AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 PARIS 008368 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 DECEMBER 2-9, 2005 ¶1. ATTENTION ¶2. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT ¶3. COTE D'IVOIRE ¶4. CAMEROON ¶5. RWANDA ¶6. GABON ¶7. ERITREA ¶8. SOUTH AFRICA ¶9. SUDAN ¶10. MALAWI ¶11. AFRICA'S PRISONS ¶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. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT *** LA CROIX 12/5/2005 - "CHIRAC CELEBRATES LINK WITH AFRICANS OF ALL GENERATIONS", by special correspondent in Bamako Laurent d'Ersu - "IN KAYES,FRANCE BETS ON JOINT DEVELOPMENT" by Laurent d'Ersu in Kayes - "WE'RE RACING AGAINST FLARING DEMOGRAPHY", interview with EU Commissioner Louis Michel by Laurent d'Ersu *** LIBERATION 12/5/2005 - "ONLY WISHFUL THINKING OUT OF BAMAKO'S HIGH MASS", by special correspondent Thomas Hofnung *** LE FIGARO 12/5/2005 - "CHIRAC PROMISES VISAS FOR AFRICA'S BRAINS" by Patrick de Saint Exupery - "AFRICA, EMIGRATION, BRAIN DRAIN AND DEVELOPMENT", by former CentralAfrica's prime minister Anicet Georges Dologuele - "CHIRAC FAVORS `CHOSEN' IMMIGRATION", editorial by Yves Threard, *** LE MONDE 12/4-5/2005 - "CHIRAC'S LAST AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT", by special correspondents in Bamako Philippe Bernard, Beatrice Gurrey and Nathalie Nougayrede *** LE FIGARO 12/3-4/2005 - "PARIS KEEPS ITS DISTANCE FROM AFRICA", by correspondent in Bamako Patrick de Saint Exupery - "DIFFICULT REUNION BETWEEN CHIRAC AND HIS AFRICAN PEERS", by correspondent in Bamako Philippe Goulliaud - "FRANCE IS LEFT BEHIND IN THE RUSH FOR AFRICA'S OIL", by Sixtine Leon Dufour *** LIBERATION 12/3-4/2005 - "FRANCAFRICA LOOKING AT ITS YOUNG PEOPLE", testimonies by several young Africans collected by Thomas Hofnung - "AFRICA MUST TAKE CONTROL OF ITS OWN FATE", interview with Malian film director Souleymane Cisse by Thomas Hofnung *** LA CROIX 12/2/2005 - "FRANCE AIMS AT LESS INTERVENTIONISM", by special correspondent in Bamako Laurent d'Ersu ¶3. COTE D'IVOIRE *** LIBERATION 12/6/2005 - "COMPULSORY PRIME MINISTER NOMINATED IN ABIDJAN", by special correspondent in Bamako Thomas Hofnung *** LE MONDE 12/6/2005 - "NEW PRIME MINISTER NOMINATED WITH FRENCH SUPPORT", by Jean- Pierre Tuquoi *** LA CROIX 12/6/2005 - "CHARLES KONAN BANNY, NEW PRIME MINISTER", by Julia Ficatier - ¶4. CAMEROON *** LIBERATION 12/5/2005 - "CAMEROON CLOSES ITS EYES ON HIV/AIDS", by special correspondent in Yaounde Blandine Grosjean ¶5. RWANDA *** LE MONDE 12/7/2005 - "GENOCIDE FAKE RECONCILIATIONS", by special correspondent in Kigali Marion Van Renterghem ¶6. GABON *** LE MONDE 12/9/2005 - "GABON STRIVES TO PROTECT ITS FOREST THROUGH RATIONAL FELLING", by special correspondent in Oyem Jean-Pierre Tuquoi - ¶7. ERITREA *** LE MONDE 12/9/2005 - "ERITREA DEFIES UN", by Jean Philippe Remy in Nairobi and Philippe Bolopian in New York - ¶8. SOUTH AFRICA *** LIBERATION 12/8/2005 - "FORMER NUMBER TWO IN TROUBLE", by correspondent in Johannesburg Valerie Hirsch *** LE MONDE 12/3/2005 - "HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE RECOGNIZED BY SOUTH AFRICA'S JUSTICE", by correspondent in Johannesburg Fabienne Pompey ¶9. SUDAN *** LA CROIX 12/8/2005 - "UNHCR REFUSES SUDANESE REFUGEES IN CAIRO", by Guillaume de Dieuleveult in Cairo - ¶10. MALAWI *** LIBERATION 12/7/2005 - "FOOD DISORDER IN MALAWI", byspecial correspondent in Blantyre Valerie Hirsch ¶11. AFRICA'S PRISONS *** LA CROIX 12/7/2005 - "HUMAN RIGHTS ARE DENIED IN AFRICA'S PRISONS", by Caterine Rebuffel ¶12. Minimize considered. (ARS) STAPLETON