AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 PARIS 008202 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 25 - December 2, 2005 ¶1. ATTENTION ¶2. GABON ¶3. COTE D'IVOIRE ¶4. RWANDA ¶5. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT ¶6. NIGER ¶7. HISSENE HABRE ¶8. UGANDA ¶9. HIV/AIDS-MALAWI ¶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. GABON *** LIBERATION 12/1/2005 - "PAPA BONGO'S NO-SURPRISE RE-ELECTION" by correspondent in Libreville Pauline SimoneT *** LE MONDE 11/30/2005 - "SURE RE-ELECTION FOR OMAR BONGO", by special correspondent in Libreville Jean-Pierre Tuquoi *** LE MONDE 11/27-28/2005 - "IN POWER SINCE 1967, OMAR BONGO BUYS HIMSELF AN ELECTION FOR A NEW SEVEN-YEAR MANDATE", - "BONGO'S GANG", by special correspondent in Libreville Jean-Pierre Tuquoi *** LA CROIX 11/24/2005 - "OMAR BONGO'S EXPENSIVE RENEWED MANDATE", by special correspondent in Libreville Laurent d'Ersu ¶3. COTE D'IVOIRE *** LIBERATION 12/2/2005 - "THE MAHE AFFAIR: WHEN A SOLDIER'S ORDER LED TO MURDER", by Jean-Dominique Merchet *** LE FIGARO 12/1/2005 - "THE MAHE AFFAIR REACHES THE JUDICIARY STAGE", signed ALG ¶4. RWANDA *** LE FIGARO 12/1/2005 - "RECONCILIATION IS HARD WORK", by special correspondent in Kigali Patrick de saint Exupery *** LIBERATION 11/29/2005 - "NEW BOOK CONTENDS CURRENT RWANDAN PRESIDENT WAS BEHIND GENOCIDE", by Christophe Ayad ¶5. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT *** LIBERATION 12/2/2005 - "COUNTER-SUMMIT CRITICAL OF FRANCE", by special correspondent in Bamako Thomas Hofnung ¶6. NIGER *** LIBERATION 12/2/2005 - "SLAVE COUNTING UNDER WAY IN NIGER", by special correspondent in Niger Judith Rueff ¶7. HISSENE HABRE *** LE MONDE 11/29/2005 - "PENDING AFRICA UNION'S DECISION, HISSENE HABRE WILL REMAIN IN SENEGAL", by Philippe Bernard and Jean-Pierre Stroobants *** LA CROIX 11/29/2005 - "SENEGAL GRANTS HISSENE HABRE TWO MONTHS REPRIEVE", by correspondent in Dakar Christine Holzbauer *** LE MONDE 11/27-28/ 2005 - "FORMER DICTATOR'S FATE BETWEEN THE HANDS OF PRESIDENT WADE", by Philippe Bernard and Jean-Pierre Stroobants *** LE FIGARO 11/26-27/2005 - "DAKAR REFUSES TO EXTRADITE HISSENE HABRE", by Pierre Prier ¶8. UGANDA *** LA CROIX 11/25/2005 - "UGANDA CIVIL WAR OVERFLOWS INTO SUDAN", by special correspondent in Juba Adrien de Mun ¶9. HIV/AIDS - MALAWI *** LIBERATION 12/1/2005 - "NO MEDICAL FOLLOW-UPIN MALAWI", - "400,000 CHILDREN ORPHANED BECAUSE OF AIDS", by special correspondent in Blantyre Valerie Hirsch ¶10. Minimize considered. (ARS) STAPLETON