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| 05ABIDJAN1003 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO REOPEN, STUDENTS [...] (U) Based on a gentlemen's agreement between the school owners and the Minister of Higher Education, Ivoirian private schools will reopen on June 20. The owners have kept the schools closed since May 17 to protest the USD 44 million in arrears owed them by the government (reftel). The Ministr [...] |
2005-06-16 16:15:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB IV |
| 05ABIDJAN1861 | COTE D'IVOIRE: ICCAT CHAIRMANSHIP AND NEW [...] On October 7, econoff delivered ref A and B demarches to Seraphin Dedi Nadje, Director of Fishery Production, Ministry of Animal Production and Fishery Resources. 2. In response to ref A demarche, Mr. Dedi Nadje replied that Cote d'Ivoire would be interested in supporting Dr. Hogarth's ca [...] |
2005-11-09 10:23:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ETRD PHSA SENV AORC IV ICCAT IATTC |
| 05ABIDJAN1864 | COTE D'IVOIRE INTENDS TO KEEP WEST AFRICAN CENTRAL [...] (U) The term of Charles Konan Banny, the current governor of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), will expire in December 2005. The BCEAO is the common central bank for the eight West African Economic Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries. The BCEAO governor is appointed by the Council [...] |
2005-11-09 14:53:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IV |
| 05ABIDJAN1871 | TOGO NOT READY FOR REFUGEE RETURNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: RefCoord met UN and government agencies in Lome and Accra from November 8-10 to discuss the Government of Togo's proposed National Repatriation Plan (NRP) and the UN's 2006 Consolidated Appeal (CAP) for Togo. UN and EU representatives stated security conditions in Togo were not [...] |
2005-11-16 07:44:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM TO GH BE |
| 05ABIDJAN487 | COTE D'IVOIRE -- OUTSIDE LEGAL EXPERTS REVIEW [...] (C) Summary. A panel of legal experts from Burundi and Rwanda, led by the Advisor to South African President Thabo Mbeki, has issued an analysis of the Linas-Marcoussis legislation, and determined that many of the bills are not in compliance with either the letter or spirit of the Linas-Marc [...] |
2005-03-25 08:53:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO IV SA |
| 05ABIDJAN695 | COTE D'IVOIRE: ADDRESSING PROTECTION CONCERNS [...] (SBU) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is conducting training sessions for militia groups, as well as the National Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FANCI) and the Armed Forces of the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and the Geneva Conventions. [...] |
2005-04-27 08:29:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF IV LI PHUM WFP |
| 05ABIDJAN716 | WE DON'T NEED NO EDUCATION - STRIKING TEACHERS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Union of Secondary School Teachers (SYNESCI) is staging a 48-hour strike starting April 28 to protest non-payment of 2004 exam-correction allowances. This strike comes just two weeks after a 72-hour strike by primary school teachers on April 11-13, also to protest non-payment [...] |
2005-04-28 19:16:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB IV |
| 05ABIDJAN944 | COTE D'IVOIRE: CLOSED PRIVATE SCHOOLS, WORRIED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since May 17 the owners of secondary- and university-level private schools have kept their institutions closed in protest over nonpayment of government subsidies. According to the owners, the government owes them a total of USD 37 million for the years 2003 through 2005. On Jun [...] |
2005-06-07 18:08:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1004 | COTE D'IVOIRE: TOXIC WASTE SCANDAL UNFOLDS [...] (U) Summary. The illegal dumping of toxic waste at eleven open-air garbage sites around the city of Abidjan has reportedly left three people dead and led some 1,500 others to seek treatment for symptoms of nausea, rashes, fainting, diarrhea and headaches. The dumping has generated public pro [...] |
2006-09-08 17:44:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SENV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1005 | COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL REACTIONS TO [...] (C) Reactions to the resignation: Minister of Cooperation and African Integration Albert Mabry Toikeuse told the Ambassador in a private meeting yesterday that Prime Minister Banny did not tell his ministers before he announced their resignation on September 7 (reftel). New Forces spokes [...] |
2006-09-08 17:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1006 | COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL REACTIONS TO [...] (C) Opposition UDPCI party leader and Minister of Cooperation and African Integration Albert Mabri Toikeuse told the Ambassador that Prime Minister Banny did not consult with his ministers before he announced the cabinet's resignation on September 7 (reftel). New Forces (NF) spokesman Sid [...] |
2006-09-08 18:28:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1027 | COTE D'IVOIRE: VISIT BY AFRICAN UNION CHAIRMAN [...] (U) Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo and current Chairman of the African Union (AU), visited Abidjan September 10-12. He met individually with each of the five principal Ivoirian political leaders: President Gbagbo, principal opposition party leaders Bedie and Ouattara, a [...] |
2006-09-12 15:14:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1036 | COTE D'IVOIRE: TENTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The tenth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) produced a somewhat bolder than usual communique challenging the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to devise new, better transition arrangements to take effect after October. T [...] |
2006-09-14 11:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1037 | THE CYCLES OF THE IVOIRIAN POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (C) Cote d'Ivoire is currently at an impasse, which is the most vulnerable point in the cycle that characterizes the political crisis. The cycle is composed essentially of four stages. First, the principal political actors sign a new agreement to relaunch the political process. Secondly, the [...] |
2006-09-14 16:26:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1042 | COTE D'IVOIRE SITREP 15 SEPTEMBER 2006, 1430 GMT [...] (U) A number of roadblocks were established in Abidjan on the morning of September 15. By early afternoon, some of these had been dismantled although roadblocks remained primarily in the Riviera district of Abidjan, where the Embassy is located. A group of about 50 protesters gathered in the [...] |
2006-09-15 15:56:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC SENV CASC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1043 | GBAGBO HARDENS RHETORIC ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (U) In a September 14 speech to senior officers and other members of the Ivoirian Defense and Security Forces (FDS) that was later televised, President Gbagbo delivered a hard-line, uncompromising message on the peace process. Gbagbo averred that he had made numerous compromises (including 23 [...] |
2006-09-15 16:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1050 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIME MINISTER FORMS A NEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Banny has formed a new cabinet, replacing the former Ministers of Transport and Environment, dividing the Ministries of Justice and Interior in twoministries each, and naming two new Secretaries of State, a rank slightly below that of minister. Thus, the new cabin [...] |
2006-09-18 16:35:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1069 | USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: FACTORS [...] Per reftel instructions, post is making inquiries with the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, the Ministry of the Environment, and industry sources for available publications and will advise when we have a response, probably by early October. Please refer to ABIDJAN 3 [...] |
2006-09-22 16:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1070 | COTE D'IVOIRE: EVENTS AND RHETORIC HEATING UP AS [...] (C) Summary. Events and rhetoric are heating up but proceeding largely as expected as October 31 approaches. The local press is reporting that the September 20 meeting in New York chaired by Secretary General Annan and attended by key African leader and all the key Ivoirian political leaders [...] |
2006-09-22 16:52:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1083 | IVOIRIAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS LAUNCH SURPRISE [...] All air traffic at Abidjan airport was halted September 26 when Cote d'Ivoire's national air traffic controllers, the local branch of ASECNA, launched a strike. Union contacts told us the strike was called to protest "inappropriate working conditions", which included outdated radar equipment [...] |
2006-09-26 16:25:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | CI EAIR ECON ELAB FAA PREL |
| 06ABIDJAN1084 | COTE D'IVOIRE: BANK EMPLOYEES GO ON STRIKE [...] On September 27, the National Union of Employees of the Banking and Financial Establishments in Cote d'Ivoire (SYNABEFA-CI) went on strike for 72 hours, making good on a threat issued on July 25 (reftel A). To maximize the impact, the strike was evidently timed to coincide with the monthly d [...] |
2006-09-27 13:39:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EFIN PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1088 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UPDATE ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS', [...] Air Traffic Controllers: As of 1500 GMT September 27th, the strike of the 27 Ivorian employees of the Agency for Aeronautical Security in Africa (ASECNA), which operates air traffic control at Abidjan's airport, was suspended for one month, allowing a full resumption of both domestic and inte [...] |
2006-09-28 14:03:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELAB PREL ASEC IV ECON |
| 06ABIDJAN1093 | COTE D'IVOIRE'S PALM OIL SECTOR [...] Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's palm oil production has increased steadily in recent years, and its exports have nearly doubled. However, it still accounts for only one percent of world production and half of one percent of world exports. Palm oil also directly accounted for less than 1 percent o [...] |
2006-09-29 16:39:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1094 | COTE D'IVOIRE'S PALM OIL SECTOR [...] Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's palm oil production has increased steadily in recent years, and its exports have nearly doubled. However, it still accounts for only one percent of world production and half of one percent of world exports. Palm oil also directly accounted for less than 1 percent o [...] |
2006-09-29 16:39:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1099 | COTE D'IVOIRE: WORLD BANK'S CHIEF OF MISSION [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank's Chief of Mission Doffonsou told EconChief September 28 that the Ivorian Government has failed to make headway on its $348 million (m) in arrears to the Bank, and that without action, that sum continues to steadily mount. While the government has been offered the [...] |
2006-10-02 15:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL ECON IV ASEC |
| 06ABIDJAN1105 | GBAGBO AND SUPPORTERS ADOPT A TOUGHER LINE IN [...] (C) Summary. Tensions are running higher in Abidjan as President Gbagbo's mandate nears its end and in the run-up to the October 6 ECOWAS meeting on Cote d'Ivoire. President Gbagbo and his supporters, particularly FPI President N'Guessan, have adopted a tougher, uncompromising stance, and t [...] |
2006-10-03 16:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1108 | COTE D'IVOIRE: CUSTOMS AGENTS RELEASED [...] (SBU) In the afternoon of October 3, 2006, three Customs Agents who were arrested in connection with the toxic waste pollution scandal on September 7 (reftel A) were released on bail after a strike, threatened since September 26, commenced on the morning of October 3. 2. (SBU) The strike [...] |
2006-10-04 10:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAIR PREL IV ECON ASEC |
| 06ABIDJAN1113 | COTE D'IVOIRE: ABIDJAN-BASED REGIONAL [...] (U) Summary. The Abidjan-based regional stock market (BRVM) recently hosted the EconChief to discuss the current expansion of the bourse, its potential, limitations, and its place in the evolution of the market economy in Francophone West Africa. Reflecting the regional understanding that Co [...] |
2006-10-04 17:28:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1114 | ABIDJAN-BASED REGIONAL STOCK MARKET [...] (U) Summary. The Abidjan-based regional stock market (BRVM) recently hosted the EconChief to discuss the current expansion of the bourse, its potential, limitations, and its place in the evolution of the market economy in Francophone West Africa. Reflecting the regional understanding that Co [...] |
2006-10-05 08:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN112 | GBAGBO USES ARTICLE 48 POWERS TO EXTEND NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The January 27 extension by Presidential decree of the Mandate of the National Assembly (NA) has further weakened Prime Minister Banny, and continued President Gbagbo's challenge to the International Community. The New Forces, who do not have any deputies in the assembly, have [...] |
2006-02-01 15:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1133 | COTE D'IVOIRE: TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...] (U) Per REF A request, Post provides the following information on Cote d'Ivoire's textile and apparel production sector. 2. (U) The National Statistical Institute's (INS) Division of National Accounts (INSAE) provided the following statistics on total industrial production and total text [...] |
2006-10-06 17:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1134 | COTE D'IVOIRE: USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA [...] Per reftel B instructions, post has compiled information on the below industries. Please refer to Ref C for information on the Stock Market Exchange with regard to the request for information on financial services. Included in this cable is information on the banking sector. 2. Banking: [...] |
2006-10-06 18:26:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1150 | COTE D'IVOIRE: FORCES NOUVELLES COMMUNICATIONS [...] (C) Summary: FN Spokesman Lobognon expressed deep disappointment at the outcome of the Abuja Summit on Cote d'Ivoire, suggesting it would allow President Gbagbo to drag his feet on the identification process for yet another year. Lobognon added that Gbagbo acted to obstruct the consensus adop [...] |
2006-10-12 15:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1153 | EXXONMOBIL TELLS GOV'T IT INTENDS TO SELL [...] (SBU) ExxonMobil Regional Director John A.C. Bell, along with Regional Manager Frederic Dauvergne and local Director General Manar Sall met with EconChief on October 10 to discuss the company's announcement to the government of Cote d'Ivoire that it intends to sell its stake in its Ivorian f [...] |
2006-10-13 15:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ASEC PREL IV ECON |
| 06ABIDJAN1173 | GOVERNMENT CREATES 133 JUDGESHIPS TO RESUME AND [...] (U) President Gbagbo has signed a decree creating 133 judgeships throughout Cote d'Ivoire, in areas controlled by both the government and the New Forces. The decree was signed on October 5 but only published on October 17, on the eve of the AU Peace and Security Council meeting on Cote d'Ivoi [...] |
2006-10-18 17:29:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1190 | TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] The Economic Section and the Foreign Commercial Section at Post jointly monitor trade agreements and respond to foreign trade barrier complaints. The Section's two Economic Officers determine responsibilities for specific cases as they emerge, working in concert with the regional FCS Officer [...] |
2006-10-25 09:45:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD |
| 06ABIDJAN1206 | PREPARATION OF 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] TRADE SUMMARY: The U.S. trade deficit with Cote d,Ivoire was $1.1 billion in 2005, an increase of $477 million from $597 million in 2004. U.S. goods exports in 2005 were $124 million, up 4.9 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Cote d,Ivoire were $1.2 billion, up 6 [...] |
2006-10-30 12:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1207 | COTE D'IVOIRE - TENSE BUT CALM AND LIKELY TO [...] (C) Cote d'Ivoire remains tense on the eve of the end of the current one-year mandate of President Gbagbo and Prime Minister Banny and a new UNSC resolution for the country. While there is no doubt that both Gbagbo and Banny's terms will be extended, doubts and fears linger over the relative a [...] |
2006-10-30 14:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1212 | LIBERIAN REFUGEE REPATRIATION ENTERS NEW PHASE [...] (U) Summary: Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa traveled to Liberia from October 10-19 to discuss ongoing Liberian refugee repatriation efforts. UNHCR figures show that a total of 80,617 Liberian refugees returned between November 2004 and September 28, 2006 and th [...] |
2006-10-31 15:12:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM LI IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1216 | DEMARCHE ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION, NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OBLIGATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-31 17:14:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IV NOTAG |
| 06ABIDJAN1217 | DEMARCHES ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS REGARDING THE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-31 17:18:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1228 | COTE D'IVOIRE: INITIAL REACTIONS OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. The streets of Abidjan were calm in the wake of the adoption of UNSCR 1721 (reftel) and the business of the country's economic capital went on without incident. Ambassador Hooks and Emboffs sought out the initial impressions of major political groups and figures, and found amon [...] |
2006-11-03 16:58:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1234 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UN HIGH REP FOR ELECTIONS DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gerard Stoudmann, UN High Representative for Elections, is cautiously optimistic that elections in Cote d'Ivoire will happen in 2007, but that positive scenario will require all the parties to exhibit substantially more political will than they have shown heretofore. He caution [...] |
2006-11-06 16:00:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1237 | PRESIDENT GBAGBO: FULLY COMMITTED TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) President Gbagbo invited the Ambassador on November 6 to the Presidential Residence to express appreciation for the support of the United States in protecting the Constitution of Cote d'Ivoire during the negotiation of Resolution 1721 in the UN Security Council. President Gbagbo also said [...] |
2006-11-07 14:01:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1242 | APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE FROM PRESIDENT GBAGBO [...] Following is the unofficial translation of a letter dated November 2, 2006 addressed to President Bush from President Laurent Gbagbo. A copy of the letter was sent by fax to Embassy Abidjan from the office of the Secretary General of Cote d'Ivoire. Begin translation: From the President of t [...] |
2006-11-08 08:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1250 | OPPOSITION PARTIES UNHAPPY WITH UNSCR 1721; PM [...] (C) Summary. The Ivorian political class continues to react to UNSCR 1721 and the President's ongoing efforts to shape the political terrain to his liking. Both the Forces Nouvelles (NF) and major unarmed opposition parties expressed disappointment with 1721, specifically the decision to av [...] |
2006-11-09 14:05:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV UN |
| 06ABIDJAN1251 | RESIDENTS OF YOPOUGON ROUT PRO-GOV'T MILITIA [...] (SBU) On November 3, residents of the Azito neighborhood in the populous Yopougon suburb of Abidjan engaged in a daylong battle with members of a pro-government militia, the Groupe des Patriotes pour la Paix (GPP), and eventually succeeded in ejecting them entirely. Long-simmering tensions e [...] |
2006-11-09 14:32:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IV MARR PREL |
| 06ABIDJAN1253 | FRENCH ECONOMIC COUNSELOR ADDRESSES COTE [...] (SBU) Econ Chief met with French Economic and Commercial Counselor Jean Dolle at the French Embassy on November 8. Dolle began by discussing French economic interests in Cote d'Ivoire, which, despite the political crisis and its resultant effects on the economy, remain strong. Economic act [...] |
2006-11-09 14:52:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON IBRD IV PREL |
| 06ABIDJAN1255 | GOVERNMENT $144M IN ARREARS ON WAR BONUSES, [...] (SBU) While the payment of regular salaries is current for both civil servants and military personnel (which includes the FANCI, the Gendarmerie and the National Police) as of October 31, 2006, according to sources within the Ministry of Defense, the Government of Cote d'Ivoire is 12 months o [...] |
2006-11-09 17:05:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV PREL EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1256 | COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DPRK ENTITY [...] (S) On November 8, Econ Chief delivered talking points in reftel to Ambassador Bernard TANOH BOUTCHOUE, Director of United Nations and Specialized Institutions Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (S) TANOH indicated that Cote d'Ivoire takes its UN obligations seriously and op [...] |
2006-11-09 17:15:00 | Embassy Abidjan | SECRET | PARM PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1257 | COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE RE U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On November 8, Econ Chief delivered relevant talking points from reftels to Ambassador Bernard TANOH BOUTCHOUE, Director of the Office of United Nations and Specialized Institutions Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) Speaking frankly, and drawing upon his eight years [...] |
2006-11-09 17:16:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA CU IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1258 | COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN [...] (C) On November 8, Econ Chief delivered relevant talking points from reftels to Ambassador Bernard TANOH BOUTCHOUE, Director of the Office of United Nations and Specialized Institutions Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) Speaking frankly, and drawing upon his eight years [...] |
2006-11-09 17:18:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UNHCR IV UNGA |
| 06ABIDJAN1263 | IVORIAN POULTRY INDUSTRY CRIES FOWL AS GOVERNMENT [...] On November 2, 2006, the Ministry of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries announced a plan to slash the tariff on poultry imports by 50% (from 22.5% to 11.5%). The announcement followed the October 31 Council of Ministers, which recommended taking &all necessary measures to supply the poultry mark [...] |
2006-11-13 16:19:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EIND ELAB EAGR IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1276 | UNION OF STATE-OWNED NEWSPAPER THREATENS STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 30, 2006 the board of influential government-owned newspaper Fraternite Matin (FratMat) dismissed Director General Honore De Yedagne (close to the FPI) and replaced him with Leon Lebry Francis, an ally of PM Banny. On November 6 the union for employees at FratMat, [...] |
2006-11-16 15:55:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1277 | DEMARCHE ON ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) POL/ECON Counselor delivered ref A demarche to Ambassador Bernard Tanoh Boutchoue,Director of the Office of United Nations and Specialized Institutions Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on November 16. We strongly urged Cote d'Ivoire to vote against the three anti-U.S. resolutio [...] |
2006-11-16 17:25:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BO IV PHUM |
| 06ABIDJAN1300 | COTE D'IVOIRE: AMBASSADOR'S DECLARATION FOR [...] During the last year, both disarmament of former combatants from the 2002 rebellion and the identification and registration of voters failed to materialize. As such, Cote d'Ivoire remains divided into three parts: the government-held south, the rebel- held north, and the UN controlled Zone o [...] |
2006-11-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1303 | COTE D'IVOIRE: AMBIGUOUS ROLE OF THE SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. The armed forces are playing a very ambiguous role in Cote d'Ivoire's political process. No one trusts the security forces: not President Gbagbo, not Prime Minister Banny, and not the public. FANCI (Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire) Chief of Staff Mangou's loyalty to Gbagbo goes w [...] |
2006-11-24 14:36:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1306 | NINE TURKEYS DIE OF H5N1 AVIAN INFLUENZA JUST IN [...] On November 20, the National Institute for Public Hygiene in Cote d'Ivoire (INHP) confirmed results by the National Laboratory for Agricultural Development (LANADA) on November 17 of another instance of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) in Cote d'Ivoire. Culling began November 21, as 76 birds were s [...] |
2006-11-24 17:07:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR EMED CONS IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1314 | STATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS SHUT DUE TO TEACHERS' STRIKE [...] On November 9, 2006, the Primary School Teachers, Movement for the Defense of their Rights, known as Mouvement des Instituteurs pour la Defense de leurs Droits (MIDD), launched a strike to protest the government's failure to grant USD 80 (CFAF 40,000) per month in housing allowances for prima [...] |
2006-11-28 11:45:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1316 | GBAGBO HEADED FOR COLLISION COURSE WITH OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: President Gbagbo unexpectedly reinstated three senior officials who were implicated in the toxic waste disaster but are stalwarts in Gbagbo's FPI (Ivoirian Popular Front) party. He also sacked the director general of the state-owned newspaper, Fraternite Matin, for carrying a r [...] |
2006-11-28 18:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1317 | PM BANNY: THE TANDEM WITH GBAGBO IS BROKEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Banny told the Ambassador on November 28 that Cote d'Ivoire is again in crisis: the tandem with President Gbagbo has not been working well since UN Resolution 1721 was adopted November 1 and is now broken. The PM said he was not even informed of the decrees that [...] |
2006-11-29 12:11:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV PGOV |
| 06ABIDJAN1323 | UN TRYING TO SORT OUT RECENT VIOLENCE IN DUEKOUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Francois Sonon, Head of the Duekoue Field Office for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), confirmed five deaths as a result of ethnic clashes between local Guere and Burkinabe in several villages just north of Duekoue in the Zone of Confidence (ZOC). [...] |
2006-11-29 17:29:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1331 | PRESIDENT GBAGBO WILL NOT DISMISS PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on November 30, President Gbagbo made the following points: -- he will not fire Prime Minister Banny, although he did not appreciate the PM's communiqu7 dealing with presidential decrees; instead, he fired the Director of the radio and televi [...] |
2006-12-04 15:38:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV PGOV |
| 06ABIDJAN1334 | AMBASSADOR VISITS FN-HELD NORTHEAST; QUIET, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Hooks led a small delegation of Emboffs and the DATT on a tour of northeastern towns Bondoukou and Bouna. While government-held Bondoukou and FN-held Bouna are peaceful compared to other areas of the country, Bondoukou is notably more prosperous and Bouna's administ [...] |
2006-12-04 17:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON CONS IV |
| 06ABIDJAN134 | COTE D,IVOIRE'S TRANSITION: STRUGGLING TO GET OFF [...] (C) Summary. The October 6 decision by the African Union (AU) that President Gbagbo should remain as head of state and a new Prime Minister be appointed to bring the country to disarmament and elections has failed to generate the hoped-for momentum among the Ivoirian actors. The peace proces [...] |
2006-02-08 14:32:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1342 | SUDAN: URGING COTE D'IVOIRE'S ABSENCE FROM AFCARPAC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-06 15:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI SU IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1343 | PROPOSAL FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL PERMREPS TO VISIT [...] (C) I believe it would be most useful for the Permreps or acting Permreps of the P-5 to come to Abidjan, to deliver in person a message of support for UN Security Council Resolution 1721. Though he nominally welcomed UNSCR 1721, President Gbagbo has said from the outset that it contains attac [...] |
2006-12-06 15:14:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UNSC ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1345 | COTE D'IVOIRE: FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIALS SIGNAL [...] (C) Summary. Finance Ministry officials are telling us that Cote d'Ivoire does not intend to pay the balance of the arrears Cote d'Ivoire owes the World Bank. Bank staff tell us the Bank would be willing to accept partial repayment, but will not resume normal assistance until it receives th [...] |
2006-12-07 07:28:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IMF IV PGOV PREF |
| 06ABIDJAN1346 | COTE D'IVOIRE: FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIALS SIGNAL [...] (C) Summary. Finance Ministry officials are telling us that Cote d'Ivoire does not intend to pay the balance of the arrears Cote d'Ivoire owes the World Bank. Bank staff tell us the Bank would be willing to accept partial repayment, but will not resume normal assistance until it receives th [...] |
2006-12-07 07:29:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IMF IV PGOV PREF |
| 06ABIDJAN1347 | COCOA STRIKE ENDS WITH HARDLY A WHIMPER, [...] (C) Summary. The strike in the cocoa sector has come to a quiet, almost stealthy end although most of the putative demands made by strikers remain unaddressed. The harvest is proceeding, and a good crop is expected. According to industry observers, the government was essentially able to b [...] |
2006-12-07 07:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON AID PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1349 | GBAGBO ROCKING THE BOAT; OPPOSITION STICKS TOE IN [...] (U) After a tumultuous week in the political landscape with Gbagbo's takeover of both the State-owned newspaper Fraternite Matin and state Radio and Television (RTI), and his reinstatement of three senior offials who were implicated in the toxic waste disaster but are Gbagbo cronies, this week [...] |
2006-12-07 16:52:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IV UN |
| 06ABIDJAN1351 | ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF PLAYING THE ROLE OF MEDIATOR? [...] (U) Today the local press widely reported that Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FANCI) Chief of Staff General Philippe Mangou met with lead opposition leader Professor Alphonse Djedje Mady on December 6th. Mangou reportedly wants to calm the increasingly acrid political environment in Abidjan b [...] |
2006-12-07 17:05:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1355 | ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Summary. At the eleventh meeting of the International Working Group (IWG), Prime Minister Banny sought to persuade the group that significant progress has been made to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1721, especially on re-launching identification, returning civil servants to the [...] |
2006-12-08 14:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC UNSC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN136 | MORE ON VIOLENCE IN GUIGLO AND VULNERABILITY OF [...] (C) The humanitarian community is still reeling from the violent attacks that took place mid-January in Guiglo against their offices and staff. Providing basic emergency assistance to the camps of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Guiglo is the top priority, but security ov [...] |
2006-02-08 16:30:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PHUM WFP IV LI |
| 06ABIDJAN1360 | TERRORIST LISTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-11 09:18:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER |
| 06ABIDJAN1364 | MEDIATION TEAM TO BRIEF ECOWAS AND AU LEADERS ON [...] (C) General Jean Marie Michel Mokoko, the Special Representative for the Presidency of the African Union, informed the Ambassador on December 11 that the Mediation Group, composed of himself, D/SRSG Abou Moussa, HRE Gerard Stoudmann and ECOWAS Chairman Chambas will be meeting this week with [...] |
2006-12-12 16:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV PGOV |
| 06ABIDJAN1372 | COTE D'IVOIRE: MILITARY REPORTS ALLEGED COUP PLOT [...] (C) Summary. On December 12 the press spokesman of the defense and security forces announced that a coup plot had been uncovered, involving the assassination of President Gbagbo, the armed forces chief of staff, and several other top security force commanders. The man accused of being the ma [...] |
2006-12-13 12:26:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV ASEC PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1376 | COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL PROCESS DRIFTING [...] (C) Summary. Well into the second month of Cote d'Ivoire's second year of transition to postponed elections, the political process continues to drift. President Gbagbo is essentially ignoring UN Security Council Resolution 1721 and defying the peace process, and the political opposition has [...] |
2006-12-14 14:28:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1377 | OPPOSITION ACKNOWLEDGES IMPOTENCE IN THE FACE OF [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador December 11, Alphonse Djedje Mady, spokesman for the RHDP (Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace) coalition of opposition parties, acknowledged the opposition's frustration and lack of resolve to fight against President Gbagbo and his FPI (Ivoiria [...] |
2006-12-14 14:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1393 | COTE D'IVOIRE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] General Assessment: Cote d'Ivoire does not engage in any major counterterrorism efforts as terrorist groups are not known to be present and thus terrorist activity is not a percieved threat in this country. Cote d'Ivoire has been in the throes of a political-military crisis since 2002 which [...] |
2006-12-19 16:53:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ASEC PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1400 | COTE D'IVOIRE - UPDATE ON THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-20 11:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1402 | GBAGBO OFFERS PROPOSALS, NOT SOLUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a speech made December 19 evening, President Gbagbo offered five proposals designed to bring the country out of crisis: (1) direct talks with the Forces Nouvelles (FN) rebels aimed at encouraging them to disarm and free the country; (2) elimination of the Zone of Confidence; ( [...] |
2006-12-21 09:18:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1404 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK, SOLENTA DHL [...] Econ Chief visited Solenta DHL at Abidjan airport as requested in reftel to inquire into application number D366138 registered on 10/26/2006 (OEA/532 M.Hames/Doris Johnson) for a attitude inertial sensor, model 7003360-946. 2. Econ Chief spoke to Business Development Manager Helen Bergoun [...] |
2006-12-21 10:22:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1405 | COTE D'IVOIRE: FN LEADER SORO PUSHES FOR BANKS TO [...] (C) Summary. Forces Nouvelles leader Guillaume Soro took surprise advantage of a December 11 courtesy call by Econ Chief and Econ/Pol JO to FN HQ in Bouake to make a very public push to reopen the banking sector in FN-held territory. Soro also sharply criticized President Gbagbo for his un [...] |
2006-12-21 11:28:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1406 | DIAMOND MINING IN COTE D'IVOIRE'S NORTH-CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary: In the north-central region of Cote d'Ivoire near Korhogo, diamonds are mined using traditional methods of searching riverbeds with sieves. The yield from this particular region is small--perhaps a few hundred stones a month collectively--and offers a subsistence living for the [...] |
2006-12-21 16:15:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1417 | IRAN --INFORMATION REGARDING UNSCR 1737 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-27 11:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC KNNP IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1430 | COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO GAMBLES WHILE THE POLITICAL [...] (C) As 2006 comes to an end, the Cote d,Ivoire peace process continues to drift. President Gbagbo is waiting for rebel FN (New Forces) leader Guillaume Soro to respond to the five "proposals" he unveiled December 20 (Reftel). The pro-opposition newspaper Le Patriote reported December 27 that [...] |
2006-12-28 16:15:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN150 | COTE D'IVOIRE: MOVING THE PEACE PROCESS FORWARD [...] (C) Since 2002, the Cote d'Ivoire peace process has gone through multiple mediators and mediations including Lome, Linas-Marcoussis, Accra, and Pretoria. Each has petered out in turn, leaving Cote d'Ivoire far short of reunification, disarmament, and elections. Per reftel, the new government [...] |
2006-02-12 08:03:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN179 | ECHOES OF ARETHA FRANKLIN: THE REBELS WANT RESPECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador made a three-day trip to Bouake and Korhogo, in New Forces (FN) territory in the North, to urge the ex-rebels to help move the political process forward. We found a relatively relaxed security environment and a population whose most pressing concerns were not the [...] |
2006-02-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN190 | COTE D'IVOIRE: FOURTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny briefed the fourth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) on his plans to adopt the IWG's road map as his government's work plan. In light of the four days of street disturbances in reaction to the previous IWG's stance on the National Assembly, it [...] |
2006-02-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNAUS IV |
| 06ABIDJAN199 | COTE D'IVOIRE: SORO AND GBAGBO TO MEET FEBRUARY 27 [...] (C) On February 22, Sidike Konate, spokesperson for the New Forces (NF), called on the Ambassador to inform him that a meeting between President Gbagbo and NF Secretary General Guillaume Soro is scheduled to take place February 27. There will also be a second meeting between Gbagbo and all thr [...] |
2006-02-23 16:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN217 | COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL LEADERS' SUMMIT MEETING [...] (U) The meetings that were scheduled to take place February 27 between President Gbagbo and New Forces Secretary General Guillaume Soro; and between Gbagbo, Soro, former Prime Minister Ouattara and former President Bedie (reftel) did not happen, because of a disgreement over security arrangeme [...] |
2006-02-28 14:06:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN226 | COTE D'IVOIRE: 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Since a September 2002 coup attempt that evolved into a civil war, Cote d'Ivoire has been partitioned in two with the government maintaining control of the south and the ex-rebel New Forces controlling the north. Tensions between the two sides have lessened since the appointment of a new [...] |
2006-03-01 16:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IV |
| 06ABIDJAN227 | COTE D'IVOIRE: ILO-UNHCR TO PUBLISH REPORT ON [...] (SBU) Summary: ILO and UNHCR will publish a report on the exploitation of refugee and displaced children in Cote d'Ivoire almost two years after its completion. ILO-UNHCR identified labor and sexual exploitation as the two main forms of exploitation for refugee and displaced children in Cot [...] |
2006-03-01 16:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL EAID SOCI IV |
| 06ABIDJAN228 | COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL LEADERS HOLD SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's five principal political leaders met in Yamoussoukro February 28, the first such meeting since the current crisis began in 2002. They reaffirmed their commitment to the Pretoria Agreement and to holding elections as scheduled, and agreed on six sets of issues: im [...] |
2006-03-01 16:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN238 | COTE D'IVOIRE: TRANSPORTATION MINISTER PROMISES [...] (U) On March 1 the Minister of Transport, Innocent Anaky Kobanan (who is from the opposition Movement of Forces for the Future (MFA) party), announced the introduction of a new "single ticket" system for public transportation (mini-busses and taxis). In addition to the single ticket system, th [...] |
2006-03-03 14:25:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN246 | COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH FORCES CONFRONT IVOIRIAN [...] (U) Most newspapers reported March 3 the French Defense Minister's official letter of protest to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan regarding recent incursions of Ivoirian military forces into the Zone of Confidence (ZC) separating the government-controlled south from the rebel-controlled north. [...] |
2006-03-06 14:15:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC CI |
| 06ABIDJAN255 | ALASSANE OUATTARA RESTRUCTURES THE RDR [...] (U) On March 4-5, presidential candidate and former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara's political party, the RDR (Rally of Democratic Republicans), met at the UN-protected Golf Hotel in Abidjan, to restructure the party and increase the number of leadership positions at the top. More than 700 [...] |
2006-03-08 15:22:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN261 | COTE D'IVOIRE: ELECTORAL COMMISSION DEADLOCK IS [...] (U) On March 7, the outgoing executive board of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) met with the incoming board, to officially hand over governance of the board. 2. (U) This formalizes the agreement that was reached at the February 28 Yamoussoukro summit of Cote d'Ivoire's four princ [...] |
2006-03-09 16:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOVE PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN284 | REBEL LEADER GUILLAUME SORO RETURNS TO ABIDJAN [...] (U) New Forces (FN) leader Guillaume Soro arrived in Abidjan from the northern rebel capital of Bouake on March 14 around 1100, via UN helicopter. He met with President Gbagbo around noon, immediately after arriving, and then met with Prime Minister Charles Banny. In the evening he met with [...] |
2006-03-15 17:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN315 | COTE D'IVOIRE: VISIT OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield made a very productive visit to Abidjan March 15-17. She met with leaders and top officials from all parts of the political spectrum. Her Ivoirian interlocutors praised highly the intensity of U.S. engagement here, and appealed for even [...] |
2006-03-23 16:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN316 | SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE: IVOIRIAN WORKERS, PARTY [...] (C) On March 20, PIT (the Ivoirian Workers, Party) suspended its participation in the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), to protest the fact that the highest-ranking position it was given on the IEC's Executive Board was Deputy Treasurer. In the previous IEC, PIT held the position of Tre [...] |
2006-03-23 16:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN317 | COTE D'IVOIRE: EXAMS FINALLY HELD IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27 children in the New Forces (NF) controlled zone finally started taking the exams that will allow them to progress to the next level of their education. Since February 2004 the pro-Gbagbo Minister of Education had been refusing to allow the exams to be held unti [...] |
2006-03-23 16:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN320 | COTE D'IVOIRE: FIFTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful fifth meeting March 17. Prime Minister Banny, UN High Representative for Election (HRE) Monteiro, and the new Chairman of Cote d'Ivoire's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) gave presentations. Some element of dr [...] |
2006-03-24 16:21:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN332 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PEACE IS IN THE AIR, FOR THE MOMENT [...] (C) Summary. Peace is in the air. Prime Minister Banny has an impressive list of accomplishments, and political leaders seem to have set their minds on elections. Still, there is a daunting list of tasks yet to be completed, including issuing national identification cards and registering vo [...] |
2006-03-30 15:43:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN339 | COTE D'IVOIRE: EXAMS FINALLY HELD IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27 children in the New Forces (NF) controlled zone finally started taking the exams that will allow them to progress to the next level of their education. Since February 2004 the pro-Gbagbo Minister of Education had been refusing to allow the exams to be held unti [...] |
2006-03-31 14:12:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN361 | OIL SPILL OFF IVORY COAST [...] (C) Summary. An oil spill off the coast of Ivoiry Coast caused by the Canadian oil company CNR has largely been cleaned up. However, the Minister of Environment told the Ambassador he was unhappy with uncommunicativeness from CNR and alleged that Ivoirians close to the Presidency who are [...] |
2006-04-04 08:37:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG EPET |
| 06ABIDJAN368 | COTE D'IVOIRE: TROUBLED COCOA SECTOR [...] (C) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's 2005-2006 cocoa harvest looks to be up slightly from last year. The share of the world market price that is going to the farmers is higher than last year but still only 50 percent. Another 37 percent goes in taxes and fees to the government and to four cocoa sup [...] |
2006-04-06 10:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EIND PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN369 | COTE D'IVOIRE: THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE PEACE [...] (C) Summary. As expected, The peace process is going through ups and downs. Pro-Gbagbo militias are threatening to take to the streets as they did in January, this time over the sequencing of identification vis a vis disarmament. Preliminary results indicate that only about 20 percent of st [...] |
2006-04-06 15:40:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN395 | COTE D'IVOIRE: AVIAN INFLUENZA FALSE ALARM [...] Several animals were found dead with symptoms similar to Avian flu in the north of Cote d'Ivoire the week of April 6; sixteen chickens, two ducks, and two dogs that apparently ate the carcasses of the dead poultry. A World Health Organization (WHO) satellite office in Bouake, the northern ca [...] |
2006-04-19 07:56:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON IV |
| 06ABIDJAN409 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIME MINISTER'S UPCOMING VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny told the Ambassador that the primary objective for his upcoming visit to Washington is to request assistance for Cote d'Ivoire's peace process from the World Bank and the IMF. The Ambassador underscored the urgency of moving forward with identification and d [...] |
2006-04-21 14:19:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN414 | COTE D'IVOIRE: SIXTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) At the sixth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG), the group was alarmed to hear from a series of senior Ivoirian officials in charge of various aspects of the peace process that the political process is once again at an impasse and that hardly any progress has been made toward [...] |
2006-04-21 16:38:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN417 | COTE D'IVOIRE: CONTROVERSY OVER IDENTIFICATION [...] (C) Summary. A bitter dispute over how to identify who is an Ivoirian lies at the heart of Cote d'Ivoire's current political crisis. No new identifications have been registered since 2003, and no identity cards have been issued since 1999. Prime Minister Banny has made resuming the identifi [...] |
2006-04-24 15:59:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN428 | COTE D'IVOIRE: STUDENT UNION STAGES STREET PROTESTS [...] (SBU) The Cote D'Ivoire Federation of University and High School Students (FESCI) staged street demonstrations in Abidjan April 25 to demand an end to the current teachers strike. The government-owned but generally factual newspaper Fraternite Matin estimated the number of protesters at 1500. [...] |
2006-04-26 15:15:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN433 | COTE D'IVOIRE: SUSPECTED CASES OF AVIAN FLU [...] Several birds found dead in Abidjan have been tested at the state-owned Institute Pasteur in Abidjan for H5N1 Avian Flu. However, officials have not yet confirmed the presence of the virus in Cote d'Ivoire. Additional samples were sent for testing to a lab in Italy on April 24. The cases were [...] |
2006-04-27 11:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED EAGR IV TBIO |
| 06ABIDJAN442 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PRESENCE OF AVIAN FLU ALL BUT [...] Initial results from several birds found dead in Abidjan have tested positive for H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). Screening for the virus was performed by two labs, the Insitut Pasteur in Abidjan and in Paris. Ministry officials are waiting for final confirmation from the United Nations Food and [...] |
2006-04-28 16:58:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR EMED IV |
| 06ABIDJAN447 | COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO ISSUES COMBATIVE STATEMENT [...] (C) On April 25 President Gbagbo issued a statement through his press spokesman laying out his views on how the country should move forward toward elections. The statement was typical of Gbagbo: combative, defensive, disingenuous and hardly presidential. Gbagbo denied that he had agreed at th [...] |
2006-05-03 16:41:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN458 | FORMER PRESIDENT BEDIE: EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON THE [...] (C) Former President Henri Konan Bedie, who was ousted in a coup in 1999, has little strategy for negotiating an end to the political crisis in Cote d'Ivoire beyond demanding that the international community asssume responsibility for security and for organizing new elections. He recognizes [...] |
2006-05-05 14:17:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN460 | COTE D'IVOIRE: RECENT ATTACKS IN THE WEST PROVE [...] (C) Summary: UN agencies are concerned by a continuing series of inter-ethnic attacks that have occurred in recent weeks in western Cote d'Ivoire, mostly around the town of Bangolo. The attacks have resulted in several deaths, injuries, and some internal population displacement. The UN rep [...] |
2006-05-05 16:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF KPKO PHUM IV |
| 06ABIDJAN473 | YOUNG PATRIOT LEADER BLE GOUDE: DRESSING UP HIS [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 8, Charles Ble Goude, President of the Young Patriot movement, stressed that he is trying to convert the Young Patriots into a more mature political force. He explained that he is now the President of COJEP, a coalition of patriotic forces, and he [...] |
2006-05-09 16:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN475 | COTE D'IVOIRE: SIXTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) At the sixth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG), the group was alarmed to hear from a series of senior Ivoirian officials in charge of various aspects of the peace process that the political process is once again at an impasse and that hardly any progress has been made toward [...] |
2006-05-09 17:11:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN483 | THE FPI AFTER SIX YEARS IN POWER [...] (C) Summary. President Gbagbo,s ruling FPI party is feeling defensive, with little to show after almost six years in power. The party came into office in the flawed 2000 elections with a sweeping agenda of socialist reform. It has achieved few of them while failing to address the fundamenta [...] |
2006-05-11 16:55:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN493 | COTE D'IVOIRE: THIRTY-SIX CONVICTED FOR JULY 2005 [...] (U) Summary: On May 5, an Ivoirian Military Tribunal convicted and sentenced 36 individuals to terms ranging from two to 15 years for their role in the July 2005 attacks on Agboville and Anyama, two towns located respectivly 70 and 7 KM North of downtown Abidjan. During the attacks, 24 people [...] |
2006-05-12 16:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO ASEC AEMR IV |
| 06ABIDJAN495 | GOCI TO LAUNCH PILOT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM ON MAY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Prime Minister,s office and a New Forces (FN) representative have told us that on May 18 the government will begin a pilot population identification program at seven locations in government and FN territory and in the Zone of Confidence. End summary. 2. (SBU) Francois K [...] |
2006-05-12 16:58:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO ASEC PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN500 | PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES IDENTIFICATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. On May 14, Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny addressed the nation on the televised evening news and confirmed reports that the Ministry of Justice will begin pilot identification programs on May 18. Banny also announced that identification and disarmament (DDR) would occur sim [...] |
2006-05-15 13:33:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN504 | COTE D'IVOIRE: MORE VIOLENCE IN WEST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-15 17:24:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN51 | COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO SHOWS BANNY WHO'S BOSS [...] (C) While the pretext for the current unrest is the International Working Group's recommendation that the mandate of the National Assembly not be extended, it is clear that the real aim is to undermine Prime Minister Banny. We have indeed heard that the National Assembly's mandate is a "red l [...] |
2006-01-18 16:29:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN515 | MORE DETAILS ON PILOT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM [...] (U) Summary: More details about the pilot identification process emerged on May 15, during a press conference by the Minister of Justice, Mamadou Kone. The pilot identification program will target anyone over 13 years of age who is without documents. Once the pilot phase has ended, the Mini [...] |
2006-05-17 15:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN523 | PILOT ID PROGRAM GETS OFF TO A GLACIAL START IN [...] (C) The pilot identification program got off to an inauspicious start with only one petitioner appearing in the Port Bouet district of Abidjan on the morning of May 18, the first day of the program. About thirty Young Patriots showed up around 9:00, along with sanctioned Young Patriot leader [...] |
2006-05-18 15:01:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN526 | PRELIMINARIES TO DISARMAMENT PROCESS TO BEGIN SOON [...] (SBU) The Chiefs-of-Staff of the New Forces (FAFN) and Ivoirian (FANCI) militaries agreed on May 17 to start assembling troops in preparation for a disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) program. The NF will gather troops at two sites (at Botro, in the far northeast, and Bouna, [...] |
2006-05-19 16:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN532 | COTE D'IVOIRE: STATUS OF PILOT ID PROGRAM [...] Summary: The second and third day of the pilot identification program ran smoothly in all seven sites both north and south. After the first day, pro-Gbagbo militias ceased their disruptive activities against the program in the south and the population appears to be gaining confidence in the [...] |
2006-05-23 10:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN549 | YOUNG PATRIOTS CONTINUE TO OCCUPY HIGH SCHOOL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congress of Young Patriots (COJEP), the leading faction of the Young Patriots youth militia and headed by Ble Goude, continues to occupy the headquarters of the Secondary School Teacher,s Union (SYNESCI). Despite complaints to the Ivorian government, COJEP remains in place [...] |
2006-05-24 16:25:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN55 | COTE D'IVOIRE: OBASANJO AND GBAGBO ISSUE [...] (U) Nigerian President Obasanjo made a brief visit to Abidjan the evening of January 18, and met at the airport with President Gbagbo. Also present were Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General Pierre Schori, South African Special SIPDIS Repres [...] |
2006-01-19 15:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN554 | COTE D'IVOIRE: SEVENTH MEETING OF THE [...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful seventh meeting on May 19. Prime Minister Banny, UN High Representative for Elections (HRE) Studeman, Ivoirian Chief of Staff General Mangou, and New Forces Chief of Staff Bakayoko, along with the head of the Elect [...] |
2006-05-26 09:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN560 | UNION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS REMAIN ON STRIKE [...] (U) Summary: The National University Teachers' Union (Coordination Nationale des Enseignants du Superieur et des Chercheurs, CNEC) has been on strike since March 14, with the exception of a two-week truce from April 28 through May 12 while the union met with members of the Prime Minister's of [...] |
2006-05-26 15:38:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN568 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PILOT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM [...] (U) Summary: From May 18 through 24, 4810 applicants were interviewed at seven sites in the pilot identification program. A total of 2601 birth certificates and 2188 certificates of nationality were approved after interviews averaging 40 minutes per person. The pilot identification program [...] |
2006-05-30 16:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN583 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PILOT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM [...] (U) Summary: From May 18 through 24, 4810 applicants were interviewed at seven sites in the pilot identification program. A total of 2601 birth certificates and 2188 certificates of nationality were approved after interviews averaging 40 minutes per person. The pilot identification program [...] |
2006-06-02 09:36:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN589 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS CALL [...] (U) The coordination of university professors known as Coordination Nationale des Enseignants du Superieur et des Chercheurs (CNEC), has called a two-week truce after meeting with Prime Minister Banny on May 29. While the Prime Minister was not able to promise a salary increase, which is CNE [...] |
2006-06-02 16:35:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN590 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UNION OF PUBLIC SECTOR HEALTH [...] (U) On May 31, the union of senior public sector health personnel, Syndicat National des Cadres Superieurs de la Sante de Cote d,Ivoire (SYNACASS-CI), threatened to go on strike on June 15 if their demands regarding salary and rank within the civil service are not met. The SYNACASS-CI consis [...] |
2006-06-02 16:37:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN60 | COTE D'IVOIRE: THIRD MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The subject that came in for the most discussion at the January 15 meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) was the future of the National Assembly, whose mandate expired December 16. Heads of delegation reached an initial consensus to recommend that the Assembly remain [...] |
2006-01-20 16:34:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN606 | COTE D'IVOIRE: ACOTA COORDINATOR VISIT SUMMARY [...] (U) Summary: ACOTA Program and Policy Coordinator, Chip Beck (Coordinator), visited Abidjan 13-14 May 2006 for a visit to, and an exchange of information with, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) Headquarters Staff. He received a general briefing from the Senior [...] |
2006-06-07 14:46:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MASS IV |
| 06ABIDJAN613 | COTE D'IVOIRE: FINAL NUMBERS FROM PILOT ID PROGRAM [...] (U) The Ivorian government announced the official figures for the pilot identification process which ended on May 27. The official figures are: 5003 applicants were interviewed, 3907 birth certificates were granted, and 3137 certificates of nationality were approved. The analysis of the pilo [...] |
2006-06-08 15:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN616 | FESCI UNDER SERGES KOFFI: THE FIRST YEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: FESCI (Federation of High School and University Students of Cote d'Ivoire) was created by President Gbagbo and other professors in 1992 at the birth of Cote d'Ivoire's multi-party system to give students a voice in the new political environment. It rapidly degenerated into a maf [...] |
2006-06-09 14:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | SECRET//NOFORN | KPKO PREL PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN623 | COTE D'IVOIRE: ELECTORAL COMMISSION STRUGGLES [...] (C) Summary: Four months away from the October date by which Cote d'Ivoire's postponed presidential elections are supposed to be held, the CEI (Independent Electoral Commission) has ambitious, probably unrealistic plans to carpet the country with thousands of polling stations and train tens o [...] |
2006-06-09 17:45:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN627 | COTE D'IVOIRE: INFORMATION ON OHCHR FIELD PRESENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is represented in Cote d'Ivoire by the Division of Human Rights (HR), which is part of the larger UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). Its overarching mission is to promote human rights in Cote d'Ivoire. The HR works in a [...] |
2006-06-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN633 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS RESTART [...] (U) The group of university professors known as Coordination Nationale des Enseignants du Superieur et des Chercheurs (CNEC) has again commenced an unlimited strike after a two-week truce in which it considered the options put forth by the Council of Ministers (ref A). On June 9, the members [...] |
2006-06-13 17:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN647 | COTE D'IVOIRE: START OF DISARMAMENT MAY BE DELAYED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-16 14:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN648 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PUBLIC [...] (U) Summary: On June 15, primary and secondary public school teachers began unlimited strikes to protest the lack of government response to their demands for a housing allowance and salary increases. The government did not respond to a three-day strike held from June 6 to June 8 by the Coll [...] |
2006-06-16 14:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN649 | COTE D'IVOIRE WILL SUPPORT NEW RED DIAMOND EMBLEM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN652 | DEMARCHES ON NAM AND OIC STATEMENTS ABOUT IRAN'S [...] (C) POL/ECON Counselor and Deputy POL/ECON Counselor delivered a demarche June 16 to Ambassador Bernard Tanoh Boutchoue, Director for the United Nations and Specialized Agencies at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressing U.S. disappointment with the statement on Iran's nuclear program that [...] |
2006-06-16 15:37:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KNNP UNSC IV IR |
| 06ABIDJAN658 | COTE D'IVOIRE: DISARMAMENT OF WESTERN MILITIAS [...] (C) Despite assurances we were given June 16 by Director of Operations for Disarmament Jean-Paul Malan that there were just a few obstacles left to mediate and that disarmament of the western militias would likely begin on June 17 (reftel), the militias continue to refuse to begin even the firs [...] |
2006-06-19 15:59:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN686 | COTRE D'IVOIRE: EIGHTH MEETING OF THE [...] (C) Summary. At the eighth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG), Prime Minister Banny gave a long, evasive presentation seeking to reassure the group that he is determined to succeed in bringing the country to elections, while IWG members tried to pin him down on why so little pro [...] |
2006-06-28 15:23:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN688 | OPPOSITION DEPUTIES RETURN TO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary. Opposition deputies agreed to return to the National Assembly on June 23 in order to receive salaries that had been withheld for three months by the FPI president of the Assembly. The denouement of what should have been a relatively minor affair is a victory for President Gbagbo [...] |
2006-06-29 13:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN691 | UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS END STRIKE, SECONDARY [...] (SBU) Summary. Close on the heels of his success in resolving the impasse over the return of opposition deputies to the National Assembly (reftel), President Gbagbo reinforced his standing as a decisive leader by persuading striking university professors (reftels) to return to work. Secondar [...] |
2006-06-29 17:52:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN694 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIME MINISTER,S PEACE TRAIN STUCK [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny's peace train is stuck for the moment at the disarmament station. The Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FANCI) say they have completed the initial, pre-regroupment phase of the disarmament, where combatants are assembled at designated sites under their own comma [...] |
2006-06-30 11:29:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN713 | NEW FORCES PREVENTED FROM MEETING PRESIDENT [...] (U) On July 4, a delegation of New Forces (NF) soldiers led by Chief-of-Staff General Soumailo Bakayoko was refused entry to the Prime Minister's office (Primature) prior to a scheduled meeting with President Gbagbo. Gbagbo wrote the NF last week, inviting the NF military (FAFN) to meet with h [...] |
2006-07-05 17:33:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN718 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UN SECRETARY GENERAL CHAIRS [...] (C) Summary. UNSYG Annan chaired a mini-summit on Cote d'Ivoire in which participants set several deadlines to accelerate key elements of the peace process, including identification, DDR, and organization of elections. There was no discussion of possible scenarios if presidential elections [...] |
2006-07-06 18:16:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN723 | UNHCR CLOSES TABOU TRANSIT CENTER [...] SUMMARY: RefCoord traveled to Tabou, Cote d'Ivoire, on June 27-30 to meet with UNHCR officials regarding their repatriation efforts and the pending closure of the Tabou Transit Center (TC). RefCoord also traveled to several surrounding villages and met with refugee representatives. Although [...] |
2006-07-07 12:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN731 | PRIME MINISTER ON PLANS FOR REGISTRATION OF [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny, accompanied by his Justice Minister, convoked ECOWAS ambassadors and several members of the International Working Group (IWG) to Yamoussoukro on July 9 for a hastily-scheduled meeting on his government's plans to launch a program, scheduled to begin on July [...] |
2006-07-11 07:44:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN758 | LATEST ON CORA DE COMSTAR U.S. BUSINESS DISPUTE [...] (SBU) The Ivoirian Telecommunications Agency (ATCI) announced last week that it had revoked Cora de Comstar's cell phone license because of non-use of the license by Cora. The unexpected decision follows the signing of a draft, non-binding agreement in February 2006 between Western Wireless an [...] |
2006-07-14 16:32:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD IV EINV |
| 06ABIDJAN759 | COTE D'IVOIRE: IDENTIFICATION PROCESS OFF TO A [...] (C) Summary: The launching of itinerant courts to document the approximately four million unregistered people in Cote d'Ivoire has gotten off to a shaky start. On top of administrative problems, the leader of President Gbagbo's Ivoirian Popular Front (FPI) party has called upon Gbagbo's fo [...] |
2006-07-14 16:53:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN760 | COTE D'IVOIRE: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO [...] (U) Sylvain Roy, Chief Conduct and Discipline Officer at the UN Operation in Cote D'Ivoire (ONUCI), briefed us July 12 on ONUCI's efforts to combat sexual abuse and exploitation (SEA). He explained that the Conduct and Discipline Team (CDT) is a newly formed unit; he himself arrived in Decembe [...] |
2006-07-14 17:21:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN771 | COTE D'IVOIRE: TEACHERS RESUME STRIKE [...] (SBU) Primary and secondary school teachers, who suspended their strike June 20 after meeting with President Gbagbo (ref A), are threatening to resume the strike July 18. The teachers said at the time that their demands had not been met but that they would suspend the strike to allow for furth [...] |
2006-07-18 13:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN778 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PRO-GBAGBO MILITIAS CONTINUE TO [...] (C) The local press July 18 was full of reports of incidents throughout the government-controlled areas of the country where pro-Gbagbo Young Patriots militias successfully blocked the "audiences foraines" -- itinerant courts -- from going forward with the identification process (reftel), inc [...] |
2006-07-18 16:06:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN779 | COTE D'IVOIRE: GOVERNMENT MISSES DEADLINE TO CLEAR [...] (U) Cote d'Ivoire missed a July 17 deadline to clear its arrears with the World Bank in time for the Bank to approve its USD 100 million contribution to the funding for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) at its July 27 Board meeting. 2. (C) Cote d'Ivoire's arrears with the [...] |
2006-07-18 16:14:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON IBRD KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN782 | COTE D'IVOIRE: SITUATION REPORT: YOUNG PATRIOTS [...] (C) Beginning early this morning at about 0600 local, Young Patriot militias erected a series of roadblocks at main road and intersections throughout Abidjan to protest the mobile identification teams launched by Prime Minister Banny. The roadblocks, which increased in size and number throu [...] |
2006-07-19 14:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN783 | COTE D,IVOIRE SITUATION REPORT - 1700 GMT JULY 19, [...] (SBU) As of late afternoon, roadblocks in the Abidjan districts of Riviera (where Embassy is located), Cocody, and Deux Plateaux, where most Embassy personnel reside, have been dismantled or shut down. The airport remains open and we understand that Air France is flying tonight. An Embassy v [...] |
2006-07-19 17:00:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN788 | COTE D'IVOIRE: NINTH INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful ninth meeting July 20. The Prime Minister sought to reassure the group that his peace train is on track and moving forward, but once again he was long on promises and short on specifics. The communique from this m [...] |
2006-07-21 15:35:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN789 | COTE D'IVOIRE: TEACHERS' STRIKE WIDELY IGNORED [...] (SBU) The strike by elementary and secondary school teachers that was supposed to resume on July 18 (ref A) was widely ignored. While Mamadou Soro, the leader of the teacher,s group calling for the strike, was quoted in the newspapers as saying over 70 percent of teachers boycotted, all othe [...] |
2006-07-21 16:07:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN804 | SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED IN CLASHES OVER ID PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Several people were killed and more than twenty injured over the weekend in Divo during violent confrontations at protests aimed at blocking the "audiences foraines" -- itinerant hearings -- from going forward with the identification process. Opposition party leaders are enco [...] |
2006-07-24 16:24:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN810 | PRIME MINISTER BANNY ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary. The Prime Minister spoke to the nation last night on the mobile identification process, addressing concerns raised by the President's FPI party and its supporters intent on disrupting the process. The PM made clear that the mobile teams are essential to the peace process and the [...] |
2006-07-25 15:38:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN812 | COTE D'IVOIRE: BANK EMPLOYEES REPORTEDLY POSTPONE [...] (C) On July 25, leaders of the union representing all bank employees in Cote d'Ivoire told us they had postponed a three-day strike that the union had threatened to start on July 26. This decision was reportedly made after the banking sector employers' association offered fresh talks. Union [...] |
2006-07-25 16:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EFIN PGOV ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN819 | CORA INVESTMENT DISPUTE NEAR RESOLUTION? [...] (SBU) Summary. A joint delegation of representatives of Cora shareholders and the Ivoirian government expressed strong optimism to the Ambassador July 26 that the Cora dispute is very close to a final resolution. They will meet with the Prime Minister about this July 27. The Ambassador welc [...] |
2006-07-26 15:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN820 | PRIME MINISTER: HELP KEEP PRESIDENT GBAGBO ON [...] (C) On July 25 Prime Minister Banny asked the Ambassador to use his influence to help keep President Gbagbo in the political process, especially on the issue of identification of citizens. The PM asserted that he never takes a decision without consulting with President Gbagbo and getting Gba [...] |
2006-07-26 16:23:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV PGOV PREL |
| 06ABIDJAN832 | UN CLOSELY FOLLOWING IDENTIFICATION PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. The United Nations is monitoring the progress of the registration of undocumented Ivoirians, in preparation for elections, and gave a briefing for embassies and international organizations July 25. Reportedly, almost all of the teams sent into rebel-held areas in the north are o [...] |
2006-07-27 17:00:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN837 | FPI WANTS CONSULTATIONS, NOT CONFRONTATION [...] (C) Senior members of President Gbagbo's FPI party have met twice with the Ambassador in the past week to discuss the issue of identification. They emphasized that they want to resolve their differences with Prime Minister Banny through consultations, not confrontation in the streets. They [...] |
2006-07-28 15:11:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV PGOV |
| 06ABIDJAN838 | NEW UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE TAKES UP DUTIES IN COTE [...] (C) Summary: Saber Azam, UNHCR's new Representative to Cote d'Ivoire, met with Ambassador Hooks on July 21. Azam stated his main objective will be to complete the Liberian repatriation process by June 2007. Ambassador Hooks affirmed U.S. support for the humanitarian community in Cote d'Ivo [...] |
2006-07-28 15:21:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | REF PHUM PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN839 | MODEST START TO DISARMAMENT OF WESTERN MILITIAS; [...] (U) On July 26, the disarmament/dismantling of ex-combatant, pro-Gbagbo militias got underway in the western town of Guiglo in the presence of Prime Minister Banny, DDR Commission (PNDDR) chief Ouassenan Kone, and UN officials. Approximately 150 militias reported to the demobilization site to [...] |
2006-07-28 17:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN854 | COTE D'IVOIRE: SECURITY AND MILITIA FORCES WAGE [...] (U) On the morning of Monday, July 31, national security forces of the Command Center for Security Operations (CECOS) fought a battle with members of the armed, pro-Gbagbo Patriotic Group for Peace (GPP) and Young Patriots militia in the busy downtown district of Plateau in Abidjan, after the [...] |
2006-08-01 17:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV ELAB EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN857 | WESTERN MILITIAS DISARMAMENT UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-01 18:59:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN86 | COTE D'IVOIRE: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) SUMMARY. One week after protesters and the Young Patriots took over the streets of Abidjan, the city has ostensibly returned to normal. President Gbagbo's Ivoirian Popular Front (FPI) party has withdrawn its threat to quit the government, businesses are open again, and the city almost f [...] |
2006-01-26 14:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IV |
| 06ABIDJAN874 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UN BRIEFS AGAIN ON IDENTIFICATION [...] (C) Summary: The UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) reports that in the first two weeks of the current identification operation, there were just over 35,000 applications for registration in one form or another, from the estimated four million undocumented Ivoirians and foreigners born her [...] |
2006-08-03 16:47:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN876 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PARTIAL DISMANTLEMENT OF MILITIAS [...] (C) Summary. The dismantling of pro-Gbagbo militias in western Cote d'Ivoire continues to experience problems. It appears that only a fraction of the militia members are included in this program, and very little real disarmament has yet taken place. End Summary. 2. (C) The dismantling of [...] |
2006-08-04 11:25:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN883 | COTE D'IVOIRE: AVIAN INFLUENZA IN SAN PEDRO [...] On June 10, five chickens and a wild bird were discovered dead in an industrial rubber plantation near the port city of San Pedro, 500 km southwest of Abidjan. According to a July 20 report published by the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, the specimens tested on June 28 by the National Agricult [...] |
2006-08-07 15:06:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR EMED IV |
| 06ABIDJAN885 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UN SUSPENDS DISMANTLEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: The UN confirms reports that it has halted the dismantlement of militias in Guiglo over the weekend. A UN official told us that tension in Guiglo remained high as some 1000 militia members from other towns continued their protests over the weekend. Although officially the UN cl [...] |
2006-08-08 18:19:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN903 | COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO REINS IN IDENTIFICATION [...] (C) Summary. President Gbagbo has declared that the mobile courts carrying out the identification process can only issue birth certificates, not a second category of identification document that provisionally establishes Ivoirian nationality. In reaction, the rebel New Forces suspended their [...] |
2006-08-10 12:36:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN906 | HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL FOR LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN [...] (U) Summary: Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) visited Guiglo from August 1-3 to meet with UNHCR field representatives and visit the Nicla Refugee Camp for Liberian refugees. There are approximately 10,500 Liberian refugees in the northern Refugee Welcome Zone (ZAR), of which 5,987 [...] |
2006-08-11 15:16:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN911 | COTE D'IVOIRE: TENSIONS CONTINUE WITHIN MARITIME [...] (U) On August 8, Maritime Police officers announced in a press conference that on August 4 Minister of Transport Anaky Kobenan (leader of the MFA, an opposition party) had issued the payment of bonus arrears in the amount of USD 234,000 (CFAF 117 million) and suspended Director General for M [...] |
2006-08-11 18:55:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC ELAB EFIN |
| 06ABIDJAN926 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PEACE TRAIN SLOWS TO A CRAWL [...] (C) The Cote d'Ivoire peace train has slowed to a barely perceptible crawl. Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR), dismantling of militias, and identification of Ivoirian nationals are supposed to be proceeding concomitantly but instead they are bogging down concomitantly. DDR [...] |
2006-08-18 10:40:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN927 | COTE D'IVOIRE: TEACHERS WITHHOLD EXAM [...] (U) As of August 18, public secondary school teachers in the government-controlled zone are refusing to release results from the baccalaureate exam (required for entry to university) until they are paid for grading them. (Note: Exams in the rebel-controlled zone are scheduled to start Augus [...] |
2006-08-18 17:04:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN928 | COTE D'IVOIRE: NEW FORCES AND POLITICAL [...] (U) On August 17, leaders of the political opposition and the rebel New Forces (FN) met in Daoukro (home of ex-president Bedie) to consult on the current political situation. All the major party leaders were present: ex-president Henri Konan Bedie, leader of the PDCI (Democratic Party of Cot [...] |
2006-08-18 17:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN947 | COTE D'IVOIRE: GETTING THE PEACE PROCESS BACK ON [...] (C) Summary. What can the United States do to try to break the current gridlock in the Cote d'Ivoire peace process? We suggest that the United States consult with France and the UK and together with those governments jointly approach the African Union (AU) to urge that African leaders re-en [...] |
2006-08-24 10:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN955 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MS. CILIA DE COCK [...] Post warmly welcomes the visit of Ms. Cilia De Cock and grants country clearance for travel to Abidjan from AUGUST 29, 2006 TO SEPTEMBER 02, 2006. 2. The purpose of the trip is to visit cashew processors in the southern parts of Cote d'Ivoire (OLAM in Dimbokro) and to participate in the Ca [...] |
2006-08-25 09:14:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | IV |
| 06ABIDJAN963 | COTE D'IVOIRE: INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (U) The next meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) has been postponed from September 1 to September 8. In his letter notifying IWG members of the change, Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Pierre Schori explained that it was made at the request of Prime Minster [...] |
2006-08-25 15:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN964 | COTE D'IVOIRE: EXAM RESULTS ANNOUNCED, STRIKING [...] On August 22, 2006, the Ministry of Education announced the results of the baccalaureate exam (required for entry from secondary school to university) held July 25-28 in the government-controlled zones. Out of 119,256 students who took the exam, 48,168 students passed. The Ministry was only [...] |
2006-08-25 16:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN991 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UPCOMING SUMMITS IN YAMOUSSOUKRO [...] (C) Summary. So far President Gbagbo is saying he will not attend the Secretary General's September 20 mini-summit on Cote d'Ivoire in New York, but he might change his mind under pressure from the Secretary General and his African counterparts. Prime Minister Banny and all the opposition le [...] |
2006-09-01 16:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN992 | COTE D'IVOIRE: INTERIOR MINISTER REFUSES BRIBE, [...] (U) On Thursday August 24, General Adolphe Babi, the Ivorian Police Inspector General, announced at a press conference the arrest of Sergeant Zie Guillaume, who was charged with offering a bribe of approximately USD 226,000 (CFAF 113 million) to the Interior Minister in exchange for acceptin [...] |
2006-09-01 16:59:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN997 | COTE D'IVOIRE: GOVERNMENT RESIGNS OVER ILLEGAL [...] (U) On September 6, Prime Minister Banny publicly submitted the resignation of his government and President Gbagbo publicly accepted it. Banny said that he felt obliged to resign because of mounting public anger over the illegal dumping of toxic wastes at several sites around Abidjan. The was [...] |
2006-09-07 12:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1003 | COTE D IVOIRE FINES STRIKING PHYSICIANS [...] (U) The Government of Cote d Ivoire decided on September 20 to suspend the September salary of the leaders of the union representing physicians, the Syndicat National des Cadres Superieurs de la Santede Cote d Ivoire (SYNACASS-CI), which organized a strike by public sector physicians September [...] |
2007-09-27 15:04:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1006 | COTE D'IVOIRE: COMPAORE'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) Summary. Boureima Badini, Special Representative of Ouagadougou Political Accord (OPA) Facilitator Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore, told Charge on September 27 that both President Gbagbo and Prime Minister Soro are committed to OPA implementation, but that there is a lack of trust [...] |
2007-09-28 15:07:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV UV |
| 07ABIDJAN1011 | ABIDJAN: AMBASSADOR'S ARRIVAL AT POST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-02 12:59:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER OTRA CI |
| 07ABIDJAN1017 | 2006 COTE D IVOIRE TEXTILE STATISTICS, ANALYSIS [...] (U) Cote d Ivoire - 2005 statistics on textile sector, as of 2005 (the last year for which detailed statistics are available): -- Total industrial production was USD 3.4 billion for 2005. -- Textile and apparel's share in overall industrial production is 5.77 percent -- Textile and apparel' [...] |
2007-10-03 16:55:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1018 | COTE D IVOIRE 2007 AGOA ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATION [...] Below is the text of Post's Eligibility Recommendation Input as emailed to EEB Janet Potash and USTR Connie Hamilton October 2nd: Country: COTE D'IVOIRE Current AGOA Status: Ineligible, Benefits Withdrawn January 1, 2005 Country Background Summary: Cote d'Ivoire's economy has struggled [...] |
2007-10-03 16:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD XA IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1019 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PM SPOKESMAN OPTIMISTIC, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Alain Lobognon, Spokesman for the Prime Minister, told Emboffs on October 2 that Interior Minister Desire Tagro is trying to stall the "audiences foraines" (tribunals that will issue birth certificates to those who never had them) process. According to Lobognon, the delay in the [...] |
2007-10-03 17:24:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1033 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UN INVESTIGATION INTO ATTACK ON PM [...] (C) SUMMARY. A four-member UN team is visiting Cote d,Ivoire in response to President Gbagbo,s request to the Secretary General for an independent investigation into the SIPDIS June 29 attack on Prime Minister Soro,s plane in Bouake. The team, headed by Terseli Loial, is spending a week in [...] |
2007-10-05 17:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1036 | IFIS, DONORS DISCUSS FISCAL GOVERNANCE AND [...] (C) Summary. International Financial Institutions (IFIs) staff convened top bilateral donors September 28 to discuss their negotiations with the Government of Cote d'Ivoire (GOCI) on fiscal controls and next steps. Cote d'Ivoire is staying current with the July 2007 arrears financing packa [...] |
2007-10-07 10:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IMF ECON PGOV PREL EMIN EAGR ENRG EPET |
| 07ABIDJAN1042 | "L'AFFAIRE FULTON" - THE UPSTATE NY CHOCOLATE [...] (C) Summary. A September 18 letter to World Bank President Zoellick alleging President Gbagbo and a quasi-governmental cocoa regulatory body have manipulated the purchase of a Fulton, New York chocolate factory for fraudulent purposes has generated substantial interest locally (reftel a). T [...] |
2007-10-11 07:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IBRD IMF EFIN EINV EAGR PGOV IV |
| 07ABIDJAN108 | AU CHARTER ON DEMOCRACY, ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-30 10:43:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1080 | OPA LIMPING ALONG [...] (C) Summary. United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) officials told TDY State/INR analyst and Pol/Econ Chief that, while Ivorians support the Ouagadougou Political Accord (OPA), their optimism could wane if they do not begin to see concrete steps on its implementation. However, ther [...] |
2007-10-24 14:03:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1084 | COTE D'IVOIRE ROLLS OUT PRELIMINARY COCOA-CHILD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Prime Minister's interministerial taskforce rolled out preliminary results of its industry-funded survey of child labor in the cocoa sector on Oct. 12. It found that 22 percent of children in the region are involved in cocoa production, and a majority of them are involved [...] |
2007-10-24 14:34:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR PREL PGOV EAID ELAB EIND IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1094 | THE COUNTERFEIT DOLLAR AFFAIR - GBAGBO ENTOURAGE [...] (C) Summary. On October 11, police and prosecutors made public allegations that a counterfeit US dollar ring had been broken up in Abidjan. Three high-level officials close to the President were implicated by the accused owner of the premises in which the evidence had been found. The next [...] |
2007-10-26 07:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL KCRM IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1110 | COTE D' IVOIRE SCENESETTER FOR D VISIT [...] (C) Embassy Abidjan warmly welcomes your visit to Cote d,Ivoire. You will be the highest ranking USG official to visit Abidjan since 2005 when AF Assistant Secretary Connie Newman visited to discuss the peace process. We believe your visit will be viewed as a sign of increased USG interest i [...] |
2007-10-31 18:11:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1111 | TERRORISM FINANCE: GOVERNMENT OF COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (SBU) On October 25, Embassy Abidjan notified the government of Cote d'Ivoire that three Saudi individuals have been added to the UNSC 1267 Santions List (reftel) by diplomatic note. NESBITT [...] |
2007-11-02 07:07:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL SA IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1112 | COTE D'IVOIRE DEMARCHED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-02 07:07:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1113 | TERRORISM FINANCE: GOVERNMENT OF COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (SBU) Embassy Abidjan received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated October 24 acknowledging receipt of Embassy Abidjan's diplomatic note of September 5 conveying the USG's decision to name the Al-Salah Society as a supporter of terrorism (reftel). The Ivorian diplom [...] |
2007-11-02 07:08:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1116 | COTE D'IVOIRE DEMARCHED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-02 15:56:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1132 | EMBASSY ABIDJAN DELIVERS POINTS ON FAFT STATEMENT [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered translated talking points drawn from reftel para three to the MFA's Office of United Nations and International Organizations Affairs on November 8. MFA had no comments, but post will report any follow-on substantive host government reactions. NESBITT [...] |
2007-11-08 18:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC ECON IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1133 | COTE D'IVOIRE DECLINES TO TAKE 2007 U.S. SUGAR [...] (U) Citing a temporary deficit associated with the political crisis affecting the country since 2002, the Ivorian Association of Sugar Industries informed Embassy Abidjan on October 19 that Cote d'Ivoire will be unable to guarantee sugar deliveries to the U.S. under the quota allocated by th [...] |
2007-11-09 07:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1135 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PM'S OFFICE TOUTS OPA PROGRESS AND [...] (U) Summary. The Prime Minister's spokesman, Meite Sindou, held a press conference November 6 to discuss the status of government efforts to move beyond the current crisis. The most interesting new bits of information he gave: the PM and the President make joint decisions; the President will m [...] |
2007-11-09 11:01:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IV |
| 07ABIDJAN114 | COTE D'IVOIRE APPARENTLY SPENT WORLD BANK ARREARS [...] (C) World Bank Chief of Mission Peter N'Gomba and Senior Economist Richard Donffonso told EconChief January 26 that an ongoing IMF audit of Ivorian governmental finances is pointing strongly to the conclusion that Cote d'Ivoire has spent the USD 160 million it had borrowed to cover part of it [...] |
2007-01-31 11:12:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1157 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S TRIP TO COTE D'IVOIRE [...] ( C ) Summary: The Deputy Secretary and AF Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer were well-received by government and SIPDIS opposition leaders as well as UN officials during their November 10-11 visit to Abidjan. In all of his meetings, the Deputy explained that the purpose of his visit was t [...] |
2007-11-16 16:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OVIP IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1176 | DOES LACK OF DONOR ASSISTANCE EXPLAIN SLOW [...] (C) Summary: During a number of recent public events, President Gbagbo and Prime Minister Soro have blamed slow implementation of the Ougadougou Peace Agrement (OPA) on a lack of international donor assistance. The Prime Minister and President both made this assertion in meetings with the [...] |
2007-11-26 16:12:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IBRD IMF IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1180 | COTE D'IVOIRE ADOPTS PLAN AGAINST CHILD [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Cote d'Ivoire has adopted a National Plan of Action Against Child Trafficking and Labor that will run from September 2007 through December 2009. The plan's overall objectives are: to adopt laws specifically prohibiting these practices, to determine the scope of [...] |
2007-11-27 16:22:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV SMIG SOCI IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1181 | AUDIENCES FORAINES PROCEEDING CLUMSILY, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The audiences foraines process is proceeding clumsily but without violence. Less than a quarter of the planned tribunals have been deployed since the process was launched on September 25 and public awareness remains low. Political parties are closely monitoring the proceedings [...] |
2007-11-27 17:43:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1183 | PARTIES HAMMERING OUT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Political parties participated in a forum November 13-14 during which they finalized the language on a code of conduct for elections. The text calls upon signatories to take steps to ensure democratic, free, open and transparent elections. Ruling FPI party leaders declined to [...] |
2007-11-28 09:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1186 | DEMARCHE ON ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs United Nations and International Organizations Deputy Director Etienne Kindia told Pol/Econ Chief November 28 that he foresees no reason why Cote d'Ivoire will not be able to support the reelection of Pierre-Richard Prosper to the United Nations Committee on [...] |
2007-11-28 17:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1187 | COTE D'IVOIRE: OPA IMPLEMENTATION AT CRITICAL STAGE [...] (C) Summary. Modalities to carry out the identification process were the main subject of the November 18-22 meeting of the OPA Evaluation and Monitoring Committee (CEA). The parties' positions were so irreconcilable that Interior Minister Tagro reportedly abandoned the meeting along with his d [...] |
2007-11-28 18:46:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IV |
| 07ABIDJAN12 | COTE D'IVOIRE: EDUCATION IN THE FN-HELD NORTH [...] (U) Summary: The efforts to administer the New Forces (NF)-held north by the Ministry of Education are viewed by the FN and academics in the region with suspicion bordering on contempt. EconOfficers visited Bouake and Korhogo, and found that the ongoing public primary school teacher's strike [...] |
2007-01-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB IV PGOV KISL USAID |
| 07ABIDJAN120 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PARAMEDICS END DEBILITATING STRIKE [...] (U) Cote d'Ivoire's "paramedics" (public health workers excluding doctors, who have pursued their own pay grievances independently) ended a 3-week old strike on January 29, following government commitments to give them two thirds of the pay increase they were demanding. This agreement, incre [...] |
2007-02-01 11:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1208 | GROWTH OF RESOURCE NATIONALISM - COTE D'IVOIRE [...] Summary. Because of its lucrative potential, Cote d'Ivoire's oil and gas sector is vulnerable to resource nationalism and signs of the government's willingess to abuse its position are evident. U.S. firm Devon Energy reports the parastatal PETROCI has attempted to strong-arm it into selling [...] |
2007-12-07 15:06:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ECON PGOV IMF IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1209 | COTE D'IVOIRE: GOVERNMENT MEETING 2007 BUDGET [...] (C) Summary. A Joint International Monetary Fund, World Bank and African Development Bank team briefed the donor community on its initial findings on November 26. The assessment team was broadly complimentary of the government's efforts to remain within budget targets and to adopt more tra [...] |
2007-12-07 17:55:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV IMF IBRD IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1219 | COTE D'IVOIRE'S UPDATE ON THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Post submits the following updated information on the elimination of the worst forms of child labor (WFCL) in Cote d'Ivoire. POC for this report is Economic Chief Ervin Massinga. A) Laws and Regulations Proscribing the Worst Forms of Child Labor --------- 2 [...] |
2007-12-12 12:41:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1227 | SCENESETTER FOR HARKIN CODEL JANUARY 7-9 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Abidjan warmly welcomes your visit to Cote d'Ivoire. Yours will be the second recent visit of high-level U.S. government officials, following the November visit of Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte. We believe your visit will be viewed as a sign of increased USG intere [...] |
2007-12-14 17:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PREL PGOV EAID ELAB EIND IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1236 | PRESIDENT GBAGBO VISITS NEW FORCES STRONGHOLD; [...] (SBU) Summary: From November 28-30, President Gbagbo visited the north of Cote d'Ivoire for the first time since becoming head of state. Press reports were favorable and key Gbagbo aides noted that large crowds welcomed the President. The visit demonstrated that the general public is anxious f [...] |
2007-12-18 16:44:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON UN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1238 | SCENESETTER FOR HARKIN CODEL JANUARY 7-9 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Abidjan warmly welcomes your visit. Yours will be the first visit by a Congressional delegation to Cote d'Ivoire in many years. Senator Harkin and Representative Engle's roles in developing and implementing the international public/private accord (the "Harkin-Engle Protocol" [...] |
2007-12-18 18:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PREL PGOV EAID ELAB EIND IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1241 | SPECIAL REP BADINI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OPA; FOCUS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador discussed recent developments with the Ouagadougou Political Accord with the Facilitator,s special representative, Boureima Badini, on December 14. Badini confirmed that the complementary accords were meant to keep pressure on the parties, but said he was satisfied tha [...] |
2007-12-20 07:19:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID MARR IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1245 | OPPOSITION LEADER OUATTARA STILL DOUBTS GBAGBO'S COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: In a December 20, conversation with Ambassador, RDR par leader Ouattara expressed concern about ongoing delays in the deploymen audiences foraines teams, the lack of precision about the identificatio process and the role of technical operator SAGEM. The RDR will be prepa a presiden [...] |
2007-12-21 16:53:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1265 | EFFORTS TO COMBAT WEST AFRICAN DRUG TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) The Government of Cote d'Ivoire has the will to combat drug trafficking, but lacks the capacity. Also, as it concentrates on steering the country out of its five-year political crisis, its attention is focused on other priorities. The Inter-ministerial Committee to Combat Drug Traffick [...] |
2007-12-31 16:33:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID KCRM PREL SOCI SNAR IV |
| 07ABIDJAN128 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PEACE EFFORTS CONTINUE BUT REAL [...] (C) Summary. Peace efforts here continue but it is far from clear whether they will bear fruit. Burkina Faso President Compaore, as new Chairman of ECOWAS, has moved quickly to take on a central mediating role in the upcoming direct dialogue between President Gbagbo and rebel New Forces (FN) [...] |
2007-02-05 15:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IV |
| 07ABIDJAN135 | COTE D'IVOIRE'S BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The performance of Cote d'Ivoire's banking system in the government-controlled south has stabilized since the beginning of the political crisis in 2002. Profitability is relatively strong and the total asset base has recently grown modestly. However, these results mask a tr [...] |
2007-02-06 13:17:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD IV |
| 07ABIDJAN14 | COTE D'IVOIRE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: Cote d,Ivoire,s economy is projected to increase by 2 percent in 2007, slightly higher than 1.8 percent in 2006. The main contributors of the growth are higher export earnings from oil and refined products, cocoa revenues and proceeds from the telecommunications sector. Despite the [...] |
2007-01-05 16:39:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | OPIC USTR KTDB ECON ETRD |
| 07ABIDJAN141 | COTE D'IVOIRE'S DIRECT DIALOGUE UNFOLDS; [...] Summary. Direct talks between the President's representatives and their New Forces counterparts kicked off in Ouagadougou on February 5. No substantive negotiations were held, but despite this, participants and observers were upbeat. Apparently an agenda for the much-anticipated direct Gba [...] |
2007-02-07 14:41:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV PGOV PREL |
| 07ABIDJAN147 | ABIDJAN'S STRUGGLE TO CONTROL GARBAGE SITUATION [...] (U) After more than four weeks, on January 25th, Prime Minister Banny brokered an agreement with community groups located near Abidjan's municipal dump at Akouedo, permitting the resumption of discharge of the city's waste stream. Prior to this breakthrough, the city had become increasingly f [...] |
2007-02-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENIV PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN162 | DIRECT DIALOGUE WRESTLING WITH IDENTIFICATION ISSUE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following last week's widely publicized kick off of direct talks between the President's representatives and their New Forces (FN) counterparts, this week the cracks are beginning to surface as the talks wrestle with the issue of identification. Although there have been some press [...] |
2007-02-14 16:56:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN ASEC IV |
| 07ABIDJAN168 | COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO PROMISES TO INTEGRATE [...] (C) In a controversial but not entirely unexpected move, President Gbagbo announced February 13 that the 4000 "New Recruits" would be hired into the military. This move came after on February 1-2, New Recruits fired automatic weapons in the air in several towns in government-held territory to [...] |
2007-02-15 11:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN169 | COTE D'IVOIRE'S GOVERNMENT ON PALESTINIAN NATIONAL [...] (C) EmbOff spoke to Ambassador Boutchoue, Director of the Office of International Organizations and United Nations, as well as a frequent Embassy interlocutor on a wide range of international relations concerns regarding points in reftel. Although he expressed some uncertainty as to whether th [...] |
2007-02-16 09:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL KWBG PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN174 | COTE D'IVOIRE: POSTAL WORKERS ON STRIKE [...] (U) Workers from the Ivorian state postal company &Poste de Cote d,Ivoire8 led by the main union, the National Post and Telecommunications Union (SYNAPOSTEL) went on strike on February 9 in opposition to a court ruling reinstating the former Director General Sebastien ZEHI, who had been sacked [...] |
2007-02-16 15:25:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV ECON ASEC IV |
| 07ABIDJAN175 | COTE D'IVOIRE MINISTRY OF FINANCE DISCUSSES [...] EconOff spoke with the Ministry of Finance's Director of Cabinet Ahoutou about points raised in reftel. Ahoutou said the government of Cote d'Ivoire takes the matter seriously, and government agencies charged with enforcing limits on international cash transfers are well trained and vigilant. [...] |
2007-02-16 15:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER |
| 07ABIDJAN187 | TFGV01: UNHCR CONFIRMS REFUGEES IN GUINEA CAMPS [...] (SBU) Prior to the current crisis in Guinea, UNHCR had predicted that large-scale population displacements would not result from civil disturbances in Guinea. However, the dynamics of the crisis have UNHCR officials on edge and they remain vigilant should the situation change. UNHCR offices [...] |
2007-02-21 17:05:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL USAID GV LI CI |
| 07ABIDJAN200 | COTE D'IVOIRE: IDENTIFICATION PROCEEDING SLOWLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The identification process continues to proceed at a snail's pace. Two courts in Abidjan are issuing both birth certificates and certificates of nationality despite the lack of political agreement on Prime Minister Banny's revised procedures which call for issuing these two docum [...] |
2007-02-23 14:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN203 | COTE D'IVOIRE:SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS STRIKE [...] (U) On February 19, Ivorian police arrested five members, including the secretary general, of the secondary school teachers, coordination, &Coordination des Enseignants du Second Degre de Cote d,Ivoire8, CES-CI. Since February 6 this informal, unrecognized labor movement has been leading a se [...] |
2007-02-23 16:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV ASEC IV |
| 07ABIDJAN225 | $190 MILLION SETTLEMENT BY TRAFIGURA OF TOXIC [...] (SBU) Summary. The widely-reported February 13 "amicable" settlement of $190 million between the government of Cote d'Ivoire and the Dutch-based oil trading firm Trafigura to end current and future litigation and criminal proceedings against the firm and its subsidiaries continues to reverb [...] |
2007-03-01 12:01:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV IV |
| 07ABIDJAN226 | COTE D'IVOIRE: NO VISIBLE PROGRESS IN OUAGADOUGOU [...] (C) Summary. There are no signs of significant progress in the Gbagbo-proposed "direct talks" with rebel New Forces (FN) leader Soro that President Compaore of Burkina Faso is trying to mediate. There has been no face-to-face meeting between the two principals and even their representatives a [...] |
2007-03-01 15:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC IV |
| 07ABIDJAN227 | COTE D'IVOIRE: 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Since a September 2002 coup atempt that evolved into a civil war, Cote d'Ivoir has been partitioned in two with the governmentmaintaining control of the south and the rebel Nw Forces controlling the north. Tensions between he two sides have lessened through internationalmediation effort [...] |
2007-03-02 07:35:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 07ABIDJAN234 | CHINESE INFLUENCE IN COTE D'IVOIRE - AN UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. China plays a passive role in the political scene in Cote d'Ivoire, and typically proffers the rhetoric of non-interference in national affairs with regards to the Ivorian political crisis. China is not a supplier of military hardware or training to either faction. China is [...] |
2007-03-02 19:40:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN XA IV |
| 07ABIDJAN237 | COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE ON IRAN [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the talking points in reftel with Foreign Minister Bakayoko on March 5. Minister Bakayoko said that his government shared the growing concern about Iran's nuclear program. He stated that Cote d'Ivoire would join a consensus of the international community to sanctio [...] |
2007-03-05 14:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IR IV |
| 07ABIDJAN240 | COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE ON THE CRISIS IN GUINEA [...] (C) The Ambassador reiterated the talking points in reftel to Foreign Minister Bakayoko on March 5. Minister Bakayoko confirmed that the Government of Cote d'Ivoire, particularly the Presidency, had made a number of demarches to President Conte urging him to find a peaceful solution to the [...] |
2007-03-05 16:53:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | GV PGOV PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN242 | PEACE ACCORD IN OUAGADOUGOU - OBSERVERS, POLITICAL [...] (C) Confounding the expectations of many, (reftel b), President Compaore brokered an ambitious peace accord over the evening of Saturday, March 3rd. Signed by both President Gbagbo and Forces Nouvelles leader Soro in Ouaga, the agreement is both detailed and vague: attempting to overcome the [...] |
2007-03-06 10:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON IV |
| 07ABIDJAN243 | SORO'S COMMENTS ON THE OUAGA AGREEMENT [...] (C) Forces Nouvelles leader Guillaume Soro told the Ambassador on March 3 that he was cautiously optimistic that the Ouaga Agreement will move Cote d'Ivoire out of crisis. He noted that, while the agreement dealt with the familiar issues addressed in previous agreements, the Ouaga Agreement [...] |
2007-03-06 11:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV PGOV |
| 07ABIDJAN245 | BEDIE, OUATTARA, AND BANNY REACTIONS TO THE OUAGA [...] (C) Former President Bedie, former Prime Minister Ouattara, and current Prime Minister Banny told the Ambassador on March 5 that they are cautiously optimistic concerning the Ouaga Agreement signed the previous day. They all noted, however, that the agreement raises as many questions as it [...] |
2007-03-06 11:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV PGOV |
| 07ABIDJAN247 | COTE D'IVOIRE - WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT, FOLLOW UP TO [...] On February 21, Post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Family and Social Affairs responding to Post's September 23, 2006 diplomatic note outlining questions presented in reftel. 2. Minister Jeanne Peuhmond indicated that the Government of Cote d'Ivoire is in the process of d [...] |
2007-03-06 16:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL UNGA IV |
| 07ABIDJAN252 | LETTER FROM PRESIDENT GBAGBO TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] Following is the unofficial English translation of a letter dated March 5, 2007, addressed to President George Walker Bush from President Laurent Gbagbo. Embassy Abidjan received a copy of the letter by fax from the office of President Gbagbo. Begin translation: From the President of the [...] |
2007-03-07 14:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC IV |
| 07ABIDJAN256 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UNEVENTFUL THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held its 13th meeting in Abidjan March 2. Perhaps the most dramatic moment came when the Communications Minister Delegate briefed the group on the growing pro-Gbagbo bias in the state-owned media since Gbagbo replaced the leadership of both [...] |
2007-03-08 16:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IV |
| 07ABIDJAN263 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT FOR CVT LIBERIA: [...] Summary: This monitoring and evaluation (M&E) report is based on Refugee Coordinator's (RefCoord) visits to the Center for Victims of Torture's (CVT) field offices in Liberia in October 2006 and January 2007. CVT is on target to meet its objectives in the PRM-funded program, "Promoting Com [...] |
2007-03-12 17:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM USAID UNHCR CI LI |
| 07ABIDJAN281 | PRESIDENT GBAGBO ON THE OUAGA PEACE AGREEMENT [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 14, President Gbagbo made the following points concerning the Ouaga Peace Agreement (OPA): -- Gbagbo and Soro signed the Ouaga Peace Agreement and therefore all those associated with Gbagbo and Soro are committed to its implementation. -- [...] |
2007-03-15 16:16:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV PGOV PREL |
| 07ABIDJAN290 | COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE ON SUDAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) EmbOff delivered demarche to Ambassador Bernard Tanoh-Boutchoue on March 16, and left text of key points for further MFA consideration. Tanoh-Boutchoue promised the MFA would review U.S. concerns related to President Bashir's rejection of key Heavy Support Package elements prior to the [...] |
2007-03-16 18:11:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CD CT UNSC KPKO IV |
| 07ABIDJAN293 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UNHCR PREPARING FOR JUNE DEADLINE [...] Summary: The Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa traveled with Lou Mazel, DCM Monrovia, and Mohamud Osman, USAID/FFP Dakar, from February 25 to March 3 to visit WFP and UNHCR offices in Cote d'Ivoire (Tabou, Guiglo) and Liberia (Harper) and to meet with refugees and [...] |
2007-03-19 09:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID UNHCR SOCI LI IV |
| 07ABIDJAN297 | COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM, INTERNAL [...] EmbOff demarched Ambassador Bernard Tanoh-Boutchoue, MFA Director of the Office of UN and International Organizations, concerning the U.S. position opposing certain elements of the UN General Assembly Fifth and Sixth Committees' recommendations on reform measures for the UN's internal system [...] |
2007-03-20 19:08:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC PREL UNGA IV |
| 07ABIDJAN298 | COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE ON BUILDING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) EmbOff demarched Ambassador Bernard Tanoh-Boutchoue, Director of the MFA Office of UN and International Organizations, on U.S. concerns related to the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe as described in reftel. Ambassador Boutchoue and the Ivorian government were well aware of the situat [...] |
2007-03-20 19:08:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ZI IV |
| 07ABIDJAN304 | COTE D'IVOIRE PEACE AGREEMENT: ALL EYES STILL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political actors in Abidjan are still looking ahead to what round two of the Ouagadougou Peace Accord (OPA) will bring as NF leader Guillaume Soro and President Gbagbo negotiate the powers of the Prime Minister. In the meantime, Soro is under pressure to accept the Premiership. [...] |
2007-03-22 07:26:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN305 | COTE D'IVOIRE - MFA TO MOVE CAUTIOUSLY AGAINST [...] (C) Ivorian Ambassador Bernard Tanoh Boutchoue, Director of the Office of UN and International Organizations, called EmbOff March 21 to inform that the Minister of Foreign Affairs had agreed that the situations in both Sudan and Zimbabwe were shocking, and that Africa collectively must act. [...] |
2007-03-22 10:46:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO PHUM ZI CT CD IV |
| 07ABIDJAN312 | AUTHORITIES EXPEL LEBANESE-IVORIAN IN VAT TAX [...] (C) Summary. Lebanese-Ivorian trader Ibrahim Reda was expelled from Cote d'Ivoire for inciting other traders to violate the VAT tax laws, prompting an ongoing shutdown of a part of the important Lebanese-owned commercial sector. Senior ONUCI officials have been approached by Reda's wife for [...] |
2007-03-23 13:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IV PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER |
| 07ABIDJAN314 | TEACHERS, PROFESSORS, MEDICAL WORKERS END STRIKES; [...] (U) Summary. Within the last few weeks, striking secondary school teachers (reftel), university professors and researchers, and medical technicians and nurses all ended their strikes, bringing a measure of labor calm to the government-controlled zone (the strikes did not take place in the F [...] |
2007-03-23 15:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV IV |
| 07ABIDJAN318 | ENGAGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL, LOCAL FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. The Ouaga Accords have forced international and private financial institutions to react. World Bank staff is anxious to find a mechanism to disburse USD 104 million in DDR funds. The IMF is equally anxious to pry open government oil, gas and cocoa accounts as a precursor to a [...] |
2007-03-23 18:40:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV IV |
| 07ABIDJAN326 | COTE D'IVOIRE: THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD TO THE [...] (C) Summary: The Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) and Regina Davis, USAID/OFDA's Principal Regional Advisor for West Africa (PRA), met in Abidjan with UN-OCHA, other UN agencies, NGOs, and donor Embassies to discuss opinions on UNHCR's handling of its Protection Cluster responsib [...] |
2007-03-27 10:24:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PHUM UNHCR IV |
| 07ABIDJAN333 | NEW FORCES LEADER SORO TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 26 the ex-rebel movement New Forces (NF) announced that it has reached a deal with President Gbagbo's representatives in which NF leader Guillaume Soro will become Prime Minister. Some press reports and NF sources indicate that Gbagbo will issue a decree to this effect t [...] |
2007-03-28 07:25:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC IV |
| 07ABIDJAN340 | GBAGBO ISSUES DECREE NAMING SORO PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a widely anticipated move, late evening March 29 President Gbagbo signed the decree naming ex-rebel New Forces (NF) leader Guillaume Soro the third Prime Minister of Cote d'Ivoire since the September 19, 2002 failed NF rebellion. The announcement has some renewed hope that [...] |
2007-03-30 13:52:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN361 | COTE D'IVOIRE: SORO OFFICIALLY PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Ex-rebel leader Guillaume Soro officially took over the Premiership Wednesday, April 4 at a ceremony at the Prime Minister's compound that included outgoing Prime Minister Banny and most of his cabinet. Soro, who had been named Prime Minister on March 29 by presidential decree, said th [...] |
2007-04-06 14:03:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN379 | GOVERNMENT, REBELS AND IMPARTIAL FORCES DISMANTLE [...] (SBU) Representatives of the Ivorian army, the New Forces and ONUCI and Licorne peacekeepers signed an agreement on April 11 to dismantle the zone of confidence (ZOC) starting Monday, April 16. The drawdown of the ZOC will begin at midnight in a concrete step to implement the Ouagadougou Peac [...] |
2007-04-12 17:22:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN386 | COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE ON ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-16 17:32:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN IR UNSC IV |
| 07ABIDJAN387 | COTE D'IVOIRE: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-16 17:33:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM IR IV |
| 07ABIDJAN391 | PRESIDENT GBAGBO WANTS TO REDUCE THE UN'S [...] (C) During a meeting with the Ambassador on Friday, April 13, President Gbagbo emphasized that the UN should play a support role, not a lead role, in the political process in Cote d'Ivoire. He referred to President Compaore's March 27 letter to Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, which he said wa [...] |
2007-04-17 14:03:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV KPKO PGOV |
| 07ABIDJAN402 | COTE D'IVOIRE: REPORT CARD FOR WEEK 2 OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY After using week one to get his cabinet installed, the respectful and friendly ceremony marking the beginning of the dissolution of the Zone of Confidence (ZOC) and the opening of the Joint Integrated Command Center (ICC) has been the highlight of week two of the Soro government. [...] |
2007-04-20 17:26:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN403 | COTE D'IVOIRE: FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-20 17:30:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC UN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN422 | CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM PRESIDENT GBAGBO TO [...] Following is an Embassy translation of a letter dated April 17, 2007, addressed to President Bush from President Laurent Gbagbo. The Office of the Prime Minister of Cote d,Ivoire faxed a copy of the letter to Embassy. Begin translation: From the President of the Republic to His Excellency Ge [...] |
2007-04-24 11:46:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC IV |
| 07ABIDJAN43 | COTE D'IVOIRE: U.S. POLICY FOR BREAKING THE [...] (C) Summary. The continuing political stalemate in Cote d,Ivoire, as the clock winds down on any chance of elections this year, poses the question: what can the United States do to re-energize the peace process? We do not believe the United States should try to take the lead -- among other [...] |
2007-01-12 11:59:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ASEC IV |
| 07ABIDJAN433 | IRAQ: NO COTE D'IVOIRE PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-25 17:00:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ IV |
| 07ABIDJAN465 | COTE D'IVOIRE: FY-2007 TIP PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Embassy Abidjan is pleased to submit two proposals to strengthen and expand Cote d'Ivoire's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in response to reftel. The proposed projects, listed in order of funding priority, will address key areas of concern in the fight to end trafficking in Co [...] |
2007-05-04 17:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG IV |
| 07ABIDJAN466 | SORO PRESIDES OVER GOV'T SEMINAR OUTLINING [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 2nd, following a week-long "pre-seminar" dominated by technocrats, new Prime Minister Guillaume Soro presided over a "governmental seminar in Yamoussoukro to define the way forward regarding each of the elements laid out in the Ouaga Accord of March 4. This included i [...] |
2007-05-04 19:22:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN489 | SORO-GBAGBO ALLIANCE UNHINGES THE OPPOSITION, [...] (C) Summary: Opposition RHDP parties, particularly the PDCI and RDR, led by former President Bedie and Alassane Ouattara respectively, have been widely critical in recent weeks of key New Forces leaders and by extension the Soro Prime Ministership. While the increasing rancor illustrates the [...] |
2007-05-11 15:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN490 | COTE D'IVOIRE GOV'T, UNHCR LAUNCH SURPRISE REQUEST [...] (SBU) On May 4, Foreign Minister Bakayoko, along with UNHCR country representative Saber Azam, convened a hastily planned meeting of principal UNHCR donor countries (including the European Union's country representative) to request additional funding to keep the Guiglo region's Nicla refugee [...] |
2007-05-11 16:55:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN503 | WORLD BANK, IMF, AFDB PUSH COTE D'IVOIRE, DONORS [...] (C) Summary. The IFIs are pressing a coordinated effort to address Cote d'Ivoire's $450 million in arrears to the World Bank in order to allow reengagement by the Bretton Woods institutions. The outlines of the deal were put forth in the recent aide memoire signed in Washington between Ivo [...] |
2007-05-14 17:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV IV |
| 07ABIDJAN521 | PRIME MINISTER SORO TO PRESENT NEW ACTION PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 16, Prime Minister Guillaume Soro focused on the following issues: -- it has taken time for him to get organized, but he will present an action plan, including a matrix timetable, next week; -- the timetable included in the Ouaga Agree [...] |
2007-05-18 13:04:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV PGOV EFIN |
| 07ABIDJAN539 | UNIVERSITY TEACHERS STRKE CONTINUES, PROMPTS [...] (SBU)The public university teachers, strike, which has continued on and off for more than a year, has garered renewed attention by the recent actions aganst it by the thuggish, pro-Gbagbo students, unin, FESCI (septel). The strike, led by the Natioal Coordination of Higher-Level Teachers and [...] |
2007-05-22 17:19:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB IV |
| 07ABIDJAN54 | TWELFTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING [...] (C) Summary. At an unexpectedly short twelfth meeting of the International Working group (IWG), Prime Minister Banny sought to convince the group that the political situation here is not at a total impasse, but he had almost no progress to show. Rebel FN (New Forces) leader Soro stressed the [...] |
2007-01-18 11:06:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ASEC IV |
| 07ABIDJAN544 | COTE D'IVOIRE: REASSESSING THE UNOCI MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The evolving political and security climate in Cote d'Ivoire in light of the Ouagadougou Political Accord (OPA) and the increasing demands on the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) mission pose the question: what should UNOCI's role be in this fragile security env [...] |
2007-05-23 11:53:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN551 | DISARMAMENT OF MILITIAS OFF TO SYMBOLIC START [...] (U) Ivoirian government officials organized a ceremony in the town of Guiglo on May 19 to mark the resumption of the disarmament and demobilization of militias (DDM) in the volatile west of the country. At the ceremony, attended by President Gbagbo, FANCI commander General Mangou, and Acting [...] |
2007-05-24 14:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KPKO PGOV IV |
| 07ABIDJAN555 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT FOR IRC COTE [...] Summary: The Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa conducted a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) assessment of the International Rescue Committee's (IRC) PRM-funded project, "Durable Solutions for Liberian Refugees in Cote d'Ivoire" in February and May 2007. RefCoord wa [...] |
2007-05-24 18:18:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM IV |
| 07ABIDJAN557 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT FOR CCF LIBERIA: [...] Summary: The Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa conducted a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) assessment of the PRM-funded NGO, Christian Children's Fund (CCF) during a visit to Liberia from May 4-11. RefCoord visited their offices in Monrovia and Zorzor and a CCF pr [...] |
2007-05-25 16:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM IV LI |
| 07ABIDJAN558 | COTE D'IVOIRE: STUDENT UNION RAID HEADQUARTERS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Monday, May 21 a mob of more than 200 youth from the Federation of Secondary and University Students of Cote d'Ivoire (FESCI) concurrently attacked the offices of two prominent Ivoirian human rights NGOs, the Ivoirian League for Human Rights (LIDHO) and the Association for the [...] |
2007-05-25 21:07:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IV |
| 07ABIDJAN560 | COTE D'IVOIRE ELECTRICITY GENERATION FALTERS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Privately-owned national electricity distribution company CIE and the Ministry of Energy and Mines continue to squabble over who is to blame for shortfalls in investments needed to boost natural gas production to meet national and regional energy needs. CIE, owned by French f [...] |
2007-05-29 13:19:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON IV PGOV PREL |
| 07ABIDJAN566 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT FOR SEARCH FOR [...] Summary: The Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) conducted a monitoring and evaluation assessment of the PRM-funded Search For Common Ground (SFCG) project, "Mass Information in Support of Liberian Refugee Repatriation and Reintegration." SFCG's activities seem well conceived and f [...] |
2007-05-30 10:07:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM IV LI |
| 07ABIDJAN580 | PRIME MINISTER'S ADVISERS SAY OUAGA PEACE ACCORD [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Tourism and Prime Minister Soro confidant Sidiki Konate and the PM,s Political Counselor, Adama Bictogo, told selected Ambassadors on June 1 that the implementation of the Ouaga Peace Accord roadmap will move into high gear starting next week with the redeployment of [...] |
2007-06-01 19:06:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO IV |
| 07ABIDJAN593 | COTE D'IVOIRE DEMARCHED ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered demarche points to Ambassador Tanoh Boutchoue, MFA Office Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs, on June 3. The MFA will relay any official reaction from the GOCI. 2. (C) Speaking informally, Boutchoue said the situation in Darfur was "intolerable [...] |
2007-06-06 10:11:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC UNSC SU IV |
| 07ABIDJAN594 | COTE D'IVOIRE DEMARCHED ON NEW WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-06 10:11:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN595 | COTE D'IVOIRE DEMARCHED ON UNSCR 1747 (IRAN) [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-06 10:12:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY IV |
| 07ABIDJAN596 | COTE D'IVOIRE DEMARCHED ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) Emboff demarched MFA Director of International Organizations and United Nations Affairs Ambassador Tanoh Boutchoue on June 3 using reftel talking points. The MFA will report back any official GOCI reaction. 2. (SBU) Speaking informally, Boutchoue warmly welcomed the President's init [...] |
2007-06-06 10:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG ECON IV |
| 07ABIDJAN600 | THE ROCKY ROAD TO UNHCR'S JUNE 30 RETURN DEADLINE [...] (U) Summary: The Abijan-based Refugee Coordinator for West Africa (RefCoord), traveled by road from Monrovia to Abidjan from May 1 to May 17. RefCoord passed through Gbarnga, Voinjama, Macenta, Nzerekore, Danane, Duekoue/Guiglo, and Tabou during the trip. RefCoord visited a number of villa [...] |
2007-06-07 09:35:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM IV LI GU |
| 07ABIDJAN606 | COTE D'IVOIRE: ASECNA AVIATION FEES [...] (U) This cable answers questions 1, 2 and 4 of reftel, and provides a partial answer to question 3. Septel will provide the balance of the responses once they are received from host government officials. 2. (U) Questions and Answers: Question 1) Are the airports (DIAP in Abidjan, DIYO [...] |
2007-06-08 13:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KREC MARR MOPS PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN614 | UNIVERSITY TEACHERS SUSPEND THEIR STRIKE, [...] (SBU) On May 30, the university professors and researchers from the "Coordination Nationale des Enseignants et Chercheurs" (CNEC) suspended their six-week old strike, ushering in the resumption of classes nationwide and ending the looming threat of an annulled school year (reftel). CNEC too [...] |
2007-06-11 15:52:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ELAB IV |
| 07ABIDJAN615 | OUAGA ACCORD AT 90 DAYS - ASSESSING ITS [...] (C) Summary. Since the signature of the Ouaga Accord on March 4, Cote d'Ivoire has seen both successes and shortcomings in its implementation. At the 90 day mark, several key tasks remain undone, while a number of others have been accomplished (even if incompletely). The overall report ca [...] |
2007-06-12 11:38:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN621 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT FOR THE AMERICAN [...] Summary: The Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa traveled to Liberia from May 1-11 to conduct a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) assessment of the American Refugee Committee's (ARC) PRM-funded project, "Supporting Sustainable Return, Reintegration and Stabilization of [...] |
2007-06-14 08:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM IV LI |
| 07ABIDJAN633 | COMPAORE CHAIRS OUAGA ACCORD'S FIRST "PERMANENT [...] (C) Summary. OPA facilitator Compaore hosted the first Permanent Consultative Mechanism (CPC) on June 12, bringing together Gbagbo, Soro, Ouattara and Bedie. Members issued a brief, harmonious press statement that touched on key questions of DDR and dismantlement of the militias, as well a [...] |
2007-06-18 18:59:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC IV |
| 07ABIDJAN666 | COTE D'IVOIRE SUPPORT FOR UNITAID [...] (U) Cote d'Ivoire's Ministry of Finance confirms that Cote d'Ivoire is funding its commitments to UNITAD via the levy of a "solidarity tax" on airline tickets. Taxes are USD 4 (CFA 2000) per ticket for short and medium distance flights (generally flights remaining on the African continent), an [...] |
2007-06-25 07:47:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KHIV TBIO PREL |
| 07ABIDJAN669 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT FOR IRC LIBERIA: [...] Summary: The Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa conducted a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) assessment of the International Rescue Committee's (IRC) PRM-funded project, "Integrated Protection and Assistance to Support the Reintegration of Displaced Liberian." RefCo [...] |
2007-06-25 12:40:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM IV LI |
| 07ABIDJAN676 | 2007 COTE D'IVOIRE REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Abidjan is aware of no new investment disputes or expropriation claims involving U.S. persons against the Government of Cote d'Ivoire. 2. (SBU) Post is pleased to report the end of the sole outstanding investment dispute reported from Cote d'Ivoire, the Cora de Comstar matter [...] |
2007-06-26 11:36:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV IV |
| 07ABIDJAN677 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT FOR IRC GUINEA: [...] Summary: The Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa traveled to Guinea from May 11-14 to conduct a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) report of the International Rescue Committee's (IRC) PRM-funded project, "Facilitating Durable Solutions: Protection, Integration Assistanc [...] |
2007-06-26 12:43:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM IV GU |
| 07ABIDJAN683 | COTE D'IVOIRE NOMINATION FOR ATTENDEE OF USDA GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-27 10:04:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KHIV TBIO PREL |
| 07ABIDJAN689 | COTE D'IVOIRE, WB AND IMF STAFF CONCLUDE [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank and IMF, working in tandem, finalized a deal on June 27 that would provide financing packages for the post-conflict transition (WB) and emergency budget support (IMF) in exchange for the GoCI paying 50 percent of its WB arrears and adoption of strict fiscal contr [...] |
2007-06-28 13:29:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV IMF IBRD IV |
| 07ABIDJAN691 | END OF JUNE ASSESSMENT OF OUAGA ACCORD [...] (C) Summary. Implementation of the Ouaga Accord has not moved substantially since the Yamoussoukro CPC (reftel B). The Integrated Command Center is not functioning, the question of military ranks continues to bedevil efforts to begin integrating the militaries and the process of DDR, while [...] |
2007-06-29 09:17:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN705 | THREE KILLED BUT PRIME MINISTER SORO UNHURT AFTER [...] (C) Multiple sources confirm Prime Minister and New Forces leader Guillaume Soro is alive and well after an RPG attack on an airplane in which he was traveling at Bouake airport on the morning of June 29. ONUCI Acting SRSG Abu Moussa told us that, according to UN Air Ops personnel who witnesse [...] |
2007-06-29 16:39:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL KPKO IV |
| 07ABIDJAN71 | PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS' STRIKE ENDS [...] Primary schools in Cote d'Ivoire reopened on January 4, 2007, ending a six-week strike by primary school teachers (reftel). The teachers agreed to resume work after accepting an offer by the Government of Cote d'Ivoire (GOCI) of CFA 30,000 (USD 60) per month to increase housing allowances st [...] |
2007-01-19 17:17:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB IV |
| 07ABIDJAN719 | WHO TRIED TO KILL SORO? THE SPECULATION IS WELL [...] (C) Summary. Since the June 29 attack on Prime Minister Soro, the rumor mill has gone into overdrive. The facts remain scarce, adding fuel to the unending speculation. The suspects are numerous, ranging from the most obvious (disaffected members of the Forces Nouvelles) to the absurd (ONU [...] |
2007-07-03 11:01:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO IV |
| 07ABIDJAN727 | LETTER FROM PRESIDENT GBAGBO TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] Following is the unofficial English translation of a letter dated July 4, 2007, addressed to President George Walker Bush from President Laurent Gbagbo. Embassy Abidjan received a copy of the letter by fax from the office of President Gbagbo. Begin translation: From the President of the [...] |
2007-07-05 14:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC IV |
| 07ABIDJAN732 | PM SORO CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF [...] Several Ambassadors accompanied acting SRSG Abou Moussa to Bouake to visit Prime Minister Soro on July 3. The meeting, which lasted about 45 minutes, devoted more time to formal expressions of sympathy and Soro's detailed account of what happened than to substantive political discussions. [...] |
2007-07-06 07:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | IV PGOV PREL |
| 07ABIDJAN745 | EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL [...] (SBU) Emboff met with UN Operations in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) Human Rights Affairs and Code of Conduct Affairs Offices to discuss implementation of policies to combat sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking in persons (TIP). ONUCI officers indicated that ONUCI has a rigorous, wri [...] |
2007-07-09 16:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN753 | COTE D'IVOIRE ON EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES [...] (C) Emboff met with Presidential diplomatic advisor Ambassador Ottra Toure on July 10 to follow up a June 19 delivery of reftel letter and points to President Gbagbo by the U.K.'s DFID. During the conversation, Ambassador Ottra Toure appeared siezed with the issue, although she said that ne [...] |
2007-07-11 16:30:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL ECON IBRD IV |
| 07ABIDJAN755 | PRESIDENT GBAGBO AGREES TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on July 11, President Gbagbo stated that he had agreed to an international investigation of the attempt on PM Soro's life "in order to make the Prime Minister happy." To have objected to the investigation would have encouraged unnecessary suspicion in th [...] |
2007-07-12 11:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV PGOV PREL |
| 07ABIDJAN764 | COTE D'IVOIRE'S GOVERNMENT DRIFTS AFTER ATTACK ON [...] (C) Summary. Since the March 29 attack on the aircraft carrying Prime Minister Soro, the peace process implementation has been at a near-standstill. Soro and his small team appear knocked off stride (although he could be "playing possum" and proceeding cautiously while recovering his footi [...] |
2007-07-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IV |
| 07ABIDJAN765 | IMF PRESSURES COTE D'IVOIRE TO ABANDON JP MORGAN [...] (C) In a somewhat abrupt denouement to the monthlong negotiations around the debt securitization deal between JP Morgan and the Ivorian pension fund CNPS (reftel), the local IMF representative convinced the Minister of Finance Charles Diby during a July 10 videoconference to abandon the proje [...] |
2007-07-16 12:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IMF PGOV PREL IBRD IV |
| 07ABIDJAN781 | MOROCCAN CONTINGENT IN ONUCI ACCUSED OF SEXUAL [...] (C) The United Nations Operations in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) made a surprise announcement on Friday, July 20 that the entire 732-strong Moroccan battalion would be confined to barracks due to a number of allegations of sexual misconduct with minors by Moroccan troops. The announcement did not [...] |
2007-07-24 16:22:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL UNSC IV |
| 07ABIDJAN8 | PM BANNY: POLITICAL GRIDLOCK [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 3, Prime Minister Banny stated that Cote d'Ivoire is basically in political gridlock. All the political actors are waiting to see what will happen next. He characterized President Gbagbo's five proposals for dealing with the crisis as non-pro [...] |
2007-01-04 14:11:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV PGOV |
| 07ABIDJAN802 | MOROCCO BATTALION APPEARS TO REMAIN ON DUTY; SORO [...] (C) Emboff's security detail during a recent trip to Bouake (septel) was from the Moroccan battalion, recently the subject of controversy relating to allegations of sexual misconduct (reftel A). The security detail was professional, courteous, and well-disciplined. Emboff traveled around th [...] |
2007-07-31 17:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO UNSC PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN803 | SORO, FORCES NOUVELLES STAY TIGHT-LIPPED ON [...] (C) Summary. Emboff traveled to Forces Nouvelles stronghold Bouake to meet with key aides to Prime Minister Soro concerning the investigation into who attacked Soro on June 29 (reftel D, C). Soro aide Cisse Sindou said the PM will not comment on who the authors of the attack were until an [...] |
2007-08-01 07:47:00 | Embassy Abidjan | SECRET | PGOV PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN804 | SORO, FORCES NOUVELLES STAY TIGHTLIPPED ON AUTHORS [...] (C) Summary. Emboff traveled to Forces Nouvelles stronghold Bouake to meet with key aides to Prime Minister Soro concerning the investigation into who attacked Soro on June 29 (reftel D, C). Soro aide Cisse Sindou said the PM will not comment on who the authors of the attack were until an [...] |
2007-08-01 07:47:00 | Embassy Abidjan | SECRET | PGOV PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN809 | DEMARCHE ON COTE D'IVOIRE'S POTENTIAL ADOPTION OF [...] (SBU) Emboff demarched Ambassador Tanoh Boutchoue, MFA Director of the Office of International Organizations and UN Affairs, on July 26 on reftel points. Emboff left relevant points with Boutchoue and will inform Department in septel of any substantive response. HOOKS [...] |
2007-08-01 16:55:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN810 | DEMARCHE TO COTE D'IVOIRE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (SBU) Emboff demarched Ambassador Tanoh Boutchoue, MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs on July 26 on action points in reftel. As Ambassador Swing and his work with MONUC are well-known in African diplomatic circles, Boutchoue was immediately personally disposed toward [...] |
2007-08-01 16:55:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG |
| 07ABIDJAN811 | DEMARCHE TO COTE D'IVOIRE ON UNESCO HOLOCAUST [...] (SBU) Emboff demarched Ambassador Tanoh Boutchoue, MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs on July 26 on action points in reftel and left a copy of the draft explanatory note and proposed resolution on text. Post will report any substantive Government of Cote d'Ivoire res [...] |
2007-08-01 16:55:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO IV |
| 07ABIDJAN812 | DEMARCHE TO COTE D'IVOIRE ON ROBUST [...] (SBU) July 26, Emboff demarched Ambassador Tanoh Boutchoue, MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs, on action points mentioned in reftel, stressing the mandatory nature of a UNSC 1737 report and leaving a translated version of unclassified paragraph six points as a non-pa [...] |
2007-08-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM IR IV |
| 07ABIDJAN831 | COTE D'IVOIRE LIGHTS FLAME OF PEACE [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Cote d'Ivoire held a July 30 "flame of peace" symbolic disarmament ceremony in the Forces Nouvelles stronghold of Bouake. While the ceremony was attended by 7 African heads of state or government, Ivorian opposition leaders Henri Konan Bedie, Alassane Ouattara a [...] |
2007-08-09 17:23:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IC |
| 07ABIDJAN832 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UNOCI A/SRSG ANALYZES POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Acting United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Abou Moussa underscored to Charge d'Affaires and Poloff August 9 the importance of the "balance" that the U.S. provides on the Ivorian political scene. Moussa said UNOC [...] |
2007-08-09 17:28:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IV |
| 07ABIDJAN856 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UPDATE ON DEMOBILIZATION, [...] (C) Summary. Alain Michel Lobognon, Communications Director at the Prime Minister's Office, and Jean-Luc Stalon, Chief of the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) Unit, told Poloff that agreement on the ranks of the Forces Nouv [...] |
2007-08-16 12:11:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS IV |
| 07ABIDJAN863 | COTE D'IVOIRE: VISIT OF STAFFDELS SMITH AND CLACK [...] (C) Summary. Shannon Smith, Majority Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Mark Clack, Foreign Relations Staff Member for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited Cote d'Ivoire August 10-15. Smith and Clack conducted a review of programs under the Presi [...] |
2007-08-17 09:33:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV KDEM IV |
| 07ABIDJAN864 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES IDENTIFICATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a televised address to the nation on August 6, the eve of Cote d'Ivoire's anniversary of independence, President Gbagbo announced the resumption of the public identification hearings ("audiences foraines"), pledged his commitment to fair, transparent and open elections, and cal [...] |
2007-08-17 10:26:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IV KDEM |
| 07ABIDJAN865 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE'S OVERVIEW [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-17 16:25:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF IV LI |
| 07ABIDJAN88 | COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO CONTINUES TO PUSH HIS OWN [...] (U) On January 22 President Gbagbo met with the diplomatic corps to receive their New Year,s greetings. In his speech for the occasion, Gbagbo reiterated the proposals for resolving Cote d,Ivoire,s crisis that he had first put forward December 19 (reftel). Once again, he called for direct di [...] |
2007-01-25 14:56:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IV |
| 07ABIDJAN880 | ASSESSING THE STRENGTH OF THE FORCES NOUVELLES, [...] (C) Summary. An Embassy team composed of Charge Vicki Huddleston and Econ Chief Ervin Massinga to the Bouake and Korhogo regions, both under Forces Nouvelles (FN) control, and spoke to United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Rassamblement [...] |
2007-08-21 16:55:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO IV |
| 07ABIDJAN892 | COTE D'IVOIRE: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE SEEKS U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Henri Ettien Amoikon, Director of the Minister of Defense's Cabinet, told Poloff August 21 that President Gbagbo told members of the Armed Forces (FANCI - Forces Armees Nationales de Cote d'Ivoire) August 14 that the Ivorian state will pay its year-long arrears of soldiers' bonus [...] |
2007-08-23 15:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS IV |
| 07ABIDJAN895 | ASSESSING THE POLITICAL IMPACT OF THE ONGOING [...] (C) Summary. World Food Program, UNited Nations Operations in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and private business leaders in the "Greater West" region, which straddles the "Green Line" and encompasses the extreme western portion of the former "Zone of Confidence," concur that the situation remains v [...] |
2007-08-24 12:01:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PREL PHUM IV |
| 07ABIDJAN899 | COTE D'IVOIRE: REQUESTED INFORMATION ON AG [...] (U) The 2006 industry reports for the following industries are published, and are available. Post will send via email the names of contacts, their telephone numbers and email addresses On August 24 to ITC analyst Yinug, as well as answers to particular analytic questions directed to Post. [...] |
2007-08-24 16:36:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRD ETRD ASEC IV |
| 07ABIDJAN900 | COTE D'IVOIRE: VIEWS ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Director of the Presidential Cabinet Sarata Ottro Toure told Poloff August 23 that President Laurent Gbagbo is committed to holding elections and that it is possible to hold elections by December 2007 or January 2008. Toure said that, since the 2000 elections were the most [...] |
2007-08-24 17:29:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IV |
| 07ABIDJAN901 | DEPARTURE OF TDY CHARGE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-27 08:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN904 | COTE D'IVOIRE DELEGATION TO UNGA [...] (SBU) Ambassador Bernard Tanoh-Boutchoue, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) United Nations and International Organizations Department, told Poloff August 27 that Minister of Foreign Affairs Youssouf Bakayoko will head Cote d'Ivoire's delegation to the United Nations General As [...] |
2007-08-28 12:08:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNGA IV |
| 07ABIDJAN906 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UDPCI SECGEN FORECASTS VIOLENCE IF [...] (C) Summary. Alassane Salif N'Diaye, Secretary General of the opposition political party Union for Democracy and Peace in Cote d'Ivoire (Union Pour la Democratie et pour la Paix en Cote d'Ivoire - UDPCI), told Poloffs August 24 that the UDPCI supports the Ouagadougou Political Accord (OPA), but [...] |
2007-08-28 13:59:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IV |
| 07ABIDJAN907 | COTE D'IVOIRE: VIEWS FROM SMALLER PARTIES [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met separately August 27 with Robert Guei Bombet, President of the "Renaissance" party (Parti La Renaissance) and with Francis Wodie, President of the Ivorian Workers' party (Parti Ivorien des Travailleurs - PTI). Both lamented the lack of implementation of the Ouagadougou [...] |
2007-08-28 13:59:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IV |
| 07ABIDJAN909 | COTE D'IVOIRE: EXPRESSED HOPE, ANXIETY FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: At an August 18 ceremony in his honor in the far northern city of Ferkessedougou, Prime Minister Guillaume Soro announced that the audiences foraines (tribunals that will issue replacement birth certificates) will resume the beginning of September after the government's recess. [...] |
2007-08-29 10:53:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN91 | COTE D'IVOIRE'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON LIBERIA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-25 16:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON LI IV |
| 07ABIDJAN913 | WORLD BANK, EU LEAD DONORS' POST CONFLICT EFFORTS; [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank, European Union (EU) and the United National Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) held two closely-related meetings in the past 10 days on post-crisis coordination, where participants were unanimous in their frustration at the slow pace of progress. Identification [...] |
2007-08-29 16:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IDB IV PREL |
| 07ABIDJAN918 | ACTION COMPLETED: PROPOSED SUPPORT TO METHODIST [...] (SBU) Post completed the action requested in reftel. Poloff visited the Methodist University of Cote d'Ivoire (UMCI) on August 21 and met with university rector and members of the university's Council for Education and Training (CEI). UMCI is a small institution and is only in its second year [...] |
2007-08-30 15:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH IV |
| 07ABIDJAN925 | COTTON, CASHEWS, TIMBER: MAINSTAYS OF THE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary. Cotton, cashews and forest products are the mainstays of the economy in the North and West, but each sector is experiencing varying levels of difficulty. Cotton production is down by 40 percent since the division of the country in 2002, and both producers and ginning enterpris [...] |
2007-09-04 07:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR PGOV EAID ETRD SENV IV |
| 07ABIDJAN927 | COTE D IVOIRE: OUATTARA ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY [...] (U) Former Ivorian Prime Minister and long-time President of the Rassemblement des Republicains (RDR) party Alassane Ouattara announced his candidacy for the Ivorian presidential election during an August 25 speech in Paris to RDR supporters in Europe. (Note: the date of the election has not [...] |
2007-09-04 07:45:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM IV |
| 07ABIDJAN935 | ELECTIONS PLANNING IN COTE D'IVOIRE: WHO'S IN [...] (C) Summary: The composition and responsibilities of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), the main body responsible for organizing elections in Cote d'Ivoire, has been highly politicized and subject to contentious infighting since the crisis erupted in 2002. The CEI is composed of memb [...] |
2007-09-05 16:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM UN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN95 | INCREASING U.S. SUPPORT FOR COTE D'IVOIRE'S [...] (U) Post strongly supports the IFES proposal for a two-year project to expand U.S. support for the electoral process in Cote d,Ivoire. 2. (U) IFES has done excellent work in the first phase of this project. In particular, the Prime Minister,s Secretary General wrote to us that the roundtab [...] |
2007-01-26 14:34:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL PGOV IV |
| 07ABIDJAN955 | COTE D'IVOIRE: FPI THINKS ELECTIONS WILL SOLVE [...] (C) Summary. Ivorian Popular Front (Front Populaire Ivoirien - FPI) Secretary General Sylvain Miaka Ouretto told Poloff September 7 that the FPI is not "against France," but that France should treat Cote d'Ivoire as a partner. Ouretto said elections are the solution to Cote d'Ivoire's crisis [...] |
2007-09-11 16:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IV |
| 07ABIDJAN959 | (U) ACTION COMPLETED: IDENTIFYING "CREDIBLE [...] (SBU) Embassy Abidjan completed action requested in reftel. Here is the biographic information on three influential Ivoirian Muslim leaders who have favorable views of the United States and offer an alternative view to Islamic extremism. 2. (SBU) El Hadj Aboubacar FOFANA Gender: Male DOB [...] |
2007-09-12 18:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PK PO QA RP RS RW SA SF SG SL SN SO SP |
| 07ABIDJAN962 | COTE D'IVOIRE: FRANCE'S VIEW [...] (C) Summary. French Deputy Chief of Mission Sebastien Minot told Poloff September 11 that the differences in the positions of the Ivorian government and the Forces Nouvelles on disarmament and identification may be difficult to reconcile and could derail the Ouagadougou Political Accord (OPA) [...] |
2007-09-13 16:41:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV FR |
| 07ABIDJAN969 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PHYSICIANS STRIKE [...] Public sector physicians were on strike September 4-13, demanding a two-fold wage increase. Responding to pressure from the government and public, the leader of the doctors' union (Syndicat des Cadres Superieurs de la Sante de Cote d'Ivoire - SYNACASS/CI) announced an eight-day suspension of [...] |
2007-09-14 17:18:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV IV |
| 07ABIDJAN995 | COTE D'IVOIRE: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS BY OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Summary: Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Robert Mambe announced September 13 that Cote d'Ivoire will be ready for presidential elections by October 2008. Mambe has always asserted that it would take 10-12 months to complete the identification and voter registration pro [...] |
2007-09-25 15:28:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN997 | STATELESSNESS IN COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (SBU) Summary. Refugee Office Program Assistant participated in a September 13 trip organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Ministry of Justice to the towns of Meagui and Soube in western Cote d'Ivoire. The purpose of the trip was to exami [...] |
2007-09-25 17:11:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL SOCI IV |
| 08ABIDJAN104 | GOVERNMENT LOOSENS CONTROL OF STATE MEDIA [...] (SBU) Summary. President Gbagbo nominated new Boards of Directors for the state newspaper and radio and television network on January 23. The respective Boards on January 28 elected Viviane Zunon Kipre as Chairperson for the organization that publishes the newspaper and Honore Koffi Guie as C [...] |
2008-02-11 17:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PROP KDEM IV |
| 08ABIDJAN120 | PATH TO TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS FRAUGHT WITH [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met on February 19 with Independent Electoral Commission (Commission Electorale Independante - CEI) President Mambe to discuss the status of election preparations. Some progress has been achieved. Mambe told Ambassador all political actors have accepted the 2000 electo [...] |
2008-02-21 12:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IV |
| 08ABIDJAN127 | COTE D'IVOIRE DEMARCHED ON SEC GENERAL OF INT'L [...] (SBU) Econoff demarched Vincent Niagne Agnimel, Secretary General of the Ivoirian Rubber Association APROMAC SIPDIS and delivered talking points related to U.S. concerns about the tenure of Dr. Smits as International Rubber Study Group Secretary General. APROMAC is the designated Ivoirian [...] |
2008-02-22 17:30:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD AGR IV |
| 08ABIDJAN130 | PETROLEUM SECTOR IN COTE D'IVOIRE - AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Kassoum Fadika, Director General of state-owned PETROCI for a tour d'horizon of the energy production business in Cote d'Ivoire. Fadika discussed production problems that he says have limited oil production to 50,000 b/d and described the cost structure of [...] |
2008-02-26 12:06:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV IV |
| 08ABIDJAN133 | CHINESE VIEWS ON COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C) Summary. Chinese Embassy Political Counselor Fulin Ma told Pol/Econ section chief February 25 that he thinks elections will take place in 2008, most likely between August and October. Ma believes there is a real chance for President Gbagbo to win transparent elections due to the average [...] |
2008-02-28 16:34:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IV CH |
| 08ABIDJAN138 | COTE D'IVOIRE: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Cote d'Ivoire is beginning to emerge from a five-year crisis during which the country was divided in two, with government forces controlling the southern half of the country and rebel forces, known as the New Forces (NF), in control of the north. President Laurent Gbagbo and New Forces [...] |
2008-03-03 16:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV |
| 08ABIDJAN149 | COTE D'IVOIRE NAMES MEMBERS OF EXTRACTIVE [...] (SBU) On January 29, the Ministry of Mines and Energy named the 26 members of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative National Committee. The group is government-heavy, and includes representatives from the Prime Minister's Office; the Ministries of Economy and Finance, Mines and [...] |
2008-03-06 11:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EITC ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV IBRD IV |
| 08ABIDJAN166 | COTE D'IVOIRE PAYS WORLD BANK ARREARS; IMF SEES [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank announced in late February that the Government of Cote d'Ivoire has paid its portion of its arrears clearance package, paving the way for renewed assistance. The IMF announced that with the arrears clearance package in hand, it will proceed aggressively with a P [...] |
2008-03-12 14:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IMF IBRD IV |
| 08ABIDJAN171 | AMBASSADOR MEETS AFDB PRESIDENT KABERUKA, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with African Development Bank (AfDB) President Donald Kaberuka on February 28th during the latter's swing through Abidjan to sign a $25 million post conflict grant and ahead of an AfDB delegation trip to Abidjan by Members of the Bank's Board of Directors. Kaberu [...] |
2008-03-12 16:32:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PREL IBRD IMF AFDB IV |
| 08ABIDJAN274 | RESIDENT IMF, WORLD BANK HEADS DISCUSS EARLY HIPC [...] (C) Summary. In an April 18 meeting, IMF ResRep Phillipe Eugume defended the notion of an early HIPC Decision Point, noting Cote d'Ivoire's heavy indebtedness and already negative cash position with the IFIs, but acknowledged substantial shareholder reluctance to proceed with such a course [...] |
2008-05-02 08:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID IMF IBRD PGOV PREL IV |
| 08ABIDJAN279 | IMPACT OF RISING FOOD PRICES IN COTE D'IVOIRE. [...] (SBU) Summary. The global price rise in basic foodstuff commodities is having a serious impact on Cote d'Ivoire, particularly the rise in rice prices. Imported rice has become substantially more expensive compared to its local competition in the past 18 months. The government has attempted [...] |
2008-05-02 14:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL |
| 08ABIDJAN286 | MINISTER OF PLANNING DISCUSSES HIPC, RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Cote d,Ivoire,s Minister of Plan has established a timetable to ensure that his country is ready to be considered for a HIPC decision point by the end of 2008. The Minister fears that Cote d,Ivoire may lose the opportunity to benefit from debt relief under the HIPC initiative if [...] |
2008-05-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IMF IBRD EAID PGOV PREL IV |
| 08ABIDJAN290 | ELECTORAL COMMISSION LAYS OUT TIMELINE FROM NOW TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Independent Electoral Commission President Mambe briefed Ambassador May 2 on the Commission,s timeline for meeting the November 30 election date. Voter registration will take place for a 45 day period in July-August; the time before and after will be devoted to ensuring that th [...] |
2008-05-06 17:01:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM IV |
| 08ABIDJAN296 | NEW CUSTOMS DIRECTOR DISCUSSES RETURN OF CUSTOMS [...] (SBU) Summary. Cote d,Ivoire,s new Customs Director, Col. Alphone Mangly, expects the redeployment of customs officials to the north of the country to begin the week of May 12. In an April 30 meeting, Mangly told Ambassador candidly that he was not certain how the customs officials would wor [...] |
2008-05-08 12:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV IV |
| 08ABIDJAN300 | WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION - COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (U) Emboff presented reftel demarche points and preferred candidate lists to MFA Assistant Director for the Office of Economic and Social Issues within the UN Department, Etienne Kinda. Kinda asked if the French candidate were a preferred U.S. candidate. Emboff reiterated that the five can [...] |
2008-05-09 12:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR AORC ETRD PREL IV |
| 08ABIDJAN301 | DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY [...] (SBU) Emboffs verbally delivered demarche points to Pierre Nemlin, Americas, Deputy Desk Officer, on April 30 and delivered a French text non-paper with key talking points (reftel) on May 6. Nemlin indicated that Cote d'Ivoire would not be sending a delegation to Geneva for PrepComIII, and [...] |
2008-05-09 12:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG MNUC PARM PREL IV |
| 08ABIDJAN336 | PRESIDENT KICKS OFF 2000 SESSION OF NATIONAL [...] (SBU) President Gbagbo presided over the April 30 opening ceremony of the first session of the 2008 National Assembly, held in the political capital of Yamoussoukro. Two hundred parliamentarians attended the ceremony. National Assembly president and ruling Ivoirian Popular Front party (Front [...] |
2008-05-28 08:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 08ABIDJAN337 | OBSERVANCE OF NOVEMBER 30 ELECTION DATE FEASIBLE [...] (SBU) Summary. AF/W Director Thomas Dougherty held meetings in Abidjan May 15-16 with representatives from across Cote d'Ivoire's political spectrum. His conversations indicate that the political will exists to observe the scheduled November 30 election date and that it is technically feasib [...] |
2008-05-28 14:14:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL EAID IV |
| 08ABIDJAN346 | AF/W DIRECTOR DOUGHERTY DISCUSSES FINANCING THE [...] (C) Summary: State AF/W Director Thomas Dougherty discussed the pivotal question of financing for the end of crisis package ("sortie de crise" in French) with a number of key interlocutors during his May 14-18 visit to Abidjan. Interlocutors discussed Cote d'Ivoire's Highly Indebted Poor Coun [...] |
2008-05-29 16:34:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AFDB EAID ECON IMF IBRD IV PREL |
| 08ABIDJAN36 | COTE D'IVOIRE 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Despite the ongoing political/economic crisis, the Ivorian government actively encourages foreign investment through mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, takeovers, or startups. There are no significant limits on foreign investment nor are there generally diffe [...] |
2008-01-16 14:18:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | OPIC USTR KTDB ECON ETRD |
| 08ABIDJAN37 | COTE D'IVOIRE'S PORTS PLAN AMBITIOUS EXPANSION AS POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Port of Abidjan is West Africa's largest deep-water port, and the second largest port on the continent. According to Maersk officials, it is also one of the more efficient ports in the world. Cote d'Ivoire's second port, San Pedro, exports 10 percent of the country's expor [...] |
2008-01-16 16:00:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ECIN ELTN EWWT IV |
| 08ABIDJAN374 | GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS [...] Pol/Econ Section Chief delivered talking points in reftel on June 5 to Bertin Tanoh Koffi, Deputy Director General of Maritime and Port Affairs at the Ministry of Transportation. 2. Koffi stated that the Government of Cote d'Ivoire welcomed the Global Maritime Partnerships and would be inter [...] |
2008-06-06 16:16:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
| 08ABIDJAN396 | THE NEW BLE GOUDE [...] (C) Summary. Charles Ble Goude, leader of COJEP (PanAfrican Congress of Young Patriots), is one of three Ivorians under United Nations (UN) Security Council sanctions. However, an offensive seems to be underway, bolstered by the presidential camp, to re-shape Ble Goude's public image and portr [...] |
2008-06-18 16:29:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI UN IV |
| 08ABIDJAN397 | DISGRUNTLED EX-COMBATANTS PARALYZE BOUAKE OVER [...] (U) The demobilization and disarmament of the Forces Nouvellles (FAFN) continue to be problematic for the government. One June 16, more than 1000 troops paralyzed Bouake, demanding payment of promised monies. According to pres reports, the action was organized by soldiers who were to be integ [...] |
2008-06-18 17:33:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PREL EAID IV |
| 08ABIDJAN398 | (C) KOUCHNER VISIT SIGNALS WARMING RELATIONSHIP, [...] (C) Summary. The June 14-15 visit of French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner to Cote d'Ivoire is a signal of warmer bilateral relations, but full normalization will not occur until Ivorian presidential elections are held. Kouchner told President Gbagbo that France will work with whichever ca [...] |
2008-06-18 17:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IV FR |
| 08ABIDJAN403 | COTE D'IVOIRE: COCOA SECTOR OFFICIALS ARRESTED AS [...] (U) Summary: Twenty-three top officials of the cocoa/coffee sector were indicted on June 13 on charges of embezzlement, breach of trust, misuse of corporate assets, fraud, and forgery. As of June 23, 12 of the 23 were under arrest. Those arrested include close associates of the ruling FPI pa [...] |
2008-06-25 08:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD KCOR KJUS PGOV IV |
| 08ABIDJAN439 | COTE D'IVOIRE: JUSTICE FOR THE RICH AND POWERFUL [...] (C) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's judicial system is broken and not likely to be fixed soon. The President of the Ivorian Bar Association told Ambassador that the judiciary is filled with corrupt judges. Court decisions are not published and judges' copies of their decisions are sent to persons out [...] |
2008-07-07 18:40:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KDEM KJUS PGOV IV |
| 08ABIDJAN441 | COTE D'IVOIRE EXTENDS TAX HOLIDAY ON FOODSTUFFS [...] (U) On July 2, 2008, the Ivorian government announced a three month extension of special tax reductions on basic foodstuffs (rice, milk, palm oil, fish and tomatoes). The reductions were originally announced on March 31 and put into effect on April 1, following demonstrations against the high [...] |
2008-07-08 14:38:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD EAID IMF IBRD PGOV IV |
| 08ABIDJAN459 | NEW FORCES MUTINY IN TOWNS OF SEGUELA AND VAVOUA [...] (C) Summary. New Forces troops in the center-west towns of Seguela and Vavoua rioted on June 28. The troops in Seguela called for the reinstatement of their former Commander, Zachariah Kone, who had been removed by Prime Minister Soro in May. The soldiers in Vavoua protested the government's [...] |
2008-07-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MARR PGOV IV |
| 08ABIDJAN462 | POLITICAL PARTY YOUTH LEADERS OFFER LITTLE BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a country where over half of the population is under 25 and job opportunities for young people are scarce, political parties have had little trouble in the recent past mobilizing youth for violent ends during times of political crisis. In light of the looming November 30th [...] |
2008-07-15 16:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON IV |
| 08ABIDJAN469 | EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS PLANNED GENERAL STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on Wednesday, July 16, 2008, to review mission security and work posture following the announcement of a 2-day general strike beginning on Thursday, July 17, 2008 (ref a). The consensus of the EAC was that mission emplo [...] |
2008-07-16 17:25:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PGOV AMGT IV |
| 08ABIDJAN475 | GENERAL STRIKE LARGELY SUCCESSFUL; NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) Summary. The members of UGTCI, the country's largest federation of unions, overwhelmingly observed its call for a general strike on July 17 and 18 to call for salary increases in response to the gas price hike, following some initial confusion. Taxi and mini-bus transporters maintained the [...] |
2008-07-18 16:08:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC ECON ELAB AMGT IV |
| 08ABIDJAN486 | STATUS OF ELECTORAL PREPARATIONS [...] (SBU) The Government of Cote d'Ivoire has made some progress on its preparations for the presidential election scheduled for November 30. However, much work remains to be done. Many Ivoirians, as well as members of the international community, are beginning to question whether the government [...] |
2008-07-24 10:12:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV IV |
| 08ABIDJAN492 | PARTIES IN FN-HELD TERRITORIES ORIENTED AROUND [...] Summary. DCM, Econ Chief and Political Specialist traveled July 15-18 to Seguela and Bouake in Forces Nouvelles-held territory. During the course of the trip, Emboffs met with representatives of the country's three major political parties (FPI, RDR, PDCI). Discussions with party representat [...] |
2008-07-25 15:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IV |
| 08ABIDJAN493 | STRIKE ANNOUNCED FOR JULY 31 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Union of General Workers of Cote d'Ivoire (UGTCI) has rejected as insufficient the economic measures enacted by the government on July 20 in response to the UGTCI's July 17-18 general strike and widespread discontent among transporters and consumers. The UGTCI has called fo [...] |
2008-07-25 15:44:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC ECON ELAB AMGT IV |
| 08ABIDJAN500 | BACKGROUND ON FN MUTINY IN SEGUELA [...] (C) Summary. DCM, ECON Chief and Political Specialist met with senior Forces Nouvelles military leaders during a recent visit to Bouake and Seguela, flashpoint of recent FN violence. Emboffs had unusually frank meetings with FAFN Chief of Staff Bakayoko and Deputy Chief of Staff Wattao, und [...] |
2008-07-29 15:41:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI IV |
| 08ABIDJAN51 | STATUS OF IDENTIFICATION PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Cote d'Ivoire is moving forward on the identification process, which is a critical stage in the implementation of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA) and at the heart of the country's political crisis. All 111 audiences foraines teams that are to issue bir [...] |
2008-01-23 15:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IV |
| 08ABIDJAN520 | FORCES NOUVELLES VIEWS ON IDENTIFICATION, [...] (C) Summary. During a recent Embassy visit to Bouake and Seguela, senior interlocutors from the Forces Nouvelles (FN) and regional leaders of the RDR political party raised concerns about how the process of identification would proceed. FN political leaders went to great lengths to reject [...] |
2008-08-04 10:37:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IV |
| 08ABIDJAN521 | LACK OF FUNDING HAMPERS DDR PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: Senior military officers from the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) confirmed to Emboffs during a recent trip to Bouake and Seguela that substantial progress is being made in regrouping FAFN troops but funding to ensure the smooth reintegration of former combatants is lacking. FAFN leader [...] |
2008-08-04 12:30:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR EAID PREL PHUM IV |
| 08ABIDJAN522 | THE FORCES NOUVELLES AND THE DIAMOND TRADE IN [...] (C) Summary. During a recent visit to Bouake and Seguela, Emboffs probed the issue of whether control of the region's diamonds was a factor in the recent clash between factions of the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN). Emboffs met with Deputy FAFN Chief Wattao, who said that the Forces Nouvelles wer [...] |
2008-08-04 13:18:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN PGOV MARR KCOR PREL ECON IV |
| 08ABIDJAN56 | CODEL ENGEL'S VISIT ON CHILD LABOR IN COCOA DRAWS [...] (SBU) Summary. Representative Engel, Senator Harkin and Senator Sanders met with President Gbagbo, Prime Minister Soro and key government ministers to discuss the implementation of the Harkin Engel Protocol, a key element of which is the July 1, 2008 deadline, which aims to put in place a c [...] |
2008-01-24 18:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON EAID ELAB OREP IV |
| 08ABIDJAN591 | PDCI SAYS TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS IN 2008 A MUST, [...] (C) Summary. In a September 2 meeting, PDCI (Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire) Secretary General Alphonse Djedje Mady told Ambassador that Cote d'Ivoire must hold elections in 2008. If it does not, the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA) will be defunct and a new government framework will [...] |
2008-09-04 18:07:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IV |
| 08ABIDJAN611 | CEI SAYS VOTER REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN SEPTEMBER 15 [...] (SBU) Summary. President of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) Robert Mambe told Ambassador that the identification and voter registration processes will begin September 15. Although not all 11,000 sites are ready, operations will begin in those sites that are and commence in others [...] |
2008-09-08 16:46:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM IV |
| 08ABIDJAN614 | 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES [...] (C) Ambassador delivered demarche in reftel on September 8 to Cote d'Ivoire's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Alcide Djedje, who was in Abidjan. 2. (C) Poloff delivered demarche in reftel on September 9 to Etienne Kindia, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dep [...] |
2008-09-09 17:30:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN IV |
| 08ABIDJAN62 | COTE D'IVOIRE ADOPTS BUDGET ON TIME; IMF, WORLD [...] (C) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire adopted its 2008 budget in late December 2007, fulfilling a key demand from the international financial institutions engaged in ongoing assistance negotiations with the government. The budget is 8.5 percent higher than that of 2007, reflecting higher personnel co [...] |
2008-01-28 16:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IDA IMF PGOV PREF USTR EITI IV |
| 08ABIDJAN63 | UNOCI CONCERNED ABOUT DDR PROCESS [...] (C) Jean Marc Tafani, the new chief of the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) Office of Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) described the government's DDR plan as ambitious and fragile and noted it could increase instability. Tafani expressed concern about lack [...] |
2008-01-28 17:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL PGOV IV |
| 08ABIDJAN77 | AMBASSADOR MEETS FORMER PRESIDENT BEDIE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met on January 31 with Henri Konan Bedie, former President of Cote d'Ivoire and current leader and presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire (Parti Democratique de la Cote d'Ivoire - PDCI). Bedie expressed doubt about whether President Gbagbo is tru [...] |
2008-02-01 18:18:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IV |
| 08ABIDJAN8 | IMPLEMENTING PEACE AGREEMENT INCREASES TENSION IN [...] (C) Summary: As the government of Cote d'Ivoire takes action to implement DDR-related provisions of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA), deep lying fissures are surfacing. Violent confrontations in the north over the past few weeks have exposed rifts within the Forces Nouvelles between [...] |
2008-01-04 19:17:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PGOV EAID IV |
| 08ABIDJAN810 | OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT [...] Embassy Abidjan received a message of congratulations to the President Elect from Henri Konan Bedie, former President of Cote d'Ivoire (1993-1999) and currently leader of one of the country's three major political parties, the Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire, known by its French acronym, PDCI [...] |
2008-11-14 14:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP IV |
| 08ABIDJAN811 | OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT [...] Embassy Abidjan received a message of congratulations to the President Elect from Charles Konan Banny, former Prime Minister of Cote d'Ivoire (2005-2007). Embassy will transmit a hard copy of the message to the Department by diplomatic pouch. 2. Embassy translation of the French language m [...] |
2008-11-14 14:43:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP IV |
| 08ABIDJAN813 | AMBASSADOR TELLS FINANCE MINISTER DEBT RELIEF [...] (C) Summary. In a November 6 meeting, Ambassador told Economy and Finance Minister Charles Diby that Cote d'Ivoire must show stronger fiscal performance to reach the Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) decision point. Diby explained extra-budgetary spending on public works projects in Yamous [...] |
2008-11-14 17:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV IV |
| 08ABIDJAN816 | OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT [...] Embassy Abidjan received a message of congratulations to the President Elect from Lucien Tape Mambo, President of the Forum of Civil Society of the 79 African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (ACP). The ACP is composed of African, Caribbean and Pacific nations that are signatories to the George [...] |
2008-11-17 16:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP IV |
| 08ABIDJAN820 | G/TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, Poloff met with NGOs and government officials working on trafficking in persons (TIP) issues, but could not obtain meetings with key ministries, specifically the Ministries of Justice and Interior, despite repeated phone calls and follow-up letters from th [...] |
2008-11-19 08:26:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI SMIG KTIP KWMN KCRM IV |
| 08ABIDJAN822 | PRESIDENT GBAGBO DISCUSSES ELECTION DELAY, DDR ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting with Ambassador, President Gbagbo said he was disappointed that elections have been postponed again but does not see what he can do to speed up the process; the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) needs to work more quickly and effectively. He was calm a [...] |
2008-11-19 15:40:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EAID IV PGOV |
| 08ABIDJAN870 | WAR OF WORDS OVER DISARMAMENT PROCESS LINKED TO [...] (C) Summary. President Gbagbo's political party, the FPI, and Prime Minister Soro's Forces Nouvelles (FN) movement have clashed verbally over the past few weeks with the FPI insisting, once again, that disarmament be completed before elections and the Forces Nouvelles accusing the FPI of wanti [...] |
2008-12-11 08:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IV |
| 08ABIDJAN879 | FORCES NOUVELLES SPOKESMAN DISCUSSES DISARMAMENT [...] (C) Summary: Moussa Dosso, who headed the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) delegation that met with President Gbagbo on Dec. 9, told Ambassador that the FPI wants a truncated disarmament process which is unacceptable to the FAFN. Dosso said that after 5-6 years of loyal service, the FAFN cannot ask its [...] |
2008-12-16 17:25:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR KDEM EAID IV |
| 08ABIDJAN893 | UPDATE ON COCOA GOVERNANCE AND LABOR ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Cocoa and Coffee Sector Management Committee (CGCC) named by President Gbagbo in September (ref A) has already run afoul of industry leaders. Its setting of a relatively high "indicative" farmgate price for cocoa beans led to a brief disruption of the market, and its decisi [...] |
2008-12-23 10:26:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ELAB EFIN PGOV PHUM IV |
| 08ABIDJAN90 | G/TIP AMBASSADOR LAGON VISIT TO COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (U) Summary: G/TIP Ambassador Mark Lagon met with government officials, NGO leaders, and UN officials during his January 23-24 visit to Abidjan. Ambassador Lagon told his interlocutors that the USG comes in partnership to address trafficking in persons and stands ready to consult on legal and [...] |
2008-02-06 18:24:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG UN IV |
| 08ABIDJAN907 | U.S. TREASURY TRAINS WEST AFRICAN FINANCIAL [...] Summary. December 15-19, advisors from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) provided training in financial investigative techniques to 55 individuals from francophone and lusophone West Africa. Ambassador delivered opening remarks. On margins of the course, eco [...] |
2008-12-31 10:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER EFIN ECON KCRM KTFN IV |
| 08ABIDJAN97 | AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ON ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary. African Development Bank (AfDB) Official Representative to Cote d'Ivoire Ngardinga Sangbe discussed with Embassy officials Cote d'Ivoire's recently passed 2008 budget, the country's arrears with the AfDB and the HIPC process, expressing confidence that arrears can be settled, b [...] |
2008-02-08 14:35:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IDA IMF PGOV PREF USTR EITI IV |
| 09ABIDJAN104 | FORCES NOUVELLES SPOKESMAN CLARIFIES OUAGA IV [...] (C) Summary. In a February 10 meeting, Minister of Tourism and Forces Nouvelles (FN) Spokesman Sidiki Konate confirmed that the Ouaga IV agreement returns civilian control of the north to the government but stressed that the FN will retain military control of the north until after the election. [...] |
2009-02-11 12:35:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR KDEM EAID IV |
| 09ABIDJAN114 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UN'S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Per reftel, post surveyed the primary human rights organizations in Cote d'Ivoire to inquire about their participation in the United Nation's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Human Rights process. Cote d'Ivoire will undergo review in December 2009. In order to prepare for the [...] |
2009-02-13 14:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNHRC IV |
| 09ABIDJAN115 | DEMARCHE ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS UNDER THE [...] On February 12, econoff delivered reftel demarche to two representatives of the Ministry of the Environment, Water, and Forests: Patrick Pedia, national point of contact for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB), and Augustin Kone, national point of contact for the Biosafety Clearing-House [...] |
2009-02-13 14:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD PREL TBIO KPAO IV |
| 09ABIDJAN125 | ABIDJAN: ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED [...] (U) In response to reftel A, Embassy submits the following assessment of Cote d'Ivoire's need for increased law enforcement and judicial training. Point of contact for this report is ARSO Marc Trahan (phone: 225.2249.4448 IVG 783). 2. (U) Cote d'Ivoire's non-military security forces face bo [...] |
2009-02-18 10:40:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV SOCI KCRM IV |
| 09ABIDJAN129 | CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT GBAGBO [...] Embassy received by fax a condolence message from President Laurent Gbagbo to President Obama regarding the airline crash that occurred near Buffalo, New York. Please find Embassy translation of the original French text in paragraph 2. 2. Begin translation of text. To His Excellency Mr [...] |
2009-02-19 13:16:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP IV |
| 09ABIDJAN14 | NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT GBAGBO [...] Embassy received by fax a message from President Laurent Gbagbo to President Bush on the occasion of the New Year. Please find Embassy translation of the original French text in paragraph 2. 2. Begin translation of text. To His Excellency George Walker Bush President of the United State [...] |
2009-01-06 16:26:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP IV |
| 09ABIDJAN166 | COTE D'IVOIRE: GOVERNMENT POSTPONES HANDOVER OF [...] (C) Summary: Just hours before it was to take place, Minister of Interior Desire Tagro forced the postponement of a March 4 ceremony marking the handover of administrative powers by the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) in Bouake to civilian government authorities. He said that without mixed brigades (j [...] |
2009-03-10 16:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MARR SOCI EAID IV |
| 09ABIDJAN168 | COTE D'IVOIRE: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Bakayoko on March 10 to discuss a variety of topics including HIPC, the situation in Guinea, Sudan, Iraq, and Cote d'Ivoire's new policy regarding visas for Americans. The key points from the conversation are noted below. 2. (C) HIPC: FM Bakayoko, [...] |
2009-03-12 13:03:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR ECON CVIS IV |
| 09ABIDJAN171 | CORRUPTION ARTICLE PROVOKES DESTRUCTION OF [...] (U) On February 28, the "Nouveau Reveil," a newspaper closely affiliated with former President Henri Konan Bedie's PDCI political party, announced it would publish an article on the theft of 4 billion CFA (approximately 8 million USD) by government officials with ties to President Gbagbo. Th [...] |
2009-03-12 14:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI IV |
| 09ABIDJAN175 | IDENTIFICATION/VOTER REGISTRATION EXTENDED [...] (SBU) Summary. The identification/voter registration process has been extended until March 30 in some regions and until early April for those persons affected by the reconstitution of civil registries. Identification/voter registration of Ivoirians living in 19 foreign countries began on Marc [...] |
2009-03-17 10:00:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID KDEM PREL SOCI IV |
| 09ABIDJAN178 | OUATTARA SEES LACK OF WILL TO HOLD ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. RDR president Ouattara told Ambassador that President Gbagbo has no political will to hold an election and is taking steps to delay the process. Ouattara said it is technically feasible to hold the presidential election in 2009 and urged the international community to send a stron [...] |
2009-03-17 16:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL IV |
| 09ABIDJAN185 | FACILITATOR'S REPRESENTATIVE SAYS KEEP PRESSING [...] (C) Summary: In a March 10 conversation, Ambassador Boureima Badini (Facilitator Blaise Compaore's representative in Abidjan) urged that the US and other donors keep pressing for elections in 2009. He expressed concern that the political will to hold elections has faded as it has become incre [...] |
2009-03-19 16:28:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON EAID IV |
| 09ABIDJAN186 | MALNUTRITION IN NORTHERN COTE D'IVOIRE UNDERSCORES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The absence of a functioning government in the north of Cote d'Ivoire and ongoing insecurity in the west are having increasingly negative effects on the resident populations. A SMART survey conducted in July 2008 revealed that the global acute malnutrition (GAM) rate in northern [...] |
2009-03-20 15:43:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PGOV PREL EAGR SOCI IV |
| 09ABIDJAN194 | BETTING ON DUST: A VISIT TO AN ARTISANAL GOLD MINE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Rural villages carry out artisanal gold mining in northwestern Cote d'Ivoire. Yields are minuscule, and mining operations are done by hand. Mines in the north are still primarily under the control of the Forces Nouvelles. Poloff visited the artisanal mining village of Zievas [...] |
2009-03-24 07:32:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ECON IV |
| 09ABIDJAN197 | OPPOSITION PARTY PRESIDENT DETAINED FOR REMARKS ON [...] (U) Summary. The national security agency (DST), at the request of the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, detained Kobena Anaky, president of a small opposition political party, March 20-21. Anaky's detention was the result of remarks he made regarding recent events in Madagascar on a March [...] |
2009-03-25 08:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM IV |
| 09ABIDJAN205 | COTE D'IVOIRE'S CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OFF COURSE [...] (U) Summary. At a recent briefing for the diplomatic community, Ivorian aviation officials discussed changes in security measures at Felix Houphouet Boigny International Airport in Abidjan. In the course of their briefing, the Ivorians repeatedly confused airport security measures with aviat [...] |
2009-03-27 10:58:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON IV |
| 09ABIDJAN214 | THE "PEACE AND ZEN" MAN: AN INSIDER'S TAKE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Gbagbo's legal advisor (and goddaughter) reveals a different side of Cote d'Ivoire's most senior statesman and political figure, painting him as a man of "peace and zen" who prefers to focus on the intellectual, theoretical side of politics and leave the everyday matte [...] |
2009-03-31 14:25:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON IV |
| 09ABIDJAN22 | MILITARY ISSUES RESOLVED IN OUAGA IV (THE FOURTH [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ouagadougou Political Agreement's (OPA) fourth supplementary agreement (often referred to as Ouaga IV) addresses military issues that have blocked disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR), including grades, ranks, and the establishment of a new army. This cable [...] |
2009-01-12 16:32:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV KDEM EAID PREL IV |
| 09ABIDJAN220 | FATE OF THE COMZONES MAY BE STALLING OUAGA IV [...] (C) Summary. Implementation of the fourth supplementary agreement (Ouaga IV) to the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA) is proving challenging, particularly with regard to the fate of the comzones. The Office of the OPA Facilitator's Special Representative told Poloff that, according to Oua [...] |
2009-04-02 13:43:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR KDEM IV |
| 09ABIDJAN223 | TEACHERS' STRIKE IN COTE D'IVOIRE REFLECTS FRAYING SOCIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-02 16:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI ECON KPAO IV |
| 09ABIDJAN226 | FPI BLOCKING OUAGA IV TO DELAY ELECTIONS? [...] (C) Summary. Alain Lobognon, the Prime Minister's Communications Advisor, told Ambassador he believes President Gbagbo's camp is blocking implementation of the fourth supplementary agreement (Ouaga IV) to the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA) in order to delay elections because they fear [...] |
2009-04-06 15:35:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR KDEM IV |
| 09ABIDJAN227 | DIFFICULT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN CENTRAL-WESTERN [...] Summary. During a March 16-19 visit to the central-western region of Cote d'Ivoire, DCM and econoff found residents and local leaders to be greatly concerned about economic conditions, despite improved security in the area. The national political crisis has hampered the area's economic progr [...] |
2009-04-07 09:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV EMIN SENV EAGR EFIN EAID IV |
| 09ABIDJAN229 | CREDIT HARD TO OBTAIN IN COTE D'IVOIRE [...] Summary. The Ivoirian banking sector is made up of 18 banks, approximately half of which are undercapitalized. Banks here play a relatively small role in the economy, even when compared with banks in other low-income countries. The lack of credit is an element that impedes the expansion of th [...] |
2009-04-08 10:06:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON IV |
| 09ABIDJAN239 | AUTOMATIC FUEL-PRICING REGIME HAS ITS FIRST IMPACT [...] Summary. On April 14, 2009, fuel prices at the pump in Abidjan decreased approximately 4 to 7 percent in response to a GOCI mandate. The decrease was the first change in prices made in accordance with a fuel-pricing mechanism the GOCI agreed to as part of its IMF program. End summary. 2. [...] |
2009-04-15 16:03:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN ECON PGOV IV |
| 09ABIDJAN244 | FN URGE PM TO RESIGN [...] (U) Summary. Forces Nouvelles (FN) delegates met in Bouake April 12-13 and issued a communique on April 14 rejecting accusations that they are responsible for stalling implementation of the fourth supplementary agreement (Ouaga IV) to the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA). The communique [...] |
2009-04-17 07:36:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR KDEM IV |
| 09ABIDJAN246 | PRIME MINISTER PROMISES PROGRESS ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 15 meeting, Prime Minister Soro told Ambassador that he has sent a draft decree containing a proposed election date to President Gbagbo for approval. With the recent USG statement on HIPC and elections clearly in mind, he sought to reassure Ambassador that the Primature [...] |
2009-04-17 12:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MARR EAID IV |
| 09ABIDJAN250 | MEDIA REACTION: DEPARTMENT STATEMENT ON COTE D'IVOIRE'S [...] Summary: Local press reported positively on the State Department's March 30, 2009, press statement urging Cote d'Ivoire to maintain its economic and political reform commitments under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. Most of the dailies, including pro-government a [...] |
2009-04-20 11:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV PREL KPAO IV |
| 09ABIDJAN265 | FORCES NOUVELLES WARNS OPA IN JEOPARDY IF NO [...] (U) Summary. The FN leadership met on April 20 and issued a declaration that said elections are technically possible and must take place in 2009. The FN reserved the right to reconsider their participation in the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA) after 2009. They expressed their confidenc [...] |
2009-04-22 15:41:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR KDEM IV |
| 09ABIDJAN267 | GICNT JOINT DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED AGENDA FOR 2009 [...] (U) PolEcon Chief delivered demarche in reftel jointly with Russian Embassy Political Counselor Alexander Kravchenko on April 22 to Konan Kouadio, Cote d'Ivoire's focal point for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Netherlands does not have a diplomatic mission in Cote d'Iv [...] |
2009-04-23 07:38:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP PREL PTER MNUC KGIC RS NL IV |
| 09ABIDJAN277 | WORKERS' PARTY SAYS OPA DEFUNCT [...] (C) Summary. Francis Wodie, president of the small Ivoirian Workers' Party (PIT), told Ambassador that the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA) is defunct and that a National Forum should be held to identify durable solutions to the country's political crisis. End Summary. PIT Says OPA De [...] |
2009-04-29 12:30:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI IV |
| 09ABIDJAN281 | COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO SAYS HE AND SORO ON THE SAME [...] (C) Summary: President Gbagbo was upbeat about the likelihood of elections in 2009 when I met with him on April 27. He said his key concern is no longer the identification process but achieving reunification of the country and the disarmament of the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN). Gbagbo asserted th [...] |
2009-04-30 06:38:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MARR IV |
| 09ABIDJAN295 | DEMARCHE ON STATUS OF NEW PORT STATES AGREEMENT [...] (U) Emboff delivered demarche in reftel on April 30 to Dr. Jeanson Djobo, Director of Fisheries at the Ministry of Animal Production and Fisheries. Djobo, who said he attended the second session of the FAO Technical Consultation in January 2009 in Rome, was not aware of the next round of the [...] |
2009-05-05 10:18:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV AORC ETRD FAO IV |
| 09ABIDJAN299 | HIKE IN ELECTRICITY RATES UNLIKELY TO PRODUCE [...] Summary. In an effort to decrease government subsidies to the electricity sector, and in line with recommendations from international financial institutions, the GOCI raised most household electricity rates by 10 percent effective April 30. Previous increases in electricity rates have not g [...] |
2009-05-08 15:26:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV IV |
| 09ABIDJAN300 | UPDATE ON THE IDENTIFICATION/VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The "catch up" identification/voter registration process has been extended once again. It will end in Abidjan on May 10, but has not even begun in other areas of the country. The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) will set up approximately 1500 registration centers nation [...] |
2009-05-11 12:06:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI IV |
| 09ABIDJAN309 | MODEL ANTI-TIP EFFORTS IN SOUTHEASTERN COTE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Cote d'Ivoire (GoCI)has implemented a robust and comprehensive program to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in the southeastern part of the country, with technical and financial assistance from the German development agency GTZ. The southeast is a major tra [...] |
2009-05-13 08:22:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP PHUM SOCI PGOV IV |
| 09ABIDJAN311 | UPDATE ON THE IDENTIFICATION/VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The "catch up" identification/voter registration process has been extended once again. It will end in Abidjan on May 10, but has not even begun in other areas of the country. The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) will set up approximately 1500 registration centers nation [...] |
2009-05-13 08:22:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI IV |
| 09ABIDJAN314 | PROGRESS TOWARDS REUNIFICATION BEGINS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire took another step forward in implementing the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA) with the launching of mixed brigades on May 8. Composed of police and gendarmes from both the Armed Forces of the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) and the national security forces (FDS), t [...] |
2009-05-14 15:04:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MCAP IV |
| 09ABIDJAN315 | PRAISE AND SKEPTICISM ACCOMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Cote d'Ivoire has announced that the first round of the presidential election will be held on November 29, 2009. This is generally considered a positive development demonstrating that pressure from the international community to hold elections bore fruit. H [...] |
2009-05-18 12:18:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM IV |
| 09ABIDJAN346 | IVOIRIAN WOMEN HELD BACK BY SOCIETY, POVERTY AND [...] (U) Summary. Ivoirian jurisprudence puts women on an equal footing with men and protects their rights. However, these laws are infrequently enforced due to ignorance of the law or societal pressures. Ivoirian women from diverse sectors of society told Emboffs that Ivoirian women, especially [...] |
2009-06-02 13:14:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN SOCI KJUS IV |
| 09ABIDJAN35 | FINANCE MINISTER DOCUMENTS PROGRESS MADE TO MEET [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL ECON IV |
| 09ABIDJAN350 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UN CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION [...] (U) Summary. SRSG Choi held a press conference on May 27 to counter misinformation about the UN certification of Cote d'Ivoire's election. There has been confusion among both Ivoirians and the international community about how the certification will be conducted. Choi clarified the certific [...] |
2009-06-03 12:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM UN IV |
| 09ABIDJAN36 | COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] (C) Embassy Abidjan believes Cote d'Ivoire should be deleted from the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft list, prepared under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), for production of gold using child labor. 2. (C) Gold production is concentrated in the northern, sav [...] |
2009-01-15 16:01:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP IV |
| 09ABIDJAN366 | PRESIDENT GBAGBO FINALLY VISITS WESTERN COTE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 7, President Gbagbo amid tight security embarked on a ten day trip to the west and northwest of the country. His visit to the west is a political and personal triumph as he has not been able to travel to the west since the country was divided in 2002. The visit, which [...] |
2009-06-10 15:34:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IV |
| 09ABIDJAN37 | REQUEST FOR CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] The information in this cable is in response to the questions under points A through E in paragraph 9 of reftel. 2. A. Cote d'Ivoire has ratified International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 138 regarding the minimum age for employment and ILO Convention 182 regarding the worst forms o [...] |
2009-01-15 16:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID IV |
| 09ABIDJAN382 | GBAGBO INTERVENES TO STOP PORT STRIKE [...] (U) Summary. A three-week-long strike at the Port of Abidjan ended June 17 after President Gbagbo promised to resolve all of the striking dock workers' grievances and ordered the release of workers who had been jailed. The strike resulted in some violence and a major disruption of port opera [...] |
2009-06-19 14:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EWWT ECON PGOV IV |
| 09ABIDJAN386 | INVITING IRANIAN OFFICIALS TO JULY 4 EVENT [...] (C) Iran has an embassy in Cote d'Ivoire and, per reftel, COM decided to invite the resident Iranian Ambassador. An embassy driver attempted to deliver the invitation on June 16 and again on June 18. On both occasions, Iranian embassy personnel refused to accept delivery of the invite. Embas [...] |
2009-06-23 15:34:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ODIP PREL IR |
| 09ABIDJAN391 | IVOIRIAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO TIER 2 WATCH LIST [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy has informed the Ministry of Family that Cote d'Ivoire will face sanctions in 2011 if the country continues to remain on Tier 2 Watch List status. Representatives of both the Ministry of Family and the National Committee to Fight Trafficking told Poloff that they are ham [...] |
2009-06-26 13:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI IV |
| 09ABIDJAN402 | COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO REVIVES ROLE OF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Badini (the Facilitator's representative in Abidjan) believes that Cote d'Ivoire is entering a critical phase as the identification process ends and compilation of the electoral list begins. He anticipates a hard fought battle among the political parties that could get [...] |
2009-07-01 15:23:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IV |
| 09ABIDJAN406 | ELECTIONS IN COTE D'IVOIRE: THE MYTH AND THE [...] C) Summary: Although key figures in the Ivorian government and opposition continue to insist publicly that elections must be held as scheduled on November 29, resident diplomats are highly skeptical, as are most politically-savvy Ivorians. The gap between public pronouncements and the behind-t [...] |
2009-07-02 14:30:00 | Embassy Abidjan | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PREL EAID IV |
| 09ABIDJAN410 | IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 AND INFORMATION ON [...] DCM delivered demarches in reftels and nonpaper in reftel B to Ambassador Idrissa Bayo, Director of the Americas division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Bayo thanked DCM for the demarche and pledged the Government of Cote d'Ivoire's support in implementing UNSCR 1874. Ambassador B [...] |
2009-07-06 12:24:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ECON EFIN MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL KN IV |
| 09ABIDJAN411 | IDENTIFICATION/VOTER REGISTRATION ENDS, BUT MUCH [...] (SBU) Summary. The identification/voter registration process, which began almost one year ago, ended formally on June 30. The fact that it was carried out without violence is a major step forward in the peace process. The accuracy of the results could, however, be questioned. Accusations of [...] |
2009-07-06 14:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM IV |
| 09ABIDJAN417 | COTE D'IVOIRE: SRSG PONDERING UNOCI'S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: Given the increasing likelihood that elections scheduled for November 29 may be postponed, SRSG Choi has begun consulting with resident diplomats about the future of UNOCI. An extension of UNOCI's mandate through December 2009 is anticipated when the Security Council meets to revi [...] |
2009-07-09 15:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV DPKO KDEM MARR IV |
| 09ABIDJAN430 | UNOCI SAYS DDR UNLIKELY BEFORE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. Ouaga IV (the fourth supplementary agreement to the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA)) calls for disarmament of the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) and dismantlement of the militias to be completed two months before the presidential election, currently scheduled to be held on Novembe [...] |
2009-07-16 14:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KDEM KPKO UN IV |
| 09ABIDJAN444 | PM SORO REITERATES VIABILITY OF ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Soro told Ambassador July 15 that elections will be held as scheduled on November 29, despite widespread skepticism. He deplored the cost of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), and insisted that the process must come to an end. Unlike key political party rep [...] |
2009-07-20 15:43:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EAID PREL IV |
| 09ABIDJAN449 | DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF US-RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Youssouf Bakayoko on July 20. The Minister had recently returned from attending the Non-Aligned Movement leaders summit in Sharm el-Sheikh and said it was very reassuring to see the U.S. and Russia making an effort to res [...] |
2009-07-21 15:39:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL RS IV |
| 09ABIDJAN457 | GOCI LAUNCHES REMEDIATION PROGRAM TO COMBAT CHILD [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-27 06:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON SOCI PGOV PREL IV |
| 09ABIDJAN475 | REQUEST FOR INCREASED ENGAGEMENT ON EFFORTS TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Gender-based violence (GBV) is a widespread problem in Cote d'Ivoire, particularly in regions where the conflict displaced large numbers of people. The Ivoirian government is currently implementing anti-GBV projects in 18 departments in the north, west, and center of Cote d'Ivoi [...] |
2009-08-04 13:15:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL IV |
| 09ABIDJAN49 | GOVERNMENT CUTS GAS PRICES [...] The Government of Cote d'Ivoire announced on January 14 a 4 to 8 percent reduction in the price of gasoline and lamp oil. This measure, which went into effect at midnight on January 16, reflects the decrease in the price of oil on the international market (USD 36.43 a barrel on January 14). [...] |
2009-01-22 08:35:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SOCI IV |
| 09ABIDJAN523 | PRESIDENTIAL DECREES BUY ELECTORAL COMMISSION MORE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 25, President Gbagbo signed three presidential decrees that give the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) more time to produce and post the provisional electoral list. Although the provisional electoral list was originally scheduled to be published on August 29, th [...] |
2009-09-08 07:47:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IV |
| 09ABIDJAN550 | Ambassador Addresses Association of International [...] Description of activity: On September 12, 2009, U.S. Ambassador to the Cote d'Ivoire Wanda L. Nesbitt offered remarks at a conference on development and corruption organized by the Association of International Visitors of Cote d'Ivoire (Association Ivoirienne des Visiteurs Internationaux aux U [...] |
2009-09-21 13:28:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO OEXC SCUL IV |
| 09ABIDJAN571 | RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN AFRICA (C-CI9-01825) [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-02 06:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR BBSR ECON EINV CV |
| 09ABIDJAN576 | PURPORTED PROVISIONAL ELECTORAL LIST DELIVERED TO [...] (C) On the evening of October 1, SAGEM and the National Institute for Statistics (INS) presented Prime Minister Soro with an electronic copy (on USB thumb drives) of what they claimed was a provisional electoral list. Because President Laurent Gbagbo was traveling in the west on October 1, a [...] |
2009-10-05 15:38:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IV |
| 09ABIDJAN581 | COTE D'IVOIRE: CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR GUINEAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) On October 6, Poloff spoke to representatives from the Ivoirian government agency for refugees (SAARA), the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the UN Office for the Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) about possible repercussions of the crisis in Guinea. All three o [...] |
2009-10-06 12:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV GV IV |
| 09ABIDJAN59 | MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT GBAGBO TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] Embassy Abidjan received a message by fax to President Obama from President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire. 2. Embassy translation of the French language message follows: Begin Text. Mister President: Your inauguration as 44th President of the United States of America offers me the [...] |
2009-01-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP IV |
| 09ABIDJAN592 | TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE MOVES FORWARD--SLOWLY [...] (U) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's initial report for compliance with the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) is behind schedule. Nevertheless, it is still possible for the GOCI to meet the May 2010 deadline for EITI validation. End summary. 2. (U) In an October 8 meeting with [...] |
2009-10-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EMIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IV |
| 09ABIDJAN618 | NEW COCOA SEASON: WHAT'S CHANGED, WHAT HASN'T, [...] (U) Summary. October 1 marked the official start of Cote d'Ivoire's 2009-2010 cocoa season. Experts expect this year's output to be the same as or somewhat less than last year's. In keeping with recommendations of the international financial institutions (IFIs), the Cocoa and Coffee Sector [...] |
2009-10-22 06:40:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN IV |
| 09ABIDJAN627 | IVORIAN VIEWS ON GUINEA [...] (C) Summary: The Ivorian government shares the USG view that Dadis Camara cannot be a candidate for president and is working with Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore to persuade Camara to abandon presidential ambitions. President Gbagbo prefers to maintain a low profile with regard to Guine [...] |
2009-10-23 14:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR GV IV |
| 09ABIDJAN640 | RENEWED SKIRMISH OVER NATIONALITY DELAYING [...] (C) Summary: Publication of the provisional electoral list remains stalled; key Ivorian leaders cannot agree on how to deal with 1.9 million cases in which names on the list have not been matched with a historical record. President Gbagbo reportedly favors immediate publication of a list that [...] |
2009-10-30 14:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IV |
| 09ABIDJAN647 | FRAUD SUMMARY (REVISED) Q ABIDJAN, COTE DQIVOIRE [...] Following is AbidjanQs fraud summary for April 2009 through August, 2009. 2. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Cote dQIvoire has been a divided country since a 2002 failed coup attempt evolved into an armed rebellion that split the country in two. Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and New Forces leader G [...] |
2009-11-02 13:44:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IV |
| 09ABIDJAN650 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FDA REPORTABLE FOOD REGISTRY [...] On October 26, 2009 Ambassador Nesbitt delivered reftel demarche to the Minister of Agriculture Amadou Gon coulibaly. On November 3, post delivered a follow up demarche to the Director of American Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Idrissa Bayo. NESBITT [...] |
2009-11-05 07:01:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON IV |
| 09ABIDJAN652 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, [...] During the week of October 19 Ambassador Nesbitt met with Ivorian Ambassador to the UN Alcide Djedje to solicit GoCI for support for resolutions on Iran, Burma and the DPRK as outlined in reftel. In addition, on November 3, 2009 post delivered all elements of reftel demarche to Ambassador [...] |
2009-11-05 07:22:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN IV |
| 09ABIDJAN653 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER [...] On November 3, 2009 post delivered the letter from Secretary Clinton and reftel details concerning the need to partner for global hunger and food security to Ambassador Idrissa Bayo, Director of American Affairs at the Cote d,Ivoire Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Bayo was very inter [...] |
2009-11-05 07:23:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD IV |
| 09ABIDJAN66 | PM SORO DISCUSSES ELECTION DELAY, HIPC WITH CARTER [...] (C) Summary. The Carter Center representative in Cote d'Ivoire, Sabina Vigani, told Emboffs that former President Jimmy Carter has offered to visit Cote d'Ivoire if it would advance the peace process. According to Vigani, President Gbagbo's governing FPI party remarked that such a visit is un [...] |
2009-01-28 08:34:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KDEM IV |
| 09ABIDJAN666 | DISPUTE OVER PROVISIONAL ELECTORAL LIST RESOLVED [...] (C) Summary: The three main political parties (the FPI, RDR, and PDCI) have apparently resolved their dispute, allowing publication of the provisional electoral list to move forward. An agreement to downplay nationality questions and deal "administratively" with the one million registrants who [...] |
2009-11-09 11:34:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI IV |
| 09ABIDJAN675 | ELECTIONS OFFICIALLY POSTPONED, NO NEW DATE SET [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 11, the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced that presidential elections will not take place on November 29. The provisional voters' list has been printed, however, and the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) has begun distributing it. Acco [...] |
2009-11-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI IV |
| 09ABIDJAN68 | PRIME MINISTER PLANS TO IMPLEMENT OUAGA IV [...] (SBU) Summary. The Prime Minister's Office has drafted an operational program for implementation of the fourth supplementary agreement (Ouaga IV) to the Ouagadougou Polib=Xo|WPthat the PNRRC has already reconfirmed the plans of 4,000 FN troops. He noted that the FN troops will also have to be [...] |
2009-01-29 17:23:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV KDEM EAID PREL IV |
| 09ABIDJAN687 | YOUTH VIOLENCE FEARED DURING ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: International NGOs working on election issues, as well as Ivoirian civil society institutions are concerned about the potential for violence in the run up to elections, particularly among impoverished and unemployed youth, who have attached their economic hopes to their respe [...] |
2009-11-16 13:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI IV |
| 09ABIDJAN688 | COTE D'IVOIRE: UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-16 14:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA IV |
| 09ABIDJAN70 | UN FIELD COVERAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (U) SUMMARY: As requested in reftel, Poloff met with members of the National Human Rights Commission, civil society actors, and political party human rights representatives to assess the work of the Human Rights (HR) Division of the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). In gene [...] |
2009-02-02 15:17:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL IV |
| 09ABIDJAN716 | NORTH-CENTRAL COTE D'IVOIRE AWAITS ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Poverty in northern Cote d'Ivoire has worsened during the seven-year political/military crisis. The Forces Nouvelles (FN) still exert substantial control over the northern economy, levying significant taxes on some sectors. Additionally, businesses in the north have experie [...] |
2009-11-27 09:08:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV IV |
| 09ABIDJAN722 | ELECTION DATE PASSES WITH MINOR, PEACEFUL PROTESTS [...] (SBU) November 29, the date scheduled for presidential elections in Cote d'Ivoire, came and went with little fanfare. The GOCI made no official announcement on the postponed elections, leaving the November 11 statement (ref a) by Robert Mambe, the President of the Independent Electoral Comm [...] |
2009-12-01 09:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV SOCI IV |
| 09ABIDJAN732 | IVOIRIAN COTTON SECTOR HANGING BY A THREAD [...] Summary. Poor management and world market factors, along with the seven-year military-political crisis, have resulted in a 63 percent reduction in Ivoirian cotton production since the late 1990s. Cotton is grown almost entirely in the Forces Nouvelles (FN)-controlled north, but the sector is s [...] |
2009-12-04 13:07:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD IV |
| 09ABIDJAN733 | IVOIRIAN COTTON SECTOR HANGING BY A THREAD [...] Summary. Poor management and world market factors, along with the seven-year military-political crisis, have resulted in a 63 percent reduction in Ivoirian cotton production since the late 1990s. Cotton is grown almost entirely in the Forces Nouvelles (FN)-controlled north, but the sector is s [...] |
2009-12-04 13:07:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD IV |
| 09ABIDJAN734 | IVOIRIAN COTTON SECTOR HANGING BY A THREAD [...] Summary. Poor management and world market factors, along with the seven-year military-political crisis, have resulted in a 63 percent reduction in Ivoirian cotton production since the late 1990s. Cotton is grown almost entirely in the Forces Nouvelles (FN)-controlled north, but the sector is s [...] |
2009-12-04 13:07:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD IV |
| 09ABIDJAN758 | COTE D'IVOIRE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary: There were few changes or emerging trends regarding counterterrorism in Cote d'Ivoire in 2009. The ongoing political crisis continues to weaken police and security forces and increase the risk that foreign terrorists can use Cote d'Ivoire as an operational or financial base. P [...] |
2009-12-21 13:00:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC IV |
| 09ABIDJAN83 | UPDATE ON THE IVOIRIAN NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) On January 22, Poloff met with President Victorine Wodie and Executive Secretary Dr. Gervais Boga of the National Human Rights Commission (CNDHCI) to discuss the commission's activities since it officially began work in July 2008. Wodie explained that the real work of the commission wil [...] |
2009-02-04 07:14:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV IV |
| 09ABIDJAN91 | OUAGA IV MAY RESOLVE THE CRISIS, BUT AT A COST [...] (S/NF) Summary: Since the Ouaga IV accord was signed in late December 2008, Embassy has noted widely varying reports about what the accord means, both in terms of what it requires each side to do, and the broader political implications. This message gives our analysis of Ouaga IV. We believe t [...] |
2009-02-06 16:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID IV |
| 09ABIDJAN92 | PRESIDENT FIRES SECRETARY AS FIRST STEP IN [...] (U) On February 4, the President's spokesperson issued a communique, which he read on television, announcing that one of the President's secretaries, Emilienne Blehon Gome, was charged in court with using her position to extort 65,542,610 CFA (circa USD 131,000) from a mobile telephone company, [...] |
2009-02-06 17:37:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KDEM ECON SOCI IV |
| 10ABIDJAN13 | INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION'S CREDIBLITY IN TATTERS [...] (C) Summary: The credibility of the Independent Electoral Commission has been severely damaged by the admission of its president, Robert Mambe, that he authorized an internal crosschecking of data on potential voters and distributed it to some, but not all, of the key political parties. Pres [...] |
2010-01-11 18:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO KDEM IV PREL |
| 10ABIDJAN15 | PRIME MINISTER CALLS FOR CALM, SETS UP OBSERVATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 12, Prime Minister Guillaume Soro publicly declared that the current Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) scandal has not jeopardized the integrity of the voters' list. However, to ensure that there are no doubts about the integrity of the list, the four ot [...] |
2010-01-13 17:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IV |
| 10ABIDJAN150 | Rolling Power Cuts Add to Heightened Tensions in Cote [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 2, due to the breakdown of a large generation station, the GOCI began implementing rolling power cuts throughout the country, a situation the government predicts will last until mid-May. The GOCI is giving priority to factories, hospitals and water pumping statio [...] |
2010-02-11 09:21:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL ASEC IV |
| 10ABIDJAN158 | COTE D'IVOIRE: HIGHER TOLLS AND LONGER DELAYS CHARACTERIZE [...] Summary: Preliminary data collected by the West African Trade Hub on the Ouagadougou-Abidjan transportation corridor portray a divided country. The Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) demand approximately 2/3 more money than the Government of Cote d'Ivoire (GOCI) for permits and bribes on sections of th [...] |
2010-02-11 16:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV ECON ELTN KCOR IV |
| 10ABIDJAN160 | Chinese Engagement in Cote d'Ivoire; Few Potential Areas for [...] (SBU) On February 4, Pol/Econ Chief met with Lu Pang, Economic Commercial Counselor at the Chinese Embassy, along with first secretary Luo-Fa Yang to discuss reftel issues. Both men said that China has very few commercial activities or assistance programs in Cote d'Ivoire, citing difficulti [...] |
2010-02-12 09:33:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID CH IV |
| 10ABIDJAN172 | ABIDJAN: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETS TO REVIEW [...] (SBU) The DCM convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on Tuesday, February 16, 2010, to review security issues at post following the surprise dismissal of the cabinet and the Independent Election Commission by President Laurent Gbagbo on the evening of Friday, February 12. Situatio [...] |
2010-02-17 16:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PINR CASC PREL IV |
| 10ABIDJAN182 | Cote d'Ivoire: S/GWI Project Proposals [...] (U) Embassy Abidjan is pleased to submit two funding requests for consideration by the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues' Small Grants Initiative. Post's first choice is a project submitted by an Ivoirian NGO, the Feminine Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEFCI). CEFCI plans [...] |
2010-02-22 15:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN PHUM AID IV |
| 10ABIDJAN19 | CEI COMMISSIONER PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Robert Mambe has remained silent while President Gbagbo's supporters have accused him of fraud and called for his resignation (reftels). Deputy CEI Spokesperson Yacouba Bamba told Poloff on January 13 that, although Mambe di [...] |
2010-01-15 17:37:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IV |
| 10ABIDJAN190 | ABIDJAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY OFFICER [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-25 09:32:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS |
| 10ABIDJAN21 | Little GOCI Progress on IMF Program Goals [...] (C) Summary: IMF Resident Representative Philippe Egoume gave a mixed review of Cote d'Ivoire's economic performance in a meeting with Ambassador and Pol/Econ chief on January 15. While he was optimistic about the country's future economic prospects and believed President Gbagbo would hold t [...] |
2010-01-20 16:17:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID PREL IV |
| 10ABIDJAN23 | TFHA01: ABIDJAN RESPONSE - DEMARCHE TO HOST GOVERNMENTS IN [...] The government of Cote d'Ivoire is encouraging its citizens to donate money to the people of Haiti through the Red Cross. Although a contact at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that final plans are not in place for government-to-government assistance, newspaper reports on January 20, 2010 [...] |
2010-01-21 08:43:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA |
| 10ABIDJAN27 | FPI HARDLINERS GAIN UPPER HAND IN ELECTORAL LIST DISPUTE [...] (C). Summary: The Facilitator's representative believes that FPI hardliners have persuaded President Gbagbo that he is "being pushed to elections like a lamb being led to slaughter", and thereby won his approval to intensify their campaign to discredit the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI [...] |
2010-01-22 09:39:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL IV |
| 10ABIDJAN29 | Ivoirian Budget Transparency and the Extractive Industries [...] (SBU) In response to ref A request, post reports the following: --The central government of Cote d'Ivoire currently receives funding through the FY 2010 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act (SFOAA) as part of the President's Emergency Plan fo [...] |
2010-01-22 12:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EPET ECON PGOV PREL IV |
| 10ABIDJAN31 | CARTER CENTER OBSERVATIONS ON CHALLENGES TO THE PROVISIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Observers from the Atlanta-based Carter Center who monitored the process of filing challenges to the provisional electoral list told the donor community that the nationwide distribution and posting of lists by the local independent electoral commissioners was very successfu [...] |
2010-01-22 15:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM IV |
| 10ABIDJAN37 | OPPOSITION YOUTH TO HOLD MASS DEMONSTRATION ON JAN 26 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political youth leaders from the RHDP opposition coalition have called for a mass demonstration on January 26. It will be the opposition's first major demonstration since March 2004. They plan to march on the state-owned television network in Abidjan and hold a [...] |
2010-01-25 16:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV SOCI IV |
| 10ABIDJAN41 | SORO: UN AND OTHERS MUST HELP PUSH ELECTORAL PROCESS FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Soro acknowledged in a January 26 meeting that the electoral process is at a standstill pending resolution of fraud allegations against CEI President Mambe. Soro agreed that the electoral process has progressed too far to be permitted to unravel and said he would look to th [...] |
2010-01-28 18:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL IV |
| 10ABIDJAN45 | ELECTORAL PROCESS GRINDING TO A HALT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) fraud scandal made headlines in early January, the pace of electoral preparations has slowed to a crawl. There is still no consensus among the political parties on a way forward following the CEI scandal. The 70 observati [...] |
2010-01-29 17:41:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI IV |
| 10ABIDJAN49 | Finance Minister Says Election Delay Won't Impact Budget [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 27, the Finance Minister told the Ambassador that a slight delay in elections would not have a major impact on this year's budget. He said that the USD 217 million shortfall in customs revenue was due to problems with a new computerized system, which were being rem [...] |
2010-02-02 16:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL IV |
| 10ABIDJAN53 | Report on Child Labor and Forced Labor [...] In response to ref A and in accordance with the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2005 and the Trade and Development Act (TDA) of 2000, post provides the following information on child labor and forced labor in Cote d'Ivoire. --------- TVPRA --------- [...] |
2010-02-03 15:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAGR EIND ETRD ECON PHUM SOCI KTIP IV |
| 10ABIDJAN57 | Dispute Process Extended; CEI Commissioners Protest [...] (U) Summary: After weeks of speculation, the Prime Minister's Office and the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced on February 2 that the period for filing challenges to the provisional electoral list will be reopened from February 4 through 14. The day after the announcem [...] |
2010-02-08 13:38:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IV |
| 10ABIDJAN59 | Dispute Process Extended; Mambe Weakened by Dissent within [...] (U) Summary: After weeks of speculation, the Prime Minister's Office and the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced on February 2 that the period for filing challenges to the provisional electoral list will be reopened from February 4 through 14. The day after the announceme [...] |
2010-02-08 18:15:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IV |
| 10ABIDJAN63 | FPI Insistent on Mambe's Resignation, CEI Reconfiguration [...] (C) Summary: The FPI remains adamant that the current impasse over the electoral list cannot be resolved unless Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Robert Mambe resigns. The FPI also wants a reconfiguration of the CEI. In a February 9 meeting, Ambassador told FPI representative [...] |
2010-02-11 12:26:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC IV |
| 10ABIDJAN65 | GBAGBO EXPECTED TO DISSOLVE GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the international community on February 12, SRSG Choi confirmed that President Gbagbo intends to announce "institutional changes" within the government in the context of the current political impasse. Although Choi did not have further details, it is wi [...] |
2010-02-12 18:11:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL IV |
| 10ABIDJAN69 | COTE D'IVOIRE: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, post submits the following information on Cote d'Ivoire for the Tenth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. POC for this report is Political Officer (FS-04) Tanya Salseth, phone: (225) 22.49.45.70, fax: (225) 22.49.40.10. Poloff spent 30 hours in the prepara [...] |
2010-02-17 14:59:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIP KMCA ELAB IV |
| 10ABIDJAN71 | SORO TO FORM NEW GOVERNMENT; OPPOSITION SPLIT [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 12, President Gbagbo dissolved the government, charging PM Soro with naming a new cabinet and restructuring the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI). Soro continues to consult with opposition parties in an attempt to reach a compromise on a new government; repor [...] |
2010-02-17 16:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM IV |
| 10ABIDJAN72 | COTE D'IVOIRE: EFFECTIVENESS OF UNOCI EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (U) Per ref A, post consulted with the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire's (UNOCI) Conduct and Discipline Office, the Ministry of Family, and Save the Children UK on whether UNOCI is effectively preventing sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking in persons (TIP). 2. [...] |
2010-01-15 17:45:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KWMN KPKO |
| 10ABIDJAN73 | COTE d'IVOIRE: FACTORS AFFECTING FORMATION OF A NEW [...] (C) Summary: President Gbagbo's decision to dissolve the government and the independent electoral commission (CEI) has bought him time to improve his standing with the Ivorian electorate but undermined his credibility with the opposition. This has hampered PM Soro's ability to form a new gove [...] |
2010-02-18 16:33:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID IV |
| 10ABIDJAN75 | OPPOSITION YOUTH LEADERS VOW TO CONTINUE PROTESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Youth leaders from the two main opposition parties in the RHDP coalition plan to continue demonstrations against the government despite the February 22 agreement reached by their party heads. They expressed surprise at the agreement to participate in a new government and [...] |
2010-02-24 10:34:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI IV |
| 10ABIDJAN77 | New Government Announced; Opposition Slots Still Vacant [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 23, the new, slightly streamlined Ivoirian government was announced; 11 ministerial slots reserved for the various opposition parties remain vacant, as the opposition has refused to participate until the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) is reconstituted. Sixt [...] |
2010-02-24 14:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID ASEC IV |
| 10ABIDJAN79 | COTE D'IVOIRE: GOLDSTONE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-24 17:47:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM UNGA IV |
| 10ABIDJAN81 | COTE D'IVOIRE: NEW ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO BE HEADED BY [...] (U) Summary: A slightly revised Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) was sworn-in by the President of the Constitutional Court on February 25, with former Foreign Minister Youssouf Bakayoko as its new president. The opposition has reportedly called a halt to further demonstrations and is f [...] |
2010-02-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID IV |
| 10ABIDJAN98 | Cote d'Ivoire 2010 Investment Climate Statement [...] In response to reftel request, Embassy Abidjan's Investment Climate Statement 2010 follows in paragraph 2. 2. Begin Text. Openness To Foreign Investment. In September 2002, an attempted coup in Cote d'Ivoire began a crisis that divided the country politically, militarily, and eco [...] |
2010-01-22 17:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON OPIC KTDB USTR IV |
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