AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 PARIS 007873 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 NOV. 4-18, 2005 ¶1. ATTENTION ¶2. LIBERIA ¶3. CHAD ¶4. GABON ¶5. BURKINA FASO ¶6. COTE D'IVOIRE ¶7. ETHIOPIA ¶8. NIGERIA ¶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. LIBERIA *** LA CROIX 11/16/2005 - "ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF: A HOPE FOR LIBERIA", by Laurent d'Ersu *** LE MONDE 11/12/2005 - "GEORGE WEAH CONTESTS ELECTION RESULT"' - "MONROVIA'S IRON LADY TRAINED AT HARVARD AND THE WORLD BANK', signed PH.B *** LIBERATION 11/12-13/2005 - "LIBERIA OFFERS AFRICA ITS FIRST WOMAN-PRESIDENT", by Christophe Ayad *** LE FIGARO 11/12-13/2005 - "LIBERIA PREFERS THE BANKER TO THE SOCCER PLAYER", by Patrick de Saint Exupery *** LA CROIX 11/8/2005 - "FUTURE LIBERIAN ARMY TRAINED BY PRIVATE FIRM", by special correspondent in Monrovia Stephane Auvray *** LIBERATION 11/8/2005 - "WEAH IS ALMOST THERE", by Christophe Ayad ¶3. CHAD *** LE MONDE 11/17/2005 - "HABRE'S EXTRADITION BETWEEN THE HANDS OF SENEGAL", by Jean- Pierre Stroobants in Brussels and Jean-Pierre Tuquoi *** LA CROIX 11/16/2005 - "HISSENE HABRE IN FRONT OF SENEGALESE JUSTICE", by Catherine Rebuffel *** LE FIGARO 11/16/2005 - "FORMER PRESIDENT ARRESTED FOR GENOCIDE", by Pierre Prier *** LIBERATION 11/16/2005 - "HISSENE HABRE UNDER ARREST IN SENEGAL", Reuters *** LE MONDE 11/15/2005 - "PLAINTIFS WORRY ABOUT SENEGAL'S SLOW WORK", by Jean-Pierre Stroobants in Brussels *** LE FIGARO 11/12-13/2005 - "IDRISS DEBY'S REGIME APPROPRIATES OIL MONEY", by Sixtine Leon-Dufour ¶4. GABON *** LIBERATION 11/18/2005 - "NEW ACCUSATION DENIED", AFP *** LE MONDE 11/6-7/2005 - "ZACHARIE MYBOTO ACCUSES BONGO", by Philippe Bernard ¶5. BURKINA FASO *** LE FIGARO 11/14/2005 - "BURKINA IS REAR-BASE FOR IVOIRIAN REBELS", by special correspondent in Ouagadougou Tanguy Berthemet *** LIBERATION 11/14/2005 - "UNREMOVABLE `HANDSOME BLAISE', LIKELY WINNER', by Thomas Hofnung" *** LE MONDE 11/13-14/2005 - "BLAISE COMPAORE ON THE EVE OF A THIRD MANDATE", by Philippe Bernard *** LE FIGARO 11/12-13/2005 - "IVOIRIAN CRISIS WORRIES BURKINA, SAYS COMPAORE", interview with President Blaise Compaore by Tanguy Berthement in Ouagadougou - "DISENCHANTED BURKINA HAS NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO RE-ELECT OUTGOING PRESIDENT", by special correspondent in Ouagadougou T.B. *** LE MONDE 11/11/2005 - "IN SPITE OF `MODEL' ECONOMIC POLICIES, BURKINA REMAINS TRAPPED IN POVERTY", by Alain Faujas ¶6. COTE D'IVOIRE *** LIBERATION 11/18/2005 - "TO GIVE HIMSELF NEW AVIATION, GBAGBO IS FLIRTING WITH EMBARGO", by Thomas Hofnung *** LA CROIX 11/17/2005 - "COCOA MONEY PAID FOR ARMS", by Laurent d'Ersu *** LE MONDE 11/13-14/2005 - "CONFIDENCE IS LACKING", editorial by Jean-Pierre Tuquoi *** LIBERATION 11/11/2005 - "FRENCH JOURNALISTS UNWELCOME", by special correspondent in Abidjan Thomas Hofnung *** LE MONDE 11/12/2005 - "ABIDJAN'S GHOSTS", by anthropologist Marc Auge *** LIBERATION 11/7/2005 - "FRANCE IS BOGGED DOWN IN COTE D'IVOIRE", - "START OF SCHOOL YEAR UNCERTAIN IN BOUAKE", by special correspondent Thomas Hofung *** LE FIGARO 11/5-6/2005 - "FRANCE IS LOSING GROUND IN COTE D'IVOIRE", by Patrick de Saint Exupery ¶7. ETHIOPIA *** LE MONDE 11/17/2005 - "TIMID REACTION FROM AID DONORS AFTER VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN ETHIOPIA", by correspondent in Nairobi Jean-Philippe Remy *** LIBERATION 11/5-6/2005 - "WAR THREATENS BETWEEN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA", by correspondent in Asmara Nicolas Germain - *** LE FIGARO 11/5-6/2005 - "RENEWED TENSION ON ETHIOPIA/ERITREA BORDER", by Adrien Jaulmes *** LIBERATION 11/8/2005 - "NIGERIAN PROSTITUTES FOR EUROPEAN MARKET", by special correspondent in Benin City Virginie Gomez ¶9. Minimize considered. (ARS) STAPLETON