AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 PARIS 005783 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 19-26, 2005 ¶1. ATTENTION ¶2. COTE D'IVOIRE ¶3. BURUNDI ¶4. NIGER ¶5. ANGOLA ¶6. SUDAN ¶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 8/26/2005 - "IMPOSSIBLE DISARMAMENT: THE BREAKING-UP OF MILITIA IS A FIASCO", by special correspondent Guiglo Patrick de Saint Exuper *** LA CROIX 8/25/2005 - "GBAGBO'S FAITHFULS STRIVE TO CONTAIN TURMOIL", by special correspondent in Abidjan Stephane Auvray *** LE MONDE 8/24/2005 - "IVOIRIAN REBELS READY FOR ANTI-GBAGBO COUP", by correspondent in Pretoria Fabienne Pompey *** LE FIGARO 8/24/2005 - "PRESIDENCY FACES ARMY `TRAITORS' WITH `SERENITY'", by special correspondent in Abidjan Patrick de Saint Exupery *** LIBERATION 8/24/2005 - "ELECTIONS ARE INCREASINGLY UNLIKELY", by Christophe Ayad *** LE FIGARO 8/22/2005 - "GBAGBO ENJOINED TO GIVE-UP POWER", signed P.S-E *** LA CROIX 8/22/2005 - "GENERAL DOUE'S RETURN MAKES ABIDJAN NERVOUS", by regional correspondent in Accra Stephane Auvray *** LE MONDE 8/21-22/2005 - "GENERAL DOUE WANTS TO FORCE GBAGBO OUT", AFP ¶3. BURUNDI *** LE MONDE 8/20/2005 - "PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OFFERS NEW HOPE TO MARTYR COUNTRY", - "PIERRE NKURUNZIZA, A REBELS WHO BELIEVES IN GOD AND IN PEACE", by special correspondent in Bujumbura Jean-Philippe Remy ¶4. NIGER *** LIBERATION 8/24/2005 - "AMID CRITICISM, ANNAN GOES TO WORN-OUT NIGER", by Alexandra Schwartzbrod *** LE FIGARO 8/23/2005 - "THE FOOD CRISIS HAS MULTIPLE FACES", by special correspondent in Zinder Caroline Dumay ¶5. ANGOLA *** LA CROIX 8/23/2005 - "FIGHTING ILLNESS AND FEAR", by Pierre Bienvault ¶6. SUDAN *** LIBERATION 8/20-21/2005 - "THE AMAZING MARCH OF 60,000 DISPLACED SUDANESE", by special correspondent in Bahr al Gazal Alexis Masciarelli ¶7. Minimize considered. (ARS) STAPLETON