AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS

UNCLAS PARIS 008028 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 NOVEMBER 18-25, 2005 ¶1. ATTENTION ¶2. COTE D'IVOIRE ¶3. SUDAN ¶4. MAURITANIA ¶5. CHAD ¶6. GABON ¶7. RWANDA ¶8. MALARIA+HIV/AIDS ¶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 11/24/2005 - "COCOA AND DIAMOND AT THE CENTER OF IVOIRIAN CONFLICT', by Karene Bassompierre in Abidjan ¶3. SUDAN *** LA CROIX 11/23/2005 - "JUBA REGAINS ITS IDENTITY", by special correspondent in Juba Adrien de Mun ¶4. MAURITANIA *** LE MONDE 11/23/2005 - "MAURITANIAN PRESIDENT PLEADS FOR POLITICAL ALTERNANCE", by correspondent in Nouakchott Marie Pierre Olphand ¶5. CHAD *** LE MONDE 11/23/2005 - "DEBY'S POWER THREATENED BY MUTINEES" by correspondent in NairobiJean-Philippe Remy *** LA CROIX 11/22/2005 - "HISSENE HABRE ENJOYS SOME SUPPORT IN AFRICA", by correspondent in Dakar Christine Holzbauer *** LIBERATION 11/19-20/2005 - "DEBY WALKS A TIGHTROPE", signed TH ¶6. GABON *** LE FIGARO 11/23/2005 - "PRESIDENT ELECTION TRUNCATED AGAIN", by special correspondent in Libreveille Patrick de Saint Exupery ¶7. RWANDA *** LE FIGARO 11/23/2005 - "JUDGE REOPENS FRENCH CASE IN RWANDA", by special correspondent in Kigali Patrick de Saint Exupery ¶8. MALARIA+HIV/AIDS *** LE MONDE 11/22/2005 - "IN AFRICA, FIGHT AGAINST MALARIA LACKS COHERENCE", by special correspondent in Yaounde Philippe Bernard - "IN MOZAMBIQUE, DDT STILL USED AGAINST MOSQUITOES",pecial correspondent in Maputo Fabienne Pompey - "NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH HIV REACHES MORE THAN 40 KILLION IN 2005", by Paul Benkimoun ¶9. Minimize considered. (ARS) STAPLETON