¶2. COTE D'IVOIRE ¶3. MAURITANIA ¶4. NIGER ¶5. CHAD ¶6. SENEGAL ¶6. CONGO BRAZZAVILLE ¶7. BURUNDI ¶8. SUDAN ¶9. GUINEA BISSAU ¶10. ZIMBABWE ¶11. BRAIN DRAIN ¶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 FIGARO 8/19/2005 - "LONG LIVE DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION!", by Cote d'Ivoire National Assembly Chairman Mamadou Coulibaly *** LE MONDE 8/18/2005 - "MBEKI MEDIATION CRTICIZED BY IVOIRIAN OPPOSITION", by correspondent in Johannesburg Fabienne Pompey *** LA CROIX 8/17/2005 - "JULES YAO YAO POINTS THE FINGER AT GBAGBO'S ENTOURAGE", by Laurent d'Ersu *** LIBERATION 8/11/2005 - "IVOIRIAN ECONOMY REACHES CRISIS POINT", - "FRANCE NO LONGER IN FAVOR, by special correspondent in Abidjan Thomas Hofnung *** LA CROIX 8/9/2005 - "SOME LEADERS WILL DO ANYTHING TO RETAIN POWER", Interview with colonel Yao Yao by Laurent d'Ersu *** LIBERATION 8/8/2005 - "IN REBEL-HELD MAN REGION, LICORNE HELPS THE POPULATION", by special correspondent in Man Thomas Hofnung *** LIBERATION 7/30-31/2005 - "REBELLION OF AN ARMY OFFICER", signed TH ¶3. MAURITANIA *** LE MONDE 8/10/2005 - "NOUAKCHOTT JUNTA STRIVES TO REASSURE MAURITANIA'S PARTNERS", by correspondent in Nouakchott Marie-Pierre Olphand - "DOWNTOWN NOUAKCHOTT IS SERENE AND RIFE WITH RUMOR", signed MPO - "PROFILE OF A QUIET COUP LEADER, ELY OULD MOHAMMED VALL", MPO *** LE MONDE 8/7-8/2005 - "SACKED PRESIDENT SAYS COUP IS SENSELESS", AFP *** LE MONDE 8/6/2005 - "NEW REGIME CLAIMS IT WANTS PEACEFUL TRANSITION", by Philippe Bernard *** LA CROIX 8/5/2005 - "MAURITANIA COUP HAPPENED SOFTLY", by Laurent d'Ersu *** LIBERATION 8/4/2005 - "FRANCE KEEPS SILENT ABOUT COUP", by Thomas Hofnung *** LE MONDE 8/5/2005 
 - " MILITARY COUP UPSETS PRESIDENT OULD TAYA", by philippe Bernard *** LIBERATION 8/4/2005 - "PALACE REVOLUTION IN MAURITANIA", by Thomas Hofnung *** LE FIGARO 8/4/2005 - "ARMY ASSUMES POWER IN NOUAKCHOTT", by Tanguy Berthemet ¶4. NIGER *** LE MONDE 8/12/2005 - "FOOD CRISIS HITS NOMADIC PEUL AND TUAREG CATTLE FARMERS", by special correspondent in Niamey Robert Belleret - "CATASTROPHE RESULTS FROM DROUGHT AND LOCUSTS", by Christiane Galus *** LIBERATION 8/9/2005 - "MARKET DISTORSIONS", by Thomas Hofnung - "AFTER THE SOUTH, FAMINE STRIKES IN THE NORTH", by Elsa Bloch *** LE MONDE 8/6/2005 - "LESSONS TO BE DRAWN FROM A TO-BE-EXPECTED FAMINE", by Philippe Bernard *** LE MONDE 8/4/2005 - "NGOS FIGHT TO SAVE HUNGRY CHILDREN", by special correspondent in Djan Toudou Robet Belleret *** LE FIGARO 8/1/2005 - "DOUSTE-BLAZY `HAMMERS' HIS CONCEPTION OF HUMANITAIRAN AID", by special correspondent in Niamey Francois Hauter *** LE FIGARO 7/30-31/2005 - "NIGER RACKED BY FAMINE", - "HOW THE FRENCH OPERATION WAS LAUNCHED", - "NIGER'S TRAGEDY IN FIVE QUESTIONS, all by special correspondent in Niamey Francois Hauter - "WORLD WAS LATE IN REACTING", by Richard Heuze in Rome - "FOUR-YEAR OLD AMINOU, SENTENCED TO DEATH", by AFP Francis Teman in Maradi *** LE MONDE 8/1/2005 - " UNPRECEDENTED FOOD CRISIS HITS TENS OF THOUSANDS CHILDREN", - "CATASTROPHE DUE TO POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CHOICES AS MUCH AS BY CLIMATE", by special correspondent in Tahoua Robert Belleret *** LA CROIX 8/1/2005 - "FRANCE AT NIGER'S BEDSIDE", by Nadia Hadj Bouziane ¶5. CHAD *** LIBERATION 8/15/2005 - "CHAD DOES NOT CRY FAMINE", by correspondent in Ndjamena Stephanie Braquehais ¶6. SENEGAL *** LA CROIX 8/3/2005 - "THE SECK AFFAIR DIVIDES SENEGALESE LAWMAKERS", by correspondent in Dakar Christine Holzbauer ¶7. CONGO BRAZZAVILLE *** LE MONDE 8/19/2005 - "ACQUITTAL AT `BEACH' TRIAL", by jean Pierre Tuquoi *** LIBERATION 8/18/2005 - "ACQUITTALS AFTER MASSACRES", by Christophe Ayad *** LIBERATION 8/5/2005 - "BEACH TRIAL: AMBIVALENCE PREVAILS", by Renaud Lecadre ¶8. BURUNDI *** LA CROIX 8/18/2005 - "PORTRAIT OF PIERRE NKURUNZIZA", by Catherine Rebuffel ¶9. SUDAN *** LE MONDE 8/13/2005 - "VICE-PRESIDENT SALVA KIIR COMMITS TO PURSUING RECONCILIATION", by special correspondent in Khartoum Jean- Philippe Remy *** LIBERATION 8/12/2005 - "JOHN GARANG'S SUCCESSOR PLEADS FOR SUDAN'S UNITY", by Marie Laure Colson *** LE MONDE 8/9/2005 - "JOHN GARANG'S BURIAL IN JUBA", by special correspondent in Juba Jean-Philippe Remy - "TIME IS GETTING SHORT FOR RECONCILIATION", JPR - "PORTRAIT OF SALVA KIIR" *** LE MONDE 8/7-8/2005 - "AFTER RIOTS, KHARTOUM LICKS HER WOUNDS", by special correspondent in Khartoum Jean-Philippe Remy *** LE MONDE 8/5/2005 - "KHARTOUM PROMISES TO INVOLVE FORMER SUDANESE REBELLION IN GARANG INVESTIGATION", by correspondent in Nairobi Jean-Philippe Remy *** LA CROIX 8/3/2005 - "JOHN GARANG WILL NOT BE EASILY FORGOTTEN", by Laurent d'Ersu *** LE MONDE 8/3/2005 - "SALVA KIIR, FORMER REBELLION #2, SUCCEEDS JOHN GARANG", by correspondent in Nairobi Jean-Philippe Remy *** LE FIGARO 8/2/2005 - "GARANG'S DEATH COMPROMISES PEACE", by Tanguy Berthemet - "REBEL CHIEF TURNED VICE-PRESIDENT", By Pierre Prier *** LA CROIX 8/2/2005 - "JOHN GARANG'S DEATH ROCKS SUDAN", by Laurent d'Ersu *** LIBERATION 8/2/2005 - "JOHN GARANG'S DEATH IS A BLOW TO PEACE", by Christophe Ayad *** LE MONDE 8/2/2005 - "RIOTS IN KHARTOUM AFTER JOHN GARANG DIES", by Philippe Bernard *** LIBERATION 7/30-31/2005 - "KHARTOUM DRAWS A CURTAIN OVER DARFUR RAPES", by special correspondent in Nyala Christophe Ayad *** LE MONDE 8/1/2005 - "WHY REFUGEES IN KALMA CAMP REFUSE TO LEAVE IT", by special correspondent in Nyala Philippe Bernard ¶10. GUINEA BISSAU *** LE MONDE 8/12/2005 - "SIX YEARS AFTER BEING EVICTED, FORMER PRESIDENT VIEIRA IS RE-ELECTED", by Jean-Pierre Tuquoi - ¶11. ZIMBABWE *** LE MONDE 8/19/2005 - "GOVERNMENT RESUMES CITY BEGGARS'HUNT", by correspondent in Johannesburg Fabienne Pompey ¶12. BRAIN DRAIN *** LA CROIX 8/18/2005 - "AFRICA IS WALKING ON ITS HEAD", by Prof. Jean-Michel Djian ¶13. Minimize considered. (ARS) HOFMANN