AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 PARIS 001550 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 MARCH 3-10, 2006 ¶1. ATTENTION ¶2. AFRICA EMIGRATION ¶3. AFRICA CORRUPTION ¶4. ALI FARKA TOURE ¶5. COTE D'IVOIRE ¶6. SENEGAL ¶7. BENIN ¶8. NIGER ¶9. SUDAN ¶10. UGANDA ¶11. SOUTH AFRICA ¶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 EMIGRATION *** LIBERATION 3/10/2006 - "A TRAGIC NEW ROUTE FOR AFRICAN MIGRANTS", by correspondent in Madrid Francois Musseau ¶3. AFRICA CORRUPTION *** LA CROIX 3/7/2006 - "AFRICA DOES NOT HOLD CORRUPTION MONOPOLY", Interview with congo and African union President Denis Sassou Nguesso by Julia Ficatier and Laurent d'Ersu ¶4. ALI FARKA TOURE *** LIBERATION 3/8/2006 - "MALI LOSES ITS GUITAR HERO", by Bouziane Daoudi *** LE FIGARO 3/8/2006 - "AFRICA FEELS BLUE", by Bertand Dicale ¶5. COTE D'IVOIRE *** LE FIGARO 3/9/2006 - "RELATIONS BETWEEN FRANCE AND COTE D'IVOIRE MUST CHANGE", interview with President Laurent Gbagbo by special correspondent in Abidjan Patrick de Saint Exupery - "TWO IVOIRIAN PILOTS TALK OF THE BOUAKE `MISTAKE'", signed P.S.-E. ¶6. SENEGAL *** LIBERATION 3/4-5/2006 - "SENEGAL MAKES STRATEGIC PROGRESS AGAINST MALARIA", by Sylvestre Huet - ¶7. BENIN *** LE MONDE 3/7/2006 - "OUTGOING PRESIDENT CASTS DOUBTS OVER ELECTION", by Philippe Bernard *** LIBERATION 3/4-5/2006 - "BENINESE VOTE FOR BETTER LIFE", signed T.H. with AFP *** LE FIGARO 3/4-5/2006 - "PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN BENIN", by Patrick de Saint Exupery ¶8. NIGER *** LA CROIX 3/3/2006 - "FACED WITH BIRD FLU, NIGER LAUNCHES ACTION PLAN", by special correspondent in Niamey Catherine Rebuffel ¶9. SUDAN *** LE FIGARO 3/10/2006 - "BLUE HELMETS MIGHT INVITE THEMSELVES TO DARFUR", by Tanguy Berthemet *** LE FIGARO 3/9/2006 - "IN DARFUR, OUR PATIENCE HAS LIMITS", by British Foreign Affairs minister Jack Straw ¶10. UGANDA *** LIBERATION 3/9/2006 - "CHILDREN HIDE TO GO TO SLEEP", two page feature by special correspondent in Gulu Thomas Hofnung *** LA CROIX 3/2/2006 - "AIDS EPIDeMICS SURGES AGAIN IN UGANDA", by correspondent in Kampala Adrien de Mun ¶11. SOUTH AFRICA *** LE MONDE 3/9/2006 - "FORMER VICE PRESIDENT ZUMA ON TRIAL FOR RAPE", by correspondent in Johannesburg Fabienne Pompey ¶12. Minimize considered. (ARS) STAPLETON