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07YEREVAN783 | CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM RESTRUCTURES INVESTIGATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian law enforcement is grappling with a major restructuring that strips the powerful Prosecutor General's or "Procuracy" organization of all its investigative functions and staff, transferring the investigators themselves into police agencies. The reform is an excellent one [...] | 2007-06-15 12:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KJUS KCRM KDEM KTIP HSTC |
07YEREVAN794 | ARMENIAN COURTS RULE ON ELECTION VIOLATION CASES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian courts continue to deliver verdicts for election fraud, with a total of six cases, affecting 15 individual defendants, now adjudicated. Verdicts have now been announced in five more cases. Three persons were sentenced to imprisonment for one or two years; one person wa [...] | 2007-06-18 13:14:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
07YEREVAN81 | ARMENIANS REMEMBER HRANT DINK WITH VIGILS, MARCHES [...] Bearing signs that read "We are all Hrants," in acknowledgment of similar slogans borne by protesters in Istanbul, several thousand Armenians attended a January 23 memorial gathering for slain Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink at Yerevan's Freedom Square. Event organizers, a small ad hoc [...] | 2007-01-24 10:42:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV TU AM |
07YEREVAN827 | NATO OFFICIAL UPBEAT ON ARMENIA'S IPAP PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's special Caucasus representative found much to praise after his June 21-22 visit. Top Armenian officials affirmed strong political commitment to defense reform goals and the NATO relationship, and IPAP benchmarks are on or ahead of schedule. END SUMMARY 2. (C) TOU [...] | 2007-06-27 11:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MARR NATO AM |
07YEREVAN829 | RADIO LIBERTY MAY BE FORCED OFF THE AIR [...] (SBU) The National Assembly appears poised to enact a pair of laws that seem aimed directly at forcing RFE/RL off the airwaves. One provision will block state radio from airing the broadcasts, while a companion amendment in another law will impose hefty taxes on any commercial broadcaster airin [...] | 2007-06-27 13:35:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM OPRC KMDR KPAO AM |
07YEREVAN840 | PRESSING THE CASE AGAINST LAW AIMED AT RADIO [...] (SBU) CDA worked the phones June 27-28 to raise our concerns about pending legislation that appears aimed at shutting down RFE/RL broadcasts in Armenia. He spoke with president chief of staff Armen Gevorgian, twice with State and Legal Affairs Committee chair David Harutyunian, and finally w [...] | 2007-06-29 01:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM |
07YEREVAN870 | RADIO LIBERTY REPRIEVE: PARLIAMENT VOTE FAILS FOR [...] (SBU) Controversial draft amendments to the Radio and TV Law and State Duty Law (reftels),apparently aimed at RFE/RL, died in the National Assembly when the chamber failed to maintain a quorum. Sixty-six votes were necessary for the drafts to pass, the chamber was one voting-member shy, as a [...] | 2007-07-06 12:29:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM |
07YEREVAN884 | NEW CHALLENGE TO RADIO LIBERTY BROADCASTS [...] SUMMARY: Radio Liberty's Armenian Service is again in jeopardy, as the state radio service gave 30 days notice of its intent to pull Radio Liberty off the air. The notice implies that the reason is Radio Liberty's unpaid bills to the public radio service, which now amount to either $76,000 ( [...] | 2007-07-10 12:36:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO AM |
07YEREVAN888 | NEW CDA CALLS ON DFM KIRAKOSSIAN: RADIO LIBERTY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge d'Affaires met Deputy Foreign Minister Kirakossian for initial GOAM courtesy call, (with FM Oskanian abroad),which then delved into substance. Kirakossian said he and his minister fully agreed with us on Radio Liberty, but urged CDA to raise it at higher levels. Kirakoss [...] | 2007-07-12 05:53:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM HSTC KTIP AM TU |
07YEREVAN896 | PRIME MINISTER ENCOURAGING ON RADIO LIBERTY; NOT [...] (C) CDA paid an introductory courtesy call on Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian July 12, accompanied by DCM and pol/econ chief. Sargsian joked that he had expected to get a permanent U.S. Ambassador, but failing that, he was very pleased to see CDA in Yerevan again. CDA affirmed that Washingto [...] | 2007-07-13 10:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MASS EAID KDEM AM IR |
07YEREVAN901 | CDA DISCUSSES PARLIAMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN [...] (C) CDA's introductory courtesy call on National Assembly Chairman Tigran Torossian focused, after initial pleasantries, on the embassy's plans for a new phase of assistance to the newly-elected parliament. Torossian allowed that he had not been completely satisfied with the previous iteratio [...] | 2007-07-16 07:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID AM |
07YEREVAN906 | ARMENIA GETS FIRST FEMALE GOVERNOR, YET GOAM REMAINS HIGHLY [...] (SBU) On July 11 the GOAM appointed Armenia's first ever female governor to run the region of Shirak; despite this unexpected move, Armenian executive and legislative bodies remain starkly underrepresented by women. END SUMMARY. ------------------ A FEMALE GOVERNOR! ------------------ [...] | 2007-07-17 03:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KWMN PINR AM |
07YEREVAN914 | FM OSKANIAN DISCUSSES RADIO LIBERTY, NDI, IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his initial call July 16, CDA renewed our concerns about forced stoppage of Radio Liberty (RL) broadcasts, but mentioned that the Prime Minister's reply had been somewhat encouraging on this. He highlighted ongoing Washington concerns about Armenia's relationship with Iran, [...] | 2007-07-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM TU IR |
07YEREVAN926 | PRIME MINISTER UNDERSCORES COMMITMENT TO U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sargsian hosted CDA and DCM to a private dinner July 18, for a long evening of vodka toasts and frank conversation, by way of welcome to CDA and farewell to DCM. The overarching message of the event was the Prime Minister's clear intent to sustain a close working r [...] | 2007-07-20 10:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AM |
07YEREVAN935 | KOCHARIAN ON RADIO LIBERY, NDI, HR CASES, IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an almost 90 minute introductory call by the CDA, President Kocharian defended his positions on Radio Liberty, NDI, and human rights cases in a friendly but unbending manner. He was determined to move Radio Liberty broadcasts from state radio to a private network, but emphat [...] | 2007-07-23 14:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM IR |
07YEREVAN984 | SURVEY SHOWS HERITAGE PARTY THE BIG WINNER OF THE MAY 12 [...] (SBU) A recent USAID-funded poll has found that Raffi Hovannisian and his Heritage party gained the greatest increase in recognition and popularity following the May 12 Armenian Parliamentary elections. The poll further showed that the vast majority of the Armenian electorate has very little c [...] | 2007-08-03 10:40:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AM |
07ZAGREB1000 | WITNESSES FAIL TO APPEAR AT WAR CRIMES ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The ICTY prosecutor's office (OTP) has sent a strongly-worded letter to the GOC's Ministry of Justice (MOJ) expressing concern about the progress of the Ademi-Norac war crimes case, which resumed again the week of October 29. To date, about 45 percent of witnesses for [...] | 2007-11-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KAWC HR |
07ZAGREB1011 | NATO ROAD SHOW VISIT TO CROATIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: USNATO PermRep Victoria Nuland led an inter-agency "NATO Road Show" visit to Zagreb on November 9. President Mesic, Prime Minister Sanader, Foreign Minister Kitarovic and Defense Minister Roncevic all expressed confidence to the U.S. delegation that Croatia was well-prepared for [...] | 2007-11-15 09:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS NATO HR |
07ZAGREB1014 | ELECTIONS 2007 - THE HDZ AT A GLANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of our series of pre-election reporting (REFS A and B),this cable looks at the prospects for the ruling HDZ to remain in power. Less than ten days before November 25 parliamentary (Sabor) elections, the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) remains locked in a dead he [...] | 2007-11-16 11:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB1018 | LITTLE IMPACT ON CROATIA-MONTENEGRO RELATIONS FROM [...] (SBU) Discussing the 4 November arrest of Montenegrin Navy Captain Ilija Brcic, Montenegrin First Counselor Vesna Nikcevic told PolOff that she expects Brcic will eventually be extradited to Croatia where he will face a new trial following his 1993 conviction in absentia. Nikcevic claimed the [...] | 2007-11-19 14:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR HR MW IT WAR CRIMES |
07ZAGREB1021 | ELECTIONS 2007: PROFILE OF THE MAIN CHALLENGER -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable, part of our series (ref A) leading up Croatia's November 25 parliamentary elections, looks at the prospects for the opposition Social Democratic Party, the only serious challenger to the ruling HDZ. Having entered the election season confident it would oust the HDZ, t [...] | 2007-11-20 08:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
07ZAGREB1024 | ELECTIONS 2007 - THE DIASPORA VOTE [...] (U) This cable, the fifth in our series of pre-election reports (reftels),focuses on Croatia's unique institution of diaspora-elected parliamentary seats. With polls predicting a very close race between the ruling Croatian Democratic Community (HDZ) and the opposition Social-Democratic Party [...] | 2007-11-20 15:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
07ZAGREB1025 | PRELIMINARY REPORT OF ODIHR LIMITED ELECTION [...] SUMMARY: The OSCE/ODIHR's Limited Election Observation Mission (LEOM) to Croatia released its interim report on November 20. All indicators point toward free and fair elections conducted in line with the established legal framework, but the report does draw particular attention to the new La [...] | 2007-11-21 11:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR OSCE POLITICAL PARTIES ELECTIONS |
07ZAGREB1026 | LUNCHEON WITH PRESIDENT MESIC TO DISCUSS BALKAN [...] (C) President Mesic, accompanied by his foreign policy advisors Budimir Loncar and Tomislav Jakic, hosted Ambassador Bradtke and POL chief for lunch on November 20. The discussion focused on Loncar's meeting with Serbian President Tadic in Belgrade on November 14. Tadic had floated a proposa [...] | 2007-11-21 11:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR SR BK |
07ZAGREB1027 | CROATIA: RESPONSE FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] (SBU) Embassy Zagreb provides the following responses to reftel request for information regarding Croatia's policies toward and capabilities for collection of biographic and biometric data for terrorist screening purposes. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel. The information provided [...] | 2007-11-21 15:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC DHLS HR |
07ZAGREB1028 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 21, 2007 [...] (U) In order to ensure broader distribution to potential readers, Embassy Zagreb is changing the format of its previous email Activity Reports to a weekly cable wrap-up of events at Post in Croatia. Today's cable is the first edition. 2. (U) President Mesic Urges Belgrade to Stop Fomentin [...] | 2007-11-21 16:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB1029 | ELECTIONS 2007: WHEN DOES A WIN BECOME A VICTORY? [...] (SBU) This cable is the final one in Post's series of pre-election reports leading up to Croatia's November 25 parliamentary (Sabor) elections. Polls indicate Croatia's November 25 elections are too close to call. One certainty is that neither of the two largest parties -- the ruling Croatia [...] | 2007-11-23 14:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB1030 | OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL - DEMARCHE DELIVERY [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Pjer Simunovic November 20. Simunovic was particularly appreciative of language calling for OSCE to close or minimize its mission in Croatia. This is clearly Zagreb's top priority in Madrid, but Simunovic stressed tha [...] | 2007-11-23 14:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM |
07ZAGREB1036 | INITIAL RESULTS OF CROATIA'S ELECTIONS: RULING [...] (U) With 95 percent of precincts reporting, the unofficial results from Croatia's November 25 parliamentary elections show the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) won 61 seats within Croatia, while the rival Social Democratic Party (SDP) won 56. The HDZ has also likely won 5 seats for repr [...] | 2007-11-26 12:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB1047 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 28, 2007 [...] (SBU) COALITION NEGOTIATIONS GET UNDERWAY IN EARNEST: After the tight result in Croatia's Nov. 25 elections (REF A),the two major parties -- the ruling HDZ and the opposition SDP -- have begun a series of contacts with the handful of available smaller parties in an effort to attract the eleve [...] | 2007-11-29 13:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB1048 | HDZ LOOKING MORE LIKELY TO FORM GOVERNING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: SDP Vice-President Antunovic told the Ambassador on November 28 that her party still believes they "have a chance" to form the government, and have not given up. But other contacts, including SDP advisor Grdesic, increasingly indicate that it is more likely the HDZ w [...] | 2007-11-29 14:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB1052 | War Crimes Indictee Re-Elected, But Unlikely to Regain [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Right-wing parties suffered defeat at the polls last weekend with the loss of almost two-thirds of their seats in Parliament; however a side issue remains following the re-election of war crimes indictee and regional party leader Branimir Glavas to Parliament. The strong-man of [...] | 2007-11-30 14:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB1053 | Police Make Major Seizures of Heroin, Cocaine [...] Last week Croatian Police announced the seizure of seven kilograms of heroin in two border searches into Croatia. In one action on 22 November, border police apprehended two Macedonians who were crossing the Serbian-Croatian border at Bajakovo with 2 kilograms of heroin, Heptanon and other nar [...] | 2007-11-30 14:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB1054 | MILANOVIC REPLACES JURCIC AS SDP'S CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 14:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB1060 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] (SBU) COALITION NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE BETWEEN HDZ AND HSS/HSLS GROUP: On December 3, the ruling HDZ began formal talks on a possible coalition agreement with the Croatian Peasants/Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSS/HSLS) group that holds eight parliamentarians. Initial meetings on December 3 [...] | 2007-12-05 15:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AMGT HR |
07ZAGREB1061 | CROATIA'S RIGHT-WING - STILL CONSERVATIVE, BUT LESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a stunning blow to right-wing politics across Croatia, the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) lost 7 parliamentary seats in the November 25 parliamentary elections. Despite attempts to repackage itself as a mainstream alternative to the dominant Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ),t [...] | 2007-12-06 08:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
07ZAGREB1062 | FM KITAROVIC ON OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (U) Ambassador and PolChief had lunch on December 5 with FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and State Secretary Hido Biscevic, subsequent to their return from the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid, and to follow up on FM Kitarovic's bilateral meeting there with U/S Burns. 2. (C) Kitarovic and Biscevic sa [...] | 2007-12-06 08:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE SR SW BE HR |
07ZAGREB1065 | CROATIA'S FISHING ZONE - A TRAIN WRECK IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Croatian Peasants' Party (HSS) and its 6 seats in parliament are nearly certain to be a member of any governing coalition formed after Croatia's November 25 elections. The HSS has said a primary condition for its joining any coalition is application of Croatia's Protected Ec [...] | 2007-12-06 15:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIS SENV PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB1068 | PEASANT PARTY PERSPECTIVE ON COALITION NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) PolChief met with Stanko Grcic, Secretary General of the Croatian Peasants' Party (HSS),to discuss on-going coalition negotiations between the HSS, its electoral partner the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) and the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). The HSS, with six seats in th [...] | 2007-12-10 14:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB1069 | CROATIAN SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS IN [...] Ref A points were delivered to Andrej Dogan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration - Department of the United Nations on 10 December 2007. The GOC, which supported the resolutions discussed in refs, plans to be present during the Plenary vote in mid-December. BRADTKE [...] | 2007-12-10 14:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV UNGA |
07ZAGREB1072 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT--DECEMBER 12, 2007 [...] (SBU) COALITION NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE, FINAL ELECTION RESULTS DUE DEC. 13: Due to minor irregularities in the first round on November 25, a handful of polling stations around Croatia had to re-run their vote on December 9. The number of voters was too small to have any impact on final results [...] | 2007-12-12 15:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB1073 | CROATIAN RESPONSE ON KOSOVO POINTS [...] (SBU) POL Chief on December 11 delivered reftel points to Neven Pelicaric, Assistant Foreign Minister with responsibility for Southeast Europe and relations with the EU. 2. (C) Pelicaric confirmed what we have heard repeatedly from Croatian officals; Croatia would "not be the very first to d [...] | 2007-12-13 10:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR SR KO |
07ZAGREB1074 | Ademi-Norac Trial Transferred from ICTY Continues, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. The trial of Croatian Army Generals Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac, the only so-called 11 bis case transferred from the ICTY to Croatia, continued throughout November in Zagreb. The two are the highest-ranking Croatian military officers to be tried for war crimes in do [...] | 2007-12-13 13:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB1082 | PRIME MINISTER SANADER RECEIVES MANDATE TO TRY AND [...] As forecast in REF A, on December 15 President Stipe Mesic gave the mandate to Prime Minister Ivo Sanader to try and form a new government led by Sanader's HDZ party, based on the results of Croatia's November 25 parliamentary elections. The official final results of the Nov. 25 elections have [...] | 2007-12-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB1089 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - DECEMBER 19, 2007 [...] (U) RETURN TO SENDER - CROATIA PROTESTS ITALIAN STAMP: On 12 December 2007 the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration sent a letter of protest to the Italian Republic over the issuance of a postage stamp. The stamp, issued by the Italian Post Office, depicts the Croatia [...] | 2007-12-19 13:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB109 | ILLNESS TAKES MAIN OPPOSITION LEADER "TEMPORARILY" OUT OF [...] (U) Social Democratic party (SDP) leader and former PM Ivica Racan told the press January 31 that he will "temporarily" withdraw from active politics pending the results of surgery and therapy for an "atypical" tumor. Racan's deputy party president (and defense minister in the 2000-2003 coali [...] | 2007-02-01 06:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB1094 | CROATIAN ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN SPENDING FIGURES AND [...] Following the November 25 parliamentary elections in Croatia, Transparency International Croatia (TIH) and GONG, an election monitoring organization, have published their report on campaign spending. During the official campaign season 3 - 23 November, Croatian political parties spent more t [...] | 2007-12-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB145 | TRADITIONAL SLAVONIAN REGION GEARS UP FOR NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: With momentum building toward national elections expected in November, center-left parties in Slavonia, the traditional rural heartland of continental Croatia, seem less active and enthusiastic than those on the right. This could be the result of savvy public relati [...] | 2007-02-08 15:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB149 | CROATIANS FULLY SUPPORTIV ON AHTISAARI PLAN FOR [...] (C) Drawing on reftel points, DCM February 2 briefed MFA Assistant Minister for Europe Neven Pelicaric about US views on the Ahtisaari proposal on Kosovo's final status. 2. (C) Pelicaric said the GOC would fully support the Contact Group position on the issue. He felt this was an excellent [...] | 2007-02-09 14:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
07ZAGREB158 | CROATIA OFFERS COMPROMISE ON KEY REFUGEE ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: At a February 2 meeting near Dubrovnik, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin officials met with OSCE, UNHCR and EC reps to plan the wrap-up of the "Sarajevo Process," a regional approach to refugee issues involving targets set by each country (the individual "R [...] | 2007-02-13 09:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV HR REFUGEES |
07ZAGREB168 | CROATIAN PRESIDENT SUPPORTS AHTISAARI PLAN FOR [...] (U) Ambassador met July 13 with President Stjepan Mesic to discuss the Ahtisaari plan for Kosovo final status. Other issues covered septel. 2. (C) The Ambassador began by noting that he had been in touch with US Kosovo envoy Frank Wisner, who had expressed appreciation for presidential f [...] | 2007-02-14 15:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR YI REGIONAL ISSUES |
07ZAGREB173 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NATO, PROPERTY RESTITUTION, [...] (SBU) Ambassador met July 13 with Croatian President Stjepan Mesic to discuss Afghanistan, NATO, property restitution, and commercial issues. Their discussion of Kosovo and the Italy-Croatia dispute on Italian victims of Partisan atrocities during WWII are covered septel. NATO Preparations [...] | 2007-02-15 14:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD CASC HR AF NATO KIDE |
07ZAGREB182 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PROPERTY RESTITUTION, EXTRADITION, AND [...] (SBU) Ambassador met February 15 with Croatian Justice Minister Ana Lovrin to discuss property restitution, negotiations on a new extradition treaty between the U.S. and Croatia, and witness support. Property Restitution 2. (SBU) The Ambassador reminded Lovrin of their July 2006 discussi [...] | 2007-02-20 13:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KIDE KTIA CJAN CASC HR |
07ZAGREB193 | MFA HIGHLIGHTS NATO PUBLIC EDUCATION PLAN AT JOINT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-22 14:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM PGOV PREL |
07ZAGREB218 | CROATIAN PM NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT USG HOPES FOR [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met March 2 with PM Ivo Sanader to discuss the way ahead on Bosnian constitutional reform, promoting the existing package of US-brokered reform measures as laid out in ref A. 2. (C) Sanader said the USG-supported revisions would not succeed and would be a divisive ele [...] | 2007-03-05 15:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM PINR BK EUN HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
07ZAGREB219 | CROATIAN ICJ STRATEGY AFTER BIH VERDICT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: While the Croatian media reacted with outrage to the recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling finding Serbia not responsible for genocide in BiH, official GoC reaction has been decidedly measured. While still waiting for the ICJ to accept its own genocide [...] | 2007-03-05 15:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES |
07ZAGREB225 | CROATIAN PM TELLS AMBASSADOR CROATIA SUPPORTS [...] (C) During a meeting on other subjects (septel) March 2, Croatian PM Ivo Sanader told the Ambassador that Croatia completely supported the Ahtisaari plan on Kosovo's final status. Belgrade was upset with the GOC over their public support for Ahtisaari, which Sanader said he regretted, but San [...] | 2007-03-06 12:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN HR YI REGIONAL ISSUES |
07ZAGREB227 | ICTY SEES LOCAL NGOS AS CREDIBLE TRIAL MONITORS [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatian NGOs Documenta and the Center for Peace, Nonviolence, and Human Rights discussed their recently released annual war crimes trial monitoring report with judicial officials at a March 3 roundtable in Zagreb. Panelists, including a judge, a prosecutor, a law pro [...] | 2007-03-06 14:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES |
07ZAGREB258 | CROATIA NORMALIZING RELATIONS WITH MONTENEGRO [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Since Montenegro's independence in 2006, Croatian leaders have moved quickly to normalize relations with Podgorica. This positive dialogue intensified in 2007 with official visits to Montenegro by PM Ivo Sanader and Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks, and was capped [...] | 2007-03-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC MW HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
07ZAGREB292 | RIGHT-WING COALITION WINS PLURALITY IN EARLY LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: A coalition of three parties ranging from the far-right Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) to the center-right Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) and the moderate Croatian Social-Liberal Party (HSLS) won 10 of 25 seats in local elections held March 18 in Slavonski Brod. The gr [...] | 2007-03-27 11:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
07ZAGREB35 | CROATIA SUPPORTIVE ON IRAQ [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Croatia's Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Bilateral Cooperation Ivica Tomic, who said Croatia supports President Bush's effort to ensure a positive future for Iraq. He added that Croatia will continue to contribute to Iraq's progress accordin [...] | 2007-01-11 15:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ HR |
07ZAGREB353 | OPPOSITION LEADER RESIGNS [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Former Prime Minister Ivica Racan resigned April 11 as president of the Social Democratic Party (SDP),Croatia's largest opposition party, due to health reasons. After weeks of increasingly bleak cancer diagnoses, his departure is not unexpected, but coming just seven mon [...] | 2007-04-12 13:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
07ZAGREB372 | INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR 1991 MURDERS OF SERB CIVILIANS [...] (U) The Osijek County Office of the State Prosecutor issued a preliminary indictment April 16 against seven persons charged with war crimes (the murder of civilians on the banks of the Drava River in 1991, the so-called "Sellotape case"). The indictment charges Branimir Glavas, a far-right lo [...] | 2007-04-17 06:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC HR |
07ZAGREB395 | NATO OUTREACH IN HIGH GEAR, CROATIAN PUBLIC [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: After a slow start, the GoC's NATO public education campaign is moving into high gear. Head of MFA's NATO Office Neven Mikec highlighted the GoC's now crowded public outreach calendar with Embassy PolOff, PAO, and DATT at April 12 joint communications working group sessio [...] | 2007-04-20 16:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO KPAO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
07ZAGREB431 | END OF AN ERA: DEATH OF OPPOSITION LEADER AND FORMER PRIME [...] (U) Ivica Racan - the first and so far only President of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) -- died April 29 of cancer at the age of 63. Three weeks earlier, Racan resigned as SDP president, after his health took a turn for the worse. While his funeral will be a private event, hund [...] | 2007-05-03 06:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
07ZAGREB449 | IRAQI MP EYES CROATIA AS POST-CONFLICT MODEL [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: An Iraqi Member of Parliament and close relative of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Ms. Ala Talabani, visited Croatia April 20-27 in search of a successful post-conflict model to further promote human rights, strengthen the role of NGOs, and develop women's rights in Iraq. [...] | 2007-05-09 15:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN HR IZ |
07ZAGREB453 | PRM Ambassador's Fund for Refugees - Croatia Projects [...] After consultation with UNHCR and other partners, Post is pleased to propose two projects for PRM's Ambassadors Fund for Refugees. The projects listed below do not receive other donor funding and would provide immediate assistance to vulnerable populations in Croatia. If approved, Post has the [...] | 2007-05-10 12:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB46 | CROATIA 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed respectable economic growth over the last few years, accompanied by low inflation, a stable exchange rate and growth in the tourism sector. At the same time, the government has undertaken several initiatives aimed at streamlining the bureaucracy in an effort to [...] | 2007-01-17 15:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC |
07ZAGREB460 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAN FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met April 5 with Croatian PM Sanader, President Mesic, and FM Grabar-Kitarovic to exchange views on Croatia's NATO aspirations, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and other regional issues. 2.(U) A/S Fried and Ambassador met April 5 with PM Ivo San [...] | 2007-05-10 16:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN NATO HR YI BK OSCE |
07ZAGREB507 | PRESIDENT'S A-3 LUNCH SCENESETTER - SANADER [...] (C) Still enjoying the afterglow of his highly successful White House visit last October, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader is very much looking forward to seeing President Bush again at the A-3 leaders lunch in Tirana June 10. The PM views his relationship with the President as key to Croatia's int [...] | 2007-05-23 15:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO HR |
07ZAGREB51 | ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT MESIC TO VISIT KOSOVO AND [...] (C) President Mesic's Special Advisor for International Relations Budimir Loncar told the Ambassador January 17 that he will travel to Kosovo next week to have discussions with Albanian and Serb leaders. This trip, according to Loncar, resulted from a visit to Zagreb by a group of Serb mayors [...] | 2007-01-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OPDC HR |
07ZAGREB512 | SOCIAL DEMOCRATS LINE UP TO LEAD PARTY INTO NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatia's Social Democratic Party (SDP) will choose a new leader at the June 2 party conference, to replace Ivica Racan, the former PM who died last month. The candidates are Zelka Antunovic, former deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister; Milan Bandic, current ma [...] | 2007-05-25 10:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
07ZAGREB546 | MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY ELECTS YOUTHFUL NEW LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Zoran Milanovic is the new President of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP). A youthful 41 years old, this former diplomat defeated acting party president and former defense minister Zeljka Antunovic in the second round of voting by 828 to 675 votes of dele [...] | 2007-06-04 15:31:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
07ZAGREB561 | U/S NICHOLAS BURNS' MAY 10-11 MEETINGS WITH [...] (U) Undersecretary Burns met with Macedonian President Crvenkovski, Turkish Economy Minister Babacan, Bulgarian PM Stanishev and Moldovan President Voronin May 10 and 11 on the margins of the Zagreb SEECP Summit. Macedonia --------- 2. (C) Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski sought U/S [...] | 2007-06-08 10:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE NATO HR MK TU BU MD |
07ZAGREB565 | U/S NICHOLAS BURNS' MAY 10-11 MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Undersecretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns visited Zagreb May 10-11 to consult with Croatian leaders and attend the Summit of the Southeast European Cooperation Process (septel). He met with PM Sanader, President Mesic, and FM Grabar-Kitarovic, and had several bilatera [...] | 2007-06-08 13:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR OSCE NATO HR YI BK SR |
07ZAGREB602 | PROSECUTOR BACKS UP WAR CRIMES ARRESTS IN VUKOVAR [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Vukovar police arrested six ethnic Serbs June 5 on suspicion of involvement in the torture of soldiers and civilians in the village of Luzac in 1991. Local Serb politicians claimed the arrests were politically motivated and called on Post and others in the internati [...] | 2007-06-21 15:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES |
07ZAGREB608 | PRESIDENT OF MONTENEGRO VIEWS ON KEY ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a relaxed June 22 lunch in Podgorica with Charge Barnes and visiting Ambassador Bradtke, Montenegro President Vujanovic discussed bilateral, regional, and domestic issues. Vujanovic, who had just returned from the Southeastern Europe Energy Summit in Zagreb, described Rus [...] | 2007-06-26 15:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR MW |
07ZAGREB618 | CROATIA COMMITTED TO NATO REFORM RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador, DCM, and PolOff delivered ref A points during week of June 18 to FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, Asst DefMin Igor Pokaz, and MFA NATO Office Director Neven Mikec respectively. GoC representatives were grateful for USG support and guidance and emphasized com [...] | 2007-06-28 13:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
07ZAGREB626 | ENGAGING CROATIA OVER AMCIT ISSUES IN IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-29 15:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN HR |
07ZAGREB642 | OSCE MISSION TO CROATIA: WINDING DOWN ITS MANDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and COMMENT. This is a joint Embassy Zagreb and USOSCE cable and represents our strategy in moving forward toward OSCE Croatia mission closure. While we believe full closure could be achieved by the end of 2007, there is no consensus on this issue among European missions in Zag [...] | 2007-07-03 15:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OSCE PREF KWCI HR WAR CRIMES REFUGEES |
07ZAGREB664 | CROATIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BEAN [...] You are coming to Croatia at an exciting time, as this young nation prepares to take its place among democratic, free-market members of the Euro-Atlantic community with a level of freedom, security, and prosperity that were unimaginable fifteen years ago. Croatia will very likely receive an inv [...] | 2007-07-11 10:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB669 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER SANADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 7 meeting with Prime Minister Sanader on the margins the of the "Croatia Summit," EUR Assistant Secretary Fried welcomed the Summit as evidence of Croatian leadership in Southeastern Europe. Sanader reviewed his efforts to gain support for the closure of the OSCE Missi [...] | 2007-07-11 15:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG OSCE HR |
07ZAGREB670 | SDP NOMINATES JURCIC AS CANDIDATE FOR PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: The opposition Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) has nominated economics professor and Former Minister of Economy Ljubo Jurcic as its candidate for Prime Minister. Although not altogether new in Croatia, the idea of separating the role of PM from that of Party President wa [...] | 2007-07-12 09:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
07ZAGREB68 | CROATIAN POLITICIANS PUT POSITIVE SPIN ON SERBIAN [...] (U) Croatia's political leaders have unanimously portrayed results in Serbia's January 21 elections (reftel) as positive for the region. Reacting quickly to allay any domestic concerns over the Serb Radical Party's plurality, PM Ivo Sanader stressed that the results offered the chance for for [...] | 2007-01-23 14:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR HR |
07ZAGREB690 | ICTY PROSECUTOR AND PM AGREE ON TRIAL MONITORING [...] (U) In the 16 July letter below, Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte informs OSCE Chairman-in-Office of her recent discussions with PM Ivo Sanader regarding the future of the OSCE mission in Croatia and the monitoring of war crimes trials. Del Ponte notes what she calls the essent [...] | 2007-07-19 13:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC PGOV OSCE ICTY HR WAR CRIMES |
07ZAGREB717 | CODEL BEAN Visits Croatia [...] Summary: CODEL Bean visited Zagreb on 22-23 July and met with Croatian business, government, and parliamentary leaders. Discussion at most meetings focused on Croatia's leadership and stabilizing role in the region, Kosovo, future membership in NATO and the EU, its international contributions t [...] | 2007-07-27 14:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB721 | PROPOSED 2008 PSI EXERCISE UPDATE [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 5. 2. Head of MFA's Department for International Security Sanja Bujas-Juraga advised PolOff July 16 that the GOC's National Commission for Non-Proliferation of WMD has accepted the GOC's proposal to host a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) e [...] | 2007-07-30 15:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP HR |
07ZAGREB73 | CROATIA CONCERNED ABOUT CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Drawing from reftel, DCM discussed cluster munitions with MFA Assistant Minister for International Organizations and Security Pjer Simunovic January 22. 2. (C) Simunovic said he would be representing the GOC at the Oslo conference February 22-23. Simunovic said that given Croatia's exp [...] | 2007-01-23 15:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PARM HR |
07ZAGREB74 | CROATIA SUPPORTS US OBJECTIVES FOR JANUARY 26 [...] (SBU) Following up on the Ambassador's conversation with Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic (ref B) on the January 26 NATO meeting on Afghanistan, DCM raised USG ministerial goals (ref A) with Pjer Simunovic, Assistant Foreign Minister for International Organizations and Security, who [...] | 2007-01-23 16:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO HR |
07ZAGREB747 | CROATIA DISASTER DECLARATION [...] I am declaring a disaster in Croatia for the loss of property, loss of livelihoods, and actual and potential loss of life caused by heat wave-related wildfires currently raging throughout southern Croatia. I am requesting USD 50,000 for immediate disaster relief from USAID/OFDA. The Governmen [...] | 2007-08-07 14:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV AFIN AMGT HR |
07ZAGREB750 | CROATIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO [...] You are coming to Croatia at an exciting time, as this young nation prepares to take its place among democratic, free-market members of the Euro-Atlantic community with a level of freedom, security, and prosperity that were unimaginable fifteen years ago. Croatia will very likely receive an in [...] | 2007-08-08 13:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB752 | KOSOVO NEXT STEPS -- CROATIAN REACTION [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel points to MFA Asst Minister for International Organizations and Security Pjer Simunovic in August 8 introductory call. Simunovic stressed GoC support for the strategy, pointing out that the GoC's overriding interests related to Kosovo's future are stability and the fu [...] | 2007-08-09 12:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KV PREL YI UN EU HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
07ZAGREB759 | CROATIA PITCHES UNSC CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During an August 7 introductory call, MFA Assistant Minister for International Organizations and Security Pjer Simunovic briefed the DCM on Croatia's bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Simunovic said Croatia's unique political and cultural exper [...] | 2007-08-14 11:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN HR |
07ZAGREB763 | CARDINAL MCCARRICK'S VISIT TO CROATIA [...] (SBU) Cardinal McCarrick,s very successful visit to Zagreb sent a strong message of continued United States engagement on Bosnia and reassured Croatian leaders that the U.S. is working with the Bosnian Croats as we seek move ahead on constitutional and police reform. 2. (SBU) In spite of th [...] | 2007-08-16 11:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM HR BK |
07ZAGREB766 | US CARDINAL REACHES OUT TO CROATS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The August 12-14 visit of Theodore McCarrick, Emeritus Cardinal of Washington, to Croatia reassured Croatian leaders that the U.S. is engaged in Bosnia and Herzegovina and interested in the situation of Croats there. McCarrick heard from Croatian leaders that Bosnia [...] | 2007-08-17 15:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR CROATIA PGOV PHUM PREL |
07ZAGREB768 | WAR CRIMES PROSECUTORS TO EXPAND REGIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Prosecutors from Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia, and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) agreed on new forms of cooperation in war crimes cases at a private regional meeting on Brijuni Island July 11-13. Chief State Prosecutor Mlad [...] | 2007-08-20 10:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES |
07ZAGREB792 | APPARENT DOMESTIC CONSENSUS ON PLAN FOR CROATIA-SLOVENIA [...] SUMMARY: In what was portrayed as a breakthrough in its long-standing border dispute with its northern neighbor, Croatian PM Ivo Sanader joined Slovenian PM Janez Jansa after a meeting at Lake Bled on August 26 to announce bilateral agreement to refer the dispute to the International Court of J [...] | 2007-08-27 15:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SI HR |
07ZAGREB816 | SDP CANDIDATE FOR PRIME MINISTER CRITICIZED FOR OPPOSING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ljubo Jurcic, Prime-Ministerial candidate of Croatia's leading opposition party, the Social Democratic Party (SDP),in late August commented that Serbian investment would not be welcomed in Croatia. All of Croatia's other centrist parties, including the governing HDZ, seeing nat [...] | 2007-09-06 06:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
07ZAGREB851 | MINISTERS ASSURE U.S., OSCE AND UNHCR REFUGEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Two key Ministers with responsibility for refugee return issues reconfirmed that the Croatian Government will fulfill its commitments to the international community on refugee housing. In a September 13th meeting attended by Ambassador Bradtke and the heads of missio [...] | 2007-09-14 15:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | HR CROATIA OSCE PGOV PREF PREL REFUGEES |
07ZAGREB855 | CROATIAN PRESIDENT MESIC SPEAKING OUT ON THREATS [...] (C) In separate conversations on September 12 and 13, Presidential Counselor Budimir Loncar and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Tomislav Jakic discussed with us Croatian President Mesic's recent discussions with key Bosnian figures. Both said that Mesic had met with B-H Presidency Member [...] | 2007-09-17 10:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR BK |
07ZAGREB879 | DEMARCHE ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF [...] Ref demarche was delivered to Andrej Dogan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration - Department for the United Nations on September 19, 2007. The GOC had no substantive comment. WALKER [...] | 2007-09-21 12:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA HR PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM |
07ZAGREB908 | CROATIA SHOCKED BY ICTY VERDICT ON "VUKOVAR 3" [...] (U) SUMMARY: The ICTY ruling on 27 September against the so-called "Vukovar Three," former Yugoslav army officers accused of war crimes in Vukovar, caused widespread shock, disbelief, and anger in Croatia. One officer received 20 years imprisonment, but another, who personifies the crime for [...] | 2007-09-28 12:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC PREL HR ICTY |
07ZAGREB916 | NEW POLL SHOWS CONTINUED GROWTH IN NATO SUPPORT [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A poll contracted by the International Republican Institute (IRI) shows a continued rise in public support for NATO membership. In a Post-organized briefing to NATO-member embassies on October 2, IRI representatives highlighted a 10 percent increase in support for Croatia [...] | 2007-10-04 15:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR HR DEFENSE REFORM |
07ZAGREB933 | GOC PLEDGES CONTINUED COOPERATION WITH ICTY; PM TO [...] (C) Parties from across the political spectrum in Croatia have denounced the ICTY's verdicts on the "Vukovar Three" (reftel) as "shameful", but only fringe groups have called into question Croatia's continued cooperation with the ICTY. Nonetheless, public frustrations continue to simmer, and p [...] | 2007-10-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB950 | SCENESETTER FOR CROATIA'S NOVEMBER 25 PARLIAMENTARY [...] This is the first in a series of reports on Croatia's upcoming elections, providing a general overview of the issues central to the election. Further installments will discuss specific parties and issues in greater detail. 2. SUMMARY: As Croatia gears up for parliamentary elections tentati [...] | 2007-10-17 12:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
07ZAGREB953 | CROATIA ADOPTS LEGISLATION ON DIRECT ELECTION OF MAYORS AND [...] On October 5, just one week before adjourning for the upcoming legislative elections, the Croatian Parliament (Sabor) passed a package of legislation providing for direct election of mayors, county prefects, and their deputies. Until now, these officials have been chosen by the members of the [...] | 2007-10-18 11:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
07ZAGREB954 | REFERENDUM ON CROATIA'S ENTRY INTO NATO - NOT LEGALLY [...] SUMMARY: Real public debate on the pros and cons of Croatia's NATO membership has only just begun, but the campaign for the November 25 parliamentary elections has already produced promises of a NATO referendum from some Croatian opposition parties. While all parties in Parliament are pro-NATO [...] | 2007-10-19 07:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
07ZAGREB955 | REFERENDUM ON CROATIA'S ENTRY INTO NATO - NOT LEGALLY [...] SUMMARY: Real public debate on the pros and cons of Croatia's NATO membership has only just begun, but the campaign for the November 25 parliamentary elections has already produced promises of a NATO referendum from some Croatian opposition parties. While all parties in Parliament are pro-NATO [...] | 2007-10-19 07:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
07ZAGREB956 | REGIONAL PROSECUTORS MEET ON WAR CRIMES COOPERATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Between 2-4 October, on the island of Hvar in Croatia, S/WCI and DoJ OPDAT hosted a regional conference on war crimes cooperation that gathered Chief State Prosecutors and their deputies from Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia, together with representatives of ICTY, [...] | 2007-10-19 13:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR WAR CRIMES |
07ZAGREB970 | CROATIAN JOURNALIST DETAINED, RELEASED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Zagreb police arrested freelance journalist, Zeljko Peratovic, on October 18, and released him the following the day, charging him with posting classified documents to his website. Human rights and media groups and the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) quickly protested t [...] | 2007-10-25 14:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM HR |
07ZAGREB981 | ECONOMIC ISSUES IN THE CROATIAN ELECTIONS: IS 4X4 GREATER [...] SUMMARY: This is the second in our series (REF B) previewing issues and parties for Croatia's Nov. 25 parliamentary elections. With the vote less than a month away, Croatia's two main political parties are trying hard to draw distinctions on economic policy. Given the large degree of consensus [...] | 2007-11-02 07:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV HR ELECTIONS |
07ZAGREB994 | NATO ROADSHOW '07 -- CROATIA SCENESETTER [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The GoC feels confident approaching NATO's Bucharest Summit after repeated strong statements of support from President Bush and State Department officials (U/S Burns, A/S Fried) as well as positive feedback from Allies during presentation of their Annual National Progr [...] | 2007-11-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
08ABUDHABI1003 | UAE MFA ON CHINA'S WEAK NONPROLIFERATION COOPERATION [...] (S) During a September 4 meeting at which A/DCM and EconOff sought Emirati assistance with sensitive nonproliferation cases (interdictions),MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani expressed UAEG frustration with efforts to improve nonproliferation cooperation with China. [...] | 2008-09-05 15:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PTER PREL PGOV KNNP IR CH AE |
08ABUDHABI1011 | UAE MEGA PROJECTS: UNCERTAIN SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS [...] (C) The leadership of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi is using its vast wealth to build international name recognition, play "catch-up" with Dubai, and secure a prosperous future for its citizens. The numerous mega projects underway in Abu Dhabi (refs A, B, C and D) and Dubai (refs H and I) represen [...] | 2008-09-08 08:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV SENV PGOV SOCI PHUM AE US |
08ABUDHABI1017 | UAE ASSURANCES FOR PROVISION OF NUCLEAR-RELATED INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-09 15:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG PGOV KNNP TRGY AE |
08ABUDHABI1046 | UAE ENGAGING CHINA ON PROLIFERATION-RELATED TRADE WITH IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-18 11:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM ENRG ECON EFIN PTER PINR PGOV IR AE |
08ABUDHABI1062 | ADNOC LOOKS TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES (AND NEW POLICIES) TO MEET [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is exploring the application of new technologies to increase the supply of natural gas to the domestic market. ADNOC officials report that the company is developing nitrogen injection capacity as well as testing the impact of temporary reduc [...] | 2008-09-22 03:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI1079 | EYES ON THE MARKET, EMIRATIS PUT ON THEIR GAME FACES [...] (C) Summary. With extensive investments in the US and around the world, Emiratis are carefully following the turmoil in the world economy and local markets. While most are publicly saying recent developments in the US economy will not have a significant impact here, both public and private inv [...] | 2008-09-23 14:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI1089 | UAE WRITTEN ASSURANCES FOR PROVISION OF NUCLEAR-RELATED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-25 13:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG PGOV KNNP KNUC TRGY AE |
08ABUDHABI1102 | UAE PRESIDENT DEPLOYS PERSONAL CHARITY FOUNDATION [...] (U) Summary: Under the patronage of its namesake, the Khalifa bin 2. (SBU) In a September 18 visit to the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Fo 3. (SBU) Evidencing its expanding role, the Khalifa Foundation has bee 4. (SBU) Comment: The relatively new foundation is clearly well resou [...] | 2008-09-28 14:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SCUL AE |
08ABUDHABI1103 | UAE PRESIDENT DEPLOYS PERSONAL CHARITY FOUNDATION [...] (U) Summary: Under the patronage of its namesake, the Khalifa bin 2. (SBU) In a September 18 visit to the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Fo 3. (SBU) Evidencing its expanding role, the Khalifa Foundation has bee 4. (SBU) Comment: The relatively new foundation is clearly well resou [...] | 2008-09-28 14:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SCUL AE |
08ABUDHABI1104 | UAE PRESIDENT DEPLOYS PERSONAL CHARITY FOUNDATION [...] (U) Summary: Under the patronage of its namesake, the Khalifa bin 2. (SBU) In a September 18 visit to the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Fo 3. (SBU) Evidencing its expanding role, the Khalifa Foundation has bee 4. (SBU) Comment: The relatively new foundation is clearly well resou [...] | 2008-09-28 14:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SCUL AE |
08ABUDHABI1105 | UAE PRESIDENT DEPLOYS PERSONAL CHARITY FOUNDATION [...] (U) Summary: Under the patronage of its namesake, the Khalifa bin 2. (SBU) In a September 18 visit to the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Fo 3. (SBU) Evidencing its expanding role, the Khalifa Foundation has bee 4. (SBU) Comment: The relatively new foundation is clearly well resou [...] | 2008-09-28 14:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SCUL AE |
08ABUDHABI1106 | UAE PRESIDENT DEPLOYS PERSONAL CHARITY FOUNDATION [...] (U) Summary: Under the patronage of its namesake, the Khalifa bin 2. (SBU) In a September 18 visit to the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Fo 3. (SBU) Evidencing its expanding role, the Khalifa Foundation has bee 4. (SBU) Comment: The relatively new foundation is clearly well resou [...] | 2008-09-28 14:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SCUL AE |
08ABUDHABI1107 | UAE PRESIDENT DEPLOYS PERSONAL CHARITY FOUNDATION [...] (U) Summary: Under the patronage of its namesake, the Khalifa bin 2. (SBU) In a September 18 visit to the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Fo 3. (SBU) Evidencing its expanding role, the Khalifa Foundation has bee 4. (SBU) Comment: The relatively new foundation is clearly well resou [...] | 2008-09-28 14:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SCUL AE |
08ABUDHABI1108 | UAE PRESIDENT DEPLOYS PERSONAL CHARITY FOUNDA [...] (U) Summary: Under the patronage of its namesake, the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation is increasingly in 2. (SBU) In a September 18 visit to the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, the UAE President's charitable arm desc 3. (SBU) Evidencing its expanding role, the Khalifa [...] | 2008-09-28 14:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SCUL AE |
08ABUDHABI1109 | UAE PRESIDENT DEPLOYS PERSONAL CHARITY FOUNDA [...] (U) Summary: Under the patronage of its namesake, the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation is increasingly involved in Abu Dhabi assistance efforts, both domestic and international. End summary. 2. (SBU) In a September 18 visit to the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, the UAE Pr [...] | 2008-09-28 15:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SCUL AE |
08ABUDHABI1115 | UAE INCREASING INVOLVEMENT WITH BELARUS [...] (SBU) Belarus has had an Embassy in Abu Dhabi since 1999, yet the UAE is just now sending its first ever envoy to Minsk. Ambassador-designate Mohamed Abdullah al-Raisi will open the new mission (a first-time ambassador is also being sent to Argentina). Signs of increased interaction between th [...] | 2008-10-05 04:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KTIP EAIR BO AE |
08ABUDHABI1118 | UAE INCREASING INVOLVEMENT WITH BELARUS [...] (SBU) Belarus has had an Embassy in Abu Dhabi since 1999, yet the UAE is just now sending its first ever envoy to Minsk. Ambassador-designate Mohamed Abdullah al-Raisi will open the new mission (a first-time ambassador is also being sent to Argentina). Signs of increased interaction between th [...] | 2008-10-05 10:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KTIP EAIR BO AE |
08ABUDHABI1124 | UAE WOMEN SHATTERING STEREOTYPES [...] (U) Summary: The UAE takes pride in noting that the prominent roles women play in UAE society defy traditional stereotypes of women in the Arab world. A series of recent appointments of women to high profile positions is seen as testaments to progressiveness of the country's leadership as we [...] | 2008-10-06 13:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI AE |
08ABUDHABI1141 | ABU DHABI INVESTORS CIRCUMSPECT ON FINANCIAL CRISES [...] (C) Summary. The continued decline of local and international stock markets, combined with tight liquidity, has Abu Dhabi investors concerned but not panicked. Most of the large private investors have balanced portfolios whose declines have been less dramatic. However, smaller investors are s [...] | 2008-10-09 13:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI1163 | MFA MINSTATE GARGASH ON KEY ISSUES IB US-UAE BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a 28 September meeting at which Ambassador presented copies of his credentials, MinState for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash outlined two key areas for the Ambassador to focus on in the bilateral relationship: visas and MLAT negotiations. Both agreed that the overall [...] | 2008-10-16 11:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV KCRM CVIS AE |
08ABUDHABI1173 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF USTR SCHWAB TO THE UAE [...] (SBU) On behalf of the US Mission, I warmly welcome your October 21-24 visit to the United Arab Emirates. Public and private sector officials look forward to the opportunity to discuss bilateral trade and investment issues, particularly at this sensitive time for the world economy. -------- [...] | 2008-10-19 03:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECON PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI1215 | SWISS ASK FOR US SUPPORT FOR FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE CHAIR [...] (SBU) During an October 19 meeting on the margins of the Forum for the Future in Abu Dhabi, Swiss State Secretary Michael Ambuhl asked NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch for US support for the Swiss candidate for the Foundation for the Future Chair. Ambuhl voiced support for the Foundation, n [...] | 2008-10-22 12:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMPI SZ AE |
08ABUDHABI1217 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH MOROCCAN FM FASSI-FIHRI; [...] (C) Meeting on the margins of the October 18-19 Forum for the Future ministerial in Abu Dhabi, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and NEA A/S Welch held a cordial exchange with Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi-Fihri on three core issues: the Forum for the Future, the Western Sahara negotiation process [...] | 2008-10-22 12:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KMPI XI MO MR WI |
08ABUDHABI1221 | UAE'S RESPONSE TO FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. Like the US and Europe, the UAEG has taken a number of steps to stave off the worst of the global financial crisis impact. While the initial steps may have been poorly coordinated, the full court press that began October 12 seems to have had the desired impact. Investors and dep [...] | 2008-10-22 14:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI1222 | CIVIL SOCIETY AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS MEET AT FORUM FOR THE FUTURE SOM IN ABU DHABI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KMPI XF AE |
08ABUDHABI1225 | ABU DHABI EYEING INVESTMENT IN DUBAI [...] (C) Summary. While the international financial crisis may bring a slowdown to the UAE (Ref A),Abu Dhabi residents seem confident their financial future is secure. Financial insiders report that the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority remains flush with cash despite its paper losses. Everyone is [...] | 2008-10-23 14:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI1237 | DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN NEGROPONTE MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-28 11:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KMPI XF AE |
08ABUDHABI1244 | WELCOMING SECRETARY SPELLINGS TO ABU DHABI [...] (U) Madame Secretary, the U.S. Mission to the United Arab Emirates warmly welcomes your return visit, which presents an opportunity to follow up on your prior interaction with UAE Minister of Education Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali Al Qasimi ("Dr. Hanif") and assess progress on the UAE's ambitious plan [...] | 2008-10-30 12:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON SCUL AE |
08ABUDHABI1247 | FORUM FOR THE FUTURE FIFTH MINISTERIAL MEETING IN ABU DHABI OCTOBER 19, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-02 12:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KMPI XF AE |
08ABUDHABI1255 | UAE DIPLOMATIC NOTE INVITES FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN TO NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Post received the following diplomatic note from the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated 11/02/08 (informal Embassy translation). BEGIN TEXT: (Complimentary greeting) Wish to notify the Embassy that the Ministry will convene a meeting at the level of senior officials of the Friend [...] | 2008-11-03 11:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID KPAO PK AE |
08ABUDHABI1265 | USTR SCHWAB PROMOTES BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary: United States Trade Representative Susan Schwab visited the UAE October 21-23 for a series of discussions with government officials and representatives of Dubai's private sector. She reiterated the United States' strong commitment to an open and dynamic trade relationship with th [...] | 2008-11-06 06:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI1270 | ABU DHABI: WHERE THE CASH IS? [...] (C) Summary. While concerns about the health of the world economy continue, and rumors swirl about Dubai's debt, Abu Dhabi remains quietly confident about its financial future. This attitude is attracting suitors from Dubai, Iceland and beyond, although officials are believed to be focusing t [...] | 2008-11-06 12:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI1271 | UK PM BROWN PROMOTES BUSINESS AND ENERGY TIES WITH UAE [...] (C) Summary. In an October 5 briefing for G8 and EU ambassadors, the UK ambassador denied press reports that Prime Minister Gordon Brown had pressed the UAEG for a financial commitment to the international bailout during his November 3 visit to the UAE. Rather, Brown discussed the challenges f [...] | 2008-11-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV UK AE |
08ABUDHABI1285 | ABU DHABI HOUSING DEMAND EXPECTED TO GROW [...] (SBU) Summary: At a November 9 conference on Abu Dhabi's economy, several senior real estate officials expressed confidence that the Abu Dhabi residential market is likely to weather the current world financial downturn. While some projects, including the high-profile Saadiyat Island megaproje [...] | 2008-11-10 04:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI135 | ABU DHABI TO OPEN SHELTER FOR TIP VICTIMS [...] (U) The UAE National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking, in collaboration with the UAE Red Crescent Society, announced plans January 13 to open a shelter in Abu Dhabi to aid victims of human trafficking and exploitation. The projected opening of an Abu Dhabi shelter follows the 2007 opening [...] | 2008-01-31 14:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PREL PGOV KMPI AE |
08ABUDHABI1360 | THE UAE FINANCIAL SITUATION AND THE KUBLER ROSS MODEL [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. 2. (C) Summary. The UAE, Dubai in particular, appears to be moving rapidly through the five stages of grieving identified in the Kubler-Ross model. While most Emirati contacts initially claimed that global financial cr [...] | 2008-11-26 07:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PREL PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI1370 | UAEG AVOIDS AID RELATED TO AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) In addition to conversations noted Ref A regarding UAEG aid to Afghanistan, Post reiterated Ref B request for assistance to ensure smooth 2009 Afghan elections as a diplomatic note. The MFA's formal reply (text in para two) reiterates the UAEG's preference for humanitarian aid without p [...] | 2008-12-01 08:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM MASS AF AE |
08ABUDHABI1385 | PROJECT FINANCE A CHALLENGE FOR ABU DHABI DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary. The global economic downturn and related liquidity crisis is beginning to impact Abu Dhabi-based companies' ability to obtain reasonably-priced project finance. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) says its monthly cash flow will easily meet its development plans, despite f [...] | 2008-12-04 11:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI1392 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT EXTENDS FNC TERM WITHOUT NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Amendments to the UAE constitution announced December 2 extend the term of the advisory Federal National Council (FNC) from two years to four, essentially delaying further elections to that body while incrementally expanding its role. Also announced was a limitation on the comm [...] | 2008-12-10 12:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM KMPI AE |
08ABUDHABI1397 | UNSCR ON ANNAPOLIS PROCESS DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UAE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-14 12:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KWBG UNSC AE |
08ABUDHABI1417 | UAE-IRANIAN CIVIL AVIATION AGREEMENT MORE POMP THAN [...] (U) On December 10, the official state news agency WAM announced that the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Civil Aviation Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran to expand air passenger links between the two countries. GCAA Di [...] | 2008-12-18 06:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN PGOV IR AE |
08ABUDHABI1418 | CROWN PRINCE'S MEETING WITH SENATOR BAUCUS [...] (C) Summary. During his December 13-15 visit to the UAE (reported septel),Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) discussed the UAE's strategic vision with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ). Baucus noted his amazement with the UAE's progress. MbZ presented an overview of the [...] | 2008-12-18 07:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OREP PREL PARM KPAL CVIS IR AE |
08ABUDHABI1420 | NOVEMBER 2008 MENAFATF PLENARY [...] (SBU) The Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) held a plenary session (MENAFATF VIII),working group meetings, and an FIU workshop from November 9-13, 2008 in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Fi [...] | 2008-12-18 09:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PTER PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI1424 | ABU DHABI MASDAR CITY MAINTAINS CARBON NEUTRAL TARGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Masdar City - a six square kilometer grand experiment backed with $24 billion funding to create the world's first carbon-neutral, zero-waste, renewable energy powered city supporting 25,000 residents and 50,000 commuters - continues to work through many critical issues in its i [...] | 2008-12-18 13:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV KMPI EFIN AE |
08ABUDHABI1430 | SENATOR BAUCUS'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) During his December 13-15 visit to the United Arab Emirates, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) and accompanying delegation from the Senate Finance Committee staff met with senior government and financi [...] | 2008-12-21 09:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV ETRD ENRG OREP PREL SENV PARM KNNP AE |
08ABUDHABI1432 | UAE NUCLEAR PLANS [...] (SBU) The United Arab Emirates is rapidly pursuing a civilian nuclear power project that is expected to come online in 2017 and ultimately may include as many as ten nuclear plants valued at over $50 billion. Although the program is being developed by and initially for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi [...] | 2008-12-21 09:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO ECON EFIN PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI1440 | MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DISMISSED EIGHTY THREE EMIRATI TEACHERS [...] (C) Summary: In 2007, eighty three Emirati teachers were unexpectedly reassigned from the Ministry of Education to other ministries for alleged Islamist tendencies. In a recent conversation with PolOff, two of the teachers lamented the dismissal of Emirati nationals from a school system domi [...] | 2008-12-22 12:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREF SOCI AE |
08ABUDHABI1446 | UAE MAY PHASE OUT VALUE BASED CONSULAR TRANSACTIONS [...] (SBU) On December 23, EconOff discussed the UAE's consular transactions policy (reftel) with Ministry of Foreign Trade Director of WTO Department Juma Al Kait. Al Kait said that the UAE is aware of the U.S.-Uganda WTO proposal and that other GCC members had eliminated their fees. He added tha [...] | 2008-12-23 10:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI173 | HEAD OF UAE TIP COMMITTEE SHARES PROGRESS REPORT [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires, ADCM, and POLOFF met February 5 with UAE Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs and head of the UAE National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking, Dr. Anwar Gargash, to discuss the upcoming 2008 TIP report, TIP-specific training, the Dubai and Abu Dhabi s [...] | 2008-02-07 14:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PREL PGOV PREF SMIG KMPI KCRM KWMN AE |
08ABUDHABI187 | UAE MFA ON SUPPORT FOR LEBANON TRIBUNAL [...] (C) On February 10, Charge queried UAE Minster of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussain al-Sha'ali about the apparent UAE commitment of $5 million to the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (ref A). Al-Sha'ali said he thought the commitment was firm, but wanted to know the precise mechanism [...] | 2008-02-11 13:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE AE |
08ABUDHABI188 | LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) On February 10, the Charge met with UAE Minster of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussain al-Sha'ali to discuss, among other issues (septel),the need for as many nations as possible to recognize an independent Kosovo soon after independence is announced. Al-Sha'ali acknowledged our a [...] | 2008-02-11 13:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU AE |
08ABUDHABI189 | UNIFIL LOBBYING FOR ARAB SUPPORT [...] (C) The Charge pressed UAE Minster of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussain al-Sha'ali February 10 on the need for a continued Arab presence in UNIFIL, a prospect complicated by the impending withdrawal of Qatari forces. Asked to consider a UAE contribution, al-Sha'ali said frankly, "may [...] | 2008-02-11 13:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL QA LE AE |
08ABUDHABI190 | MFA MINSTATE VIEWS ON IRAN [...] (C) The Charge took the opportunity of a February 10 meeting with UAE Minster of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussain al-Sha'ali to emphasize the importance of keeping pressure on Iran through UNSC deliberations on potential sanctions, also noting the USG stance not to comment extensivel [...] | 2008-02-11 14:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC IAEA IR AE |
08ABUDHABI222 | UAE PRIME MINISTER'S QUICK VISIT TO TEHRAN AND [...] (C) Summary: UAE Prime Minister, Vice President, and Ruler of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid embarked on a sudden visit to Tehran and Damascus February 18, taking the Foreign Minister (an Abu Dhabi royal) in his entourage. Public explanations of the visit are benign and innocent, and we heard fr [...] | 2008-02-19 14:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP IR SY AE |
08ABUDHABI289 | DAS KENT PATTON DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN UAE [...] (C) Summary: On a February 24-25 visit to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, DAS Kent Patton spoke with government leaders and civil society figures about expanding political space in the UAE. With MFA he focused on fall 2008 plans for Forum for the Future meetings in Abu Dhabi, stressing the importance [...] | 2008-03-05 06:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI KPAO ELAB AE |
08ABUDHABI304 | MLAT STAGNANT WITHOUT CREATIVE APPROACH [...] (C) Post received a diplomatic note dated February 12 stating yet again that the UAE looked forward to negotiation of a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) in tandem with negotiation of an Extradition Treaty and a Treaty on Legal and Judicial Assistance in Civil and Commercial Matters. The [...] | 2008-03-09 17:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KCRM AE |
08ABUDHABI549 | DUBAI'S ARAB MEDIA FORUM: HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND LOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dubai Press Club organized the Arab Media Forum April 23 and 24, 2008, focusing on the theme "Bridging Arab Media Through Technology". Well-attended workshops covered the spectrum of technological change in regional media. UAE government officials declared the Forum a succ [...] | 2008-05-05 05:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KMDR SCUL PGOV KPAO AE |
08ABUDHABI681 | MFA APPRECIATES NAHR AL-BARID REBUILDING EFFORT [...] (SBU) Noting the UAE had only "sketchy" information on the June 23 pledging conference to address reconstruction needs of Lebanon's Narh al-Barid refugee camp (reftel),Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq al-Haidan told the Charge June 5 that UAE policy would continue to focu [...] | 2008-06-05 08:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID UNRWA LE AE |
08ABUDHABI682 | UAE REACTS MATTER-OF-FACTLY TO TIP REPORT [...] The UAEG welcomed the Department of State's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report released June 4, citing it as constructive feedback for UAE efforts to combat the scourge of trafficking. Acknowledging that TIP remains a significant problem, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and head of the [...] | 2008-06-05 10:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AE |
08ABUDHABI718 | PRODUCTIVE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE IN ABU DHABI [...] (U) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) hosted the "International Conference of the Presidents of the Supreme Courts of the World" March 23-24, 2008, in Abu Dhabi. Jurists from 32 countries attended the Conference, which focused on relations between federal and local judicial systems; twenty-first [...] | 2008-06-17 04:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS AE |
08ABUDHABI731 | First Female Judge Appointed in UAE [...] Summary: On March 26, 2008, UAE President and Abu Dhabi Ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan appointed the first female judge in the UAE. This landmark decision to break the gender gap in the judiciary was received matter-of-factly in the UAE, and the idea seems to have sufficient tractio [...] | 2008-06-20 04:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SCUL KDEM KWMN KMPI AE |
08ABUDHABI755 | FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL SEEKS MORE POWERS BUT MAY SKIP [...] (SBU) The members and leaders of the UAE Federal National Council (FNC) are urging the UAEG to expand the FNC's power in two ways: 1) a stronger mechanism for ensuring the implementation of FNC recommendations, and 2) increased oversight authority over cabinet members. Both would enhance the " [...] | 2008-06-26 12:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KMPI AE |
08ABUDHABI757 | UAE APPROACH TO FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) The following answers to ref A (para four) questions are based on Post understanding of UAE foreign aid trends and are developed without specific inquiries to the UAEG. Conclusions are therefore Post's considered judgment rather than stated UAEG goals. (Comment: Post is uncomfortable wit [...] | 2008-06-26 15:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECIN PHUM ECON EFIN PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI761 | UAE PRESIDENT KHALIFA GIVES RARE INTERVIEW -- MINIMIZES UAE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who rarely addresses the press, gave an interview with Lebanese newspaper Al Nahar June 28, touching on UAE security, Lebanon, UAE policy toward Iran, sovereign wealth funds, Arab labor in the UAE, nuclear cooperation, and the propos [...] | 2008-06-30 05:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM AE |
08ABUDHABI813 | UAE 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) Pursuant to the requirements of Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA),Embassy Abu Dhabi has compiled a list of U.S. citizen expropriation claims and investment disputes involving the Government of the United Arab Emirates. The Embassy is currently aware o [...] | 2008-07-15 12:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV |
08ABUDHABI851 | UAE RELIEVES MINISTER OF DUTIES UNDER CORRUPTION CLOUD [...] (U) Summary: On July 27, 2008, UAE President Khalifa relieved Minister of State Dr. Khalifa Bakheet al-Falasi of his duties after the latter was referred for prosecution for allegedly mishandling the assets of a deceased business partner. End summary. 2. (SBU) After some speculation in th [...] | 2008-07-28 12:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI920 | ABU DHABI MEGA PROJECTS: A CITY'S EVOLVING IDENTITY [...] (U) The UAE capital and the richest of the seven emirates, Abu Dhabi accounts for approximately 9% of the world's oil reserves. In the last few years, Abu Dhabi has undertaken a "catch up game" with Dubai in the area of Mega Project development, with a number of large-scale projects under way [...] | 2008-08-14 13:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EIND SENV PGOV AE US |
08ABUDHABI943 | ABU DHABI MEGA PROJECTS: SYNOPSIS OF PRIORITY PROJECTS [...] (U) As Abu Dhabi Mega-Project development changes the landscape of the UAE's capital city, this cable will describe some of the more ambitious projects. These include: Yas Island ($40 billion entertainment development will be home to the world's first Ferrari theme park); Saadiyat Island cult [...] | 2008-08-20 11:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EIND SENV PGOV AE US |
08ABUDHABI945 | ABU DHABI MEGA PROJECTS: MASDAR ZERO-CARBON RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Abu Dhabi Government, guided by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),is pursuing the renewable energy and sustainable development initiative "Masdar" to maintain Abu Dhabi's role as a global energy player in the long term. The Masdar initiative includes the Masdar Institute [...] | 2008-08-20 13:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EIND SENV PGOV AE US |
08ABUDHABI974 | ABU DHABI NUCLEAR POWER AUTHORITY CONCERNED THAT USG VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation officials told Emboffs August 27 that they were concerned that comments attributed to USG officials could disadvantage US private sector participation in the UAE's nuclear energy program. Officials stressed that they hope to see strong US parti [...] | 2008-08-28 08:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ENRG PGOV PREL KNNP AE |
08ABUDHABI975 | ABU DHABI MEGA PROJECTS: POWERS BEHIND THE DREAM [...] (SBU) Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE and one of the richest cities in the world, is taking bold steps to change its landscape (reftels A, B, C). With approximately 1,460,000 residents in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (the majority in the city of Abu Dhabi itself),one-tenth of the planet's oil, [...] | 2008-08-28 10:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EIND SENV PGOV AE US |
08ABUDHABI977 | UAE COMMENTS ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA AND [...] (C) The Charge presented reftel points condemning Russia's recognition of the two breakaway republics to Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq al-Haidan August 27. Al-Haidan, the most senior MFA official on duty this week, agreed that Russia was erroneously comparing the situat [...] | 2008-08-28 10:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RU AU |
08ABUDHABI983 | UAE MFA VIEW ON MAURITANIA [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points on Mauritania via diplomatic note, reinforced in an August 27 conversation with Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq al-Haidan. The senior diplomat on duty, al-Haidan told the Charge and A/DCM that MFA had been visited by the Mauritanian Ambas [...] | 2008-08-28 13:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR AE |
08ABUJA1014 | NIGERIA: CENTRAL BANK INCREASES MONETARY POLICY RATE [...] SUMMARY: The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised its Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) from 9.5% to 10% in April. This is the second increase in four months. A higher MPR increases the cost of borrowing and should encourage savings, but has not. The Nigerian interest deposit savings rate has [...] | 2008-06-02 13:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1016 | (S/NF) NIGERIA: xxxxxxxxxxxx [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: xxxxxxxxxxxx contended that Yar'Adua began experiencing symptoms of acute renal failure in late 1999, and traveled at that time to Mainz, Germany, to consult with kidney specialists. xxxxxxxxxxxx claimed, that in 1999, German doctors told Yar'Adua to undergo dialysis treatment, and [...] | 2008-06-02 15:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SOCI NI |
08ABUJA1018 | (C/NF) NIGERIA: NORTHERN SUPPORT FOR YAR'ADUA [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Maitama Sule (strictly protect),former Nigerian ambassador to the United Nations (1979-1983) and confidant of President Umaru Yar'Adua, averred that the northern political elite is increasingly apprehensive about Yar'Adua's health and his capacity to continue to govern, and i [...] | 2008-06-03 08:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KCOR NI |
08ABUJA1023 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAY 1-15, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of May 1-15, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Re-runs -- Corruption -- Human Rights, TIP -- National Assembly -- Narcotics and Law Enfo [...] | 2008-06-03 15:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI |
08ABUJA1040 | NIGERIA: NAPTIP PLEASED WITH TIP REPORT AND [...] (C) Poloff delivered a copy of the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). Director of Investigations and Monitoring, and second in command at the agency, Mr. Muhammad Babandede, was pleased that Nigeria r [...] | 2008-06-05 16:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN KPAO SMIG ELAB NI |
08ABUJA1058 | NIGERIA: MILITARY OFFICIAL ON POLITICS, YAR'ADUA'S [...] (C) On May 29, 2008, Poloff spoke to Air Vice Marshal Christian Marizu (protect),Director of Policy and Planning for the Office of the Chief of Defense Staff, about his perception of the military's views on Nigerian politics and regional affairs. According to Marizu, the likelihood of milita [...] | 2008-06-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | MOPS PGOV GV NI |
08ABUJA106 | NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JANUARY 1-15, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of January 1-13, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Election Tribunals -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- ECOWAS -- National Assembly -- Human Rights, Labor, Refugees - [...] | 2008-01-16 16:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF EFIN ETRD EPET KCOR MASS ELAB |
08ABUJA1062 | NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA DOES "MEDIA CHAT" [...] (U) SUMMARY. On May 29, President Yar'Adua conducted a live television "media chat" to mark the one year anniversary of his administration as well as to celebrate Nigeria's Democracy Day (a national holiday commemorating the country's return to democracy on May 29, 1999 after 16 years of mili [...] | 2008-06-09 10:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ENRG NI |
08ABUJA1063 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF RESIGNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Within days of the one year anniversary of President Yar'Adua's inauguration, the resignations of two of his key staff members, Chief of Staff General Abdullahi Mohammed and Principal Secretary to the President Steve Oransanye, were announced. Both men also served under former P [...] | 2008-06-09 11:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NI |
08ABUJA1079 | NIGERIA: NEW EFCC CHAIR AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Sanders paid a courtesy call on newly confirmed (June 5) Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairwoman Farida Waziri on June 10, where she underscored the importance the U.S. places on the EFCC maintaining its vigor and fight against corruption, noting tha [...] | 2008-06-11 13:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KCOR NI |
08ABUJA1081 | NIGERIA: TRIAL UPDATE - BAUCHI CROSS-DRESSERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 22, Poloffs attended a meeting of gay, lesbian, and transgender rights organizations regarding the case of 18 young men from Bauchi State arrested in August 2007 for allegedly displaying homosexual behavior. Defense attorney Ralph Monye elaborated on the case to date, as [...] | 2008-06-11 15:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KDEM NI |
08ABUJA1083 | NIGERIA: GAMBARI TO LEAD NEW NIGER DELTA COMMITTEE? [...] (C) Poloff met May 19 with Dr. Sam Amadi, a Special Assistant to Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe. Amadi said that Vice President Goodluck Jonathan's office is planning a "Consultative Steering Committee" (CSC) on the Niger Delta, which would be led by Professor Ibrahim Gambari, a Nigerian diplo [...] | 2008-06-11 15:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1095 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAY 16-31, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of May 16-31, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Military Matters --Environment --Energy --Aviation --Debt --Fiscal Responsibility -- [...] | 2008-06-12 11:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KCOR MOPS NI |
08ABUJA112 | NIGERIAN & ECOWAS EFFORTS TO COMBAT WEST AFRICAN [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post provides the following information concerning Nigerian and ECOWAS efforts to combat drug trafficking. This cable has been cleared by DEA/Lagos and Legatt/Lagos. ------- NIGERIA ------- 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Nigeria remains a hub of narcotics trafficking a [...] | 2008-01-17 13:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR EAID SOCI NI |
08ABUJA1147 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SECURITY AND EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Nigerian Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Mallam Musa Al-Faki on June 4 to discuss efforts the SEC is doing on transparency in capital markets with stock brokerage houses, banks, and in the area of money laundering. Chairman Al-Faki sta [...] | 2008-06-16 12:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV KCRIM EAID NI |
08ABUJA1151 | NIGERIA: MOVES TO CREATE NEW OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met May 17, 28 and 29 with politicos who claim that members of various opposition parties and disaffected members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are planning to join forces and attempt to create a new opposition party to confront the PDP. Though the allegedly [...] | 2008-06-16 15:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
08ABUJA1180 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON JUNE 19 ROUNDTABLE [...] (C) On June 18, 2008, Post delivered reftel demarche to Charles A. Ononye, Director of the First United Nations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ononye assured Poloffs that he would contact Nigeria's United Nations representative and ask him to attend the Roundtable. Ononye also [...] | 2008-06-18 14:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU SADC MO ZI NI |
08ABUJA119 | NIGERIA: ANOTHER MEETING ON ELECTION REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua held a "consultative meeting on the electoral process" at the Presidential Villa in Abuja January 16. Participants included state governors, legislators, political parties, representatives of the Independent National Electoral Commission ( [...] | 2008-01-18 09:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
08ABUJA1191 | NIGERIA: REPORTED DISBURSEMENT OF USD 10 BILLION FROM [...] (U) Summary. The National Economic Council (NEC),comprising both federal and state authorities, reportedly approved taking approximately $10 billion from the Excess Crude Account for disbursement to power projects and state and local governments. The operation of the Excess Crude Account (EC [...] | 2008-06-20 13:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1201 | NIGERIA: BAKASSI WITHDRAWAL AND REFUGEE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: On June 18, 2008, Polcouns and Poloff met with Tony Eze, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) East and Central Africa Division, to discuss the MFA's views of the August 14 completion of Nigeria's withdrawal from the Bakassi peninsula. Eze affirmed the GON's overall c [...] | 2008-06-23 15:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM CM NI |
08ABUJA1226 | NIGER DELTA SUMMIT: A VIEW FROM THE [...] (S) Summary: On June 18, 2008, Poloff met with Rajakumari Jandhyala (strictly protect throughout),a United Nations employee on loan to Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan's office to aid in the development of a strategy to end unrest in the Niger Delta. While describing the GON's Niger Delta in [...] | 2008-06-24 14:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1227 | NIGERIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN (JUNE 2008) [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Nigeria warmly welcomes Congressman Howard Berman and his Congressional delegation to Abuja. Your visit comes just after President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has completed his first year in office. Though the President came to power through deeply flawed elections in April 2007, h [...] | 2008-06-24 15:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EPET NI |
08ABUJA1236 | NIGERIA: DELEGATION INFORMATION FOR 11TH AU SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-25 11:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM OVIP PGOV XA NI |
08ABUJA1245 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 1-15, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 1-15, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- National Assembly -- The Presidency -- Niger Delta -- Oil and Gas -- General Economic News -- Other Important Issues [...] | 2008-06-26 09:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KCOR MOPS NI |
08ABUJA1248 | NIGERIA: UN ENVOY GAMBARI'S CONCERNS ON NIGER [...] (C) Summary: In a June 24 late evening meeting with United Nations Special Envoy, Professor Ibrahim Gambari (strictly protect),he told Ambassador that things are "really falling apart" on the Niger Delta Summit, and that it would be impossible to hold meetings in July 2008, or even by year's [...] | 2008-06-27 06:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
08ABUJA127 | FINANCE MINISTER, BANK GOVERNOR: NIGERIA MOVING [...] (SBU) Participants at an Economist Magazine roundtable in Abuja kept up a drumbeat of concern that the Yar'Adua Government is not moving quickly enough to deepen reforms and respond to economic needs, including infrastructure. Finance Minister Usman made a strong case that the GON is preparing [...] | 2008-01-22 12:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1270 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SHELL AND EXXON [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Shell Executive Vice President Anne Pickard June 25. Pickard described in detail the June 19 militant attack on the Bonga platform (see reftel),and claimed there was likely internal collusion in the attack; that members of the National Assembly accused Sh [...] | 2008-07-01 08:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ENRG MOPS ASEC NI |
08ABUJA1287 | NIGERIA: CODEL BERMAN VISITS HOUSE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 28, a CODEL, led by House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) Chairman Howard Berman and the Ambassador visited the Nigerian National Assembly to meet with members of the Nigerian House of Representatives. Discussions included the progress and challenges of electoral reform [...] | 2008-07-03 10:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM OREP NI |
08ABUJA1289 | NIGERIA: NIGERIA SEEKS A SECOND PSI WITH IMF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 11, the IMF briefed Development Partners on a mid-May visit to Nigeria regarding discussions for a second Policy Support Instrument (PSI) between Nigeria and the IMF. The IMF mission commented that Nigeria's economic performance remained strong; output had grown, inflat [...] | 2008-07-03 14:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1292 | ISRAELI MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO NIGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 1, 2008, Poloff and Air Attache visited Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria Moshe Ram to discuss Israeli military assistance to Nigeria. Ram said there was no bilateral agreement between the two nations, but private Israeli security companies were indeed involved in Nigeria, an [...] | 2008-07-03 14:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP MARR MASS PGOV PINR PINS IS NI |
08ABUJA1294 | NIGERIA: CODEL BERMAN MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Codel Berman discussed bilateral relations, Zimbabwe, regional peacekeeping, the situation in the Niger Delta, and prospects for economic growth with Vice President Goodluck Jonathan. The Vice President lauded bilateral relations and called for increased investment in Nigeria [...] | 2008-07-03 15:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET EINV ENRG EAGR OREP NI |
08ABUJA1306 | NIGERIA: TRADE POLICY REFORM PROMISES BUT LITTLE ACTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Nigeria's (GON) trade policy has seen few reforms lately, with banned products, high tariffs and incomplete implementation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Common External Tariff (CET). The use of a combination of tariff and non-tariff [...] | 2008-07-09 06:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN ECON PGOV PREL NI |
08ABUJA1311 | NIGERIA: NEW POWER SECTOR STRATEGIC PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Upon taking office, President Yar'Adua made the power sector the first priority in his seven-point agenda. One year after the President's inauguration, Nigeria experiences regular power outages and load shedding due to a host of reasons. The major problems are inadequate mainte [...] | 2008-07-09 10:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV EAID NI |
08ABUJA1312 | NIGERIA: IS GAMBARI ON HIS WAY OUT? [...] (SBU) Press reports from July 7 editions of several major Nigerian newspapers claim that UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari will be asked to step down from his position as chairman of the Niger Delta Summit Steering Committee (reftels). With headlines saying that "Yar'Adua Drops Gambari" (Daily Trust) [...] | 2008-07-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1314 | AMBASSADOR AND COMMERCE MINISTER DISCUSS TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and Commerce Minister Ugwuh discussed Nigeria's tariff barriers and bilateral trade and investment issues, the upcoming AGOA Forum, GON efforts to expand value-added manufacturing and increase non-oil exports, The bilateral investment treaty (BIT),prospects for an i [...] | 2008-07-09 15:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL EINV ECON PGOV KIPR EPET NI |
08ABUJA1315 | NIGERIAN ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE COMPLETES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigeria's Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) completed its public hearings on June 27, 2008. The ERC visited 14 major cities in all six of Nigeria's geo-political zones to receive recommendations from the general public, governments, political parties, electoral commissions, securi [...] | 2008-07-10 07:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
08ABUJA1331 | NIGERIA: EFCC CHAIR WAZIRI'S FIRST MONTH, SOME [...] (C) SUMMARY. One month after Farida Waziri's June 5 Senate confirmation as new Chairwoman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the jury is still very much out on Waziri's true intentions and any fallout her leadership choices will have on the EFCC as an institution; we belie [...] | 2008-07-11 13:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA1337 | NIGERIA: UNHCR AND ICRC ON BAKASSI WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel A, Post contacted United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representatives in Abuja to discuss the plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Bakassi Peninsula and to ask about contingency plans [...] | 2008-07-15 08:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM ICRC UNHCR CM NI |
08ABUJA1338 | NIGERIA: ARMY CLAIMS SOMALIA-BOUND BATTALION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GON has publicly stated that their long-promised AMISOM peacekeeping battalion is ready for deployment. In a June 25, 2008 report by Reuters, Nigerian Army spokesman Brigadier General Emeka Onwuamaegbu not only said that an 800-strong battalion was ready to deploy, but that N [...] | 2008-07-15 08:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPKO PGOV MOPS MASS MARR SO NI |
08ABUJA1346 | NIGERIAN SENATE PRESIDENT WINS APPEAL, NAMED [...] (U) July 15th, the Appeals Court in Jos announced that Nigerian Senate President David Mark had won his bid to overturn the decision of the Makurdi election tribunal, which had nullified his election and ordered a rerun in two districts. The Appeals Court determined that the lower tribunal had [...] | 2008-07-15 16:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1347 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH YAR'ADUA ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 07:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV MASS MARR NI |
08ABUJA1348 | NIGERIA: BUHARI AIDE ON TRIBUNAL, ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary. Abubakar Buba Galadima (strictly protect),Organizing Secretary for All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) Presidential candidate Buhari, told PolCouns, PolOff, and PolFSN on July 9 that he believed the Nigerian Supreme Court will uphold the 2007 election of President Yar'Adua when it [...] | 2008-07-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1349 | NIGERIA: FOUR-DAY FUEL TANKER DRIVER STRIKE ENDS [...] (SBU) The Nigerian Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD),in association with the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG),ended a four-day strike on July 14. NUPENG President Peter Akpatason confirmed to Poloff press reports that the tanker drivers were striking over diesel and [...] | 2008-07-16 12:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EPET ECON EFIN ELTN ENRG NI |
08ABUJA1356 | NIGERIA: FONMIN ON NIGER DELTA, EFCC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on July 11 to demarche on Zimbabwe (Refs A and B). She also took the occasion to execute requested demarche on the Niger Delta, and address U.S. concerns over recent redeployments at the Economic and Financial Crimes Com [...] | 2008-07-16 14:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM KCOR NI |
08ABUJA1394 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on July 23 to Maria Laose, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' First United Nations Division, which handles IAEA matters. Laose indicted that Nigeria will likely support the IAEA-India Safeguards Agreement. She told Poloff she was [...] | 2008-07-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1398 | NIGERIA: KEY POINTS FROM GENERAL WARD'S VISIT - [...] (C) The Ambassador and visiting Africa Commander General Ward had a private meeting on July 23 with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe (FonMin) at his home on the margins of the 2008 AFRICA Endeavor exercise. The FonMin had returned late on the evening of July 22 from a recently convened [...] | 2008-07-24 12:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV MASS MARR NI |
08ABUJA142 | PRESIDENT YAR,ADUA ON: RIBADU MISSTEP, PFIZER, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador had a January 3, 2008 audience with Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to discuss a range of issues, mostly notably the current political environment and outcry surrounding the December 27, 2007, announcement by the GON to transfer to a study tour Nigeria's Econ [...] | 2008-01-23 15:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV NI |
08ABUJA1465 | NIGERIA: WAZIRI REQUESTS ASSISTANCE, CHANCE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with EFCC Chairwoman Farida Waziri on July 21, noting USG concerns about Waziri personally, her ability to strengthen the EFCC, and recent personnel redeployments. The Ambassador stressed Waziri's need to prove her bonafides to the U.S. through concrete results. [...] | 2008-07-29 17:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN KCOR NI |
08ABUJA1467 | NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA COMMITTED TO BAKASSI WITHDRAWAL [...] (U) With the August 14 transfer of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon under the Greentree Agreement fast approaching, the GON has stepped up public statements expressing its commitment to go ahead with the handover. On July 25, President Yar'Adua stated at the credentialling of the new Cameroo [...] | 2008-07-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM EAID MOPS PREF MASS SOCI |
08ABUJA1481 | NIGERIA: U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a July 25 meeting, U/S Jeffery and FonMin Maduekwe discussed US technical support for efforts to improve the Nigerian power sector, changing attitudes in Nigeria toward corruption, and the GoN's desire to improve the business climate and encourage investment in Nigeria. The Am [...] | 2008-07-31 06:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID ENRG EPET EINV NI |
08ABUJA1482 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JULY 1-16, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of July 1-16 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...] | 2008-07-31 06:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI |
08ABUJA1494 | BAKASSI: NIGERIAN FEDERAL COURT ISSUES INJUNCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 31, a Federal Court in Abuja issued an injunction to postpone the August 14 scheduled handover to Cameroon of the disputed Bakassi Peninsula, pending resolution of a suit to stop the transfer or compensate residents. Senator Jubril Aminu (strictly protect),Chair of the Se [...] | 2008-08-01 14:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA PGOV NI CM |
08ABUJA152 | PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA ON: PFIZER AND AFRICOM [...] In a short phone call to Ambassador late January 21 just prior to his departure for the Davos Summit in Switzerland, Nigerian President Yar'Adua made the following points on next steps on Pfizer and his position on AFRICOM and a possible visit to Nigeria by the AFRICOM Combatant Commander (COCO [...] | 2008-01-24 14:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV NI |
08ABUJA1542 | NIGERIA: 14 KILOMETERS OF LOST PRODUCTIVITY [...] (SBU) On a recent trip to Ilorin, Poloff passed a 14 kilometer (8.7 mile) line of tractor trailer trucks waiting to pick up cement from the Obajana Cement Factory in Obajana, Kogi State (135 miles southwest of Abuja). The cement factory, owned by Aliko Dangote of Dangote Industries Limited, w [...] | 2008-08-05 16:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1543 | NIGERIA: GON BALANCING BAKASSI HANDOVER, COURT [...] (C) On July 31, a Federal High Court in Abuja issued an injunction to postpone the August 14 scheduled handover to Cameroon of the disputed Bakassi Peninsula, pending resolution of a suit to stop the transfer or compensate residents. Poloff spoke on August 4 to Special Advisor to the Presiden [...] | 2008-08-05 16:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA NI CM |
08ABUJA1549 | NIGERIAN MFA SAYS BAKASSI HANDOVER PROCEEDING AS [...] (C) On August 6, A/DCM spoke with Amb. Chike Anigbo, MFA African Affairs Department Director (A/S equivalent) to discuss whether the handover of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon might be delayed by the court case against the handover recently filed by Bakassi residents (see ref A). Anigbo ins [...] | 2008-08-06 16:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA ASEC CM NI |
08ABUJA1550 | NIGERIA: IBORI ASSOCIATE APPOINTED TO PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) Summary. Internet news site Sahara Reporters broke the news on July 31 that former Delta State Governor James Ibori's former Commissioner of Finance David Edevbie was appointed Principal Secretary to President Umaru Yar'Adua. Ibori (as reported reftels) is under investigation in Nigeria a [...] | 2008-08-06 17:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRIM NI |
08ABUJA1551 | NIGERIA: FORMER EFCC OFFICIALS DEMOTED, [...] (C) SUMMARY. There have been three separate actions taken this week against former officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Press reported on August 6 that members of the State Security Service (SSS) visited the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIP [...] | 2008-08-06 17:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA1563 | NIGERIA: U/S JEFFERY MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 24 meeting with Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Reuben Jeffery, Energy Ministry officials requested urgent technical assistance and sought help from the USG to 1) find financing to close a $3.8 billion funding gap for new energy projects, 2) improve Nigeria's image [...] | 2008-08-08 06:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EAID PREL NI |
08ABUJA1564 | NIGERIA: U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 24 meeting with visiting Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Reuben Jeffery, senior Finance Ministry officials said their priorities were the Niger Delta, increasing power generation and transmission, and improving Nigeria's infrastructure to strengthen transportation [...] | 2008-08-08 09:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD PREL ECON EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1573 | NIGERIA: EFCC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ATTORNEY [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings August 7, CDA presented reftel demarche expressing our concerns about developments at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to Attorney General (AG) Michael Aondoakaa and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Baba Gana Kingibe. She [...] | 2008-08-08 17:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN KCOR SNAR NI |
08ABUJA1574 | NIGERIA: EFCC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO WAZIRI [...] (C) Summary: Charge delivered reftel demarche to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairwoman Farida Waziri on August 8. Waziri called the USG position "unfortunate" and maintained that much of the issue with USG concerns is perception. She expressed concern for how cases were [...] | 2008-08-08 17:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA1584 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JULY 17-31, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of July 17-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --National Assembly --Pol/Mil --PDP Politics --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas NATIONAL ASSEMBLY --------------- [...] | 2008-08-11 09:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI |
08ABUJA1587 | NIGERIA: MAURITANIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires briefly delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Ojo Maduekwe at the conclusion of a previously scheduled meeting on August 8. Charge noted approvingly President Yar'Adua's public denouncement on August 6, which stated "Nigeria would not recognize any cha [...] | 2008-08-11 11:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
08ABUJA1591 | NIGERIA: ENCOURAGING POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR POLIO [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel A request, the Mission re-conveyed to the Government of Nigeria (GON) the importance of polio eradication in Nigeria. The GON replied that it has set up a Technical Committee on Immunization and Polio Eradication because of the World Health Assembly (WHA) resolution r [...] | 2008-08-11 12:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PGOV ECON EAID SOCI KISL KOCI NI |
08ABUJA1593 | NIGERIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL JOHNSON (AUGUST [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Nigeria warmly welcomes Congressman Henry "Hank" Johnson, Jr. and his delegation to Abuja. Your visit comes three months into President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's second year in office. Though the President came to power through deeply flawed elections, he was initially praised [...] | 2008-08-11 14:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EPET NI |
08ABUJA1595 | NIGERIA: EFCC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarche on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to Minister of Foreign Affairs Ojo Maduekwe on August 8. The FonMin had already received the information from the demarche through a dispatch from the Nigerian Embassy in Washington [...] | 2008-08-11 17:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR EFIN SNAR NI |
08ABUJA1599 | NIGERIA-CENTRAL BANK REFORMS AND CONTINUING [...] (SBU) Summary. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Deputy Governors briefed Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Reuben Jeffery on Bank priorities and the Nigerian economy during his visit to Abuja on July 25. Officials said the CBN continues to work towards achieving its core mandate of maintaini [...] | 2008-08-12 07:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1600 | NIGERIA: DELTA OFFICIALS BRIEF U/S JEFFERY ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from Delta and Rivers states briefed Under Secretary Jeffery July 24 during his visit to Abuja on the current situation in the Niger Delta, specific security concerns, oil bunkering, and what each government is doing in response to increased lawlessness in the area. R [...] | 2008-08-12 09:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN NI |
08ABUJA1603 | NIGERIA: NEITI BRIEFS U/S JEFFERY AND REQUESTS ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 25 meeting, Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) officials briefed visiting Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery and requested additional USG assistance to strengthen the institution's capacity to implement required audits of revenues and expenses in [...] | 2008-08-12 14:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV EAID NI |
08ABUJA1626 | BAKASSI HANDOVER [...] (SBU) Embassy Abuja has no problem with the proposed statement in para 8 of reftel. 2. (C) We are, however, concerned that attempting to build a public diplomacy campaign around the Bakassi handover might be seen by the GON as less than helpful, and strengthen the view among some Nigerians [...] | 2008-08-13 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA KPAO NI CM |
08ABUJA1632 | NIGERIA-CAMEROON: BAKASSI HANDOVER PROCEEDS [...] (C) Summary: The transfer of authority over the Bakassi Peninsula happened as scheduled on August 14. GON Attorney General (AG) Michael Aondoakaa headed the Nigerian delegation, and GRC Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Ahmadu Ali led that of Cameroon. The ceremony took place in [...] | 2008-08-15 06:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA NI CM |
08ABUJA1634 | NIGERIA: 2008 IPR OUTREACH PILOT PROGRAM PLAN [...] Mission Nigeria looks forward to participating in the IPR Outreach Pilot Program for 2008. The following is a summation of the Program Plan per reftel instructions. 2. PAS Abuja and Lagos will work with the Nigerian recording and motion picture industries, and Nigerian government official [...] | 2008-08-15 12:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR EPPD ECON EAID PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1636 | NIGERIA: PRESS COVERAGE FOLLOWING AUG 14 BAKASSI [...] (SBU) In the first day following Nigeria's handover of the disputed Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon, press coverage was considerably less than the days preceding the handover and the rhetoric was noticeably reduced. Articles instead focused predominantly on reporting the details of the handover [...] | 2008-08-15 13:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA NI CM |
08ABUJA1665 | WAZIRI RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON GON BACKSLIDING [...] (C) Summary. Embassy received a written response from Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairwoman Farida Waziri to Ref B demarche, which was delivered on August 8 (Ref A). Post found two of Waziri's claims particularly questionable: a professed ignorance of corrupt formern off [...] | 2008-08-21 13:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA1670 | NIGERIA: SHAKE-UP IN PRESIDENTIAL STAFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 18, Presidential spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi, announced a shake-up in the Presidential staff, including the elimination of the Office of the Chief of Staff. The move was perhaps the first in a series of long-rumored changes to improve effectiveness and accountability th [...] | 2008-08-21 16:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1671 | SWEEPING CHANGES IN NIGERIA'S MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 21, the GON announced long-awaited changes in Nigeria's top military personnel, including Chief of Defense Staff (CDS),Chief of Naval Staff, Chief of Army Staff, and Chief of Air Staff. Replacing General Azazi as CDS is former Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Dike, now p [...] | 2008-08-22 06:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MORG MILI MPOL NI |
08ABUJA1695 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR AUGUST 1-15, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja/ConGen Lagos compilation of August 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Other News ---------------------------------- [...] | 2008-08-25 06:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET MOPS NI |
08ABUJA1715 | NIGERIA: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE RECEIVES [...] (C) Summary: On August 13, The Guardian newspaper reported that President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua announced a four month extension of the Electoral Reform Committee's (ERC) mandate. The deadline extension is not surprising given the committee's delay of several months before beginning its work and [...] | 2008-08-28 16:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
08ABUJA1716 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON REJECTING RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-28 17:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV RS GG RU NI |
08ABUJA1735 | NIGERIA: CENTRAL BANK CANCELLATION OF UNIFORM [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently canceled the uniform accounting year requirement for banks and discount houses. Banks and discount houses were expected to adopt December 31, 2008 as the common accounting year end. CBN announced that current interest rate trends ar [...] | 2008-08-29 15:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA176 | NIGERIA'S SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TO VISIT THE U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Speaker of the House of Representatives, Oladimeji Bankole (of the ruling People's Democratic Party) hosted a working lunch for Ambassador, PolCouns, EconCouns, PolOff and USAID Officer. Bankole expressed interest in [...] | 2008-01-25 13:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EINV NI |
08ABUJA177 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: LIBYAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) On January 3, RAO Chief discussed Libyan participation in the Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership (TSCTP) with the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency Ambassador Tony Imohe per reftel. Ambassador Imohe expressed his appreciated for the consultation, and said he had [...] | 2008-01-26 07:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR NI |
08ABUJA1772 | NIGERIA: UNFPA COUNTRY PROGRAM ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-03 11:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF SOCI NI |
08ABUJA178 | PDP: WINDS OF CHANGE? [...] (C) Post reported (reftels) that forces within the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) were hoping to gradually reduce former President Obasanjo's control over the party and his influence on the government, but that steps to reduce his influence had to be taken slowly and gradually. The PD [...] | 2008-01-26 07:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
08ABUJA1792 | NIGERIA: HOUSE SPEAKER ACCUSES STATE OIL COMPANY OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nigerian Speaker of the House accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NPPC) of systematically underpaying what it owes the Government of Nigeria for the sale of crude oil. NNPC sells the government's crude oil on the international markets, but in theory NNPC do [...] | 2008-09-04 14:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1794 | NIGERIA: RESPONSE 1 OF 2: USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY post provides the first of two responses to reftel A with information for (1) two contact points for the U.S. mission whom USITC staff may contact for follow-up information as well as (2) contact information local firms, organizations, academic researchers, and individuals who may [...] | 2008-09-04 15:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELTN ECON PGOV EAID PREL NI |
08ABUJA182 | FRAUDSTERS IN THE NIGERIAN NASS? YAR,ADUA SUPPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Nuhu Aliyu, Chair of the Committee on Security & Intelligence and retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, sent shock waves through the National Assembly (NASS) and country during a debate on the direction and tempo of the GON's war on corruption. Senator Aliyu threaten [...] | 2008-01-29 15:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA1822 | NIGERIAN FONMIN COMMENTS ON YAR'ADUA'S HEALTH [...] (C) During a September 8 meeting with Foreign Minister Maduekwe, DRL A/S Kramer asked if President Yar'Adua was back from Saudi Arabia and was any better. Maduekwe said the President had indeed returned to Nigeria on Saturday morning, though the Minister had not seen him personally. He claime [...] | 2008-09-08 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
08ABUJA1827 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR AUGUST 16-31, [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja/ConGen Lagos compilation of August 16-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Military, Security, and Bakassi --Economic and Business --Southern Political --Oil and Gas --Other News ---------- [...] | 2008-09-09 13:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ETRD KDEM ECON EPET MOPS KTIP NI |
08ABUJA1829 | NIGERIA: KINGIBE OUT, DEFMIN AHMED IN AS SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 8, a press release from the Presidential Villa announced that Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babagana Kingibe had been fired, and was to be immediately replaced by Minister of Defense Mahmud Yayale Ahmed. Ahmed's successor at the Ministry of Defen [...] | 2008-09-09 16:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA183 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TRIBUNAL MAY CLOSE [...] (C) Summary: Closing arguments in the consolidated Atiku/Buhari challenge to Nigeria's April 2007 presidential election will be heard February 4, at which time the justices of the Presidential Election Tribunal will set a date to deliver their verdict. Lawyers for both the petitioners and re [...] | 2008-01-29 16:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
08ABUJA1836 | NIGERIA: DRL A/S KRAMER, DAS KRILLA MEET ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: On September 8, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor David Kramer and DAS Jeffrey Krilla met with eight members of the Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) including the committee chairman, former Chief Justice Muhammadu Uwais. They discussed the ERC's p [...] | 2008-09-10 14:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
08ABUJA1838 | NIGERIA: DRL A/S KRAMER, DAS KRILLA MEET INEC [...] (C) Summary: On September 9 Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor David Kramer and DAS Jeffrey Krilla met with Chairman Maurice Iwu and four additional members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Though the purpose of the meeting was to expres [...] | 2008-09-10 15:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
08ABUJA184 | ALIYU WILL NOT PUBLICLY NAME FRAUDSTERS IN NASS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff and INLOff met with Nuhu Aliyu, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Security and Intelligence, to discuss his recent disclosure that he had overseen fraud investigations of current members of the National Assembly while he served as Deputy Inspector General of Police in cha [...] | 2008-01-30 08:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA1842 | NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA MINISTRY CREATED, OTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 9, the the GON announced a restructuring of federal ministries, establishing Aviation, Transport, Works, Housing and Urban Development, Water Resources, Agriculture and Rural Development, and Police Affairs as substantive ministries, and creating a Ministry of the N [...] | 2008-09-11 09:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1844 | DRL A/S KRAMER MEETS NIGERIAN FONMIN MADUEKWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) David Kramer and DAS Jeffrey Krilla met with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe to discuss Nigerian involvement in peacekeeping, Sudan, the UN Human Rights Council, the Niger Delta and coordinating positi [...] | 2008-09-11 11:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MASS MARR MCAP KNNP KPKO KUNR |
08ABUJA1847 | NIGERIA: A/S KRAMER VISITS NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor David J. Kramer met with National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Executive Secretary, Mrs. Kehinde Foloshade Ajoni, during a September 8-9 visit to Abuja. Discussions focused on the role of the Commission in polic [...] | 2008-09-11 15:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV AF NI |
08ABUJA1848 | NIGERIA: A/S KRAMER AND DAS KRILLA MEET MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 8-9 visit to Abuja, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, David J. Kramer and DAS Jeffrey Krilla met with Minister of Interior Major-General Godwin Abbe to discuss prison congestion and conditions, access to legal representation and [...] | 2008-09-11 15:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CASC NI AF |
08ABUJA1854 | NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT FORMS NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GON continues to feel its way forward in developing a coherent policy toward development of the Niger Delta and resolution of the conflict there. Two months after the resignation of Ibrahim Gambari as Chairman of the Steering Committee of the long-awaited Niger Delta Summit, a [...] | 2008-09-12 13:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1868 | NIGERIA: ANALYSIS ON NEXT STEPS SCENARIOS IN THE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Below is Post's interim analysis on the current atmospherics and state of play in Nigeria as a result of concerns about President Yar'Adua's health and the degree to which his continued decline could lead to either sudden death or possible incapacitation. This, coupled with a l [...] | 2008-09-16 17:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NI |
08ABUJA1870 | NIGERIA: BILATERAL RELATIONS POST-EFCC DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 14 and September 15 respectively, Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe and newly appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mahmud Yayale Ahmed. Both Maduekwe and Ahmed expressed their comments and concerns about our bilateral relation [...] | 2008-09-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EFIN KCROR KCRM MARR MASS NI |
08ABUJA1872 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNAIDS EXECUTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-17 16:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1873 | NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ADVISOR, NOW A MAJOR PLAYER, [...] (C/NF) Nigeria's Chief Economic Advisor (CEA),Dr. Tanimu Yakubu Kurfi, and CEA Desk Officer for Food and Security and U.S. Affairs, Engr. Waziri Ahmadu, joined Ambassador and Acting DCM for a two-hour working dinner at the CMR on September 15. Yakubu, who is understated compared to many seni [...] | 2008-09-17 16:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAGR EFIN EAID NI |
08ABUJA1874 | NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ADVISOR SAYS NIGERIA WILL [...] (C) Nigeria's Chief Economic Advisor (CEA),Dr. Tanimu Yakubu Kurfi, and CEA Desk Officer for Food and Security and U.S. Affairs Engr. Waziri Ahmadu, joined Ambassador and Acting DCM for a two-hour working dinner at the CMR on September 15. In the course of the dinner conversation, Dr. Yakubu [...] | 2008-09-17 16:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV EAGR EFIN EAID NI |
08ABUJA1887 | GOVERNMENT SHUTS CHANNELS TV AFTER REPORT THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 16, democracy in Nigeria took another step backward with the shutting down of the private broadcast outlet Channels TV after it reported that President Yar'adua may resign on health grounds after completing the upcoming reshuffle of his cabinet, which is now scheduled [...] | 2008-09-22 06:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECPS KDEM KPAO OPRC NI |
08ABUJA1898 | POLITICAL MANEUVERING DELAYS DECISION ON PICK FOR [...] (C) Governor of Bayelsa State, Timpre Silva, told Ambassador September 17 that the position of the Niger Delta (ND) Minister, in the recently created ND Ministry, is causing a lot of political jockeying. The ND Ministry was created recently by ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua as part of [...] | 2008-09-22 12:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM KDEM NI |
08ABUJA1899 | NIGERIAN TERRORISM BILL PASSES 2ND SENATE READING, [...] (U) Summary: On September 16, the Nigerian Senate voted to send counterterrorism legislation to an ad-hoc committee comprised of members of the Senate National Security & Intelligence, Judiciary and Foreign Affairs committees, after passing its second reading. The ad-hoc committee, headed by [...] | 2008-09-22 12:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PINR PGOV KCRM KHLS KTFN EPET NI |
08ABUJA1907 | NIGERIA: MEND DECLARES CEASEFIRE FOLLOWING WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Following a September 13 raid by the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Elem Tombia area (south of Port Harcourt, Rivers State),the armed group MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta) mounted a week-long string of attacks against oil interests in the Niger Delta region. Howev [...] | 2008-09-22 16:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM EPET KDEM NI |
08ABUJA1914 | NIGERIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES CLOSURE OF CHANNELS TV [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 19, Ambassador Sanders called Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe to discuss his upcoming visit to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). In a side conversation, the Ambassador raised concerns about the way in which Channels TV was summarily shut down, saying it fell [...] | 2008-09-24 08:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KHUM NI |
08ABUJA1920 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 63RD UNGA FIRST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-26 08:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PARM PREL CDG UNGA NI |
08ABUJA1924 | AMBASSADOR IN KWARA STATE: INFLUENTIAL EMIR SPEAKS [...] (SBU) Summary. During a September 21-22, 2008, trip to Kwara State, Ambassador Sanders paid a courtesy visit on the well-respected and influential Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Kolapo Sulu Gambari. The Emir, a former appeals court judge and cousin of UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari, stepped o [...] | 2008-09-26 14:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KJUS NI |
08ABUJA1925 | NIGERIA: GOOD NEWS-GON DROPS SOME IMPORT BANS [...] Summary. In a major breakthrough, September 25 the Government of Nigeria (GON) announced the number of banned import categories would decrease from 44 to 26 items, and that there would be tariff reductions on a wide range of products. Bright Okogu, Director General of the Budget Office of th [...] | 2008-09-26 14:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON ECIN EAGR EINV PREL PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1928 | NIGERIA: IAEA BOARD ELECTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on September 26 to Maria Laose, Deputy Director of the First United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, strongly urging Nigerian support for Afghanistan's candidacy for election to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy A [...] | 2008-09-30 14:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PARM IAEA MNUC NI |
08ABUJA1929 | NIGERIA: CODEL JOHNSON VISITS ABUJA [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Congressional Delegation, led by Congressman Hank Johnson and including Congresswoman Jean Schmidt, visited Abuja on August 19. The Codel discussed bilateral relations, mutual security issues, foreign investment and future cooperation between the GON and USG with members of Niger [...] | 2008-09-30 14:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI |
08ABUJA193 | AGBIOTECH OUTREACH PROPOSAL FOR NIGERIA [...] Summary. The Government of Nigeria (GON) has signed the Convention of Biosafety, participated in the Cartagena Protocol and has begun the legal framework for biotechnology legislation. FAS/Lagos has proposed an orientation program in the United States for GON regulators and lawmakers through th [...] | 2008-01-30 15:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO ETRD SENV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1930 | NIGERIA ORDERS JOINT VENTURES TO PROVIDE NATURAL GAS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Unmet demand for electricity is pushing the Gas Ministry to price and deliver gas to specific power plants, as outlined in the Strategic Plan for the Sustainability of the Power Sector (Refs A and B),to achieve 6,700 average MW by December 2009. In February 2008, the Federal E [...] | 2008-10-01 15:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV EAID PREL NI |
08ABUJA1932 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CHIEF CLARK TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 25, Ambassador received Bayelsa traditional leader Chief Edwin K. Clark at the residence to discuss recent developments in the Niger Delta. During the 90-minute discussion, the aging Ijaw leader and former Minister of Information under former military leader General [...] | 2008-10-02 13:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1933 | NIGERIAN SUPREME COURT TIMELINE -- PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) The Supreme Court held preliminary hearings on September 25 for the appeals filed by the Action Congress (AC) candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and the All Nigeria Peoples' Party (ANPP) candidate, former Head of State General Muhammadu Buahri, against the February 26 Appeals [...] | 2008-10-02 16:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1942 | NIGERIA: USG COLLABORATES WITH WORLD BANK & DFID TO ASSIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Sanders met with the Minister of Energy (Gas) Odusina on September 25 and offered U.S. support to assist with implementing the GON's gas policy, master plan, and pricing formula, funded through the Africa Infrastructure Program (AIP) program funded and managed by USAID [...] | 2008-10-03 11:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV EAID PREL NI |
08ABUJA1950 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR SEPTEMBER 1-15, [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja/ConGen Lagos compilation of September 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic and Business --Trafficking in Persons --National Assembly --Oil and Gas --Southern Politics ----------- [...] | 2008-10-06 06:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET MOPS KTIP NI |
08ABUJA1951 | NIGERIA: MITEE DISCUSSES NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL [...] (C) During their three hour September 30 meeting (other subjects covered in septel) the Ambassador (accompanied by Poloff, notetaker) and Ledum Mitee, Chairman of the new Niger Delta Technical Committee (NDTC),discussed the committee's outreach. Mitee reported that the NDTC has received over [...] | 2008-10-06 07:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1952 | NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL COMMITEE CHAIRMAN [...] (C) Summary: During their three hour September 30 meeting the Ambassador (accompanied by Poloff, notetaker) and Ledum Mitee, Chairman of the new Niger Delta Technical Committee (NDTC),discussed the committee's mandate to review past reports and submit a comprehensive report to the Vice Presid [...] | 2008-10-06 07:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1953 | NIGERIA: OFFICERS TRAVEL NORTH TO HOST IFTARS [...] (U) Summary: The Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, two Poloffs, Econoff, and two PolFSNs traveled to Kano and Kaduna on September 3 and 4 to host Iftar dinners for members of each community. Approximately 50 guests from the government, business sector, academia, and civil society were invited to [...] | 2008-10-06 07:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF KISL KPAO SCUL NI |
08ABUJA1956 | CHEVRON ON BUNKERING AND SECURITY, GAS FLARING, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Chevron Nigeria Chairman and Managing Director Fred Nelson told Ambassador on September 25 that the Joint Task Force has put a stop to illegal bunkering in and around Chevron's onshore operations. He noted that increased supplies of gas from the Escravos field have not led to [...] | 2008-10-06 07:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG ELAB ECON SENV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1957 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES TAKE AN OATH OF [...] (U) On September 23 some seventy political office holders within the presidency publicly took an oath of secrecy at the insistence of President Yar'Adua. On September 24, presidential spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi downplayed the oath, maintaining some of the advisors were never formally sworn in [...] | 2008-10-06 07:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KHUM NI |
08ABUJA1966 | NIGERIAN SENATE'S DISSATISFACTION WITH MINISTERS, [...] (C) PolOff spoke with Jonathan "Tunde" Mark (strictly protect),son of Nigerian Senate President David Mark, who also serves as his father's Special Assistant for Special Duties on October 6, about whether the Senate had yet received the list of proposed new ministerial nominations. (NOTE: Rep [...] | 2008-10-06 16:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR NI |
08ABUJA1986 | NIGERIA: RUMORS AND MURMURS OF CHANGE, BUT STILL [...] (C) Summary. Although the long-awaited and much-discussed Cabinet reshuffle still has not materialized, we are starting to see some changes around the edges of the administration. President Yar'Adua appointed three prominent ANPP members (FYI: the ANPP is one of two opposition parties which h [...] | 2008-10-08 17:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NI |
08ABUJA1989 | NIGERIA: U.N. CALLS FOR NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 24, PolCouns, USAID Director, and PolOff (notetaker) attended the "Development Partners' Consultations on the Niger Delta" at the United Nations House in Abuja. Also present were the Dutch and Norwegian Ambassadors, European Commission Charge d'Affaires, and other re [...] | 2008-10-09 12:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM EPET KDEM NI |
08ABUJA20 | PRESIDENT YAR,ADUA ON: RIBADU MISSTEP, PFIZER, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador had a January 3, 2008 audience with Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to discuss a range of issues, mostly notably the current political environment and outcry surrounding the December 27, 2007, announcement by the GON to transfer to a study tour Nigeria's Econ [...] | 2008-01-07 06:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV NI |
08ABUJA2006 | REQUEST HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CANDIDATE FOR [...] Post requests the Department's assistance pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act in screening the following individual who has been nominated for training by the Office of Security Cooperation. The individual is to attend Flight Nurse Training at Lackland Air Force Base, Te [...] | 2008-10-10 11:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV AF NI |
08ABUJA2007 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: APPLICATION 050122252 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 11:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETTC KOMC NI |
08ABUJA2008 | NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR SEPT 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos Compilation of September 16-30, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- National Assembly -- Corruption -- Military Affairs -- Labor -- Economic News -- Oil and Gas -- Criminal Justic [...] | 2008-10-10 16:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EPET ETRD ELAB NI |
08ABUJA2009 | NIGERIA: THE VIEWS OF ONE DELTA POLITICIAN [...] (C) On October 9, Polcouns spoke with Sokonte Davies, PDP Member of the House of Representatives for the Degema-Bonny constituency in Rivers State (protect fully). Davies said that, during a visit to his constituency a few days earlier, he had met with "militant" commander Fara Dagogo. He de [...] | 2008-10-10 16:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA202 | NIGERIA: AF DAS MOSS'S MEETING WITH SGF KINGIBE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and AF DAS Moss met with Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Kingibe SIPDIS January 23, and discussed the situation in the Niger Delta, the recent sidelining of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair Ribadu, and the court case again [...] | 2008-02-01 08:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD EINV ECON MARR NI |
08ABUJA2035 | NIGERIA: EFCC CLARIFIES STATUS OF EX-GOVERNORS' [...] (C) Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman Farida Waziri's response October 13 to a question on the prosecution of 31 former governors (a number provided to the press by former EFCC Chairman Nuhu Ribadu prior to the May 2007 elections) at a roundtable discussion on the adverse [...] | 2008-10-15 15:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRI NI |
08ABUJA2045 | NIGERIA: INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITIONS HINDER EXPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY. The overall state of Nigeria's infrastructure is poor. Rapid population growth and lack of investment and maintenance have greatly deteriorated existing infrastructure. In many areas of Nigeria, water supply, sewerage, sanitation, drainage, roads, electricity and waste disposal [...] | 2008-10-16 12:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG EAIR ELTN ECON PGOV EAID NI |
08ABUJA2047 | NIGERIA: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEES [...] (U) Summary: On October 9 Speaker of the House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole named new chairmen of the House's Standing Committees (reconstituting those he dissolved in July) and increased the number of committees from 72 to 84. Nearly all of the former chairmen retained their seats, but [...] | 2008-10-16 15:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
08ABUJA2049 | DRL DAS KRILLA DISCUSSES VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES WITH GON [...] (SBU) Summary: DRL DAS Krilla met in Abuja with representatives of the offices of the President and Vice President and separately with international oil company (IOC) representatives to discuss the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the potential for their wider implementatio [...] | 2008-10-17 06:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM EPET PGOV EINV PREL NI |
08ABUJA2077 | NIGERIA: FLOUR INDUSTRY GROWING [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 15 meeting with Aminu Abdulqadir Imam, Chief Administrative Officer of Bua Flour Mills, Imam reported that the flour milling business is very lucrative in Nigeria because domestic flour demand has grown. Despite profits production hurdles, such as epileptic power, [...] | 2008-10-21 11:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL NI |
08ABUJA2079 | TRIP REPORT: ADAMAWA GOVERNOR TALKS NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: On October 17, the Ambassador (accompanied by StaffAide, notetaker) met with Adamawa Governor Admiral Murtala Nyako during her first trip to Adamawa State in Northeastern Nigeria. The governor spoke candidly about democracy, development, North/South politics, and President Yar'Adu [...] | 2008-10-21 17:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
08ABUJA2091 | NIGERIA: SUPREME COURT HEARS FINAL ARGUMENTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 23, The Supreme Court heard final arguments in the appeal of presidential candidates Mohammadu Buhari (ANPP) and Atiku Abubakar (AC) against the ruling of the Electoral Tribual (a panel of Appeals Court Judges) upholding the April 2007 election of President Umaru Musa [...] | 2008-10-23 16:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
08ABUJA2094 | NIGERIA: RUMORS AND MURMURS OF CHANGE, BUT STILL [...] (C) Summary. Although the long-awaited and much-discussed Cabinet reshuffle still has not materialized, we are starting to see some changes around the edges of the administration. President Yar'Adua appointed three prominent ANPP members (FYI: the ANPP is one of two opposition parties which h [...] | 2008-10-24 09:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NI |
08ABUJA2095 | 35 NIGERIANS YOU SHOULD KNOW: OUR TOP FIVE IN [...] (C) Introduction: Understanding who matters, not what matters, is often the half the battle in Nigeria. Perhaps more than any other country on the subcontinent, Nigeria has hundreds upon hundreds of politicians, businessmen, retired military generals, and traditional leaders who wield tremend [...] | 2008-10-24 09:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
08ABUJA2098 | NIGERIA: USG SUPPORTS HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT FEASIBILITY [...] (U) SUMMARY. In an October 17, 2008 ceremony at the Adamawa State Government House, the Ambassador and Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako signed a grant for commencement of a 35 megawatt (MW) hydroelectric power plant feasibility study at the existing Kiri Dam site. The grant was provided by [...] | 2008-10-24 12:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EAID EINV NI |
08ABUJA2100 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON SENATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Senate President David Mark and the Senate leadership on Wednesday October 22. During this initial meeting, the Ambassador and Senators engaged in an informal discussion on issues of mutual concern, including health programs, AFRICOM, corruptio [...] | 2008-10-24 15:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
08ABUJA2102 | NIGERIA CONTINUES TO TAKE A STRONG LINE ON [...] (SBU) On October 19, Mauritania's Ambassador to Nigeria Ahmedou Ould Mohamedou called on MFA and met with Nigerian Minister of State Tijani Kaura. Later, Kaura told journalists that he had told the Mauritanian Ambassador that President Yar,Adua,s government stood for the rule of law, and Nige [...] | 2008-10-24 15:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI OTHERSASNEEDED |
08ABUJA2103 | NIGERIA: SUPREME COURT HEARD FINAL ARGUMENTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Final arguments in the appeals of Mohammadu Buhari (ANPP) and Atiku Abubakar against the Appeals Court ruling to uphold the April 2007 election of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua concluded on October 23, with the Supreme Court reserving judgment for a later (unannounced) date. Both [...] | 2008-10-24 15:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2107 | NIGERIA: RUMORS FROM THE NIGER DELTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, Poloffs met with Olafemi Aduwo (protect),founder of the Rights Monitoring Group. In a rambling conversation, Aduwo made several claims about former Chief of Defense Staff Owoye Azazi and imprisoned arms dealer Henry Okah which were both interesting and, though unv [...] | 2008-10-27 11:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR EPET KCOR NI |
08ABUJA2118 | NIGERIA'S FORCE CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNAMID AND AMISOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 21 meeting with DATT and Poloff, Defense Headquarters Director of Peacekeeping Operations Major General F.N. Osokogu confirmed that the GON will meet its stated commitments to deploy troops to UNAMID and AMISOM. He shared a number of details about the status of t [...] | 2008-10-27 17:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU NI |
08ABUJA2119 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WITH FONMIN CURRENT PRECARIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador had a two hour one-on-one meeting with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe at his home evening October 26 following his arrival from the Cotonou October 24-25 NEDPAD peer review meeting on Uganda and Nigeria. The main points the Ambassador raised during the meeting we [...] | 2008-10-27 20:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2122 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR OCTOBER 1-15, [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of October 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Politics --Delta Kidnappings Economic and Business News ------------------- [...] | 2008-10-28 12:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI |
08ABUJA2123 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GOVERNOR SARAKI - [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador held an October 27 one-on-one meeting with influential Governor's Forum Chairman, PDP inner circle member, and close Presidential confidant Kwara Governor Bukola Saraki to get his viewpoint on the pending Supreme Court (SC) decision on the 2007 presidential election a [...] | 2008-10-28 19:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2124 | NIGERIAN SUPREME COURT FOCUSES ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) On October 28 Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, a lead counsel on Yar'Adua's legal team, called PolAssistant. Turaki said that according to reports his office has received, the Supreme Court Justices are suspending deliberations on all other cases to focus on completing their judgment on the appeal c [...] | 2008-10-29 06:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2125 | NIGERIA: BUHARI'S CAMP ON THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 24, Buba Galadima, ANPP National Campaign Secretary for General Mohammadu Buhari, accompanied by Bassey Ekpo Bassey, Obong of Calabar, told PolCouns and PolOffs there were different factions at work attempting to influence the outcome of the ongoing presidential electio [...] | 2008-10-29 07:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR NI |
08ABUJA2129 | OCTOBER SITREP ON NIGERIAN POLIO ERADICATION EFFORTS [...] (U) Per reftel A action requests, U.S. Mission provides this first in the new series of sitreps on the Nigerian government's polio eradication efforts. We suggest this sitrep be read in conjunction with refs C and D, which have previously reported on the Mission's efforts on the polio epidemic [...] | 2008-10-29 12:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KISL PGOV SOCI ECON KOCI EAID NI |
08ABUJA2131 | NIGERIA TO EXTEND EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE, NO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to October 10 press reports, President Yar'Adua has ordered the National Boundary Commission (NBC) to "ensure the extension of Nigeria's continental shelf beyond the present 200 nautical mile limit." The GON believes this move will not/not upset relations with Nigeria [...] | 2008-10-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS EPET EFIS EMIN PHSA PGOV PREL GH CM TP |
08ABUJA2141 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR-FIRST LADY DISCUSS YAR'ADUA'S [...] (C) In an effort to achieve two objectives: finding out more about the state of Nigerian President Yar'Adua's health, and informing the Villa that they could call on and trust the Ambassador, if needed, regarding this situation, she met with the First Lady Alhaji Turai Yar'Adua one-on-one on O [...] | 2008-10-29 16:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | NI PGOV |
08ABUJA2145 | NIGERIA: USG ENGAGES MIDLEVEL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] On October 14, as part of ongoing Mission effort to increase the capacity of the Nigerian civil service, ESTHOff led a presentation on the policy and governance factors that had contributed to the growth of the U.S. economy over the years and described the U.S. civil service at a workshop for m [...] | 2008-10-30 08:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EAGR EAID PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2146 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT DISMISSES 20 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Late on October 29, President Yar'Adua announced the dismissal of 9 Ministers and eleven Ministers of State, believed to be the first step in his long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle (reftel). The Ministers of Commerce, National Planning, Mines and Steel Development, Air Transport, Ed [...] | 2008-10-30 12:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON NI |
08ABUJA2147 | FORMER NIGERIAN PRES GOWON - NO NEED FOR CONCERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with former Nigerian President Yakubu Gowon (1966-1975) on October 28 to discuss the Supreme Court case on the 2007 presidential elections and President Yar'Adua's health (Poloff was notetaker). Gowon assured the Ambassador there is "no reason for concern." He be [...] | 2008-10-30 12:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
08ABUJA2148 | NORTHERN NIGERIA EXPERIENCES A RELATIVE REPRIEVE [...] (C) Summary: Over the last several months there has been relative calm in Northern Nigeria; there have been few religious conflicts and no indications of extremist activity. Several factors have contributed to this reduction in activity, including: a settling of reactions to Sharia law imple [...] | 2008-10-30 14:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KISL PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2149 | PRESIDENT OF NIGERIAN APPEALS COURT: NO MISCONDUCT [...] (C) Justice Umaru Abdullahi, President of the Federal Court of Appeal, told PolOff on October 30 that the committee of the National Judicial Council has found no evidence of misconduct by Appeals Court Judge Zainab Bulchukwa. Chief Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi requested the National Judicial Co [...] | 2008-10-30 16:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KCOR NI |
08ABUJA215 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PLATEAU [...] (U) Summary: In a January 25 meeting with the Ambassador, the Governor of Plateau State, Jonah David Jang (People's Democratic Party - PDP),and Deputy Governor, Pauline K. Tallen (PDP) presented a copy of their 10-Point Agenda and emphasized peace and stability, education, health, and touris [...] | 2008-02-04 08:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EAID NI |
08ABUJA2165 | (C) NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR AND CBN GOVERNOR DISCUSS [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador had the rare opportunity to have an hour long substantive luncheon with Nigeria's elusive Governor of the Central Bank (GCBN),Professor Charles Soludo, while she was in Lagos November 1, 2008. The key points Soludo made centered on Nigeria's financial stability and P [...] | 2008-11-03 13:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV PREL NI |
08ABUJA2169 | NIGERIA: SUBSIDIZED FERTILIZER RARELY REACHES FARMERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Systemic corruption squeezes poor farmers' access to desperately needed fertilizer. Despite Nigerian government (GON) claims to the contrary, subsidized fertilizer most often ends up in the hands of crooked and politically connected middlemen. The final result is high fertilize [...] | 2008-11-04 08:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV NI |
08ABUJA217 | NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JANUARY 16-31, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of January 16-31, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Party Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- Military Affairs -- National Assembl [...] | 2008-02-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB EPET MOPS KCOR SENV NI |
08ABUJA2179 | Nigeria: Visit to Bauchi State [...] (U) Summary. DCM, Information Resources Officer (IRO) and Public Affairs Section Locally Employed Staffed (PAS LES) visited Bauchi, capital of Bauchi State in the north-eastern zone of Nigeria, October 29-30 for a Mission election-related panel discussion. They had an opportunity to meet with [...] | 2008-11-04 14:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM NI |
08ABUJA2180 | NIGERIA: EX-IM HEARS POSITIVES ON FINANCIAL MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Nigerian bank regulators are confident that the current global financial crises will have little effect on the local financial system. They state that the current decline in market capitalization is a market correction and are taking measures to ensure that the correction does [...] | 2008-11-05 09:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA219 | NIGERIA: DAS MOSS'S MEETINGS WITH MOD AND NSA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During January 24 meetings at the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA),Deputy Assistant Secretary Todd Moss expressed U.S. concerns and views on Nigerian peacekeeping commitments, the Niger Delta crisis, and U.S./Nigerian counterterroris [...] | 2008-02-04 13:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS NI |
08ABUJA2197 | NIGERIA 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The following information is Nigeria's 2009 National Trade Estimate. . Trade Summary ------------- . 2. The U.S. goods trade deficit with Nigeria was $30.0 billion in 2007, an increase of $4.4 billion from $25.6 billion in 2006. U.S. goods exports in 2007 were $2.8 billion, up 24.8 percen [...] | 2008-11-07 12:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN EAID EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2200 | NIGERIA: UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW PREPARATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 3, Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe confirmed the GON's commitment to human rights during remarks at the opening ceremony of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) National Consultative Forum. The Forum, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, offered a two day worksho [...] | 2008-11-10 07:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2201 | NIGERIA: ECOWAS AND INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From October 27-29, ECOWAS and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) co-sponsored a seminar on international humanitarian law treaties in West Africa entitled "Even War Has Limits." Poloff attended the October 29 session, which was open to observers from foreign m [...] | 2008-11-10 08:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MASS PHUM ICRC ECOWAS NI |
08ABUJA2204 | NIGERIA: BURKINA FASO TSCTP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche concerning the admission of Burkina Faso to the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) to Dr. Olawale Maiyegun, Deputy Director of the Second United Nations Division of the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Bureau of International Organizatio [...] | 2008-11-10 14:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER XA XI NI |
08ABUJA2206 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DEA EXPULSION FROM [...] (C) On November 11, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador M.K. Ibrahim, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' International Organizations Second UN Division. Ibrahim suggested that the situation in Bolivia is linked to existing tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela, and note [...] | 2008-11-10 16:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR NI |
08ABUJA2212 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR OCTOBER 16-31, [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of October 16-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Fishing and Agriculture --Environment --Health --Financial News --Education --Labor --Corruption --Political/Int [...] | 2008-11-12 08:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI |
08ABUJA2222 | NIGERIA: SOURCE COMMENTS ON PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA'S [...] (S) DOD/HIV Officer reported that Lebanese businessman Ramzi Abu Hassan (strictly protect) met with Nigerian President Yar'Adua on November 7 for approximately 20 minutes. Hassan reported to DOD/HIV Officer that Yar'Adua seemed in reasonably good shape and appeared "with it" and "on top of th [...] | 2008-11-13 10:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR NI |
08ABUJA2223 | NIGERIA: TRADE MINISTRY PUSHING FOR TIFA ASAP [...] (SBU) Summary. During a November 6, 2008 meeting with the Nigerian Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) Permanent Secretary Elizabeth Emuren, she said the Government of Nigeria (GON) is eager to participate in the next Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council Meeting and pro [...] | 2008-11-13 10:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR EINV EAID PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2224 | NIGERIA: FEELING THE HEAT, EFCC CHAIR TRIES TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Within the last week, the EFCC has revisited three high-profile corruption cases, with some ending in new arrests and arraignments. The surge in EFCC activity comes on the heels of EFCC Chair Farida Waziri's controversial remarks at an October 13 anti-corruption conference regard [...] | 2008-11-13 12:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2225 | NIGERIA: MAKING SENSE OF THE 2008 BUDGET [...] (U) Summary. The 2008 amended and supplemented budgets were finally passed in October after much back and forth between the executive branch and the National Assembly. A reluctant compromise was reached, but the key remaining issue is implementation. This poor budget process between the exe [...] | 2008-11-13 12:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2243 | U.S. Mission Partners with American Business on Energy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY U.S. Mission in Nigeria is working with the American Business Council (ABC) to operationalize a public-private partnership on energy issues and other economic and business issues. The Ambassador opened a recent meeting with ABC with a review of progress to date, which includes a [...] | 2008-11-14 12:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON ENRG PGOV EAID ETRD EFIN EINV NI |
08ABUJA2247 | NIGERIA: PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES LEGISLATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) and International Republican Institute (IRI) hosted a workshop on "Mainstreaming People with Disabilities into Political Parties" in Abuja on October 30. During the workshop, House of Representatives Member and Chair of the Human Rights Commit [...] | 2008-11-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM NI |
08ABUJA2248 | NIGERIA: EFCC CHAIR WAZIRI REVEALS SERIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke to EFCC Chair Farida Waziri by phone on November 10 to discuss ongoing EFCC anti-corruption efforts and deliver USG benchmarks for cooperation. The conversation revealed little substantive detail on EFCC efforts, and instead revealed much more about the seri [...] | 2008-11-17 06:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2249 | NIGERIA: FORMER EFCC CHAIR RIBADU BRIEFS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former EFCC Chair, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, met with the Ambassador on November 10 at the Ambassador's residence. (DCM and PolOff attended.) Ribadu criticized the current state of Nigerian political affairs, blaming President Yar'Adua for most of the country's woes and describing hi [...] | 2008-11-17 06:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2253 | MISSION USES INTEREST IN U.S. ELECTIONS TO PROMOTE ITS [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. Mission took advantage of the extremely high interest among Nigerians in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Elections to promote its policies as outlined in the joint U.S.-Nigeria Framework for Partnership. In several speaking engagements the Ambassador highlighted the Mission [...] | 2008-11-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KPAO NI |
08ABUJA2262 | NIGERIA: LAUNCHING NATIONAL HIV/AIDS COUNSELING AND TESTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. From October 9 - 11 the Government of Nigeria hosted a forum to discuss and develop a national HIV/AIDS Counseling and Testing (HCT) initiative. The event provided a rare and useful platform for HIV/AIDS advocacy and frank discussions. The GON appears to view a new massive nat [...] | 2008-11-18 06:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KISL PGOV SOCI ECON KOCI EAID NI |
08ABUJA2264 | NIGERIA: POWER SECTOR TO GET $5.3 BILLION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 30, 2008 the National Assembly approved the Federal Government's portion of $2.4 billion the required $5.3 billion for Nigeria's short-term power strategic plan. The funds will be used to rehabilitate the electricity grid and begin the completion of the National Indep [...] | 2008-11-18 07:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EAID NI |
08ABUJA2269 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT SUBMITS MINISTERIAL NOMINEES [...] (SBU) On the evening of November 17, Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua submitted a list of 13 ministerial nominees to Senate President David Mark for confirmation. Mark presented the list at the opening of the November 18 Senate session. The 13 nominees are expected to fill positions lef [...] | 2008-11-18 15:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
08ABUJA2274 | NIGERIA: WEAK HEALTH SYSTEM HURTING MDGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 9, the acting Supervising Minister of Health Mohammad Lawal, who is also the Minister of Labor, held a press conference in which he reported on the current health status of the nation. The report, while unrealistically laudatory of the ministry's efforts, described a [...] | 2008-11-19 11:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KISL PGOV SOCI ECON KOCI EAID NI |
08ABUJA2275 | NIGERIA: WEAK HEALTH SYSTEM HURTING MDGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 9, the acting Supervising Minister of Health Mohammad Lawal, who is also the Minister of Labor, held a press conference in which he reported on the current health status of the nation. The report, while unrealistically laudatory of the ministry's efforts, described a [...] | 2008-11-19 11:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KISL PGOV SOCI ECON KOCI EAID NI |
08ABUJA2278 | TRIP REPORT: NO-NONSENSE GOVERNOR OF TARABA TALKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-19 15:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
08ABUJA2292 | NIGERIA: THREATS TO FREEDOM OF THE PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 18 dinner with Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe, Ambassador shared USG concerns over the recent GON crackdown on the press, which included the closure of one television station and the detention of several journalists, including one American citizen. FonMin replie [...] | 2008-11-21 07:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NI |
08ABUJA2296 | NIGERIA: ICE ATTACHE REACHES OUT TO ANTI-TIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency conducted a Bulk Cash Smuggling Workshop November 10-13 in Abuja. On November 12 and 13, ICE Attach Lydia St. John and Poloff met with representatives from the American Bar Association (ABA),the National Agency f [...] | 2008-11-21 12:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KTIP ASEC DS NI |
08ABUJA23 | NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR DECEMBER 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nigeria's fragile democracy continues to face several challenges. Domestic and international observers assessed the April elections, which brought President Umaru Yar'Adua (of the People's Democratic Party, PDP) to power as marred by gross irregularities, intimidation of voters [...] | 2008-01-07 07:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM KCOR KJUS NI |
08ABUJA2302 | NIGERIA: OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AG PRODUCT EXPORTS [...] Summary: Following the September 25, 2008 release of the 2008-2012 Nigerian government tariff book, a number of major import bans were eliminated and some tariffs were significantly reduced (reftel C). A review of the tariff book demonstrates that in several products there may be significant o [...] | 2008-11-24 10:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2307 | NIGERIA: FURTHER HARASSMENT OF FORMER EFCC CHAIR [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the latest attempt to discredit Former EFCC Chairman Nuhu Ribadu, he and his family were physically escorted away from his graduation ceremony from the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Jos on November 22. On November 24, Ribadu came to the Embassy [...] | 2008-11-25 06:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2309 | NIGERIA: NEW POLIO CASE IN LAGOS [...] A World Health Organization (WHO) contact informed ESTHOff that a positive test for a single Type I polio case was reported on November 20-21 in Ali Mosho, a district within Lagos. The WHO contact coordinates polio vaccine efforts in Nigeria and has well-established ties to Nigerian public hea [...] | 2008-11-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KISL PGOV SOCI ECON KOCI EAID NI |
08ABUJA2312 | NIGERIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff attended the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) 13th National Stakeholder's Consultative Forum in Abuja on October 30. Representatives from various civil society organizations; the Nigeria Police Force; Nigerian Customs; Nigeria Immigratio [...] | 2008-11-26 07:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KTIP NI |
08ABUJA2325 | MEETING WITH YAUKU ON RIBADU AND OTHER ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 17:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KCOR KDEM NI |
08ABUJA2327 | NIGERIA: PROPOSED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE AND [...] Summary: Per reftel instructions, on November 25 the Mission conveyed to the Government of Nigeria (GON) talking points developed by the G-8 Experts Group on Global Food Security. The USG team consulted with senior representatives from the Nigerian National Food Reserve Agency, Ministry of Agr [...] | 2008-11-28 11:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2328 | NIGERIA: POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN PLATEAU STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Violence erupted in Plateau State on November 27 and 28 following the long awaited Local Government Area (LGA) elections. Riots broke out resulting in numerous homes, businesses, and churches being torched and mob violence caused several deaths. Reports allege that the ruling [...] | 2008-11-28 15:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI |
08ABUJA2331 | NIGERIA: RIBADU REITERATES THREAT AND NEED TO FLEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two late night conversations on November 27, former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair Nuhu Ribadu told the Ambassador that he felt he was in much greater danger than he did earlier in the week when he spoke with DCM (ref B). In response to a question from th [...] | 2008-12-01 06:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2332 | NIGERIA: RIBADU REITERATES THREAT AND NEED TO FLEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two late night conversations on November 27, former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair Nuhu Ribadu told the Ambassador that he felt he was in much greater danger than he did earlier in the week when he spoke with DCM (ref B). In response to a question from th [...] | 2008-12-01 06:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2333 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR NOVEMBER 1-14, [...] (U) The Following is a US Mission Nigeria compilation of November 1-14 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --HIV/AIDS --HUMAN RIGHTS --CORRUPTION --FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY --SOUTHERN ECONOMIC NEWS --DELTA INCIDENTS --OIL AND GAS HIV/AID [...] | 2008-12-01 09:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI |
08ABUJA2339 | NIGERIA: BUHARI SUPPORTS CONSTITUTION IN EVENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolCouns and PolOff (notetaker) traveled to Kaduna to meet with former Head of State General Muhammudu Buhari on November 26. Buhari conveyed his optimism to PolCouns about his legal case before the Supreme Court, which seeks to annul the 2007 presidential election. He reiterate [...] | 2008-12-01 13:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NI |
08ABUJA2340 | NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT AND EXPORTERS ARE OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (SBU) Summary. During the November 17 - 20 visit of Laurie-Ann Agama, Director for African Affairs in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR),Government of Nigeria (GON) officials reiterated Nigeria's commitment to the U.S. - Nigeria Trade and Investment Framework Agreemen [...] | 2008-12-01 14:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR EAGR EINV EAID PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2345 | NIGERIA: VIOLENCE SUBSIDES IN PLATEAU STATE; BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After three days of political-turned-ethnoreligious violence, a forced calm was restored to Plateau State's capital of Jos when the Nigerian military occupied the city and imposed a curfew on November 30. The violence that erupted on November 27 due to alleged vote rigging in t [...] | 2008-12-01 17:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI |
08ABUJA2346 | NIGERIA: VIOLENCE SUBSIDES IN PLATEAU STATE; BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After three days of political-turned-ethnoreligious violence, a forced calm was restored to Plateau State's capital of Jos when the Nigerian military occupied the city and imposed a curfew on November 30. The violence that erupted on November 27 due to alleged vote rigging in t [...] | 2008-12-02 07:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI |
08ABUJA2347 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES EFCC, RIBADU, BIT & [...] (C) Summary: On November 26, 2008 the Ambassador met with Tanimu Yakubu, the Chief Economic Advisor and close personal confidant to President Yar'Adua, to discuss the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and former EFCC Chair Ribadu. She also covered the lack of progress and roadblo [...] | 2008-12-02 07:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV ENRG PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2348 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RIBADU ISSUE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a luncheon at the home of Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on Sunday, November 30, the Ambassador had a private one-hour meeting with the FonMin to discuss the GON's total mishandling of issues surrounding former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair Nuhu Rib [...] | 2008-12-02 11:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM KJUS NI |
08ABUJA2350 | NIGERIA: NFIU GIABA DELEGATES TELL ALL [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: INLOff was briefed on the developments relating to NFIU Director A.B. Okauru's resignation by two members of the Nigerian delegation at the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) Plenary in Dakar, Senegal on November 19. According to th [...] | 2008-12-02 13:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2354 | NIGERIA: ANPP OFFICIAL ON PRESIDENTIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff met with Sule Hamma (strictly protect),All Nigerian Peoples' Party (ANPP) Presidential Campaign Council Director General, on November 28 to discuss the pending Supreme Court decision on ANPP candidate General Mohammadu Buhari's election tribunal appeal and reports of diss [...] | 2008-12-02 17:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
08ABUJA2358 | NIGERIA: SOME NORMALITY RETURNS TO PLATEAU STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Normality started to return to Plateau State's capital of Jos on December 2 as the military remained in control of the city. People were able to move about more freely; however, movement was still restricted in certain areas of the city. American citizen and Missionary contacts [...] | 2008-12-02 18:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI |
08ABUJA2359 | NIGERIA: THREATS TO FREEDOM OF PRESS TO CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 27, Nigerian Police arrested "Leadership" publisher Sam Nda Isaiah and three others in relation to a November 8 article published regarding President Yar'Adua's health (ref A). All four were charged with defamation and subsequently released on bail until their Decemb [...] | 2008-12-03 07:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2360 | NIGERIA: 2008-2012 TARIFF BOOK REVIEW [...] Summary. Following the September 25, 2008 release of the 2008-2012 Nigerian government tariff book, a number of major import bans were eliminated and some tariffs were significantly reduced (reftel I). The Government of Nigeria's (GON) tariff policy for 2008 to 2012 reduces the number of ban [...] | 2008-12-03 08:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KIPR EAGR EINV EAID PGOV SENV NI |
08ABUJA2363 | NIGERIA: UNEASY CALM REMAINED IN JOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An "uneasy calm" remained in the Plateau State capital of Jos on December 3, according to Mission contacts and Locally Engaged Staff (LES) family members. Missionary contacts reported occasional gunfire but no widespread violence. The military retained control and continued to e [...] | 2008-12-03 17:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI |
08ABUJA2365 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA PRESENTS THE 2009 BUDGET [...] (U) Summary. President Umaru Musa Yar'Adau presented the 2.87 trillion naira ($24.53 billion),budget for calendar year 2009 to a joint session of the National Assembly on December 2, 2008. The 2009 budget is a slight increase from the final 2008 budget of 2.7 trillion naira ($23 billion) re [...] | 2008-12-04 11:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2366 | NIGERIA: JOS APPARENTLY CALM; OFFICIAL IDP NUMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Another day of calm passed in the Plateau State capital Jos as there were no reports of violence. Samaila Mohammed, Chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) Party for the Jos North Local Government Area (LGA),told Poloff that peace would remain as long as the state gover [...] | 2008-12-04 12:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI |
08ABUJA2369 | ICPC RAISES ANTI-CORRUPTION AWARENESS, BUT LOWERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolCouns and PolOff (notetaker) met with Executive Member Dr. Uriah Angulu of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on November 21 to discuss the USG's concerns with Nigeria's stalled progress on anti-corruption. He acknowledged that the [...] | 2008-12-05 10:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2371 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FOLLOW-UP ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-05 11:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV MASS AU NI |
08ABUJA2372 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY ECON UPDATES FOR NOVEMBER 15-30, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a US Mission Nigeria compilation of November 15-30 political and economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: - - CORRUPTION - - DELTA INCIDENTS - - OIL AND GAS - - AVIATION - - FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY - - HEALTH - - ECONOMIC - - POLITI [...] | 2008-12-05 11:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI |
08ABUJA2376 | NIGERIAN SLOW-MOVING RESHUFFLE UPDATE: SENATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 3, the Senate confirmed the list of 13 ministerial nominees forwarded to them by Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua (reftel),and acknowledged the receipt of five more names to fill the 22 vacancies created by the October 29 removal of 19 ministers, the resignation of [...] | 2008-12-05 15:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KGOV PINR NI |
08ABUJA2377 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR AND PLATEAU GOVERNOR DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador (with Poloff and USAIDoff as notetakers) met with Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),his Chief Economic Advisor JG Buba, and Chief Security Advisor Nuhu Musa at her residence on December 4 to discuss the recent violence in Jos as wel [...] | 2008-12-05 18:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI |
08ABUJA238 | NIGERIA: AF DAS MOSS'S MEETING WITH HOUSE SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF DAS Todd Moss and the Ambassador met with Speaker of the House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole January 23. Bankole solicited USG assistance for building up the National Assembly (NASS) as a bona fide separate branch of government. Bankole said the GON is committed to the Gul [...] | 2008-02-05 15:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD EINV EAID MARR EFIN NI |
08ABUJA2382 | NIGERIA: SUPREME COURT REPORTEDLY TO RULE DECEMBER [...] (C) Poloff was contacted morning of Wednesday, December 10, by Buba Galadima, close personal aide to All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) Presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari who said the latter's lawyers were told that the Supreme Court (SC) would convene morning of December 12 to render its j [...] | 2008-12-10 16:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2386 | NIGERIA: IMF FORECASTS SLOWDOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Nigerian government (GON) official statements to the contrary, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts rising inflation. Following its November 10-25 visit in the country, IMF says Nigeria's economy is slowing down because of the global financial crisis. The eff [...] | 2008-12-11 08:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV EPET PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2387 | NIGERIA: NAIRA DEPRECIATING AGAINST THE DOLLAR [...] (SBU) Summary: The naira is beginning to depreciate against the dollar and may continue in that direction because the demand for dollars has been increasing. It has gone from 117 naira to one dollar to 130 naira to one dollar from December 1 to December 10. A global credit crunch and falling [...] | 2008-12-11 08:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV EPET EAID PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2391 | NIGERIA: NFIU DIRECTOR ON PUBLIC RELATIONS TOUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to a request from Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Secretary Emmanuel Akomaye for a working meeting on operational matters, he and newly appointed Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Director, Norman Wokoma called on DepPolCouns, INLOff, and PolO [...] | 2008-12-11 14:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2397 | NIGERIA: USG PROVIDES SEARCH AND SECURE TRAINING AND [...] (C) Summary: U.S. experts from the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) Global Threats Reduction Initiative (GTRI),in collaboration with the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA),provided training on search and secure techniques for radioactive materials and the use of radiation [...] | 2008-12-12 09:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG PARM PTER TRGY PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2405 | NIGERIA: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 11 press event, the Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) presented its final report to President Yar'Adua, citing the Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) lack of independence as the key deficiency in the electoral process. Chairman of the ERC, Former [...] | 2008-12-12 15:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
08ABUJA2406 | NIGERIA: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS 2007 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a 4-3 vote December 12, the Nigerian Supreme Court (SC) upheld the 2007 Presidential election of Umaru Musa Yar'Adua of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),and rejected the appeal of the main opposition candidate, Muhammadu Buhari of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP). It a [...] | 2008-12-12 16:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NI |
08ABUJA2432 | NIGERIA: UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW PREPARATIONS [...] (U) In anticipation of action request (ref A),Post had already contacted both GON officials and key local NGOs and reported on their efforts to prepare for the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) scheduled for February 2009 (ref B). Both the GON and civil society have been proactively engaged [...] | 2008-12-15 15:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM UNHRC NI |
08ABUJA2433 | NIGERIA: ICRC DISCUSSES JOS AND VOLUNTARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, Jacques Villettaz, Regional Delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called on the DCM to discuss voluntary principles as they relate to the extractive industries, particularly the oil companies in the Niger Delta. DCM used the opportunity [...] | 2008-12-15 16:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON ASEC NI |
08ABUJA2435 | NIGERIA: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION VISITS THE [...] Summary: The Nigerian Securities Exchange Commission (NSEC) traveled to the U.S. from November 17 through November 21 to visit with U.S government agencies and private sector firms in Washington D.C., New York and Boston to exchange experience in areas of securities market surveillance and enfo [...] | 2008-12-16 08:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV ENRG EAID PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2437 | NIGERIA: CENTRAL BANK MOVES TO STABILIZE NAIRA [...] (SBU) Summary. The recent depreciation of Nigerian naira, against the U.S. dollar has led to a change in policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met on December 11 and the CBN issued new policy guidelines aimed at stabilizing the value of the naira. T [...] | 2008-12-16 14:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2438 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR DECEMBER 1-14, [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of December 1-14 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic News --Southern Economic News --Delta Security Incidents --Oil and Gas --Human Rights --Labor --Corrupti [...] | 2008-12-16 14:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI |
08ABUJA2439 | NIGERIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SETS CONDITIONS FOR 2009 BUDGET [...] Summary. The 2009 budget seeks to limit fiscal spending because of falling revenue from the sale of crude oil. The legislature's intent to fund more projects is at odds with President Yar'Adua's cost-cutting. Also, the National Assembly is putting pressure on the executive because the 2008 b [...] | 2008-12-16 15:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2446 | NIGERIA: AGOA FOCUS PRODUCTS CHOSEN [...] Summary. As part of the Government of Nigeria's (GON) Seven Point Agenda, it plans to promote sustainable growth in the real sector of the economy and expand its investments in agriculture. It further plans to focus on key sectors in which it has a comparative advantage. The GON's export fo [...] | 2008-12-17 08:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR EINV EAID PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2466 | NIGERIA: NEW MINISTERS SWORN IN AND PORTFOLIOS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 17, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua swore in 16 new cabinet ministers and reassigned portfolios among both new and old Cabinet ministers. The newly announced positions included former OPEC Secretary General Rilwan Lukman as Energy Minister, Sam Egwu as Education Minis [...] | 2008-12-17 17:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET PINR NI |
08ABUJA2467 | SENATOR INHOFE'S VISIT TO NIGERIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From December 3-4, Senator James Inhofe visited Nigeria, accompanied by Representatives Randy Neugebauer, Jeff Miller, and Robert Aderholt. In addition to several private meetings, the delegation visited the Senate Committee on Defense and the Army and Defense Headquarters to d [...] | 2008-12-17 18:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2481 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE FOR AU PSC DELIVERED [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche urging African Union Peace and Security Council members to ramp up pressure on the Mauritanian junta to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the African Union Division E.T.P. Josakweker on December 18 both orally and by diplomatic note. Josakweker had no [...] | 2008-12-18 17:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL USAU MR ML NI |
08ABUJA2486 | NIGERIA: AGRIBUSINESS CLIMATE IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In November, the USAID contractor Booze Allan Hamilton (BAH),conducted a survey on the agricultural business climate in Nigeria focusing on agribusiness, trade, access to credit and property. What they found is that poor infrastructure in the country contributes to increased b [...] | 2008-12-19 12:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV NI |
08ABUJA249 | NIGERIA: EMBASSY ENGAGES MEDIA ON AFRICOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 30, Ambassador while in Lagos and Poloff in Abuja, engaged with the Nigerian media on Africom in an attempt to reduce the overall negative coverage to date on the issue. Ambassador first met with a group of leading newspapers in Lagos to dispel fears and distrust of Afr [...] | 2008-02-06 15:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2494 | NIGERIA: JOS RIOTS NOT/NOT CAUSED BY OUTSIDERS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Reftels reported allegations by the Governor and Deputy Governor of Plateau State that armed men from Niger and Chad, either brought in by opposition parties or motivated by their own extremist views, had played a significant part in the November 27-28 Jos riots. At the Ambas [...] | 2008-12-19 15:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NI CD NG |
08ABUJA2495 | NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA'S NEW CABINET, MOSTLY NOT GOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 17, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua swore in the majority of his new Cabinet, giving Nigeria a first look at the new Cabinet with portfolios now assigned. Aside from the 16 new ministers, 12 standing ministers were assigned to new portfolios (with only nine remaining in t [...] | 2008-12-19 16:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR NI |
08ABUJA2515 | NIGERIA: U.S. MISSION PUSHES FOR LOCAL OWNERSHIP OF POLIO [...] (U) Summary: The Nigeria Polio Eradication Initiative Task Force (PEITF) Core Group held a meeting on November 11-12 in Kano to discuss current status of polio in northern Nigeria, assess preparations for upcoming campaigns, and strategize on steps to making future rounds more successful. Som [...] | 2008-12-23 13:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KISL PGOV SOCI ECON KOCI EAID NI |
08ABUJA2517 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT TO UNDERGO ANOTHER RENAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador had an opportunty to observe President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua on December 19 at ECOWAS, having a close-up, five minute one-on-one conversation with him following his acceptance of the ECOWAS Chairmanship (septel) to see if she could note any physical changes in his appear [...] | 2008-12-23 15:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR NI |
08ABUJA2518 | ECOWAS: 35TH SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 19, the ECOWAS 35th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government met in Abuja. The one-day summit capped off a week of ministerial-level discussions that primarily focused on limiting the effects of the global economic crisis on the region, encouraging infrastruct [...] | 2008-12-23 16:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECOWAS NI |
08ABUJA2519 | NIGERIA: BUHARI EXTREMEMLY WORRIED ABOUT NIGERIA'S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and DepEconCouns (notetaker) traveled to Kaduna to meet with former Head of State General Muhammudu Buhari and his advisor Mamman Daura on December 18. Buhari said he was disappointed with the Supreme Court ruling, which denied his claim that the 2007 presidential elect [...] | 2008-12-23 16:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NI |
08ABUJA2521 | Nigeria: NGO Democracy Roundtable: 40 NGOs give Mixed Views [...] (U) Summary. On December 16, the Ambassador hosted a roundtable discussion called "Looking Back on Nigeria's Democracy in 2008" with stakeholders from 40 civil society organizations ranging from NGO groups on electoral reform, democratic principals, human rights, faith-based organizations, med [...] | 2008-12-24 07:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG EINV NI |
08ABUJA2526 | NIGERIA: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEW MINISTERS [...] (C) Per reftel A, the following is comprehensive biographical information, with comment, on President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's new cabinet. The list is presented in alphabetical order by Ministry. 2. (C) Michael Kaase Aondoakaa -- Attorney General/Minister of Justice. Aondoakaa hails from Be [...] | 2008-12-24 14:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON ETRD EAGR EAID NI |
08ABUJA253 | NIGERIA: KOGI GOV. UNSEATED, NEW POLLS WITHIN 90 [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the first time in Nigeria's history, a governorship election will be rerun. The Abuja Court of Appeals upheld the earlier decision of the Election Tribunal in Kogi State (located in the Middle Belt, near Abuja) and annulled the election of Governor Ibrahim Idris (of the rul [...] | 2008-02-08 11:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
08ABUJA254 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TRIBUNAL CLOSES, [...] (U) On February 5, the Presidential Election Tribunal heard closing arguments in the joint petition filed by Muhammadu Buhari (All Nigeria People's Party, ANPP) and Atiku Abubakar (Action Congress, AC) contesting President Yar,Adua,s (People,s Democratic Party, PDP) April 2007 election. A str [...] | 2008-02-08 12:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI |
08ABUJA2541 | NIGERIA: REINFORCING AMISOM [...] (U) Per reftel, DCM spoke with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Bagudu Hirse on December 30 regarding reftel request and offer. Hirse underscored Nigeria's intent to deploy a full battalion to Somalia, and asked for a note verbale laying out our points so that he could take it [...] | 2008-12-31 10:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO SO NI |
08ABUJA255 | NIGERIA: BUHARI STILL HOPEFUL TRIBUNAL WILL [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: Muhammadu Buhari, All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) presidential aspirant challenging the election of President Yar'Adua (People's Democratic Party, PDP) at the Presidential Election Tribunal contended the justness of his petition against Yar,Adua should override considerations [...] | 2008-02-08 12:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI |
08ABUJA256 | WIREC 2008 MINISTERIAL DELEGATIONS [...] Post does not have any discretionary funds available for GON delegation. Post believes that the GON can provide funding for participation in WIREC. 2. Post has promoted WIREC with the Ministries of Finance, Agriculture and Water Resources, Energy, and Environment, Housing and Urban Develop [...] | 2008-02-08 12:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV EAGR PGOV NI |
08ABUJA260 | THE OFFER THAT WASN'T: NIGERIAN HELICOPTERS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, Nigerian military advisor to the United Nations Brigadier General Benjamin T. Obasa indicated that the Government of Nigeria was considering providing all required helicopter assets for UNAMID. Post's subsequent approaches to the GON on the matter elicited blank stare [...] | 2008-02-11 06:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MASS PM PREL NI |
08ABUJA286 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KWARA GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: On February 4, the Ambassador and DCM had dinner with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) insider and member of President Yar'Adua's inner circle, Governor Bukola Saraki of Kwara State. Saraki discussed his views on the current political climate in Nigeria, the internal politics of the [...] | 2008-02-13 07:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KFRD KIRF NI |
08ABUJA296 | NIGERIA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 15:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNAUS UNMIK YI EU NI |
08ABUJA301 | UPDATE ON STATUS OF FORCES DISCUSSION WITH NIGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, Department desires Post to pursue a broad Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the Government of Nigeria, citing the limited nature of the protections afforded DOD personnel under the current 2000 bilateral diplomatic note. We believe that given the current engageme [...] | 2008-02-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
08ABUJA302 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO PORT HARCOURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29 the Ambassador traveled to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on a mission to engage civil society NGOs, meet with political leadership, and highlight USG efforts in the Niger Delta region. First meeting with representatives from fifteen NGOs involved in USG-supported gra [...] | 2008-02-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL SCUL NI |
08ABUJA312 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) During a wide ranging February 15 discussion on bilateral issues with President Yar'Adua, the Ambassador discussed U.S. support for Kosovo's impending independence, President Bush's plans to recognize Kosovo upon a declaration of independence by its legislature, and stressed USG desire for [...] | 2008-02-19 16:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PNAT PREL PGOV NI |
08ABUJA313 | NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR FEBRUARY 1-14, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of February 1-14, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Party Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- Military Affairs -- National Assembl [...] | 2008-02-20 07:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET PHUM EFIN ETRD KCOR KDEM ELAB MOPS |
08ABUJA318 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CONCERNS ON [...] Per reftel, Post delivered demarche to Maria Laose, Head of First United Nations Division of the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Though Ms. Laose affirmed that Nigeria was firmly committed to the Oslo Process, she had no substantive reply at the time. She said she would forward our conc [...] | 2008-02-20 15:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PARM PREL PGOV NI |
08ABUJA320 | (S/NF) NIGERIA: KANO BUSINESSMAN ALLEGES YAR'ADUA [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXX alleged a close association between President Yar,Adua and Katsina native and rumored smuggler Dahiru Mangal. XXXXXXXXXXXX claimed Mangal is the President's "Mr. Fix It," taking care of "anything filthy" Yar'Adua needs done in addition to smuggling items for sever [...] | 2008-02-21 06:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KCOR NI |
08ABUJA321 | NIGERIA: SHIA LEADER IMPLICATES U.S. IN SUNNI [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Sokoto state Attorney General Inuwa Abdul-Qadir (strictly protect) informed that the secret trial of prominent Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) leader Kasimu Tawaye and over a hundred other members of Sokoto,s minority Shia community remains stalled several months after the a [...] | 2008-02-21 07:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KISL NI |
08ABUJA322 | NIGERIA: KOGI BY-ELECTION MARCH 29 [...] (U) Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that the gubernatorial by-election in Kogi State will be held March 29. This will be the first time a gubernatorial poll has been re-run in Nigeria, and its conduct will set precedent for other state races, and possibly, [...] | 2008-02-21 08:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
08ABUJA324 | 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Intro and Summary: The Government of Nigeria (GON),Nigerian industry and U.S industry recognize the serious Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) problems in Nigeria. There have been some successes in IP enforcement; however, convictions are rare owing to long and tortuous judicial proces [...] | 2008-02-21 09:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL NI |
08ABUJA332 | HENRY OKAH: NOT DEAD YET? [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Speculation over the welfare and whereabouts of Niger Delta militant leader Henry Okah has run rampant after a February 19 fax to a news agency claiming to come from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) alleging that had Okah died in a Kaduna military h [...] | 2008-02-21 18:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ASEC NI |
08ABUJA340 | PFIZER CASE: FEDERAL AG, KANO OFFICIALS AGREE [...] (C) Summary: Following up on previous conversations with President Yar'Adua (Refs),Ambassador met separately with Federal Attorney General (AG) and Kano State Governor and Kano AG February 7 and February 12 respectively, to urge that the parties meet to seek an amicable settlement so that th [...] | 2008-02-22 12:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV PGOV ECON PREL BEXP NI |
08ABUJA343 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIBUNAL VERDICT DUE FEB 26 [...] (C) Summary: The Presidential Election Tribunal in Abuja announced February 21 that it would deliver its verdict on February 26. On the same day, the Benue State Election Tribunal revealed that it will convene on Saturday, February 23 to announce its ruling in the petition against Senate Pr [...] | 2008-02-22 14:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
08ABUJA344 | NIGERIA NOT INCLINED TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO AT THIS [...] (C) Ref A suggests that the GON has privately indicated its inclination to recognize Kosovo. In ref B, we reported that President Yar'Adua had indicated to the Ambassador that Nigeria would take time to see what its neighbors were doing, and would evaluate what was in its best interest before [...] | 2008-02-22 14:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNAUS UNMIK YI EU KV NI |
08ABUJA345 | NIGERIA: AN ANALYSIS - YAR'ADUA AND HIS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: This is the first in a series of two analytical cables that will take a close look at President Yar,Adua and his government during their first eight months in office, providing a report card of how we think he and his administration have done. This will be followed by a "Look Ah [...] | 2008-02-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KCOR ECON KPKO NI |
08ABUJA355 | NIGERIA: TRIBUNAL OVERTURNS SENATE PRESIDENT'S [...] (SBU) The Benue State Election Tribunal nullified the election of Senate President David Mark (People's Democratic Party, PDP) February 23, and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct fresh polls in two of Benue-South's nine local government areas (which constitu [...] | 2008-02-25 17:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI |
08ABUJA364 | NIGERIA: TRIBUNAL UPHOLDS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (SBU) On February 26, the Presidential Election Tribunal in Abuja upheld the April 2007 election of President Musa Umaru Yar'Adua and Vice President Goodluck Jonathan (People's Democratic Party - PDP). In a packed courtroom surrounded by tight security, Justice Abdulkadir Abubakar Jega spent t [...] | 2008-02-26 16:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
08ABUJA372 | AF DAS MOSS' MEETINGS WITH NIGERIAN CENTRAL BANK AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) told AF DAS Todd Moss and the Ambassador that the CBN will soon issue a policy on foreign banks merging with or acquiring Nigerian banks. The upcoming policy is not/not aimed at restricting other entry or operations by foreign [...] | 2008-02-27 12:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV KCRIM KJUS NI |
08ABUJA395 | TEAM NIGERIA MEETS GON MINISTERS FOR WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 12, 2008, the Ambassador and an interagency team briefed key GON ministers, officials, and top advisers to President Yar'Adua on the current U.S.- Nigerian bilateral relation as a follow up to Yar'Adua's December 12-14, 2007 Washington trip. The presentation was orga [...] | 2008-02-28 12:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EINV ETRD EPET ENRG SNAR KJUS |
08ABUJA401 | LOCAL DEMOCRACY, NIGERIAN STYLE [...] (C) Embassy's FSN Political Specialist, who is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP),recently attempted to take part in a local PDP congress in his home town. Such congresses were, on paper, supposed to take place across the country before February 21 to select delegates to [...] | 2008-02-29 09:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
08ABUJA402 | NIGERIA: AF DAS MOSS' MEETINGS WITH POWER SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Minister of Energy for Power and the Chairman of the Electricity Regulatory CommissiQtold AF DAS Todd Moss that investments in the power sector over the past seven years have not netted adequate and reliable electricity to support economic growth. Reforms for the power sect [...] | 2008-02-29 12:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV EFIN SENV NI |
08ABUJA403 | AMBASSADOR, AG DISCUSS COUNTERTERRORISM DURING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador and EconCouns met with Attorney General and Minister of Justice Chief Michael Kaase Aondoakaa and Solicitor General/Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice Prof. I.A. Ayua on February 7 to discuss the Pfizer case (reported ref A) and Nigerian counterterrorism (C [...] | 2008-02-29 13:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL PINR NI |
08ABUJA408 | NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR FEB 15-29, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of February 15-29, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Party Politics -- Niger Delta -- Human Rights, Labor, TIP -- Economic News -- Oil [...] | 2008-03-03 09:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PHUM EPET ETRD KDEM ELAB KIRF NI |
08ABUJA419 | PDP NATIONAL CHAIR ASPIRANT CONFIDENT REFORMISTS [...] (C) PolOff met with Pius Anyim leading party chairmanship candidate of what might be described as the anti-Obasanjo (and self-styled "reformist") camp of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP),and Daniel Richard, a PDP activist and something of a campaign manager for Anyim. Former Presid [...] | 2008-03-03 15:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
08ABUJA436 | NIGERIA: SPECIAL ENVOY TO OIC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 16:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OIC NI |
08ABUJA437 | NIGERIA: SOMALIA AND PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 16:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO NI |
08ABUJA447 | ECOWAS REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION OF USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) Summary: In a February 28 meeting, ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security Colonel Mahamane Toure requested reconsideration of the USG's decision not to fund the October 2008 logistics exercise (Logex) in Burkina Faso, as originally conceived by ECOWAS Standby Force ( [...] | 2008-03-06 15:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PGOV NI |
08ABUJA449 | NIGERIA NOT PREPARED TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO AT OIC [...] (U) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche to Bernard Shabu, Assistant Director of Intra-Regional and Inter-Regional Affairs and Desk Officer for Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 7. Shabu informed PolOff that President Umaru Yar'Adua, accompan [...] | 2008-03-07 13:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KISL UNSC UNMIK KIRF EU KV YI NI |
08ABUJA456 | (S/NF) NIGERIA: PDP POLITICO ON YAR'ADUA [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Isyaku Ibrahim (strictly protect),a founding member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and PDP Board of Trustees member, but also a strong critic of the party's current ruling group, alleged that President Yar'Adua directed Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petrol [...] | 2008-03-07 15:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS KCOR NI |
08ABUJA457 | (S/NF) NIGERIA: ATIKU TELLS YAR'ADUA NO DEAL UNTIL [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: While the Presidential Election Tribunal ruled to uphold President Yar'Adua's (People's Democratic Party, PDP) April 2007 election, conversations with Garba Shehu (strictly protect),a confidant of Action Congress (AC) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, suggest that Yar'Adu [...] | 2008-03-07 15:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
08ABUJA467 | NIGERIAN PDP GOVERNORS SELECT NEW NATIONAL PARTY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 06:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA473 | NIGERIAN RULING PARTY (S)ELECTS NEW LEADERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) selected new leadership at its March 8 convention. Contrary to expectations -- that the convention would be a showdown between supporters and opponents of former president Obasanjo over their respective candidates, former Ebonyi Governor [...] | 2008-03-11 16:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA485 | NIGERIA: KOGI STATE PREPARES FOR BY-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs visited Lokoja, capital of Kogi State March 4-5 to meet with government officials, political activists, and civil society ahead of the state's upcoming March 29 gubernatorial by-election. While the Governor's Chief of Staff and an Independent National Electoral Commissio [...] | 2008-03-12 16:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC NI |
08ABUJA492 | ECOWAS: AMBASSADOR SANDERS PRESENTS HER CREDENTIALS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 16:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PGOV PREL NI ECOWAS |
08ABUJA503 | ECOWAS STANDBY FORCE: ITS PRESENT STATUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ECOWAS Standby Force (ESF) is frequently mentioned by those in the African security community as the best developed of the African rapid-reaction brigades called for by the African Union (AU) in July 2004. Indeed, ECOWAS has come a long way from the days of the ECOWAS Monito [...] | 2008-03-14 13:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL PGOV ECOWAS XY NI |
08ABUJA511 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON ACTING EFCC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador made a courtesy call February 11 on Ibrahim Lamorde, acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),in a public show of support for the institution after the assignment of Executive Chairman Nuhu Ribadu to study leave. She underscored U.S [...] | 2008-03-17 16:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KIPR EFIN ECON NI |
08ABUJA517 | NIGERIA POWER SECTOR FUNDING DISCLOSED [...] (SBU) Econoff met with Permanent Secretary of Energy for Power Dr. Abdullahi Aliyu March 6 to discuss media reports claiming that former President Obasanjo squandered $16 billion from 1999-2007 on Nigeria's power sector. The House of Representatives has begun hearings to investigate how the $1 [...] | 2008-03-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PGOV NI |
08ABUJA527 | NIGERIA: CORRUPT COURTS SLOW EFCC INVESTIGATION OF [...] (C) Outgoing Chief of the EFCC External Cooperation Unit Ibrahim Mohammed (strictly protect) on March 11 confirmed press reports that former Rivers State Governor Peter Odili secured a "perpetual injunction" restraining the EFCC from arresting, detaining or prosecuting him -- in effect extendi [...] | 2008-03-20 15:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KJUS KCOR NI |
08ABUJA536 | NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES MARCH 1-16, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of March 1-16, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Party Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- National Assembly -- Human Rights, Migr [...] | 2008-03-20 16:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EPET ETRD KIRF NI |
08ABUJA538 | NIGERIA: TERRORISM SUSPECTS GRANTED BAIL [...] (U) The Abuja Federal High Court granted bail March 12 to Muhammad Ashafa, who has been in police custody since 2004 when the GON extradited him from Pakistan for alleged ties to al-Qaeda. Ashafa's counsel Ifeyinwa Obegolu told PolOff March 12 that the Nigerian police and State Security Servic [...] | 2008-03-20 16:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PTER KJUS KISL NI |
08ABUJA573 | NIGERIA: HEALTH MINISTRY SCANDAL - YAR'ADUA CLEANS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Minister of Health Adenike Grange and her deputy, Gabriel Yakubu Aduku, submitted their voluntary resignations on March 25 amidst charges of corruption. In an unprecedented "housecleaning," President Yar'Adua ordered the indefinite suspension of the Permanent Secretary, Director [...] | 2008-03-28 14:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TBIO KCOR NI |
08ABUJA574 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 10:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PGOV PREL PTER MARR PARM NI |
08ABUJA578 | CODEL SHELBY MEETS WITH ACTING EFCC CHAIRMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senators Shelby, Gregg and Corker met with Acting Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Executive Chairman Ibrahim Lamorde on March 17 in Abuja. Ambassador, EconCouns and INLOff also attended. The meeting focused on the activities of the EFCC regarding corruption, money [...] | 2008-03-31 16:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OREP PREL KCOR EFIN ECON NI |
08ABUJA579 | REWRITING THE HISTORY OF NIGERIA'S 2007 ELECTIONS: [...] (C) A two-page advertising supplement in the March 24 International Herald Tribune trumpets the decision by the Presidential Election Tribunal to uphold President Yar'Adua's election, and includes lengthy excerpts from the official election report of the Independent National Electoral Commissi [...] | 2008-03-31 16:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
08ABUJA582 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UNSC RES. 1803 ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 16:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PARM NI |
08ABUJA585 | SALE OF NIGERIAN C-130S TO SENEGAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a February 29 meeting with Nigerian Air Force officials, ODC Chief and Air Attach were apprised of the Government of Nigeria's sale-in-progress of three of their U.S.-purchased C-130 fleet to Senegal. While it initially appeared that Nigeria might be in violation of end-use ag [...] | 2008-04-01 10:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PGOV MARR MASS MCAP PM KFPC IS SG NI |
08ABUJA619 | NIGERIA: MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION THREATENS TO LEAVE IN [...] (SBU) Summary. In two separate meetings with the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI),it is clear that there exists poor cooperation between industry and the NCC on IPR. The NCC claimed a December 2007 raid shut down two optical di [...] | 2008-04-04 10:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR PGOV NI |
08ABUJA624 | NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAR 17-31, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of March 17-31, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Election Tribunals -- PDP Politics -- Niger Delta -- National Assembly -- Labor -- Economic News -- Military Affai [...] | 2008-04-04 13:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS MASS ELBR KDEM |
08ABUJA64 | NIGERIAN MILITARY DELIVERS ITS AMISOM EQUIPMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 8, Embassy Abuja's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) received the Nigerian Chief of Army Staff's (COAS) list of equipment requirements for the 231 Infantry Battalion, expected to be deployed to Somalia within the next few months. Pending since November 16, in Post's [...] | 2008-01-10 17:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MASS PREL PGOV NI |
08ABUJA645 | GULF OF GUINEA ENERGY SECURITY STRATEGY: MARCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The latest Gulf of Guinea Energy Security Strategy (GGESS) meeting was held March 24-25 in Abuja, hosted by the Government of Nigeria (GON). Presented as a joint GGESS/State Sustainable Development Strategy (SSDS) meeting, SSDS subject matter as presented by the Niger Delta gover [...] | 2008-04-10 11:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET NI |
08ABUJA652 | NIGERIA CHILD LABOR: CHILD RIGHTS ACT, ALMAJIRAI, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ministry of Womens' Affairs and Social Development officials working on child labor told Poloffs on March 13 the Child Rights Act, a critical piece of legislation in fighting child labor, has been slow to pass in the predominantly Muslim northern states due to specific provisions [...] | 2008-04-10 15:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV NI |
08ABUJA686 | NIGERIA: KOGI BY-ELECTION SEES LITTLE IMPROVEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The March 29 Kogi State gubernatorial by-election was better organized than the April 2007 general elections, but was still plagued by problems including missing voting materials, late opening of polling stations, underage voting, poorly organized voter registers, and some viole [...] | 2008-04-14 18:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM NI |
08ABUJA694 | NIGERIA: NORTHERN ROUNDUP FOR JAN-APR 2008 [...] (U) This cable is a roundup of recent socio-political developments across northern Nigeria, including: -- Adamawa Guber Candidate Uses "Jihad" to Rally Support -- Kano Hisbah Attempts to Enforce Sharia in Non-Muslim Areas -- Christian-Muslim Violence in Kano -- One Killed, Five Churches Burnt [...] | 2008-04-15 15:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KISL KIRF NI |
08ABUJA701 | (C/NF) NIGERIA: AL-AZHAR PREACHERS DEPLOYED TO [...] (C//NF) Egyptian Embassy First Secretary told PolOff April 7 that the Government of Egypt (GOE) has recently begun deploying preachers from Cairo,s renowned Islamic seminary al-Azhar University to serve as instructors in private Islamic secondary schools throughout central and southern Nigeria [...] | 2008-04-15 16:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KISL SOCI KIRF NI EG |
08ABUJA714 | (C) NIGERIA: CONSULTANT ALLEGES BANKOLE INFLATED [...] (C) Musa Ibrahim (strictly protect),consultant to the National Assembly (NASS) on its Policy Analysis and Research Project, told PolOff April 15 that the House of Assembly's January declaration claiming recovery of $2.5 billion in unspent funds from various GON ministries (Refs A & B),ahead [...] | 2008-04-17 13:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KCOR NI |
08ABUJA715 | NIGERIA: PDP WINS FCT BY-ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM NI |
08ABUJA73 | NIGERIA: STATE TRIBUNAL RULES AGAINST PDP, CITES [...] (U) On December 11, 2007 the Enugu State Election Tribunal nullified the elections of two People's Democratic Party (PDP) senators, Ayogu Eze and Patrick Asadu, on grounds of irregularities, intimidation of voters, unlawful cancellation of opponents' votes, falsification of results, and other [...] | 2008-01-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI ELECTIONS |
08ABUJA734 | NIGERIA: REACTION TO ANTI-ISLAM VIDEO (C-D18-00223) [...] (S) Following is Post's keyed-in responses to reftel request for Government of Nigeria (GON) preparations for, public reactions to, and related responses to the release of Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders' film, which is allegedly critical of Islam. A. (S//NF) IDENTIFY HOST NATION SECURI [...] | 2008-04-18 13:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KISL KIRF NI |
08ABUJA735 | SHELL OFFICIALS DISCUSS NIGERIA PETROLEUM [...] (C) Summary: Shell officials told Senator Bob Corker and Ambassador that Nigeria's oil production can reach three million barrels per day in the near to mid-term under present security conditions, but government targets of four million BPD are unrealistic within that time frame given security [...] | 2008-04-18 14:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET OREP PGOV ECON EFIN PREL EINV SENV ETRD |
08ABUJA74 | SPEAKER LOOKING TO BUILD HOUSE, ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's Speaker of the House, Oladimeji Bankole, expressed his determination to make the National Assembly a co-equal branch of government. He expects to visit Washington in February and will seek U.S. support for his efforts. He says his approach is to "follow the money" to [...] | 2008-01-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG BEXP NI |
08ABUJA755 | NIGERIA: INVITATION TO PSI WORKSHOP DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 11:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PGOV MNUC KNNP XX NI |
08ABUJA759 | NIGERIA: INVITATION TO COESPU UNAMID-RELATED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 15:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MASS PGOV NI |
08ABUJA760 | NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APR 1-15, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of April 1-15, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Election Tribunals -- PDP Politics -- Corruption -- National Assembly -- Economic News -- Oil and Gas -- Other News [...] | 2008-04-24 07:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI |
08ABUJA77 | NIGERIAN INSIDERS EXPLAIN RIBADU'S REMOVAL FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 14:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR NI |
08ABUJA770 | NIGERIA: TIP TRAINING WELCOMED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an interagency effort to combat trafficking in persons, the State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking In Persons (G/TIP) awarded the Department of Justice (DOJ) International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) a $125,000 grant to provide [...] | 2008-04-25 08:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KCRM KWMN NI |
08ABUJA778 | NIGERIA: BAKASSI INHABITANTS SUE FEDERAL [...] (U) On Friday, April 25, the Federal High Court in Abuja will rule on a class action suit brought against the GON by eight Bakassi Peninsula inhabitants seeking $3.8 billion (456 billion naira) in compensation for compulsory ceding of their land and infringement of their human rights. Accordi [...] | 2008-04-25 13:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CM NI |
08ABUJA779 | (C/NF) NIGERIA: ATIKU SEEKS COMEBACK, REBUFFS IBB [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: After losing his April 2007 presidential bid, and the subsequent election tribunal case against President Yar'Adua (though this is still being appealed),former Vice President and Action Congress (AC) candidate Atiku Abubakar seeks to regain a place in national politics. In an [...] | 2008-04-25 14:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
08ABUJA780 | (C/NF) NIGERIA: CORRUPT COURT REVERSES TRIBUNAL [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: On April 10, the Kaduna Court of Appeal, which heard all appeals to electoral tribunal rulings in Nigeria's North-West zone, reversed the Kebbi State Election Tribunal decision to overturn Usman Dakin-Gari's (People's Democratic Party, PDP) gubernatorial election. The next day [...] | 2008-04-25 15:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI |
08ABUJA784 | NIGERIA: FY 2008 INL PROPOSAL, Request FOR $1.190 Million [...] Summary: Per reftel instructions, Post proposes 3 key INL projects and 1 alternate project to be funded with FY 2008 funds for a total amount of $1.190 million dollars. This amount includes $600,000 in Program Development and Support(PD$S): $300,000 in Interdiction and $290,000 in the area of [...] | 2008-04-29 08:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV SNAR ECON NI |
08ABUJA785 | NIGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL CONSULTANT DISCUSSES PLAN [...] (C) On April 8, Mission Poloffs met Rajakumari Jandhyala (strictly protect),a private U.S. citizen consultant with extensive experience working with the governments of Uganda, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Sudan. Jandhyala is well- and favorably known to AF/RSA due to a previous position with the [...] | 2008-04-29 13:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
08ABUJA799 | NIGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: SUPREME COURT MAY [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: On April 29, the Supreme Court convened its inaugural session in the appeals of presidential candidates Muhammadu Buhari (All Nigeria People's Party, ANPP) and Atiku Abubakar (Action Congress, AC) against President Umaru Yar'Adua (People's Democratic Party, PDP). Chief Justice [...] | 2008-04-30 17:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS KCOR NI |
08ABUJA802 | NIGERIA APPROVES MULTI YEAR ELECTRICITY TARIFF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-02 07:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV |
08ABUJA811 | NIGERIA: INSIDERS VIEW OF ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (C) Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) General Secretary and Electoral Reform Commission (ERC) member John Odah (strictly protect) told Poloff on April 14 that the ERC has been active despite maintaining a low profile in the press. Odah confirmed that the commission has remained out of the press t [...] | 2008-05-05 14:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB KDEM NI |
08ABUJA812 | NIGERIA: PDP WINS CREDIBLE ADAMAWA RE-RUN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 26, PolOffs and PolSpec observed the gubernatorial by-election in the north-eastern state of Adamawa. Though not totally without problems, PolOffs agree with the popular assessment that the election was, for the most part, free and fair. With an estimated turnout of aro [...] | 2008-05-05 14:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM NI |
08ABUJA813 | NIGERIA: ALTERNATE NOMINEE FOR THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PREL MNUC PARM NPT IAEA PGOV NI |
08ABUJA832 | NIGERIA 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] We have received no reported cases of an investment dispute where a U.S. citizen alleges there has been an expropriation, other taking of property, or contract repudiation by a foreign government. SANDERS [...] | 2008-05-07 09:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON PGOV KIDE CASC OPIC NI |
08ABUJA833 | NIGERIAN PRESIDENT HOME, KEEPING LOW PROFILE [...] (C) President Yar'Adua has been keeping a low public profile since he returned to Nigeria April 25 after medical treatment in Wiesbaden, Germany, although he is maintaining a Villa work schedule with his ministers. Few people seem to have first hand information about the president's health. H [...] | 2008-05-07 10:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR NI |
08ABUJA837 | NIGERIA: PSI ENDORSEMENT DEMARCHE RE-DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 16:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP NI |
08ABUJA840 | NIGERIA APPROVES MULTI-YEAR ELECTRICITY TARIFF [...] (U) The Government of Nigeria (GON) approved a multi-year tariff order (MYTO) allowing a rate structure that captures the full cost of delivering electricity. Dr. Ransome Owan, CEO of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, told us that the MYTO will provide the regulatory framework for [...] | 2008-05-08 15:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV NI |
08ABUJA861 | NIGERIA - RECENT OUTBREAKS OF MEASLES AND MENINGITIS [...] Summary. From January to April 2008 reports indicate there have been 20,549 suspected cases of measles (5,798 confirmed) with sixty-four recorded deaths. This is compared to the 6,400 suspected cases for all of 2007. About eighty percent of the confirmed cases for this year are in children u [...] | 2008-05-09 15:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAID DEOC SOCI PGOV NI |
08ABUJA862 | NIGERIA: NEW PDP CHAIR MEETS DIPLOMATS [...] (SBU) The new leadership and National Working Committee (NWC) of Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) held an "interactive session" with the diplomatic corps in Abuja on May 8. The party's National Chairman Vincent Ogbulafor called for stability, reconciliation, and anti-corruptio [...] | 2008-05-12 07:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID CVIS NI |
08ABUJA863 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APR 16-30 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of April 16-30, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Re-Runs -- PDP Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- National Assembly -- Economi [...] | 2008-05-12 08:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI |
08ABUJA876 | NIGERIA: NORTHERN PARENTS REJECT VACCINES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Poloff and PolSpecialist spoke with Dr. Muhammad Kabir, professor of community medicine at Bayero University in Kano, and Bashir Sanusi, community health specialist with the Kano State Ministry of Health, on April 16. Two themes clearly emerged: 1) despite the recent outbreak of [...] | 2008-05-14 09:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI TBIO KISL KOCI NI |
08ABUJA882 | NIGERIA: PASSAGE OF THE 2008 BUDGET [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua signed the 2008 budget appropriation bill into law on April 14, 2008. Due to disagreements between the President and the National Assembly (NA) budget passage was held up for five months, stalling government economic activities. The Government of N [...] | 2008-05-15 09:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV NI |
08ABUJA892 | NIGERIAN LABOR SUPPORTS OSHIOMHOLE, CRITICIZES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Abuja May Day celebration (May 1),cosponsored by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC),was in general a lackluster and unenthusiastic event, with only half-hearted cheers from the crowd to "aluta continua" (the fight continues). The arrival of fo [...] | 2008-05-16 07:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV KDEM NI PHUM |
08ABUJA898 | NIGERIA: NEW EFCC CHAIR APPOINTED, EX-GOVERNORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Federal Government announced the appointment of former Assistant Inspector General of Police Farida Mzamber Waziri as the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on May 15. Waziri is well respected among law enforcement and was, in fact, the officer in c [...] | 2008-05-16 13:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KCOR SNAR NI |
08ABUJA901 | WHY THERE IS NO NIGERIAN CHRISTIAN SOCIO-POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-19 09:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI KIRF NI |
08ABUJA939 | NIGERIA: UNAMID FPU EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING NEEDS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV NI |
08ABUJA946 | NIGERIA: ACTING EFCC AND NFIU CHAIRS ON WAZIRI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Acting Chairman Ibrahim Lamorde and Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Director Asishana Bayo Okauru told Poloff, INLoff and Legatt on May 18 and 19 that current Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki (who is also head of the G [...] | 2008-05-23 14:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KCOR SNAR NI |
08ABUJA951 | NIGERIA: NDI HOSTS USG-FUNDED WORKSHOP FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 5-6, the USAID-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) hosted a workshop for officials and staff of the 22-member Electoral Reform Committee (ERC). The ERC was formed by President Yar'Adua in September 2007 to address both domestic and international concerns about Niger [...] | 2008-05-27 14:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV NI |
08ABUJA962 | NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA GOVERNMENT'S REPORT CARD AT ONE [...] (S) This is the second cable in our series to address U.S. Mission Nigeria's analysis of President Yar'Adua's performance as head of state. Our first report card on him appeared at just over the halfway mark of his first year in office (ref A). This cable looks at what he has or has not done [...] | 2008-05-28 18:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PINR KCOR PREL ECON NI |
08ABUJA970 | (C/NF) NIGERIA: IMN GROWTH THOUGH LIMITED, [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Intra-religious strife among Muslims in Nigeria is growing, as evidenced by several recent assassinations of Sunni imams, who have been critical of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN),which is thought to be responsible for these murders. The perceived "Shi'ite" orientation [...] | 2008-05-30 14:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KISL KIRF SOCI NI |
08ABUJA971 | (C/NF) NIGERIA: IRANIAN ATTEMPTS TO COUNTER [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Reports that Nigerians may be studying Shi'ism at the Imam Hussein Foundation in Ghana may open up opportunities for the growth of Shi'ism in this traditionally-Sunni region. Iranian attempts at promoting Shi'ism in Nigeria (which began in the 1980s when Iran trained and fund [...] | 2008-05-30 14:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KISL SOCI NI IR |
08ACCRA001382SUSPECTEDDUPLICATE1 | GHANA PRE-ELECTION POLLING-- A WIDE MARGIN FOR [...] (U) Summary. There is limited polling data available ahead of Ghana's December 7 presidential election. The polls that are available show a tight race between the ruling New Patriotic Party and the opposition National Democratic Congress, with neither party strong enough to win a first round e [...] | 2008-10-23 13:53:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PHUM KDEM GH |
08ACCRA1005 | GHANA-- UPDATE ON COUNTER-NARCOTICS ACTIVITIES [...] (U) Summary: The construction of an AFRICOM funded airport interdiction facility moved a step closer on July 29 with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Charge Sue K Brown and Ghana Narcotics Board Executive Secretary Ben Botwe. Five convicted cocaine traffickers received long pris [...] | 2008-08-05 16:08:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL SNAR GH |
08ACCRA1006 | GHANA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Summary. The Electoral Commission on July 31 began the voter registration exercise, after months of delay. NPP supporters continue to wait for a decision on a running mate for Presidential Candidate Nana Akufo-Addo, who has assumed the role of the party's leader from President Kufuor. The [...] | 2008-08-05 16:22:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF GH IV |
08ACCRA1048 | GHANA VOTER REGISTRATION --LONG LINES AND SUSPECT [...] (SBU) Summary. Ghana's long delayed voter registration exercise ended August 13, marked by long lines, insufficient materials, and accusations of partisan tampering with the process. EMBOFFs toured voter registration centers in Accra, Ashanti, Central and Western regions, finding long lines of [...] | 2008-08-14 15:56:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV KDEM GH |
08ACCRA1058 | NPP ANNOUNCES VP CANDIDATE [...] (U). The New Patriotic Party announced late on August 14 that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia would be its vice presidential candidate in the upcoming election. Dr. Bawumia is currently the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, and is a technocrat with no previous electoral experience. The choice will be [...] | 2008-08-15 08:10:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF GH |
08ACCRA1122 | PRE-ELECTION VIOLENCE IN NORTHERN GHANA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL GH |
08ACCRA1169 | VOTER REGISTRATION: ELECTORAL COMMISSION ADMITS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Electoral Commission (EC) Chairman Afari-Gyan began a September 5 meeting of the Inter-party Advisory Committee (IPAC) by admitting that there were problems with the registration exercise, which saw 290% more new registrants than a similar exercise two years ago. He asserted that [...] | 2008-09-11 10:26:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GH |
08ACCRA1174 | GHANA CIVIL SOCIETY, CLERGY AND PARTY LEADERS [...] (U) Summary: Civil religious and political leaders have consistently called for peaceful elections and calm and reemphasized their message following recent incidents of violence in Northern Ghana that saw several killings and the destruction of property (REFTEL). The calls for calm are receiv [...] | 2008-09-12 08:07:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM GH |
08ACCRA1179 | BIT TALKS: LIMITED PROGRESS DURING KUFOUR VISIT [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Exploratory discussions regarding a U.S.-Ghana Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) will likely generate only limited progress during President KufuorQs state visit to the United States (starting September 14, 2008). The Kufour Administration is shifting into election mode and sh [...] | 2008-09-12 11:53:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON EIND PGOV GH |
08ACCRA118 | GHANA'S PRESIDENCY OF THE UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Ghana assumed the Presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the month of October, we expect its focus to be Africa centered, particularly as it relates to peace and security. According to Ghanaian officials, their agenda will likely include Sudan, Somalia, the Ethiopian [...] | 2008-01-22 11:07:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS GH |
08ACCRA1242 | GHANAQS FINANCE MINISTER DEAD [...] (SBU) Ghanaian media is reporting that Ghana's Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu, has passed away in South Africa. Baah- Wiredu, one of President Kufour's most popular ministers, was in South Africa for medical treatment for an undisclosed illness since last week. [...] | 2008-09-25 13:30:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN SF GH |
08ACCRA1317 | CLEANSING THE VOTER REGISTER -- STRONGER SOAP [...] (U) SUMMARY. More than 2,000 polling stations throughout Ghana opened on October 5 to give parties and citizens the opportunity to challenge the eligibility of registrants. As the week set aside for this process draws to a close, the response has been totally underwhelming. For all of the [...] | 2008-10-10 11:43:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KDEM GH |
08ACCRA1360 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON QOSITIOQANDIDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Prof. John Atta-Mills, presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congess (NDC),the major opposition party in Ghana's December 7 election. Atta-Mills spent much of the meeting vociferously denouncing the campaign tactics of President John Kufuor and [...] | 2008-10-17 09:06:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PINR KDEM GH |
08ACCRA1383 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON AKUFO-ADDO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador called on Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the presidential candidate for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP),to underline USG's expectation for free and fair elections in Ghana. Akufo-Addo assured Ambassador that the NPP was a party steeped in democratic principles, a [...] | 2008-10-23 16:14:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08ACCRA1386 | GHANAIAN ELECTIONS: AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled for December 7. This cable provides background for the framework and process. END SUMMARY. 2. Ghana is governed by the 1992 constitution that created the Fourth Republic. It is a constitutional democracy with a [...] | 2008-10-23 16:27:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL |
08ACCRA1397 | GHANAQS 180 ON BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Shifting from its last formally communicated position (REFTEL A),Ghana is now back to a serious exploration of a Bilateral Investment Treaty with the United States. However, internal consultations within the relevant Ghanaian ministries will probably not be concluded in time fo [...] | 2008-10-28 08:34:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD PGOV GH |
08ACCRA1404 | GHANA OPPOSITION ALLEGES RULING PARTY CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition shadow minister for energy Moses Asaga outlined the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party election manifesto focused on broadening the benefits of Ghana's economic growth. While praising the ruling New Patriotic Party's (NPP) earlier management of Ghana's economy o [...] | 2008-10-30 08:54:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR GH |
08ACCRA1420 | GHANA ELECTIONS: A GATHERING STORM? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ghana's political campaign has become increasingly strident, with the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party accusing the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of unbridled corruption, involvement in narcotics trafficking, and the development of a sophisticated stra [...] | 2008-11-03 16:40:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08ACCRA1421 | GHANA ELECTIONS: A GATHERING STORM? (CORRECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ghana's political campaign has become increasingly strident, with the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party accusing the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of unbridled corruption, involvement in narcotics trafficking, and the development of a sophisticated strat [...] | 2008-11-03 17:05:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08ACCRA1426 | THE POLITICS OF THE GHANAIAN HAJJ [...] (C) SUMMARY. After two consecutive years of Ghanaian pilgrims missing the Hajj and being left to camp out on the fringes of Accra's airport, rival factions in Ghana's Muslim community met in Ghana's high court on November 3 to determine which group would have the right to organize this year' [...] | 2008-11-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08ACCRA1448 | GHANA ELECTIONS: BUSSING STUDENTS FOR POLITICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. Members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party in Cape Coast physically prevented a group of university students from transferring their voting district to this university town in Ghana's Central Region early this week. According to NDC party officials, the [...] | 2008-11-14 09:20:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08ACCRA1462 | GHANA ELECTIONS: THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES [...] SUMMARY. For the first time in its history, Ghana has held two nationally-televised presidential debates in which the candidates for both major parties, along with the two minor parties that currently hold seats in Parliament, came together to answer questions on the issues facing the country. [...] | 2008-11-14 13:22:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08ACCRA1466 | EC: PREPARATIONS FOR ELECTION CONTINUE, VOTER [...] (U) Summary. The Chairman of Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC),Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, told a November 13 meeting of the Inter-party Advisory Committee (IPAC) that progress was being made in cleaning the voter rolls, with nearly 350,000 names deleted in an on-going program. Afari-Gyan told t [...] | 2008-11-14 13:36:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GH |
08ACCRA1472 | GHANA'S ELECTIONS: AN NPP PARTISAN TAKES AIM AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Kwesi Aning, a researcher at Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC),told PolOff that post-election violence could still take place if the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) perceives that it is losing the election. He expects the elections to be free [...] | 2008-11-19 15:53:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SNAR |
08ACCRA1473 | GHANA ELECTIONS: POLLSTER SEES A SQUEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Independent pollster and newspaper editor Ben Ephson predicted that the presidential elections will require a runoff, but that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will pick up at least 14 Parliamentary seats to close the gap with the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP),[...] | 2008-11-20 10:11:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KDEM GH |
08ACCRA1476 | JERRY ON JERRY: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FLT. LT. [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador called on former Ghanaian president Jerry J. Rawlings as part of his outreach efforts to convey U.S. neutrality vis a vis the Ghanaian elections to all major political parties. In a marathon session that lasted more than two hours, Rawlings gave an Oscar-worthy perfo [...] | 2008-11-20 16:57:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08ACCRA1477 | AMBASSADOR MEETS PNC CANDIDATE EDWARD MAHAMA [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Teitelbaum discussed the up coming election with People's National Convention (PNC) presidential candidate Dr. Edward Mahama. Mahama is making his fourth run for president as the PNC's candidate, although he has never received over three percent of the national vote [...] | 2008-11-24 09:22:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GH |
08ACCRA15 | GHANA SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL JOHNSON, JANUARY 7-9, 2008 [...] (SBU) I look forward to your return visit to Ghana and am pleased to provide some background information for you and the delegation. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at the beginning of what promises to be another eventful year for Ghana. After celebrating 50 years of independence in [...] | 2008-01-03 16:58:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL PGOV ECON AMGT GH |
08ACCRA1509 | GHANA ELECTIONS: POLITICAL PUNDIT PREDICTS NDC WIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Political commentator Kwesi Pratt (Protect) predicts an NDC win in a runoff election. He says that NPP candidate Akufo-Addo has Libyan backing, lacks party support in funding his campaign, is less corrupt than others in the Kufuor government, and is innocent of charges that he ha [...] | 2008-11-28 09:03:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08ACCRA1510 | GHANA ELECTIONS: ALL THEY ARE SAYING, IS GIVE [...] SUMMARY. If Ghana's December elections somehow go awry, it won't be for lack of trying to focus the attention of the populace on peace. For the past two months, the call for peaceful elections has been omnipresent and inescapable, even drowning out discourse on political platforms and the eve [...] | 2008-11-28 09:33:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08ACCRA1525 | GHANA ELECTIONS: WHAT MAKES PAPA RUN? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Papa Kwesi Nduom, presidential candidate for the Convention Peoples Party (CPP),has managed to offend most of the party's organizational leaders, and is running his campaign with very little support from the rank and file. According to Ivor Greenstreet, CPP's general secretar [...] | 2008-12-03 08:00:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08ACCRA1530 | GHANA'S NORTH- HOLDING CALM PRIOR TO ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. The people of Northern Ghana are preparing for the December 7 election with the same mix of campaigning, rallies and calls for peace as the rest of the nation. The north's history of violence-- including some campaign related clashes earlier this political season-- is a source of [...] | 2008-12-04 14:54:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM GH |
08ACCRA1538 | GHANA ELECTIONS: FINAL OPINION POLL PREDICTS A [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-04 17:56:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KDEM GH |
08ACCRA154 | CODEL ENGEL'S VISIT TO GHANA [...] SUMMARY - During a January 9 - 11 visit to Ghana, CODEL Engel pressed Ghanaian officials, NGOs and industry for further efforts against the worst forms of child labor in the cocoa sector in accordance with the 2001 Harkin-Engel Protocol. The GOG outlined steps it has taken to survey child labo [...] | 2008-01-29 12:48:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM OVIP PGOV PREL ELAB GH |
08ACCRA1543 | CALM PREVAILS AS GHANAIANS GO TO THE POLLS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ghanaians voted last Sunday for President and members of Parliament in an election that was remarkably orderly and peaceful. The Electoral Commission, true to its word, was well prepared, and very few problems were reported throughout the day. The presidential election, two day [...] | 2008-12-09 15:34:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08ACCRA1544 | GHANA ELECTIONS: NDC SPREADS MORE RUMORS [...] (C) Embassy was approached by two advisors to National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate John Atta-Mills, Edward Nunoo and Sylvanos Tamakloe, who told Poloffs that Electoral Commission (EC) Director Kwadwo Afari-Gyan was being pressured by the ruling National Patriotic Party (NPP) to annou [...] | 2008-12-09 18:39:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08ACCRA1545 | GHANA ELECTIONS: HEADING FOR A RUNOFF DECEMBER 28 [...] (U) The Electoral Commision has announced that Ghana's next president will be determined by a runoff election on December 28. EC Chairman Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan announced the results of the December 7 Presidenial race at a December 10 press conference. With all 230 constituencies reporting, th [...] | 2008-12-10 17:24:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS GH |
08ACCRA1559 | GHANA ELECTIONS: PARLIAMENTARY KINGMAKERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although results have not yet been confirmed, it appears certain that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will win a minimum of 113 seats in Parliament, while the ruling National Patriotic Party (NPP) is certain to win 108. Candidates outside the two major parties a [...] | 2008-12-11 14:45:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08ACCRA1565 | GHANA OIL AND GAS PRIMER - UPSTREAM OVERVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ghana's offshore oil discovery was among the largest worldwide in 2007. As a result of the 2007 find, Ghana attracted increased interest from international oil players seeking offshore concessions. As the latest potential oil producer on Africa's western coast, the Government of [...] | 2008-12-16 07:41:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ETRD PGOV GH |
08ACCRA1581 | CODEL NELSON CALLS ON MINISTER, MEETS ELECTION [...] (U) Senator Bill Nelson called on Ghana's Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Abraham Ossei-Aidooh, on December 14 to congratulate the Minister and the Ghanaian people on their recent successful presidential and parliamentary elections and to assure the Minister of continued U.S. support for [...] | 2008-12-17 16:59:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08ACCRA1592 | SCENE SETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S VISIT TO GHANA, [...] U.S. Mission Accra warmly welcomes the visit of Assistant Secretary Frazer and Staff Assistant Dana Banks to Ghana, with a scheduled arrival on a UN flight on December 26 at approximately 11:00, and departure on December 28 at 21:55 on a KLM/NWA flight 8590 to Amsterdam. Control officer for th [...] | 2008-12-19 07:48:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA OVIP PREL PGOV ECON AMGT GH |
08ACCRA1604 | GHANA: THE MIDFIELD ECONOMIC GROWTH MODEL [...] SUMMARY: An economic analyst with ties to ruling party NPP candidate Nana Akufo-Addo praised the Kufuor Administration's economic record, noted remaining problems, and laid out key economic policy proposals and benchmarks necessary for the success of the next President of Ghana. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2008-12-23 15:04:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PINR GH |
08ACCRA1613 | GHANA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S ATTEMPTS TO [...] (SBU) ECONOFF delivered subject demarche to Paul Acquah, Governor of the Bank of Ghana, and Lionel Van Lare Dosoo, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana. Governor Acquah said that no banking license applications have yet been received at the Bank of Ghana from any Iranian entities. The officia [...] | 2008-12-24 13:21:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PINR ECIN EFIN ETTC KNNP MNUC IR GH |
08ACCRA1616 | A/S FRAZER MEETS WITH CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer met with presidential candidates Nana Akufo-Addo of the NPP and John Atta-Mills of the NDC on December 27, one day before the Ghana's runoff election. At each meeting, she underlined the need for both candidates [...] | 2008-12-30 10:05:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08ACCRA1617 | GHANA ELECTION: ATTA-MILLS VICTORIOUS (ALMOST) [...] (U) The Director of Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC),Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, announced the results of the December 28 presidential runoff election at 4:55 pm on December 30. National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate John Atta-Mills polled 4,501,466 votes (50.13%),and New Patriotic Party [...] | 2008-12-30 18:50:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08ACCRA1624 | GHANA ELECTIONS: AKUFO-ADDO NOT READY TO CONCEDE [...] (U) On December 31, one day after the Electoral Commission (EC) announced the results of the presidential runoff election, New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate Nana Akufo-Addo called a press conference at his residence in East Legon to announce that his party had compiled the evidence to back [...] | 2008-12-31 17:14:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08ACCRA187 | WHAT KENYA MEANS TO GHANA AND THE 2008 ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 22 Professor Emmanuel Gyimah Boadi of the Center for Democratic Development (CDD),a leading Ghanaian think tank, said he does not expect a political crisis similar to Kenya's after Ghana's 2008 election. He said Ghana's democracy is more "mature" than Kenya's, and Gh [...] | 2008-02-06 15:19:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON GH |
08ACCRA188 | ELECTORAL COMMISSION PREPARATIONS FOR 2008 ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 16 meeting with Kwadwo Sarfo-Kantanka, Deputy Chairman of Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC),Sarfo-Kantanka said preparations for the election are going well and that the EC should begin to update the voter registers in March or April following the purchase of camer [...] | 2008-02-06 16:00:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM GH |
08ACCRA194 | GHANA: SCENE SETTER FOR SECSTATE VISIT FEBRUARY 19-21, [...] Warmest Welcome to Ghana Madame Secretary. Your participation in the President's visit comes at the beginning of what promises to be another eventful year for Ghana. After celebrating 50 years of independence in 2007, Ghana is preparing to hold Parliamentary and presidential elections in lat [...] | 2008-02-07 17:14:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA OVIP PREL PGOV ECON AMGT GH |
08ACCRA220 | GHANA: SCENE SETTER FOR U.S. PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO GHANA [...] (U) Mr. President: Our entire mission joins me in extending a very warm welcome to you to Ghana. We are delighted that you, Mrs. Bush and your delegation are visiting Ghana at the beginning of what promises to be another eventful year. After celebrating 50 years of independence in 2007, Gha [...] | 2008-02-13 10:37:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA OVIP PREL PGOV ECON AMGT GH |
08ACCRA235 | GHANA: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 12:46:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL YI GH |
08ACCRA292 | GHANA: DEMARCHE ON MALDIVES DRAFT UNHRC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 12:44:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KCHG UNHRC MV GH |
08ACCRA300 | PRESIDENT KUFUOR DELIVERS FINAL STATE OF THE NATION [...] SUMMARY: ON FEBRUARY 14, 2008, PRESIDENT KUFUOR DELIVERED HIS FINAL STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT, FOCUSING ON THE GOVERNMENT'S POSITIVE ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS SINCE HE CAME TO OFFICE IN 2001. HE SAID HIS GOVERNMENT HAD BROUGHT A PERIOD OF ACCELERATED GROWTH, LARGELY ACHIEVED THROUG [...] | 2008-03-03 15:12:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON GH |
08ACCRA324 | NPP Campaign Strategy Unfolding [...] SUMMARY. In a February 26 meeting with Poloff and visiting Ghana Desk Officer Dana Banks, New Patriotic Party (NPP) General Secretary Nana Ohene Ntow outlined the party's campaign strategy of focusing on the government's record of accomplishments, managing communication issues, and targeting w [...] | 2008-03-07 13:19:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR GH |
08ACCRA325 | NDC Leadership Raises Concern over Preparations for 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a February 27 meeting with Poloff and visiting Ghana Desk Officer Dana Banks, opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) leaders expressed strong concerns over voter registration in advance of the December presidential and parliamentary elections, citing unusually large in [...] | 2008-03-07 13:20:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL GH |
08ACCRA337 | GHANA: DEMARCHE ON MARCH 14 BEIRUT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 16:51:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER MASS PARM SY IS LE |
08ACCRA338 | GHANA: CIVIL SOCIETY PREPARES TO MEDIATE ELECTION CONFLICT [...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings between Poloff and representatives of Ghanaian media, think tanks, and religious coalitions, civil society leaders predicted a contentious December presidential election but believed violence could be averted. The leaders conveyed a generally positive view [...] | 2008-03-12 07:25:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR GH |
08ACCRA339 | GHANA ELECTORAL COMMISSION CONFRONTS OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a February 29 meeting with Poloffs, Albert Kofi Arhin, Director of Elections for Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC),outlined the EC's revised schedule of activities in preparation for December presidential and parliamentary elections. The EC has scheduled nationwide voter I [...] | 2008-03-12 15:33:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR GH |
08ACCRA353 | GHANA: PLANNING FOR OIL AND GAS REVENUE [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 25 and 26, the Government of Ghana (GOG) hosted the National Forum on Oil and Gas Development in Accra, followed on February 27, 28 and 29 by the International Summit Workshop on Oil Sector Development. The five days of discussion and consultation were aimed at launch [...] | 2008-03-17 09:28:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG EPET PREL ECON EFIN GH |
08ACCRA395 | GHANA: SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL FRANK'S VISIT TO GHANA MARCH [...] Mr. Chairman and Honorable Members of Congress: Our entire mission joins me in extending to you a very warm welcome to Ghana. We hope your visit here helps inform you and the committee members, and look forward to supporting your objectives. 2. SUMMARY: After celebrating 50 years of indepe [...] | 2008-03-25 14:38:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA OVIP PREL PGOV ECON AMGT GH |
08ACCRA432 | PROPOSALS FOR INL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post proposes five projects to be funded with FY 2008 funds. Post's objective is to build on past efforts to enhance the capabilities of Ghanaian counter-narcotics units, including the Narcotics Control Board, and to focus attention on improving interdiction capa [...] | 2008-04-01 17:53:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR GH |
08ACCRA433 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR RENEWAL OF DPRK SPECIAL [...] (SBU) On April 1 PolOffs delivered reftel demarche to Paul Essel, MFA Director of International Organizations Affairs, urging Ghana to support renewal of the mandate of the DPRK Special Rapporteur, and to express our general support for country-specific resolutions within the HRC. [NOTE: Due t [...] | 2008-04-01 17:54:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV GH |
08ACCRA476 | GHANA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY: Speculation continues in Ghana over possible running-mates for opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) flag bearer Professor John Atta Mills, with former First Lady Nana Rawlings publicly urging Mills to select a female candidate. With the continuing crisis over Liberian refuge [...] | 2008-04-04 12:15:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL GH |
08ACCRA480 | GHANA: SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY BARRETT'S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 08:10:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA OVIP PREL PGOV ECON AMGT GH |
08ACCRA505 | PRESIDENT CARTER NOTES PROGRESS AND EMPHASIZES [...] Summary: Former United States President Jimmy Carter visited Ghana March 31-April 1, 2008 to review the successes of the Guinea worm eradication program as well as to begin discussions on the potential role of the Carter Center as election monitors for the upcoming Presidential election in G [...] | 2008-04-15 08:22:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV GH |
08ACCRA509 | GHANA TRANSPORTATION: SAFE SKIES AND FRIENDLY PORTS [...] SUMMARY: On April 11, Deputy Secretary of Transportation Thomas Barrett, accompanied by Charge d'Affaires Sue K. Brown, officials from the Department of Transportation, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, met with Ghanaian counterparts to discuss ai [...] | 2008-04-15 15:17:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EPET DOT GH |
08ACCRA521 | GHANA ELECTORAL COMMISSION AND PARTIES DEBATE PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a contentious April 11 meeting of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC),political parties criticized the Electoral Commission's (EC) lack of progress in investigating allegations that voter registers in NPP strongholds had been significantly inflated during the last elec [...] | 2008-04-17 10:35:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM GH |
08ACCRA526 | MDC GENERAL SECRETARY IN ACCRA: SEEKS GREATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Secretary General Tendai Biti, who is visiting Accra to see President Kufour, met with Western diplomats to discuss the post-election situation in Zimbabwe. Biti said that the MDC would call on the international communit [...] | 2008-04-17 16:07:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI SF GH |
08ACCRA527 | MDC GENERAL SECRETARY IN ACCRA: SEEKS GREATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Secretary General Tendai Biti, who is visiting Accra to see President Kufour, met with Western diplomats to discuss the post-election situation in Zimbabwe. Biti said that the MDC would call on the international communit [...] | 2008-04-17 16:13:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI SF GH |
08ACCRA530 | GHANA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY: On April 17, former New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate Alan Kyerematen delivered a resignation letter to his party amidst speculation that he will launch an independent bid for the presidency. Following weeks of intense media speculation, NDC presidential candidate John [...] | 2008-04-21 07:44:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF GH |
08ACCRA602 | Ghana - Impact of Rising Food/Agricultural Commodity Prices [...] Summary: Ghana is a net food importer and has seen a significant increase in the price of food staples, some portion of which may be explained in part by seasonal factors and the high cost of petroleum. In general, Ghana tends to record surpluses in tubers and deficits in cereals and the sit [...] | 2008-05-06 16:34:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL GH |
08ACCRA605 | NPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TELLS AMBASSADOR [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables as I begin farewell calls on key interlocutors, civil society, and institutions. 2. (C) I hosted New Patriotic Party presidential flag bearer Nana Akufo-Addo for lunch at the residence on May 2. Arriving relaxed in jeans and jacket, Nana made th [...] | 2008-05-06 16:55:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GH |
08ACCRA606 | AMBASSADOR BRIDGEWATER'S FAREWELL VISIT TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: During her farewell tour of Brong-Ahafo and Ashanti Regions, Ambassador Pamela Bridgewater paid a farewell call on Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister Ignatious Baffour-Awuah April 29. Baffour-Awuah briefed the Ambassador on political and economic development activities in the Region, a [...] | 2008-05-06 17:55:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON GH |
08ACCRA610 | Renewed Clashes in Bawku Municipality [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fighting erupted in Bawku May 4, in Ghana's Upper East Region, in a long-running ethnic dispute between the Kusasis and Mamprusis, resulting in five deaths and injuries to countless others. There appears to be an uneasy calm after the intervention of security forces and the ar [...] | 2008-05-07 17:50:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL GH |
08ACCRA612 | NDC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOHN EVANS ATTA-MILLS [...] (C) Summary. This is the second in a series reporting the Ambassador's discussions with presidential candidates and key interlocutors. National Democratic Party flag bearer John Evans Atta-Mills, looking and sounding strong and projecting energy and confidence, said he is "no one's puppet"; [...] | 2008-05-08 16:43:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR PINR ECON GH |
08ACCRA614 | China's Engagement in Ghana [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While China's close ties to Ghana date to the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1960, economic and commercial ties are growing, with China focused on a series of high-profile infrastructure projects. The Chinese have shown little interest, however, in coordinating with ot [...] | 2008-05-08 16:46:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY GH |
08ACCRA617 | NDC OPENS 2008 CAMPAIGN: JOBS AND A DAY OF JOHNS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ghana's main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC),on May 7 opened its 2008 campaign with a populist message of jobs, economic improvement, and an end to government corruption. Presidential candidate John Atta Mills officially introduced his running mate, Northe [...] | 2008-05-09 13:29:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON GH |
08ACCRA618 | CPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MOVING QUIETLY TO [...] (C) It was not until 1992 that the CPP began its comeback as a party. Disaffected Nkrumaists had fled to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party in droves, with lesser numbers joining the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The CPP under Nduom's capable leadership is now reaching out to former [...] | 2008-05-09 13:29:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SNAR ECON GH |
08ACCRA623 | FORMER TRADE MINISTER PREDICTS 2008 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The former Minister of Trade and leading candidate for the New Patriotic Party presidential nomination Alan Kyerematen discussed a wide range of topics during lunch at my residence on May 9. Alan Kyerematen fought a hard, strong battle, coming in second against 17 NPP candidates [...] | 2008-05-12 18:37:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON GH PGOV PINR PREL SNAR |
08ACCRA627 | PNC FLAGBEARER - DR. EDWARD N. MAHAMA - SERVICE [...] (C) Summary: On May 12 Ambassador Bridgewater hosted People's National Convention (PNC) flagbearer Dr. Edward N. Mahama for lunch at her residence. The relaxed and soft-spoken flagbearer said he shares the philosophy from a statement by Mahatma Gandhi who said "Live simply so that others may [...] | 2008-05-13 17:53:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON GH |
08ACCRA633 | NEW COTE D'IVOIRE AMBASSADOR SAYS GOVERNMENT WILL [...] (C) In a May 14 courtesy call on Ambassador Bridgewater, the new Cote d'Ivoire Ambassador to Ghana, Ekra Kouassi Florent, said his government would respect the planned November 30 election date, and that despite complaints from some in the international community that preparations are taking t [...] | 2008-05-15 16:08:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IV GH |
08ACCRA662 | CCP AND PNC MOVE TOWARD ELECTORAL ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ghana's two minor political parties with seats in Parliament, the Convention People's Party (CPP) and the People's National Convention (PNC),continue to move toward an "electoral alliance" ahead of this December's election. The two parties share similar ideologies; the unresolv [...] | 2008-05-20 17:26:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON GH |
08ACCRA673 | AF/W DIRECTOR THOMAS DOUGHERTY'S MEETINGS WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: On May 19, National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate John Atta Mills told visiting AF/W Director Thomas Dougherty that he is determined to ensure a peaceful election in Ghana but that his confidence in the Electoral Commission (EC) has "been shaken." Should there b [...] | 2008-05-22 09:24:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SNAR PINR GH |
08ACCRA690 | AF/W DIRECTOR DOUGHERTY MEETS NPP CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 20 New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo told visiting AF/W Director Thomas Dougherty that he was optimistic about his party's chances in the December election. While acknowledging problems with inflation, corruption and narcotics, Akufo-Addo la [...] | 2008-05-28 11:45:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SNAR GH |
08ACCRA725 | Kufuor Announces Tax and Tariff Relief as Fiscal Woes Mount [...] (SBU)Summary: In response to concerns about rising food and fuel prices, President Kufuor on May 22 called for elimination of tariffs on several food staples, provision of subsidies for fertilizer and expansion of tractor subsidies. He also called for elimination of excise tax and debt recove [...] | 2008-06-04 16:18:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EAGR ENRG ETRD GH |
08ACCRA741 | AMBASSADOR BRIDGEWATER PAYS FAREWELL CALL ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-10 16:36:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV GH |
08ACCRA746 | GHANA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Summary: President Kufuor plans to bestow Ghana's highest civilian award on opposition presidential candidate John Atta Mills, to the vocal consternation of top New Patriotic Party leaders. The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) accuses President Kufuor of confli [...] | 2008-06-11 10:35:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SNAR PREL GH |
08ACCRA78 | KUFUOR SACKS MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) On January 12, President Kufuor fired Minister of National Security Francis Poku, who had served as Ghana's National Security Coordinator since 2002 and Minister of National Security since 2006. According to sources, the final straw in the tense relationship between Kufuor and Poku was Po [...] | 2008-01-14 17:38:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GH |
08ACCRA798 | GHANA: SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL PRICE'S VISIT TO GHANA JUNE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-23 18:14:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA OVIP PREL PGOV ECON AMGT GH |
08ACCRA849 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION: GOVERNMENT OF GHANA RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 15:30:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV GH |
08ACCRA87 | GHANA: DEMARCHE ON RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-15 17:39:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK PGOV UN YI EU GH |
08ACCRA93 | EVICTION AGAINST BULGARIAN AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE [...] On January 9, a disgruntled landlord attempted to evict the Bulgarian Ambassador from his residence which doubles as the Bulgarian Embassy. According to several sources, the landlord and his minions arrived early in the morning on January 9, forced their way inside the compound and began carr [...] | 2008-01-16 16:43:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OFDP PGOV GH |
08ACCRA933 | COCOA AND CHILD LABOR: TULANE CONSULTATIVE MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY. Tulane University hosted in Accra July 15 the second annual consultative meeting on its research into child labor in the cocoa sector. The meeting was attended by Government of Ghana officials, led by Deputy Minister of Manpower, Youth and Employment, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare and o [...] | 2008-07-16 16:49:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM OVIP PGOV PREL ELAB GH ILAB IV |
08ACCRA97 | FORMER MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY UNDER HOUSE [...] On January 16, sources told us that elements of the Ghana Police and military surrounded former Minister of National Security Francis Poku,s home, effectively placing him under house arrest. (NOTE: Poku was removed from his post as Minister on January 12 as reported reftel. END NOTE.) Source [...] | 2008-01-17 11:25:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GH |
08ADANA12 | NEVRUZ 2008: BIG TURNOUT, ISOLATED VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) The pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) regards the large turnout as proof of its growing popularity - and sympathy for the PKK, which has been under attack from the Turkish military. Violence erupted in a number of cities where the authorities refused to grant permission for ce [...] | 2008-03-26 08:42:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER TU IZ |
08ADANA15 | TURKEY: COURT TO TRY THREE CHILDREN FOR SINGING KURDISH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Diyarbakir court has accepted an indictment against three local teenagers accused of spreading PKK propaganda by singing a Kurdish song at a music festival in San Francisco last October. The offending song, "Ey Rakip," is the national anthem of the Kurdistan Regional Governm [...] | 2008-04-18 13:09:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TU PGOV PHUM PREL |
08ADANA22 | TURKEY: CODEL TANNER DISCUSSES EU, TERRORISM AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) CODEL Tanner met with Adana Governor Ilhan Atis on May 30. During the meeting, participants discussed topics covering Turkey's European Union accession process, security and terrorism, and energy. Atis said Turkey's bid for the EU was motivated by a desire to improve technology and ec [...] | 2008-06-11 09:22:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL PTER ENRG TU |
08ADANA24 | TURKEY: COURT ACQUITS THREE CHILDREN INDICTED FOR SINGING [...] (U) The Diyarbakir Heavy Criminal Court on June 19 acquitted three teenagers, who were accused of "making propaganda for a terrorist organisation or its aims" under the anti-terrorism law. The prosecution was brought after the children, who are all members of the Diyarbakir Yenisehir Municipa [...] | 2008-06-20 09:13:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL TU IZ |
08ADANA26 | TURKEY: WIDESPREAD DROUGHT IN SOUTHEAST COMPOUNDING ECONOMIC [...] (U) The Tigris and Euphrates basins in Turkey's heavily Kurdish southeastern region are suffering from the worst drought in a generation, pushing many poor farmers to abandon their villages in desperation due to shortages of water and animal feed. The agriculture minister recently announced a [...] | 2008-07-24 05:50:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON SOCI TU PGOV |
08ADANA27 | TURKEY: PRIVATE KURDISH TV STATION FACING FINES, CLOSURE [...] (SBU) Turkey's sole Kurdish-language television station, Gun-TV, is facing prohibitive fines from regulators for airing reports of the activities of the pro-Kurdish DTP politicians on the grounds that such broadcasts "encourage violence or provoke hatred." Gun officials claim they were report [...] | 2008-08-13 11:36:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PTER IZ TU |
08ADANA39 | TURKEY: PUBLIC PROTESTS IN SOUTHEAST MULTIPLY TENSIONS OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Violent riots, organized marches, and rallies in major cities throughout southeast Turkey over the weekend of October 18 were sparked by an announcement made by Abdullah Ocalan's attorneys that the imprisoned PKK leader had been abused by Turkish soldiers. The Pro-Kurdish DTP pa [...] | 2008-10-21 09:48:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER TU |
08ADANA43 | TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO THE SOUTHEAST PROVOKES [...] (U) Summary: Thousands of Kurds turned out to oppose Prime Minister Erdogan's visit to the southeastern cities of Van and Hakkari and to protest AKP's lack of movement forward on the Kurdish issue. Suspension of municipal services such as garbage collection and public transportation accompani [...] | 2008-11-04 07:35:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
08ADANA47 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 12, 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 08:53:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
08ADANA50 | TURKEY: ADANA MAYOR'S RACE BREAKS WIDE OPEN AS INCUMBENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The sudden resignation of Adana's four-term mayor Aytac Durak from AKP may present an insurmountable challenge to the party's chance to retake Adana in upcoming municipal elections. Outside theories abound on reasons for Durak's renunciation of AKP membership including a spurn [...] | 2008-12-02 16:08:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TU |
08ADANA51 | TURKEY: KURDISH ACTIVIST LEYLA ZANA TO APPEAL 10-YEAR [...] (U) SUMMARY. A Diyarbakir court sentenced Kurdish activist Leyla Zana to ten years in prison for being a member of the terrorist PKK and disseminating propaganda for the organization. The court also banned her from participating in politics and voting. Zana's lawyer has announced plans to [...] | 2008-12-05 12:13:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER PGOV TU |
08ADDISABABA1000 | ELECTIONS HERALD 7: THE INEVITABLE - OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 4, just over one week before the initial polling date (April 13) in Ethiopia's local elections, the largest participating opposition party, the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF) formally outlined seven demands that they insist must be met by the National Electio [...] | 2008-04-10 14:01:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA1013 | SOMALIA: TFG DCM PLEADS FOR ROBUST INTERNATIONAL [...] (S/NF) Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Deputy Chief of Mission in Addis Ababa Jibril Osman offered a bleak assessment of current developments in Somalia, describing an almost unbridgeable rift between President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein Adde, the [...] | 2008-04-14 12:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ASEC ET SO |
08ADDISABABA1063 | SOMALIA: MFA HINTS AT AN EXTENDED TFG TRANSITION [...] (C) Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu told Ambassador Yamamoto and visiting Director of the Office of East African Affairs James Knight that the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah is working on a plan to extend Somalia's "Transi [...] | 2008-04-16 13:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA1065 | ELECTIONS HERALD 8: A TALE OF TWO TURNOUTS [...] (SBU) Ethiopia voted on April 13 in the first round of local elections. With only a handful of unknown or apparently-partisan domestic election observer organizations authorized by the National Electoral Board (NEB) and a pointed statement to diplomats and foreigners not to loiter or linger a [...] | 2008-04-17 06:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA1074 | SOMALIA: PUNTLAND PRESIDENT PLEADS FOR U.S. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Puntland President Mohamud Musse Hersi told Ambassador on April 9 that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) was the last hope of Somalia and he was concerned that the TFG was failing. President Hersi emphasized that Puntland was committed to a federal system of governm [...] | 2008-04-17 14:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS SO ET |
08ADDISABABA1111 | ELECTION HERALD 9: ELECTIONS FULFILL EPRDF PROPHECY [...] (SBU) April 20 marked the second round of polling in Ethiopia's local elections and will decide the make-up of the thousands of kebele (district) administrations, as well as the few remaining federal parliamentary by-elections seats not chosen in the first round. As was the case on the April [...] | 2008-04-23 06:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA1154 | REVOLUTIONARY DEMOCRACY! [...] (C) Understanding Ethiopia's domestic political (and economic) actions, and developing a strategy for moving the ruling party forward democratically, requires understanding the ruling Tigrean People's Liberation Front's (TPLF) prevailing political ideology: Revolutionary Democracy. Hard-line T [...] | 2008-04-28 14:43:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL ET |
08ADDISABABA1189 | IMF CITES OVERHEATING ECONOMY, CREDIT BUBBLE [...] (C) IMF Senior Resident Representative Arnim Schwidrowski (strictly protect) expressed to Pol/Econ Chief growing concern about Ethiopia's "overheating" economy, increasingly tenuous foreign reserves level, mounting inflation, and increasing signs of a credit bubble in a wide-ranging April 21 d [...] | 2008-04-30 08:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA1197 | CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) Per Ref A, the People's Republic of China (PRC) is active in Ethiopia in a number of sectors, most notably infrastructure development and telecommunications. They are also developing several model farms to introduce techniques to increase yield and improve food security in Ethiopia. PRC [...] | 2008-04-30 13:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR EFIN ET CH |
08ADDISABABA120 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: FIELD VISIT #2 -WATER, [...] Between January 2 and 9, U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia staff, traveled to Degehabur and Fik zones in Somali Region as part of a second field visit to assess the current humanitarian situation, including health, nutrition, and water and sanitation conditio [...] | 2008-01-16 05:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA1212 | USAID/OFDA DIRECTOR VISIT TO ETHIOPIA [...] In discussions with USAID/OFDA implementing partners, the USAID/OFDA Director emphasized the importance of coordination and information sharing within the Ethiopian humanitarian community, particularly in Somali Region. To facilitate improved response programming, the Director advised NGOs op [...] | 2008-05-06 11:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA1223 | DRAFT CIVIL SOCIETY LAW CLAMPS DOWN ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On May 6, in a hastily called "consultative" meeting, Minister of Justice Assefa Kessito outlined for a group of several hundred NGO leaders the many changes outlined in the Ethiopian Government's (GoE) draft law governing civil society released on May 2. In th [...] | 2008-05-07 15:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV EAID PHUM KJUS ET |
08ADDISABABA1259 | ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER MELES ON 2010 NATIONAL [...] (SBU) During a nearly three hour meeting on May 9 held jointly with the Ambassadors of France and the UK, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Ambassador Yamamoto that his administration fully supported ethnic diversity and the importance of democratic values and good governance in conjunction [...] | 2008-05-12 07:50:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM EAID ET |
08ADDISABABA127 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: HEALTH AND NUTRITION [...] (U) Summary: Between December 27 and 30, the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia health and nutrition specialist traveled to Jijiga and Degehabur zones in Somali Region as part of an initial field visit to assess humanitarian conditions and evaluate preliminar [...] | 2008-01-16 07:29:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA128 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: DEGEHABUR ZONE FIELD [...] (U) Summary: Between December 27 and 30, the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia program officer, health and nutrition specialist, and safety and security officer traveled to Jijiga and Degehabur zones in Somali Region as part of an initial field visit to asse [...] | 2008-01-16 07:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA131 | USAU: MEETING BETWEEN AMBASSADOR COURVILLE AND MR. [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 10 January 2008, AMB Courville met with Mr. Nicolas Bwakira, AU Special Representative to Somalia to discuss the development of a roadmap for the way ahead in Somalia. 2. (U) PARTICIPANTS: AMB Cindy Courville, AU Special Representative to Somalia Mr. Nicolas Bwakira, USAU [...] | 2008-01-16 10:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PGOV PREL |
08ADDISABABA134 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: FIELD VISIT #2 - [...] Summary: Between January 2 and 9, U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia staff, including a USAID/Ethiopia Assets and Livelihoods Transition program coordinator, traveled to Degehabur and Fik zones in Somali Region as part of a second field visit to assess the c [...] | 2008-01-16 14:16:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA1357 | ETHIOPIA: SCHOLARS DESCRIBE EPRDF CONSOLIDATION OF [...] (S/NF) Following the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front's (EPRDF) landslide victory in the April local elections (ref A),Deputy Political-Economic Counselor spoke separately with ten scholars to canvass elites' opinions on the current Ethiopian polity. The scholars divi [...] | 2008-05-16 07:58:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA1358 | ETHIOPIA: SCHOLARS DESCRIBE THE WEAKENING OF STATE [...] (S/NF) Ethiopian scholars interviewed on the Ethiopian polity following the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front's (EPRDF) landslide victory in the April local elections (ref A) cautioned that the EPRDF power play is weakening state institutions and adversely impacting the [...] | 2008-05-16 08:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASEC ECON ET |
08ADDISABABA1359 | ETHIOPIA: SCHOLARS DESCRIBE EPRDF AUTHORITARIAN [...] (S/NF) Ethiopian scholars interviewed on the Ethiopian polity following the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front's (EPRDF) landslide victory in the April local elections (ref A) cautioned that the EPRDF has employed authoritarian tactics to consolidate and extend its control [...] | 2008-05-16 08:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA1360 | ETHIOPIA: SCHOLARS VOICE CONCERNS OVER ETHIOPIA'S [...] (S/NF) Ethiopian scholars interviewed on the Ethiopian polity following the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front's (EPRDF) landslide victory in the April local elections (ref A) warned that the EPRDF power play, as it is unfolding, threatens Ethiopia's stability. The scholar [...] | 2008-05-16 08:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA1361 | ETHIOPIA: SCHOLARS OFFER VIEWS ON 2010 ELECTIONS [...] (S/NF) Parts I-IV of this series (refs A, B, C, D) outlined how, in the views of Ethiopian scholars, the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) is consolidating de facto one-party rule, weakening state institutions, and creating conditions that risk Ethiopia's stabili [...] | 2008-05-16 08:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA1367 | Ethiopia to ignore UNSC, for now, on the border [...] (SBU) Ethiopian State Minister Tekeda Alemu told Ambassador May 17 that Ethiopia was deeply frustrated that Eritrea was allowed to restrict UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) troop movement and end the UNMEE mission without consequence, thus negating the Cessation of Hostilities Agreeme [...] | 2008-05-19 08:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PBTS PGOV ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1416 | PARTY-HACK ANOINTED MAYOR OF ADDIS ABABA [...] (SBU) Following its landslide victory in the April 2008 local elections, the ruling Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) appointed Defense Minister Kuma Demeksa, an opportunistic 50-year old party loyalist, as mayor of Addis Ababa. In a conference held at the City Hall on M [...] | 2008-05-22 05:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PINR PGOV PREL PHUM ET |
08ADDISABABA142 | ETHIOPIA: SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following Ethiopian military candidate, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. The below listed Ethiopian military officer is the head of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) Peacekeeping Operations Departm [...] | 2008-01-17 13:50:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PMIL PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA1439 | IMF: ETHIOPIA NEEDS "BRIDGE FINANCING" TO AVOID [...] (C) International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article IV Mission Team Leader Robert Corker told representatives from the Addis Ababa diplomatic corps on May 19 that Ethiopia will require $1-2 billion in "highly concessional bridge financing" over the coming year or two avoid a significant disruption of [...] | 2008-05-23 11:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA145 | THE ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT CHEWS THE CUD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the course of the week of January 7, the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEB) hammered what appear to be the final nails in the coffin of the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) party. Since their surprise showing in the 2005 elections, gaining enough sea [...] | 2008-01-17 15:26:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA152 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: DELAYS DISRUPT FOOD AID [...] Between January 2 and 9, U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia staff, traveled to Degehabur and Fik zones in Somali Region as part of a second field visit to assess current humanitarian conditions. A primary focus of the field visit was to assess the status of f [...] | 2008-01-18 11:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA153 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: SECURITY AND ACCESS [...] Between January 2 and 9, U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia staff, traveled to Degehabur and Fik zones in Somali Region as part of a second field visit to assess current humanitarian conditions. USG HAT staff report that a letter of approval from the Somali R [...] | 2008-01-18 11:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA1531 | EPRDF MOVES TO FURTHER STRIP POWER OF FORMER CUDP [...] (SBU) At the May 21 quarterly address by PM Meles Zenawi to Parliament, leader of the former Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (CUDP),Temesgen Zewdie, attempted to present his response and questions following the PM's speech, as is traditionally allowed for party leaders. However, befor [...] | 2008-06-04 14:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV EAID PHUM KJUS ET |
08ADDISABABA1571 | ETHIOPIA'S BROKEN PROMISES [...] (S/NF) A paradigm shift must occur in the United States' discourse with Ethiopia on foreign assistance. Over the past year, the United States Government (USG) has delivered on all Ethiopian government (GoE) claims of "broken promises" in order to enhance the security of the Ethiopian state and [...] | 2008-06-09 12:47:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MASS MOPS ET |
08ADDISABABA1592 | AMBASSADOR SETS DEMOCRATIC SPACE MARKER WITH [...] (SBU) In a June 3-4 visit to Tigray, Ambassador conveyed a clear message of concern over political space and the need for the core ruling party, the Tigrean People's Liberation Front (TPLF),to ease its stranglehold on civil society and the political opposition in order to maintain stability in [...] | 2008-06-11 04:44:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PBTS ET |
08ADDISABABA1593 | MELES ON NEW CSO/NGO LAW: BRACE FOR CHANGE [...] (C) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Ambassadors from the UK, France and the U.S. that the new CSO/NGO law (Ref. A) would be introduced to the Parliament before the July 7 recess and would become law probably by September. Meles presented a forceful argument for the new law. Characterizin [...] | 2008-06-11 04:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PREL ET |
08ADDISABABA1674 | DISMANTLING ETHIOPIA'S POLITICAL SPACE [...] (S/NF) This is the first in a series of cables outlining policy options on U.S.-Ethiopia relations in light of recent restrictions on political and democratic space (Refs. A and B). 2. (S/NF) The ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) came to power in 1991 under mu [...] | 2008-06-19 08:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KDEM PGOV ASEC EAID ET |
08ADDISABABA170 | ETHIOPIA ENGAGED IN PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin called in Ambassador January 19 to discuss Somalia. With legal advisor Minelik present, Seyoum told the Ambassador that Ethiopia has over the past several months approached moderate elements of the former Islamic Courts Union (ICU) of Somalia. Meetings ha [...] | 2008-01-22 14:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ET SO |
08ADDISABABA1733 | UNITY FOR DEMOCRACY & JUSTICE (UDJ): KEEPING HOPE FOR [...] (SBU) On June 24, 2008 PolCouns met with Dr. Yacob Hailemariam, the Head of Foreign Affairs of the newly formed opposition political party, Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ). UDJ is unique as its supporters represent most major ethnic groups and its leadership is composed of most major lea [...] | 2008-06-25 14:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM ET |
08ADDISABABA1746 | "FORUM FOR DEMOCRATIC DIALOGUE IN ETHIOPIA": A NEW [...] (U) On June 24, 2008, representatives from the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF),Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM),Somali Democratic Alliance Forces (SDAF),Arena Tigray for Democracy and Sovereignty (Arena),former President of Ethiopia Dr. Negasso Gidada, and former Defens [...] | 2008-06-26 14:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PHUM ET |
08ADDISABABA1787 | ETHIOPIA - USG/HAT - MEETING WITH WFP [...] Senior World Food Program (WFP) officials - the Country Director for Ethiopia and the Chief of the Logistics Division in Rome - briefed USAID officials Friday June 27 on the current transport situation and its capacity to meet food aid imports over the coming months. There is little capacity t [...] | 2008-07-01 12:56:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA1815 | USAU: APRIL 9-11 AFRICAN UNION CONSULTATIVE [...] SUMMARY: From April 9-11 the African Union (AU) Consultative Meeting on Women and Gender met in Addis Ababa to review a framework paper to be subsequently endorsed by the AU Council of Ministers as the definitive AU statement on gender policy and gender mainstreaming. Subsequent to the meet [...] | 2008-07-07 06:23:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI AU |
08ADDISABABA1817 | USAU: PROPOSAL FOR AFRICAN CLIMATE POLICY CENTER [...] SUMMARY: On May 20 African Union (AU) and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) officials briefed donor partners on joint efforts to establish an African Climate Policy Center (ACPC). The African Development Bank (ADB) is also involved in the initiative to address the challe [...] | 2008-07-07 06:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI AU |
08ADDISABABA1821 | ETHIOPIA - USAID/HAT - UPDATE ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN [...] This cable provides a summary of the current situation in the Somali region based on field reporting by the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) regional government in Jijiga, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and United Nation (UN) agencies. The cable draws exclusively from second hand sources du [...] | 2008-07-07 06:26:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA1823 | SERIOUS IMPACTS OF FAILED BELG RAINS IN ETHIOPIA [...] There is a 'green famine' in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) as the U.S. Government Humanitarian Assistance Team (USG/HAT) observed during their recent field trips in Wolyata and Gurage zones in late June. Nutrition programs are overwhelmed with patients in the absenc [...] | 2008-07-07 06:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA1825 | USAU: JUNE 11-12 MEETING OF IGAD COUNCIL OF [...] SUMMARY: On June 11-12 the Foreign Ministers of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) convened in Addis for their twenty-seventh Ordinary Session. The meeting was chaired by Kenya, co-chaired by the Italian Ambassador, and addressed by Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, [...] | 2008-07-07 06:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID AU |
08ADDISABABA1918 | Ethiopia Now Opposes UN Follow-on Mission, for Now [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Ambassador that Ethiopia now opposes any UN follow-on mission upon the conclusion of UN Mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) operations on July 31. Meles echoed the Foreign Minister's position (reftel)that Eritrea had so completely undercut the Algie [...] | 2008-07-14 14:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PBTS PGOV MOPS ET |
08ADDISABABA1941 | USAU: SUDAN PRESIDENT BASHIR TELLS AFRICAN UNION [...] (C) During a July 16 courtesy meeting between the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security (Ambassador Ramtane Lamamra) and the Commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Africa (Major General Cornell Wilson),the Commissioner revealed several comments regarding his meeting in Kharto [...] | 2008-07-16 14:29:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AU |
08ADDISABABA1943 | INFLATION PEAKS, THE PUBLIC FEELS THE PINCH [...] In June, Ethiopia's general inflation rate hit 55.3 percent on an annualized basis (from June 2007 to June 2008). Food inflation ticked in at 78.2 percent and cereal inflation, as a subset of food inflation, soared 132.5 percent over the same period. Cereals include staple grains such as tef [...] | 2008-07-17 08:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ALOW ECON PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA2078 | A DIALOGUE ON ETHIOPIA'S DEMOCRATIZATION: DRL A/S [...] (C) In a broad-ranging 90-minute conversation, DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer effectively noted senior Washington concerns about recent developments in Ethiopia's progress toward democratization with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on July 23. In response, the Prime Minister conveyed the mo [...] | 2008-07-29 07:43:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL ET |
08ADDISABABA2103 | DRL A/S KRAMER NOTES U.S. CONCERN ON CSO LAW [...] (SBU) DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer highlighted significant U.S. concerns over the likely impact and potentially unintended consequences of Ethiopia's draft Civil Society Organizations (CSO) law in meetings with Prime Minister Meles, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu, [...] | 2008-07-31 08:47:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PREL ET |
08ADDISABABA2105 | Prime Minister Meles set on new CSO/NGO law in autumn [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassadors from the UK, France and US on July 30 during the third of a series of meetings that the proposed Charities and Societies Organizations Law (CSO) has become so politicized that it has exacerbated animosities within the Central Committe [...] | 2008-07-31 13:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL ET |
08ADDISABABA2112 | U.S.-ETHIOPIAN RELATIONS MESHED IN UNEASY INTERNAL [...] (S/NF) The growing independence in bilateral policy discussions by hard-liners within the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) party -- including members of the Central Committee and Executive Committee or "Politburo", as well as by powerful outsiders like military [...] | 2008-08-01 11:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KDEM PGOV ASEC EAID ET |
08ADDISABABA2116 | GOVERNMENT RELEASES POLITICAL PRISONER ON [...] (SBU) Seven days after Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Rights, and Labor David Kramer asked senior Ethiopian Government (GoE) officials to grant political detainee Assefa Abraha parole in accordance with standard Ethiopian judicial practice, the GoE released the former senior offic [...] | 2008-08-04 09:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KJUS PGOV PREL ET |
08ADDISABABA213 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM FIELD VISIT #3: HEALTH AND [...] Between January 15 and 21, U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia staff, traveled to Gode and Korahe zones in Somali Region as part of a third field visit to assess the current humanitarian situation, including health and nutrition conditions. USG HAT staff repor [...] | 2008-01-29 04:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA214 | PM'S ADVISOR BEREKET DISCUSSES ELECTIONS AND VOA [...] (C) In a broad-ranging discussion with visiting Africa Bureau PDAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield on January 17, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, Bereket Simon, offered his version of history and less than wholly accurate assurances to comfort the USG that the Government and ruling Ethiopian Pe [...] | 2008-01-29 04:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV KPAO PREL ET |
08ADDISABABA2143 | ETHIOPIA'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM: IN TRANSITION [...] (SBU) This cable provides a brief overview of Ethiopia's judicial system, based on contacts with legal practitioners. Ethiopia has both a regional (state) and a federal court system. The federal system handles matters of federal law and has benefited from external assistance, primarily from C [...] | 2008-08-06 13:02:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS ET |
08ADDISABABA215 | PM'S ADVISOR BEREKET DISCUSSES ELECTIONS AND VOA [...] (C) In a broad-ranging discussion with visiting Africa Bureau PDAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield on January 17, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, Bereket Simon, offered his version of history and less than wholly accurate assurances to comfort the USG that the Government and ruling Ethiopian Pe [...] | 2008-01-29 05:29:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV KPAO PREL ET |
08ADDISABABA2159 | PRESS FREEDOM - OPPRESSIVE OR PERMISSIVE: DRL A/S [...] (SBU) During his July 23-25 visit to Addis Ababa, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor David Kramer met with media professionals and civil society leaders on the state of press freedom in Ethiopia and engaged senior Ethiopian Government (GoE) leaders on press fre [...] | 2008-08-08 06:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL ET |
08ADDISABABA2162 | PRESS FREEDOM: CONTEMPT FOR REPORTING [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 6, the Ethiopian Federal High Court found Million Assefa (defense attorney for pop singer Teddy Afro) and Mesfin Negash (editor-in-chief of popular newspaper Addis Neger) guilty of contempt. The court ruled that a recent Addis Neger article, which quoted Million critici [...] | 2008-08-08 08:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO ET |
08ADDISABABA2217 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE: MR. ABEBAW ASFAW FELLEKE'S [...] (SBU) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, REFTEL identified one Ethiopian National to Participate in Small Arms and Light Weapons non-proliferation training, to be held 17-22 August in Kampala Uganda. Per REFTEL Embassy verifies that as of 11 Aug 08 the Department of State P [...] | 2008-08-12 09:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PMIL PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA2218 | SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following Ethiopian citizen who has been nominated for USG-sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on this individual. 2. (SBU) This seminar is a regional [...] | 2008-08-12 10:00:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PMIL PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA2234 | ETHIOPIA/CHINA: DEPARTING PRC ECONOMIC COUNSELOR [...] (C) Noting that he would soon depart for a new assignment in Monrovia, PRC Economic and Commercial Counselor in Ethiopia Liu Yunbiao told Emboffs that his office would continue to pursue opportunities for cooperation with the United States in Ethiopia, as well as Liberia. Liu observed his vie [...] | 2008-08-14 04:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR EAID ET |
08ADDISABABA2254 | GOVERNMENT DIVERTS WORLD BANK PROJECT FUNDING TO [...] (SBU) The Ethiopian Council of Ministers on August 1 approved the transfer of U.S. $301 million from on-going World Bank and African Development Bank (AfDB) projects to provide subsidized fertilizer to the agricultural sector. The funding -- U.S. $237 million from World Bank projects and U.S. [...] | 2008-08-15 11:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ECON PGOV PREL ET |
08ADDISABABA2262 | FOOD CRISIS WORSENS AS RELIEF CHALLENGES PERSIST [...] (SBU) After almost a year of sustained U.S. and donor engagement with the Ethiopian Government (GoE) to respond to the growing food crisis, the GoE appears intent on obfuscating the facts on the ground and is unable or unwilling to support the humanitarian response. Rather than openly acknowle [...] | 2008-08-18 14:26:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA2265 | GOE SUMMONS TFG, TFG LEADERS REMAIN ENTRENCHED [...] (S) Despite clear and stern messages from the Ethiopian Government (GoE) to resolve personality conflicts and move on with governance and reconciliation, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur (Adde) Hassan Hussein remained entrenched in their re [...] | 2008-08-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PGOV PREL SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2290 | ETHIOPIA: "WE'RE FOLLOWING CHINA'S MODEL" [...] (C) At a hail and farewell on August 19 for Chinese Economic and Commercial Counselor Liu Yunbiao (reftel) and his replacement, Qian Zhaogang, Ethiopian State Minister for Trade and Industry Tadesse Haile extolled the close and growing commercial relationship between China and Ethiopia and sai [...] | 2008-08-21 07:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ET CH |
08ADDISABABA2291 | AWRAMBA TIMES HIGHLIGHTS TENSION BETWEEN PRESS [...] (C) The Editor-in-Chief of the private Amharic weekly Awramba Times met with Emboffs to provide details on what he described as a police threat to curb his newspaper's activities following the publication of stories related to the controversial new opposition movement Ginbot 7, which publicly [...] | 2008-08-21 07:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPAO ET |
08ADDISABABA2325 | INFLATION REACHES 64 PERCENT [...] (U) The Ethiopian Central Statistics Agency (CSA) released July 2007 to July 2008 inflation figures on August 15. Over the past twelve months, overall headline inflation reached 64.2 percent, food inflation skyrocketed to 91.8 percent, and inflation on cereals rose to 171.9 percent. These fig [...] | 2008-08-26 04:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ALOW ECON PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA233 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM FIELD VISIT #3: [...] Between January 15 and 21, U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia staff, including a USAID/Ethiopia senior policy advisor and a USAID/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) agriculture and livestock advisor, traveled to Gode and Korahe zones in Somali R [...] | 2008-01-30 09:57:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA2337 | MSF-SWITZERLAND LEAVES ETHIOPIA [...] (C) After over a year of bureaucratic impediments to its operations in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali region, two rounds of detention without charge of its staff members, and the recognition of its fundamental inability to operate, Medecins Sans Frontieres-Switzerland (MSF-CH) terminated [...] | 2008-08-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM EAID PGOV ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA2338 | SOMALI TFG LEADERSHIP SIGNS AGREEMENT IN ADDIS [...] (C/NF) Summary. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf, Prime Minister Hassan Hussein Nur "Adde", and Speaker Sheikh Aden Mohammed Nur Madobe signed an agreement on August 26 in Addis Ababa that commits the leaders to working together for the remainder of the transi [...] | 2008-08-27 15:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO PGOV SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2379 | ETHIOPIA SEEKS ASSISTANCE IN WITHDRAWAL FROM [...] (C) Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu called in the Ambassador of the U.S. and Charges d'Affaires of the UK and Germany September 2 to discuss ideas to avoid a power vacuum, violence, and possible revival of extremist elements as Ethiopian forces begin phased redepl [...] | 2008-09-04 05:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV SO ET |
08ADDISABABA239 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: DEGEHABUR ZONE FIELD [...] (U) Summary: Between December 27 and 30, the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia program officer, health and nutrition specialist, and safety and security officer traveled to Jijiga and Degehabur zones in Somali Region as part of an initial field visit to asse [...] | 2008-01-31 09:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA240 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: FIELD VISIT #2 -WATER, [...] Between January 2 and 9, U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia staff, traveled to Degehabur and Fik zones in Somali Region as part of a second field visit to assess the current humanitarian situation, including health, nutrition, and water and sanitation conditio [...] | 2008-01-31 09:09:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA2461 | UN'S JOHN HOLMES RAISES OGADEN FOOD DELIVERY CRISIS [...] (SBU) The UN Emergency Response Coordinator and Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed select representatives of the donor community September 3 on his discussions with the Ethiopian Government (GoE) on the "malnutrition crisis" in Ethiopia . He noted that, while [...] | 2008-09-05 07:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PGOV EAGR ET |
08ADDISABABA2482 | GOVERNMENT SET TO PASS CSO LAW [...] (SBU) The release of a minimally altered, near final version of Ethiopia's highly contentious Civil Society Organizations (CSO) law suggests that the Ethiopian Government (GoE) is preparing to rush the bill through Parliament this Fall. The impact of the law on U.S. foreign assistance program [...] | 2008-09-08 12:10:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV EAID PREL ET |
08ADDISABABA2483 | PASTORAL HARDSHIPS IN THE SOMALI REGION [...] (SBU) In an August 8 - 14 visit to Filtu district in the Somali region, PolOff examined the effects of regional drought on food security, livelihoods, conflict, and populations movements. Filtu district remains hard hit by continued drought conditions, pasture overgrazing, lack of a livestock [...] | 2008-09-08 12:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV EAID ECON ET |
08ADDISABABA2487 | ETHIOPIA: OROMO ELDERS BELIEVE RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Oromo Elders told Ambassador September 6 during a private meeting that they believe reconciliation between the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and the Ethiopian government (GoE) is within reach. They plan to hold a meeting of Oromo civic and local leaders in the next few weeks to consolidate [...] | 2008-09-09 04:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ET |
08ADDISABABA249 | STATE MINISTER TEKEDA DISCUSSES REGIONAL AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting with State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Tekeda Alemu, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield asked about Ethiopia's SIPDIS outlook for the new Somali government, the Ethiopian relationship with Sudan, as well as noted the importan [...] | 2008-02-04 07:58:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA250 | OPPOSITION LEADERS DISCUSS LOCAL ELECTIONS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with opposition party leaders, Africa Bureau Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield asked about preparations SIPDIS for upcoming local elections, progress in democratization in Ethiopia, as well as the recent turmoil regarding the [...] | 2008-02-04 08:00:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA2541 | ETHIOPIA/CHINA: PRC COMPANIES FEEL FOREIGN [...] (C) During a working lunch, newly arrived People's Republic of China (PRC) Ambassador to Ethiopia Gu Xiaojie and DCM Zhang Yuebang said that Ethiopia's foreign exchange crunch (septel) was "trouble" for Chinese companies, which have been unable to procure easily materials and supplies from int [...] | 2008-09-16 08:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PINR EAID CH ET |
08ADDISABABA2560 | HAILU SHAWAL: NO NEED FOR COALITIONS FOR NOW [...] (C) Ethiopian opposition parties should "get their own houses in order" and not form coalitions at this time, disgruntled former Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) stalwart Hailu Shawal told the Ambassador. Hailu disparaged the efforts of other opposition parties and contended that his A [...] | 2008-09-17 13:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ET |
08ADDISABABA2561 | ETHIOPIA BRACES FOR AN UNCERTAIN RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles told the Ambassador during a private two hour meeting September 13 that Ethiopia is committed to U.S. relations as the cornerstone for its security and development, but many ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) party members and non-party [...] | 2008-09-17 13:19:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM ET |
08ADDISABABA260 | ETHIOPIA'S JUDICIAL DUE PROCESS, SEVERELY IN [...] (C) Ethiopian elders informed Post that Prime Minister Meles has indicated that the two prominent civil society advocates from the NGO ActionAid, Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie, will not be released at the end of their sentences (May 1 and May 8 respectively) as decreed by the federal cou [...] | 2008-02-04 10:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | KJUS KDEM PGOV PHUM ET |
08ADDISABABA261 | ELECTIONS HERALD #1: LOCAL ELECTIONS HEADED FOR [...] (C) This is the first in a series of reports analyzing the run-up to, and conduct of, Ethiopia's April 13 and 20 local elections. Four weeks into the voter registration process and two weeks into the candidate registration process, the prevailing environment in Ethiopia is marked by success by [...] | 2008-02-04 11:57:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM ET |
08ADDISABABA2645 | GOVERNMENT FOOD SUBSIDIES INEFFECTIVE [...] (U) Since 2005, the Ethiopian Grain Trade Enterprise (EGTE) has provided over 500,000 metric tons of subsidized grain to the country's urban centers. While the initiative is nominally intended to cushion the landless urban poor from the mounting food inflation, urban food prices still remain w [...] | 2008-09-23 11:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA2663 | INSURGENTS STOP/DETAIN NGO STAFF IN OGADEN [...] (SBU) Two NGO teams have been detained in rural encounters with insurgent/extremist groups in the Ogaden areas of Ethiopia's Somali region in the past week. As NGOs report increased access in the Ogaden, the incidence of such encounters is also likely to continue, and grow. Roadblocks by the [...] | 2008-09-25 15:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PHUM EAID PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA2670 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES OGADEN RELIEF AND [...] (SBU) Deputy Prime Minister Adissu Legesse told Ambassador, UN Res Rep Sarasorro, and USAID Mission Director Anders in a meeting on September 25 that the government was taking an "integrated" approach in the Somali region of Ethiopia, similar to the UN-USAID "two track" approach of humanitarian [...] | 2008-09-29 08:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM ET |
08ADDISABABA2676 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES OGADEN RELIEF AND [...] (SBU) Deputy Prime Minister Adissu Legesse told Ambassador, UN Res Rep Sarasorro, and USAID Mission Director Anders in a meeting on September 25 that the government was taking an "integrated" approach in the Somali region of Ethiopia, similar to the UN-USAID "two track" approach of humanitarian [...] | 2008-09-29 08:29:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM ET |
08ADDISABABA27 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: SECURITY AND ACCESS [...] Summary: Between December 27 and 30, the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia program officer, health and nutrition specialist, and safety and security officer traveled to Jijiga and Degehabur zones in Somali Region as part of an initial field visit to assess [...] | 2008-01-08 08:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA2765 | TENSION AND POOR DEVELOPMENT TORMENT [...] (SBU) In an early September visit to Asosa, capital of the Benishangul-Gumuz region, PolOff examined reports of recent escalations in internal conflict and observed broader political and economic issues in one of Ethiopia,s most underdeveloped regions. Many officials highlighted mounting tens [...] | 2008-10-06 14:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV EAID ECON ET PREF |
08ADDISABABA28 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: HEALTH AND NUTRITION [...] (U) Summary: Between December 27 and 30, the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia health and nutrition specialist traveled to Jijiga and Degehabur zones in Somali Region as part of an initial field visit to assess humanitarian conditions and evaluate preliminar [...] | 2008-01-08 08:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA2802 | ETHIOPIA'S LACKLUSTER PARLIAMENTARY AGENDA [...] (U) Ethiopian President Girma Woldegiorgis presented the Ethiopian Government's (GoE) parliamentary agenda at the October 6 opening session of Parliament. Peppered with dry calls for administrative proclamations, quality control standards and institutes, and the improvement of key sectors suc [...] | 2008-10-08 07:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAGR ECON ET |
08ADDISABABA2837 | BEIJING OLYMPICS IMPRESS ETHIOPIA [...] (U) Discussions with Ethiopian officials, political opposition leaders, and professional colleagues suggest that China impressed Ethiopia by hosting one of the most precisely orchestrated and technically impressive Olympic Games in memory. While news of pre-games demonstrations did reach the E [...] | 2008-10-14 13:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ET CH |
08ADDISABABA2846 | ETHIOPIA'S CSO/NGO LAW READY FOR PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassadors from the U.K., France and U.S. during the fourth in a series of meetings that the proposed Charities and Societies Proclamation (CSO law) will be sent, after further minor modifications, to the Council of Ministers this Friday, Octob [...] | 2008-10-15 14:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV EAID PHUM ET |
08ADDISABABA285 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: DEGEHABUR ZONE FIELD [...] (U) Summary: Between December 27 and 30, the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia program officer, health and nutrition specialist, and safety and security officer traveled to Jijiga and Degehabur zones in Somali Region as part of an initial field visit to asse [...] | 2008-02-06 05:23:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA2867 | DASD WHELAN MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER MELES [...] (C) Summary: DASD Theresa Whelan and Ambassador Yamamoto met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles on October 15 to discuss security issues of mutual interest. The primary topic was the situation in Somalia. The PM laid out two scenarios -- one that had the Somali TFG "getting its act togeth [...] | 2008-10-16 15:01:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ET SO |
08ADDISABABA2901 | THE VIEW FROM AFAR [...] (U) In two separate September forays into southern and western areas of Afar regional state, Embassy staff found a marginalized population, neglected by formal central government structures, and dependent on their communal pastoralist lifestyle to sustain them through the three months of the y [...] | 2008-10-21 15:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV EAID EAGR ET |
08ADDISABABA2945 | A/S KRAMER PRESSES PRIME MINISTER MELES ON CSO [...] (C) Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) David J. Kramer met with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on October 20 to discuss continued United States Government (USG) concerns over Ethiopia's draft Civil Society Organizations (CSO) law and the overall narrowing of [...] | 2008-10-28 07:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREF EAID ECON ET |
08ADDISABABA3 | ETHIOPIA: POLITICAL TRIAL WRAPS UP, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 26, the trial of civil society leaders Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie came to a conclusion after nearly two years of proceedings. In a bittersweet ending, the two remaining defendants from among the 131 originally charged in the political trial of Hailu Shawel [...] | 2008-01-02 10:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA3011 | PARTIAL CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (U) On October 30, the Ethiopian parliament approved the appointment of nine ministers presented by Prime Minister Meles. Five of the nine ministers were members of the former cabinet and four are newcomers. Four of the outgoing ministers remain without role in the government. The following i [...] | 2008-11-03 08:09:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM ET |
08ADDISABABA3051 | USAU: AU DEPUTY COMMISSIONER ON PIRACY, SOMALIA, [...] (C) Summary: African Union Deputy Commissioner Erastus Mwencha told Ambassador on November 5 that African states are mobilizing to combat piracy along their coasts. Mwencha indicated that the AU and AU member states would likely support the renewal of UNSCR 1816. Addressing the crisis in Soma [...] | 2008-11-06 10:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR AU |
08ADDISABABA3092 | PRIME MINISTER MELES DISCUSSES AGRICULTURE [...] (C) Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Professional Staff Member (PSM) Michael V. Phelan met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on November 6 to discuss potential United States support for agricultural development to enhance food security in countries and regions receiving a signifi [...] | 2008-11-13 08:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR OTRA EAID ET SO |
08ADDISABABA3100 | WITH CSO LAW, GOE TELLS DONORS TO BACK OFF [...] (U) After months of U.S. and donor engagement (Ref. A) with the Ethiopian Government (GoE) to mitigate the impact of a draft Charities and Societies Proclamation (CSO law),the GoE released on November 7 what is expected to be the final draft of the law before it is submitted to Parliament. Th [...] | 2008-11-14 09:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV EAID PHUM ET |
08ADDISABABA3108 | USAU: AU UNVEILS STRATEGIC AND BUDGET PLANS TO [...] (U) Summary: Peace and Security will remain one of the African Union's (AU) top priorities in the coming years, according to the proposed budget for 2009 that the organization presented to its international partners group on November 13. The AU's other "pillars" upon which the budget, as well [...] | 2008-11-14 10:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL AU |
08ADDISABABA3116 | VOA HORN OF AFRICA SERVICE CHIEF DISCUSSES VOA [...] (SBU) Voice of America (VOA) Horn of Africa Service Chief David Arnold met with Advisor to the Prime Minister Bereket Simon on October 23 to request the Ethiopian government (GoE) to consider favorably VOA applications for licenses for VOA reporters (local stringers) to be based outside Addis A [...] | 2008-11-17 09:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KPAO ET |
08ADDISABABA3142 | ETHIOPIA/CHINA: WU BANGGUO'S VISIT TO ETHIOPIA [...] (C) People's Republic of China (PRC) Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) Wu Bangguo met separately with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Speaker of the House of Federation Degfie Bula, Speaker of the House of People's Representatives (Ambassador) Teshome Toga [...] | 2008-11-18 10:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON CH ET |
08ADDISABABA3145 | FRUSTRATED ETHIOPIA TO LEAVE SOMALIA AT YEAR'S END [...] (C) Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin called in the U.S. and UK Ambassadors on November 17 to discuss the Somalia crisis. Seyoum said that Ethiopia plans to depart Somalia in 45 days, by the end of December, but will support African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces until then. [...] | 2008-11-18 11:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC KPKO ET SO |
08ADDISABABA315 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM FIELD VISIT #3: WASH [...] Between January 15 and 21, U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia staff traveled to Gode and Korahe zones in Somali Region as part of a third field visit to assess the current humanitarian situation, including water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions. The USG HA [...] | 2008-02-08 08:43:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA3159 | GOE CLAMPS DOWN ON OROMOS, OPPOSITION PARTIES [...] (C) Over the past two weeks, the Ethiopian government (GoE) has arrested at least 53 ethnic Oromos (some reports are as high as 200) and supporters of the mainstream political opposition Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) for alleged support to the banned Oromo Liberation Front (OLF). [...] | 2008-11-20 11:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA3185 | USAU: AU TO LEAD DELEGATION TO MAURITANIA [...] (U) Summary: A high-level delegation from the African Union (AU) and partner international organizations will travel to Mauritania within the next three weeks to meet with ousted President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and junta leader General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to find a way out of [...] | 2008-11-24 07:26:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM UNSC EU AU |
08ADDISABABA3187 | USAU: AMISOM EVALUATING MOGADISHU WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) On 20 November 2008, Colonel George Amamoo, the Acting Chief of the African Union's (AU) Strategic Planning and Management Unit (SPMU) for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) called a meeting of local Defense Attaches to provide an update of the situation in Somalia. The Acting [...] | 2008-11-24 09:39:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS |
08ADDISABABA3188 | RECONCILING THE OROMO LIBERATION FRONT AND [...] (SBU) Recognizing that the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) is widely supported -- at least in principle -- among Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, Embassy Addis Ababa has long held that reconciliation between the Ethiopian Government (GoE) and OLF is critical to the long-term political st [...] | 2008-11-24 09:56:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ET |
08ADDISABABA3235 | USAU: AFRICOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH AU HEAD KIKWETE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion with AFRICOM Commander General William E. &Kip8 Ward, Tanzanian President and African Union Assembly Chair Jakaya Kikwete discussed the Africa Union,s Peace and Security Architecture, Sudan, the Eastern Congo, Somalia, piracy, and the perception of A [...] | 2008-11-26 12:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR AU |
08ADDISABABA3240 | USAU: MAURITANIA'S ASSEMBLY SPEAKER URGES MORE [...] (C) Summary: Mauritania's National Assembly Speaker Messaoud Ould Boulkheir told the Ambassador on November 27 that sanctions targeting select members of the military junta and their supporters, including business owners, government ministers, and other government officials, will likely be req [...] | 2008-11-28 08:01:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR AU |
08ADDISABABA3283 | CODEL MEEK DISCUSSES SOMALIA, HR 2003, TERRORIST [...] (C) Visiting Congressmen Kendrick Meek, Charles Boustany, and Andre Carson met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Wednesday, December 3 to discuss the timeline of Ethiopia's withdrawal from Somalia, the Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act (H.R. 2003) before Congress, and al-Sh [...] | 2008-12-05 12:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV SO ET |
08ADDISABABA3336 | USAU: AU HOPING TO MOBILIZE AFRICAN LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: African Union Chairperson and President of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete is going to convene certain African heads of state in Pretoria on December 14 in hopes that they can forge a strong enough message to deliver to Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to pressure him to implement a pow [...] | 2008-12-10 15:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI AU |
08ADDISABABA3343 | EMBASSY CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 HORN OF AFRICA [...] (U) Embassy Addis Ababa has reviewed and supports S/CT's proposal to provide training in Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Counterinsurgency Operations to Ethiopia to help the Ethiopian government (GoE) build its capacity to perform these operations in an effective manner that respects hum [...] | 2008-12-12 08:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ET SO |
08ADDISABABA335 | ETHIOPIA: TEACHERS ASSOCIATION SHUT DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest set-back for civil society in Ethiopia, the independent Ethiopian Teachers, Association (ETA),which claims to represent the bulk of Ethiopia's teachers, has had its doors shut once and for all by the judicial system. On February 7, the Supreme Court ruled that the [...] | 2008-02-11 13:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA3370 | REVISED POLITICAL PARTIES REGISTRATION PROCLAMATION [...] (SBU) Ethiopia's revised Political Parties Registration Proclamation (reftel) came into effect on September 24, 2008 instituting additional new reporting requirements that will further dampen opposition parties' ability to raise funds and compete in Ethiopia's ever-shrinking political space. [...] | 2008-12-17 12:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA3371 | OROMO OPPOSITION PARTIES FORM COALITION [...] (SBU) The Oromo People's Congress (OPC) and the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) recently formed a coalition which will allow them to combine resources, increase their strength, and better withstand government pressure in the run-up to the 2010 elections. The decision to join force [...] | 2008-12-17 12:39:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA3372 | OROMO OPPOSITION PARTIES FORM COALITION [...] (SBU) The Oromo People's Congress (OPC) and the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) recently formed a coalition which will allow them to combine resources, increase their strength, and better withstand government pressure in the run-up to the 2010 elections. The decision to join force [...] | 2008-12-17 12:39:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA3373 | OROMO OPPOSITION PARTIES FORM COALITION [...] (SBU) The Oromo People's Congress (OPC) and the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) recently formed a coalition which will allow them to combine resources, increase their strength, and better withstand government pressure in the run-up to the 2010 elections. The decision to join force [...] | 2008-12-17 12:39:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA3376 | USAU: AU PSC MINISTERIAL TO ADDRESS DRC, SOMALIA, [...] (U) Summary: The African Union,s Peace and Security Council (PSC) will hold a ministerial meeting on December 22 to address the situations in Eastern Congo, Somalia, and Mauritania. At this point, ministers from Zambia, Ethiopia, Algeria, Nigeria, and Gabon are expected to attend. The cu [...] | 2008-12-17 14:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM AU |
08ADDISABABA3381 | ENGAGING PARLIAMENT ON CSO LAW [...] (SBU) With the draft Charities and Societies Proclamation (CSO Law) submitted to Parliament on December 2, Ambassador and Pol/Econ Chief met with the Speaker of Parliament and Chairmen and representatives from the Standing Committees on Foreign Affairs, Legal Affairs, and Social Affairs on Dec [...] | 2008-12-18 08:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV EAID PHUM ET |
08ADDISABABA339 | PRESIDENT YUSUF IN ADDIS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Yamamoto and DCM Malac met with President Yusuf on February 9 during his stopover in Addis en route back to Somalia. Although frail, Yusuf was engaged and forcefully stated his intention to stay in power through the end of his mandate in late 2009. He reiterated his c [...] | 2008-02-12 04:50:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC ET PGOV PREL SO |
08ADDISABABA3398 | USAU: AU PSC TO CONSIDER SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) On December 19, USAU Ambassador met with AU Commissioner for Peace and Security (PSC) Ramtane Lamamra and delivered reftel points on Mauritania. The Mauritanian situation will be on the Peace and Security Council Ministerial Meeting agenda on December 22. In the meeting with Lamamra, Amb [...] | 2008-12-19 18:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR AU |
08ADDISABABA3399 | USAU: LAST-MINUTE RUSH TO BEEF UP AMISOM [...] (U) This message contains Action Requests in paras 6 and 12. 2. (C) Summary: With AMISOM's mandate running out and a withdrawal of Ethiopian forces from Somalia's capital imminent, the African Union (AU) and its partners are spending the final days of 2008 in a diplomatic race to secure f [...] | 2008-12-19 20:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MCAP SO AU |
08ADDISABABA3400 | ANECDOTES ON RULING PARTY RIFTS [...] (S/NF) In a series of recent conversations with individuals close to the government and/or to individuals within the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition, we have heard reports of several looming rifts and internal tensions within each EPRDF sub-party. W [...] | 2008-12-22 05:39:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PREL ET |
08ADDISABABA3422 | PRIME MINISTER MELES CRITICIZES U.S. STATEMENT ON [...] (C/NF) The United States was successful in getting the Ethiopian Government's (GoE) attention with our statement to the World Bank on December 10 noting concern about continued funding of projects without the necessary macroeconomic fundamentals in place to ensure long-term growth and sustaina [...] | 2008-12-22 15:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL EFIN PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA3424 | ETHIOPIA: THE VIEW FROM HARAR AND DIRE DAWA (PART [...] (C) The Harar regional state faces an acute water shortage and receives ninety percent of its budget from a federal subsidy, severely constraining development, the Harar Regional President told PolOff during PolOff's December 10-12 visit to Harar and Dire Dawa to assess political and economic [...] | 2008-12-23 12:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON PREL KIRF ET |
08ADDISABABA3425 | ETHIOPIA: THE VIEW FROM HARAR AND DIRE DAWA (PART [...] (C) Harar and Dire Dawa based contacts, including religious leaders, told PolOff on a December 10-12 trip to the two cities (reftel) the mixed Christian and Muslim regions of Harar and Dire Dawa are a model for religious tolerance and the religious community in both places vigilantly guards ag [...] | 2008-12-23 12:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON PREL KIRF ET |
08ADDISABABA3426 | USAU: AMISOM MANDATE EXTENDED BY TWO MONTHS [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request in paragraph 9. 2. (U) Summary: On December 22, the African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) agreed to extend AMISOM's current mandate for two months, and also asked the AU Commission to work closely with the Government of Ethiopia to ensur [...] | 2008-12-23 14:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USUN KPKO SO AU |
08ADDISABABA3450 | USAU: AU PSC MINISTERIAL TAKES STRONG STAND [...] (U) This message contains an action request in paragraph 6. 2. (U) Summary: At an African Union Peace and Security Council Ministerial meeting on December 22, the AU agreed to take concrete measures against the coup leaders who overthrew the legitimate government of Mauritania. Specific [...] | 2008-12-24 16:09:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN MR AU |
08ADDISABABA3451 | USAU: AFRICAN UNION WARNS GUINEA COUP LEADERS OF [...] (U) In the wake of Guinean President Lansane Conte's death and the military takeover of the country, the African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Council met December 24 in an emergency session where it warned of "stern measures" if the coup materializes. Those measures could include suspending [...] | 2008-12-24 16:34:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GV AU |
08ADDISABABA3456 | USAU: GUINEA'S AU MEMBERSHIP SUSPENDED [...] (U) As expected, the African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Council voted on December 29 to suspend Guinea from the organization until the country returns to constitutional order. The Council also reiterated its "firm condemnation" of the December 23 coup, which it regards as "a flagrant viol [...] | 2008-12-29 12:26:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV GV USAU |
08ADDISABABA3460 | HARASSING THE OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) In the most overt case of harassment of the political opposition since the April local elections, the Ethiopian Government (GoE) has detained Birtukan Mideksa, Chairperson of the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) party, three times in the three weeks and today arrested her. Birtukan [...] | 2008-12-29 14:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV KJUS PHUM ET |
08ADDISABABA3462 | IFIS' ACTIONS IN ETHIOPIA REMAIN IFFY [...] (C) As Ethiopia grapples with an increasingly dire economic crisis its need for financial and development assistance from international financial and development institutions (IFIs) is acute. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (the Bank) have not engaged the Ethiopian Govern [...] | 2008-12-30 05:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV EFIN PREL IBRD ET |
08ADDISABABA3474 | ETHIOPIANS "SLOWING" WITHDRAWAL UNTIL AMISOM [...] (SBU) This cable contains an ACTION REQUEST in paragraph 7. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassador on December 31 that Ethiopia is "slowing" its troops' withdrawal from Mogadishu and Somalia until Ugandan and Burundian reinforcements arrive for the African [...] | 2008-12-31 15:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS UN SO ET |
08ADDISABABA3476 | ETHIOPIA UNCOMPROMISING ON REJAILING OF OPPOSITION [...] (S/NF) Ambassador called on Prime Minister Meles on December 31 in an effort to secure the release from prison of prominent opposition leader Birtukan Midekssa, who had been jailed on the evening of December 29 (Reftel). Birtukan was arrested on alleged charges of violating the terms of her [...] | 2008-12-31 15:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PREL ET |
08ADDISABABA360 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: FIELD VISIT #2 -WATER, [...] Between January 2 and 9, U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia staff, traveled to Degehabur and Fik zones in Somali Region as part of a second field visit to assess the current humanitarian situation, including health, nutrition, and water and sanitation conditio [...] | 2008-02-13 07:09:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA369 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: LIVESTOCK AND MARKET [...] U.S. Government Humanitarian Assistance Team (USG HAT) in Ethiopia staff report concern regarding the ability of pastoralist populations to sell their livestock and purchase staple commodities as a result of ongoing movement and trade restrictions within the conflict-affected areas of Somali R [...] | 2008-02-14 04:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA381 | (S) OGADEN: GOVERNMENT DETAINS NGOS BASED ON US [...] (S/NF) Since January 26, the Ethiopian Government (GoE) has imposed travel restrictions on two teams of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Holland and Switzerland NGO workers in Warder and Kebri Dehar towns respectively in the Ogaden region. While the restrictions were imposed at the beginning of [...] | 2008-02-14 08:58:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PHUM PGOV CASC PTER ET |
08ADDISABABA382 | ETHIOPIA COOL TO KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Ambassador spoke with State Minister Tekeda Alemu February 12, 2008 on the anticipated independence of Kosovo. Tekeda replied that Ethiopia has not given great thought to this issue, but would be hesitant to make any statement for or against this pronouncement. Tekeda opined that the Ser [...] | 2008-02-14 08:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU ET |
08ADDISABABA4 | ETHIOPIA: POLITICAL TRIAL WRAPS UP, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-02 10:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA400 | (C) USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: ONLF CONTACT [...] (C) Between January 15 and January 21, 2008, USG Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) staff in Ethiopia traveled to Gode and Korahe zones in Somali Region as part of a third field visit to assess the current humanitarian situation. During this time, the USG HAT convoy, including UN and partner N [...] | 2008-02-19 05:01:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA412 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: PHASE I FINDINGS AND NEXT [...] During the December 20 to January 31 Phase I of the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia presence, USG HAT staff conducted multiple humanitarian assessment trips to the conflict-affected areas of Somali Region, including Degehabur, Fik, Gode, and Korahe zones. [...] | 2008-02-19 05:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA413 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: ACCESS AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Between December 20 and January 31, U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia staff conducted three extensive humanitarian assessment trips to the conflict-affected areas of Somali Region, including Degehabur, Fik, Gode, and Korahe zones. USG HAT staff note na [...] | 2008-02-19 08:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA421 | SIYE ABRAHA SEEKS NATIONAL UNITY PARTY [...] (C) On February 15, Ambassador met Siye Abraha, former Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) stalwart, former Defense Minister and the architect of the military defeat of the Derg, to discuss Siye's plans following his return to Ethiopia from the United States. Siye broke ranks with the [...] | 2008-02-20 05:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ET |
08ADDISABABA432 | NO CRISIS IN OGADEN BUT FOOD DISTRIBUTION A [...] (C) The Ambassador and USG Humanitarian Assessment Team (HAT) members briefed separately the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA),and the diplomatic corps and concerned NGOs, on the humanitarian situation in Eth [...] | 2008-02-20 13:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV CASC ET |
08ADDISABABA492 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: PHASE I FINDINGS AND NEXT [...] During the December 20 to January 31 Phase I of the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia presence, USG HAT staff conducted multiple humanitarian assessment trips to the conflict-affected areas of Somali Region, including Degehabur, Fik, Gode, and Korahe zones. [...] | 2008-02-27 08:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA527 | Ogaden: Continued Action Required to Meet Tough [...] (SBU) During a February 22-23 visit to the Ethiopia Somali region, Ambassador, USAID Mission Director, USAID Advisor for the Somali region, and RSO met Ethiopia Somali region President Abdullahi Hassan and his staff in charge of humanitarian relief in the Ogaden to press for improved food dist [...] | 2008-02-28 05:43:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ET |
08ADDISABABA53 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: HEALTH AND NUTRITION [...] (U) Summary: Between December 27 and 30, the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia health and nutrition specialist traveled to Jijiga and Degehabur zones in Somali Region as part of an initial field visit to assess humanitarian conditions and evaluate preliminar [...] | 2008-01-09 05:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA583 | MFA DISCUSSES SOMALIA, ETHIOPIA/ERITREA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials from Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs including State Minister Dr. Tekeda Alemu met for lunch with Ambassador Yamamoto and Emboffs. The discussion was wide-ranging and candid. On Somalia, the MFA shared information regarding the Foreign Minister,s February 27 tri [...] | 2008-03-03 08:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | ER ET PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL |
08ADDISABABA585 | ELECTIONS HERALD 2: SLOW NEB PROGRESS; WILL [...] (SBU) In a February 14 meeting with Ambassador, National Electoral Board (NEB) Chairman Dr. Merga and Vice Chairman Dr. Adissu commented on the positive progress that the NEB has made since being appointed. While the NEB has made positive progress toward implementing the April 13 and 20 local [...] | 2008-03-03 11:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV EAID ET |
08ADDISABABA596 | ELECTIONS HERALD 3: SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. From January 28 to February 1, Poloff and senior political FSN visited several areas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) and the southern portion of the Oromiya region, to meet with opposition leaders, government administrators and NGOs in order to [...] | 2008-03-04 06:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA60 | ICRC STILL ON THE OUTS WITH GOE, STILL NOT IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 27, Polchief and Refcoord met with Pierre Wettach, ICRC Head of Delegation in Ethiopia. Wettach reported that ICRC's operational situation has not substantially changed since ICRC was expelled from the Somali region/Ogaden this past summer. He provided a readout of a [...] | 2008-01-09 09:56:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF ET |
08ADDISABABA64 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: DEGEHABUR ZONE FIELD [...] (U) Summary: Between December 27 and 30, the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia program officer, health and nutrition specialist, and safety and security officer traveled to Jijiga and Degehabur zones in Somali Region as part of an initial field visit to asse [...] | 2008-01-09 14:34:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA667 | ELECTION HERALD 4: EPRDF WINS OROMIYA ELECTIONS BY [...] (C) The Ambassador's February 25-27 trip to western Oromiya highlighted a deep frustration among opposition supporters, party officials, and candidates, as well as resignation among the general public on the lack of choice for the upcoming local elections in April. This marks a sharp departur [...] | 2008-03-07 09:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM ET |
08ADDISABABA699 | PRC/ETHIOPIA: PRC OPEN TO TRADE AND AGRICULTURE [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed with PRC Embassy counterparts opportunities for coordination and collaboration on trade and agriculture, particularly the participation of Chinese companies in the newly-formed American Chamber of Commerce in Ethiopia. PRC interlocutors explained that, despite a re [...] | 2008-03-10 14:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KPKO CH ET |
08ADDISABABA71 | USAU: REQUEST FOR SUPOORT FOR AVIATION FUEL FOR [...] (U) This cable is from US Mission to African Union (USAU) Dr. Cindy L. Courville. 2. (U) Summary. Political unrest in Kenya has interrupted aviation fuel supplies into Burundi. Currently there is no aviation fuel available for the Burundi to airlift their 1st Battalion of Peacekeepers to Mo [...] | 2008-01-10 04:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR PGOV PREL |
08ADDISABABA718 | FORMIN DETAILS EFFORTS AT SOMALI STABILIZATION, [...] (C) Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin told Ambassador on March 11 that he clearly told Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) leaders during his February 27 visit to Baidoa that they "shouldn't expect the Ethiopian umbrella to be cast for long unless they sat down to serious busin [...] | 2008-03-13 07:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ET SO |
08ADDISABABA75 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: DEGEHABUR ZONE FIELD [...] (U) Summary: Between December 27 and 30, the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia program officer, health and nutrition specialist, and safety and security officer traveled to Jijiga and Degehabur zones in Somali Region as part of an initial field visit to asse [...] | 2008-01-10 10:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA76 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: HEALTH AND NUTRITION [...] (U) Summary: Between December 27 and 30, the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia health and nutrition specialist traveled to Jijiga and Degehabur zones in Somali Region as part of an initial field visit to assess humanitarian conditions and evaluate preliminar [...] | 2008-01-10 10:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA783 | ELECTION HERALD 5: EPRDF SANGUINE IN SNNPR, [...] (C) Supporters of the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and opposition United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF) provided differing accounts of the registration and campaign process in the run-up to April's local elections during the Ambassador's March 17-18 visi [...] | 2008-03-21 12:02:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON ET |
08ADDISABABA821 | ETHIOPIA: DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS AN FTO [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post informed host government MFA Assistant Chief of the Minister's Cabinet Abdetta Dribssa of the USG decision to designate al-Shabaab as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group on March 18. Abdetta responded that his governmen [...] | 2008-03-26 13:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV KCRM SO BG |
08ADDISABABA838 | ETHIOPIA: CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS TO BE PARDONED [...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly two and half years in prison, civil society leaders Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie, the final two political prisoners from the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) trial, are set to be granted a pardon and released from prison. Though they are now only about [...] | 2008-03-28 08:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA852 | ELECTION HERALD 6: ANRDF DISENCHANTED WITH [...] (C) Afar National Revolutionary Democratic Front (ANRDF) Chairman Salih Ali Hodele alleged that hundreds of ANRDF candidates for local elections have been dropped from registration sheets by National Electoral Board (NEB) personnel who belong to the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Demo [...] | 2008-03-31 10:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ET |
08ADDISABABA853 | STAFFDEL YOUNG DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND SUDAN WITH [...] (C) Ethiopia seeks USD 17 million in funding in order to train 10,000 Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) police, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of the Minister's Cabinet told StaffDel Young on March 24. Abdeta expressed confidence that the military situation is improving in [...] | 2008-03-31 10:18:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ET KE |
08ADDISABABA854 | SOMALIA: TFG AMBASSADOR TO CHINA HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Ambassador to China Mohammed Awil met with Deputy Pol-Econ Chief on March 15. Awil was in transit to Beijing, having come earlier that week from Mogadishu. Awil described the situation in Mogadishu was "normal," with the TFG enduring continue [...] | 2008-03-31 10:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ET KE |
08ADDISABABA86 | UTDS -- A TIGREAN OPPOSITION EMERGES [...] (SBU) Sixteen years after coming to power as part of the Tigrean People's Liberation Front (TPLF),six years after being ejected from the party, and two years after seeking formal registration, the Union of Tigreans for Democracy and Sovereignty (UTDS) emerged in November as Ethiopia's first r [...] | 2008-01-14 04:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PBTS ET |
08ADDISABABA867 | CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR ETHIOPIA PASTORAL AREAS [...] THE FAMINE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM NETWORK (FEWSNET) FROM MARCH 10TH THROUGH THE 18TH, CONDUCTED A CONTINGENCY PLANNING WORKSHOP UTILIZING THE HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY APPROACH (HEA) TO PREDICT OUTCOMES FOR WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE A POOR SHORT RAINY SEASON IN ETHIOPIA'S MAIN PASTORAL AREAS. RESULTS FROM [...] | 2008-04-01 08:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA910 | ETHIOPIA: TIGHTER GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT OF THE [...] (SBU) In his March 18 performance report of the government to the House of People's Representatives, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi avoided commenting on political, security, or foreign policy dynamics focusing his comments instead on the state of the economy. Meles' main points were that the Et [...] | 2008-04-02 14:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EAGR ET |
08ADDISABABA929 | EMBASSY ADDIS ABABA EAC CONVENES TO REVIEW [...] (S) The Ambassador convened the Embassy Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 3 to review the Embassy's security posture following the March 18 designation of Al-Shabaab as a foreign terrorist organization FTO) (Ref A),Ethiopia's continued military involvement in Somalia, developments on [...] | 2008-04-04 07:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | ASEC CASC PREL PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA941 | USAU: AFRICAN UNION REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL AND [...] THIS CABLE IS FROM THE U.S. MISSION TO THE AFRICAN UNION (USAU) AMBASSADOR DR. CINDY L. COURVILLE. 2. SUMMARY: AU Peace and Security Commission is requesting USG financial and logistical support to establish a temporary AMISOM Mission Headquarters in Mogadishu. The current Headquarters is [...] | 2008-04-07 04:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS AU |
08ADDISABABA946 | MELES ON ETHIOPIAN PLANS TO "REDEPLOY" FROM SOMALIA [...] (S) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassador Yamamoto on April 3 that Ethiopia is looking to "redeploy" its approximately 2,500 troops in Somalia to the Ethiopian towns of Dolo Odo and Ferfer along the Ethiopia-Somalia border. While there are some factors aggravating Ethiopia's e [...] | 2008-04-07 14:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | MOPS PREL PGOV ET SO |
08ADDISABABA978 | USAID/OFDA STRATEGY CONSULTATIONS [...] Ethiopia is a country of 77 million people and growing by 3 percent per year. Despite healthy growth in the macro economy and an aggressive pro-poor agenda supported by the World Bank and major donors, including USAID, millions of Ethiopians rely every year on a safety net food program to comp [...] | 2008-04-09 06:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA987 | UPDATE ON SNNPR AND OROMIYA REGION DROUGHT [...] From March 11 to 18, 2008, USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Washington-based public health advisor and Addis-based field monitor staff traveled to SNNPR and Oromiya regions to assess the current drought condition and its impact on the nutrition and health status of [...] | 2008-04-10 13:23:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
08AITTAIPEI1002 | Taiwan COA Minister and AIT Director Discuss [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 2 introductory call at the Council of Agriculture (COA) on new Chairman, Chen Wu- hsiung, the AIT Director raised the importance of resolving key access issues for U.S. agricultural products including beef, pork, and rice. Responding on beef, the Chairman expressed c [...] | 2008-07-09 09:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL TW |
08AITTAIPEI1566 | HONG KONG UPGRADES ITS TAIWAN TRADE OFFICE [...] (C) During a November 6 meeting with economic chief, Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) Ltd. Taiwan Branch General Manager Perry Fung said his office has upgraded its status from "consultancy" to "limited company," reflecting the overall improvement in cross-Strait economic ties (reft [...] | 2008-11-06 05:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EINV TW HK CH |
08AITTAIPEI1635 | DIRECTOR HIGHLIGHTS FINANCIAL CRISIS COORDINATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a November 21 meeting with Vice Premier Paul Chiu, the Director observed that the current APEC leaders' meeting in Peru presents a useful opportunity for Taiwan to coordinate with counterparts on the global financial crisis. He stressed U.S. interest in fast action on opening T [...] | 2008-11-21 08:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD EAGR TW |
08AITTAIPEI1638 | TAIWAN'S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK DARKENS, BUT FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 20, official GDP figures showed the Taiwan economy contracted by 1.02% year-on-year (yoy) in the third quarter, a sharply lower figure than had been predicted just weeks earlier. The government's 2008 GDP growth forecast is now 1.87%, and the official estimate for 200 [...] | 2008-11-23 21:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL TW |
08AITTAIPEI1647 | TAIWAN MULLS ENHANCED CROSS-STRAIT FINANCIAL LINKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In advance of the 14th Cross-Strait Financial Academic Research Conference slated to take place in Beijing this week, Taiwan financial sector contacts say preparations are underway for a cross-Strait MOU that would facilitate Taiwan banks' access to the Chinese market, and vice-ver [...] | 2008-11-24 07:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH |
08AITTAIPEI1674 | FSC CHAIRMAN BECOMES FIRST ECONOMIC OFFICIAL TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the Ma Cabinet's first change of economic personnel, Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) Chairman Gordon Chen has resigned, nominally due to his poor performance in steering Taiwan through the global financial crisis. Reportedly, however, Chen was pressured to resign in the [...] | 2008-12-01 08:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PINR TW |
08AITTAIPEI1706 | DIRECTOR AND USTR TEAM URGE PROMPT TAIWAN ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 9 meeting with NSC Secretary General Su Chi, the Director and Deputy Assistant USTR Timothy Wineland urged Taiwan to open its market to the full range of U.S. beef imports as quickly as possible. They stressed that the imminent release of the Department of Health (DO [...] | 2008-12-09 09:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL TW |
08AITTAIPEI1708 | MARKET ACCESS CONCERNS, NOT POLITICS, DRIVING [...] (C) SUMMARY. As Taiwan and China discuss liberalizing cross-Strait financial service restrictions, there appear to be clear differences on market access. According to Taiwan officials, China wants to liberalize under the WTO framework. This, in the view of Taiwan officials, would give China [...] | 2008-12-10 10:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW |
08AITTAIPEI1716 | USTR VISIT FOCUSES ON AGRICULTURE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During December 8-9 meetings in Taipei, USTR Senior Director for China and Taiwan Affairs Tim Wineland and AIT/W Director of Trade and Commercial Programs Rick Ruzicka pressed their Taiwan interlocutors on key agricultural market access issues, including beef, pork, and rice. Winel [...] | 2008-12-11 08:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL TW |
08AITTAIPEI786 | TAIWAN PREPARES FOR PROGRESS ON CROSS-STRAIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As Taiwan and China prepare to resume negotiations on cross-Strait issues, beginning with charter flights and tourism, Taiwan authorities and industry representatives agree that initial progress should be straightforward. Taiwan authorities believe that during their June 11-14 [...] | 2008-06-06 11:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL TW CH |
08ALGIERS102 | FOREIGN COMPANIES WARILY EYE NEW OIL AND GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian oil parastatal Sonatrach announced belatedly on January 12 that fifteen new exploration blocks would be opened up to bidding by foreign hydrocarbon companies in 2008. Reactions from several U.S. and Italian firms indicate a wariness to pursue new investments given th [...] | 2008-01-28 17:40:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV ECON EINV AG |
08ALGIERS1022 | GET RICH - BECOME A PARLIAMENTARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A September 17 decision to increase dramatically the salaries of members of both the lower and upper houses of parliament has been greeted by public criticism and newspaper headlines screaming "Shame on You" and "Become an MP and Get Rich". The decision, made through a presidenti [...] | 2008-09-24 07:22:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON AG |
08ALGIERS1024 | INITIAL ALGERIAN REACTION TO IRFR MOSTLY NEGATIVE [...] (C) We delivered the 2008 International Religious Freedom Country Report (IRFR) on September 23 during a meeting with MFA North America Deputy Director Rachid Ouali. Ouali gave no substantive comment on the IRFR, despite numerous critical official statements in the Algerian press in reaction t [...] | 2008-09-24 15:13:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO AG |
08ALGIERS1052 | ALGERIAN MFA OFFERS MEASURED CRITICISM OF 2008 IRFR [...] (C) MFA Director General for the Americas (A/S equivalent) Fatiha Selmane called in the Ambassador on September 28 to deliver an official reaction to the 2008 International Religious Freedom Report (IRFR) (ref A). Selmane asserted that the IRFR's conclusions did not match Algerian reality. Sh [...] | 2008-09-30 14:36:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO AG |
08ALGIERS1053 | SENATE PRESIDENT ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, THIRD TERM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian Senate president said September 29 that, press reports notwithstanding, there had been no official movement on a constitutional revision paving the way for a third term for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Senate President Abdelkader Bensalah [...] | 2008-09-30 15:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS1067 | WATER: SECURITY THAT OIL CANNOT BUY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria faces urgent challenges in managing its water resources and huge opportunities exist for U.S. companies in the sector, Minister of Water Resources Abdelmalek Sellal told the Ambassador on September 29. Sellal said he was satisfied with equipment, such as pumps, purchase [...] | 2008-10-05 14:04:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS1087 | INTERIOR MINISTRY SNUFFS EBERT CENTER EVENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the afternoon of October 4, the interior ministry quietly informed the Friedrich Ebert Center in Algiers that the political discussion it had organized for the following morning would not take place and "was not appreciated." The October 5 event, a debate on the 20th anniversa [...] | 2008-10-06 15:48:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS1088 | GOVERNMENT SCRAMBLES TO REASSURE GHARDAIA FLOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Frustration in Ghardaia province following severe October 1 floods led some 5000 people into the streets to protest what they perceived to be the government's sluggish response. The worst flooding the region has seen in over a century took the lives of 33 people, damaged 4000 h [...] | 2008-10-06 16:06:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL AG |
08ALGIERS110 | AUTONOMOUS UNIONS AND STUDENTS TEST THE LIMITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thousands of middle and high school students across Algeria took to the streets in a nationwide strike starting on January 15, heeding the call of autonomous unions. The strike resulted in a near complete paralysis of the education system for more than five days across the enti [...] | 2008-01-30 14:39:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KOCI AG |
08ALGIERS111 | POLITICAL ELITES LINING UP BEHIND THIRD TERM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the week of January 24, a series of high-profile political leaders came out publicly in support of constitutional change to allow President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run for a third term. They included key members of the presidential coalition, the speaker of parliament and [...] | 2008-01-30 14:55:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS1119 | TO JOIN OR NOT TO JOIN: ALGERIA'S FRANCOPHONE [...] (SBU) Despite the lack of an official announcement by the Algerian government, MFA contacts tell us that President Bouteflika will attend and give a speech at the twelfth Summit of Heads of State of the International Organization of Francophone Countries (OIF). The summit, to be held from Oct [...] | 2008-10-15 17:11:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EDU FR AG |
08ALGIERS1121 | TRILINGUAL ILLITERATES: ALGERIA'S LANGUAGE CRISIS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Decades of government-imposed Arabization have produced an under-40 population that, in the words of frustrated Algerian business leaders, "is not fluent in anything" and therefore handicapped in the job market and more vulnerable to extremist influence. The Algerian school syste [...] | 2008-10-16 12:46:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI EDU AG |
08ALGIERS1145 | FRUSTRATED HARRAGA PARENTS ARRESTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A demonstration outside the Tunisian consulate in Annaba led by parents of youths who disappeared while trying to flee Algeria in boats ("harraga"; reftel) turned violent on October 20. Police arrested 14 of the protesters and charged three with violating the laws controlling pub [...] | 2008-10-22 14:36:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS1148 | BLACK MARKET CURRENCY TRADE GAMES GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: While key members of the Algerian government feel immune to the global economic crisis (reftel),Algeria's currency black market is integrated into the world economy in ways the state never has been. On October 13, black market currency traders suspended transactions across the en [...] | 2008-10-22 16:15:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS1163 | BOUTEFLIKA LAUNCHES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced on October 29 that he will convene a special session of parliament in the coming weeks to effect a partial and limited revision of the Algerian constitution. The changes he outlined would open the way for him to seek a third term as presi [...] | 2008-10-29 16:42:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS1164 | CULTURE MINISTER TOUMI'S 15 MINUTES OF FAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Culture Minister Khalida Toumi has emerged as the latest face on government efforts to implement conservative social policies and neutralize regime critics. In September, Toumi issued a directive to shut down bars and nightclubs located near cultural monuments in downtown Algiers [...] | 2008-10-31 17:18:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI AG |
08ALGIERS1171 | EDUCATION MINISTER: GIVE US MORE ENGLISH, MORE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-04 16:10:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EDU AG |
08ALGIERS1172 | 2009 GOVERNMENT BUDGET PAINTS ROSY PICTURE [...] SUMMARY. The Algerian parliament approved the government's 2009 budget with few amendments. Spending will increase six percent over 2008 levels, and the budget law estimates economic growth of 4.1 percent overall and 6.6 percent outside of the hydrocarbons sector. The budget uses an oil re [...] | 2008-11-04 17:34:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS1181 | ALGERIA REMAINS FIRM ON MAURITANIA, SEES SOME [...] (C) MFA Director General for African Affairs (A/S equivalent) Lounes Magramane told visiting NEA/MAG Director Stephanie Williams November 3 that Algeria remains firmly opposed to the unconstitutional removal of Mauritanian President Abdallahi from power as a result of the August coup. Magrama [...] | 2008-11-05 18:22:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ML MR AG |
08ALGIERS1208 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS APPROVED WITHOUT DEBATE [...] (C) Algeria's new constitution was ratified in a special November 12 joint session of the Algerian parliament, during which senators and MPs voted overwhelmingly to approve the constitutional amendments proposed by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (ref A). After an introduction by Senate Presid [...] | 2008-11-12 17:08:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL AG |
08ALGIERS1220 | MYSTIC SUFI: BOUTEFLIKA'S ISLAMIC GAMBIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: As he did prior to his 2004 reelection, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has begun raising the profile of Algeria's Sufi religious schools -- the zaouias -- both as a tool for political mobilization and to counter Islamic extremism with a moderate, homegrown alternative. Within Isl [...] | 2008-11-17 11:13:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PREL AG |
08ALGIERS1231 | INCLUSION OF BURKINA FASO IN TSCTP: ALGERIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-18 16:58:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER XA XI AG |
08ALGIERS1267 | THREE CENTIMETERS TALLER THAN NAPOLEON: BOUTEFLIKA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 16:32:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ELAB SOCI AG |
08ALGIERS1280 | CODEL HASTINGS PRESSES ALGERIA ON ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representative Alcee Hastings (D-FL) urged that Algeria invite international observers for the April 2009 presidential elections. He met with positive but carefully hedged responses from his Algerian government interlocutors. The parliamentarians he met were generally warm to t [...] | 2008-12-07 07:39:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS1282 | UNDER THE TLEMCEN SUN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A fertile farming region that is home to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and a disproportionate number of his ministers and advisers, the western wilaya (province) of Tlemcen appears at first glance to be a step ahead of other Algerian cities in reviving its economy and education [...] | 2008-12-09 12:59:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAGR MO CN AG |
08ALGIERS1288 | FLN LEADER SEES MORE REFORM, HOPE FOR CLOSER U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Liberation Front (FLN) Secretary-General (and former Prime Minister) Abdelaziz Belkhadem, now the leader of the alliance pushing for a third term for President Bouteflika, believes there is a hope for closer economic and political relations with the U.S. He told the Amba [...] | 2008-12-10 19:13:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS1296 | ALGERIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS ON BOUTEFLIKA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Parliamentarians told Codel Hastings on December 2 that they believed the international community must play a greater role in resolving the Western Sahara question and that a third term for President Bouteflika is necessary for the well-being of Algeria. The Minister of Parliame [...] | 2008-12-15 07:56:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM OREP PBTS MO AG |
08ALGIERS1306 | RIFTS WITHIN THE "POUVOIR" MAKE RARE HEADLINES [...] (C) SUMMARY: An extremely rare public and personal exchange between a former president and a retired general has broken the omerta code usually observed by Algeria's ruling elite, exposing divisions within the "Pouvoir" that have persisted since the struggle for independence. The bitter excha [...] | 2008-12-18 08:21:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS1307 | CENTRAL BANK CHIEF STAYS THE REGULATORY COURSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bank of Algeria Governor Mohamed Laksaci told the Ambassador December 7 that he and his organization are focused almost to a fault on bank regulation rather than on financial system modernization. Laksaci has been with the central bank in various positions since 1990, and remain [...] | 2008-12-18 08:21:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL AG |
08ALGIERS1314 | STOP THE PRESS: JOURNALISTS ON TRIAL AGAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-20 11:49:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AG |
08ALGIERS1319 | STOP THE PRESS: JOURNALISTS ON TRIAL AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH) marked its celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by voicing concern that basic freedoms in Algeria were slipping, not improving as Algeria's human rights ombudsman Farouk Ksent [...] | 2008-12-20 17:22:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AG |
08ALGIERS1320 | ALGERIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The security situation in Algeria was marked by a decrease in the number of high profile terrorist attacks throughout the country compared with 2007, although the overall number of attacks did not decline and ongoing low-level terrorist activities continued in the countryside. In the first [...] | 2008-12-20 17:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS133 | PROSELYTIZING IN ALGERIA: ONWARD CHRISTIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: From June to December 2007, a steady trickle of reports surfaced in the Algerian press about Christians and alleged Christian proselytizing in Algeria. Since January 2008, the frequency and length of the reports have increased markedly, and parliamentarians from the Islamist pol [...] | 2008-02-04 16:33:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF AG |
08ALGIERS1336 | TOUGH CROWD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GHARDAIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Welcomed by a lively group of 250 students, the Ambassador spoke December 18 at the University of Ghardaia on the importance of youth participation in elections. His remarks were met with critical comments from faculty and students alike regarding U.S. policy on the Arab-Israeli [...] | 2008-12-28 11:48:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EDU PGOV PREL IQ AG |
08ALGIERS1338 | ALGERIAN COMMITMENT TO AMISOM COMES FROM THE TOP [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on December 28 to Kamel Rezag-Bara, Counselor to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for Counter-terrorism. He thanked Rezag-Bara for Algeria's commitment to provide ten aircraft to transport African Union member troops into Somalia, and stressed the urge [...] | 2008-12-28 15:01:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO SO AG |
08ALGIERS140 | UNIONS PLAN NATIONWIDE PROTEST SURGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria's autonomous unions are gearing up for two nationwide strikes in February as they continue to make demands on the state. While the unions largely agree among themselves on the issues underlying the strike calls, there is less agreement on who speaks for whom, with splinte [...] | 2008-02-06 17:49:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS143 | STALE BUT NOT YET ROTTED: AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN [...] SUMMARY: Algeria's agriculture sector has been stagnant for years because of a combination of factors that includes decades of Soviet-style government agrarian policies, underdeveloped industrial transportation systems, drought, and terrorist activity that disrupted business and distracted g [...] | 2008-02-09 06:37:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL AG |
08ALGIERS169 | ALGERIA RESERVED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: We received a noncommittal response from Algerian government interlocutors when the Ambassador raised the issue of recognizing an independent Kosovo. The Algerian government prefers a "go slow" approach, even though a top MFA official readily agreed Kosovo could never be reinteg [...] | 2008-02-17 06:26:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS197 | ANGRY YOUTHS STIR UP SLEEPY SAHARA TOWN [...] (U) Violent protests on February 16 by approximately 100 youths in Timimoun, a sleepy tourist town in the desert of southwest Algeria, raised eyebrows in Algiers, since the majority of socioeconmic protests in Algeria have been confined to the more populous northern strip of the country (refte [...] | 2008-02-22 09:24:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KOCI AG |
08ALGIERS198 | SCENE SETTER FOR A/S WELCH VISIT TO ALGERIA [...] (C) We and the Algerians are looking forward to your visit next week. There was a prominent article about your visit, generated with help from our PAO, in best-selling el-Khabar newspaper on February 21. You will be visiting just as the government machine is gearing up to amend the Algerian constit [...] | 2008-02-22 11:28:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS199 | NEW POLISARIO AMBASSADOR IN ALGIERS HEWS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 20 meeting, new Polisario Ambassador to Algeria Ibrahim Ghali and Polisario Minister-Delegate for African Affairs Mohammed Beissat told us that it was getting more difficult for the Polisario leadership to convince the Sahrawi people to be patient and respect the Man [...] | 2008-02-22 11:59:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC PBTS MO WI AG |
08ALGIERS21 | SAHRAWI AMBASSADOR: POLISARIO ENERGIZED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Polisario Ambassador to Algeria, the December 14-20 party congress in Tifariti has provided the Polisario with an injection of energy and confidence moving into the January 8-9 Manhasset negotiations. While the pledge to resume armed struggle against Morocco "has [...] | 2008-01-07 14:53:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC PBTS MO WI AG |
08ALGIERS221 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) Per reftel, Embassy Algiers has identified eleven critical infrastructure/key resource sites that if damaged or destroyed might negatively impact U.S. oil and gas supplies or U.S. military overflight and refueling. Algeria is a major source of oil and natural gas for the United States, se [...] | 2008-02-27 17:18:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON PTER PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS223 | BOUTEFLIKA LOOKS TO THE LEVANT WITH A/S WELCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a three-hour tour d'horizon with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika provided his candid opinions on a wide range of issues (septel),but spoke at length about the Levant. He revealed his personal views on Syrian interference in Lebanon, the [...] | 2008-02-29 10:11:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS23 | HUGE MOSQUE PROJECT FACES STIFF OPPOSITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: For several months, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's vision of building the third largest mosque in the world has divided the government and broader public here, provoking opposition from all sectors of society. Given a potential price tag that runs in excess of USD one billion, [...] | 2008-01-09 10:47:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KISL AG |
08ALGIERS251 | ALGERIAN LEADERSHIP TOWS WESTERN SAHARA LINE WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In February 26 and 27 meetings with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem emphasized their familiar line on self-determination for Western Sahara, as well as the need to find a way out that would allow Algeria [...] | 2008-03-03 13:21:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS252 | BOUTEFLIKA: LIBYA LOOKING TOWARDS U.S. [...] (S) In a February 26 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika SIPDIS stated emphatically that while Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi needs to protect his image with a sometimes defiant public discourse, his mindset is now firmly pro-U.S. Furthermo [...] | 2008-03-03 13:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS259 | BOUTEFLIKA: LIBYA LOOKING TOWARDS U.S. [...] (S) In a February 26 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stated emphatically that while Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi needs to protect his image with a sometimes defiant public discourse, his mindset is now firmly pro-U.S. Furthermore, accor [...] | 2008-03-03 15:52:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS261 | ALGERIAN LEADERSHIP TOWS WESTERN SAHARA LINE WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In February 26 and 27 meetings with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem emphasized their familiar line on self-determination for Western Sahara, as well as the need to find a way out that would allow Algeria [...] | 2008-03-03 15:52:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS27 | THIRD TERM PUSH FOR BOUTEFLIKA STEAMROLLS FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The move to amend the constitution to allow President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run for an unprecedented third term in 2009 is now gathering steam. Almost immediately after the November 29 local elections, Prime Minister Belkhadem began painting the elections as a clear popular cal [...] | 2008-01-10 11:17:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS274 | MFA OFFICIAL CALLS GOVERNMENT ATTACKS ON EMBASSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: There was more media clamor on March 5 about the Algerian government accusations that the U.S. Embassy and the Ambassador of "interference" in internal Algerian affairs (ref A). Government spokesman Boukerzaza told the press March 4 that there was no diplomatic crisis with the Em [...] | 2008-03-05 19:10:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ODIP KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS28 | ALI BENFLIS: BOUTEFLIKA RIVAL STAYING OUT OF SIGHT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ali Benflis, the main challenger to President Bouteflika in the 2004 presidential election, told us that that the Algerian government is gradually throttling democracy and largely failing to address Algeria's other problems. He claimed that changes back and forth on policy iss [...] | 2008-01-11 08:35:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PGOV PINR AG |
08ALGIERS291 | APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS PRESS DEFAMATION VERDICT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 4 an appellate court in Jijel upheld a May 27, 2007 verdict against the director of French-language daily El Watan and its lead columnist. The two were convicted of defaming Ahmed Maabed, the wali (governor) of Jijel. They were sentenced to two months in prison and ord [...] | 2008-03-10 17:36:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO AG |
08ALGIERS317 | DESPERATION FUELS INCREASE IN SUICIDES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Suicide, though a significant sin in Islam, is on the rise in Algeria. Sociologist Nacer Djabi warned that socioeconomic discontent was creating a developing "suicide mentality" in Algeria (reftel) even among young Algerians, and official statistics indicate suicide was an increa [...] | 2008-03-17 10:57:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI ECON AG |
08ALGIERS332 | WOULD THE REAL AUTONOMOUS UNIONS PLEASE STAND UP? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first two months of 2008 have witnessed a coordinated level of independent labor union activity on a nationwide scale. The strikes of early 2008 appear to have been effective in mobilizing participants across the entire country. The three major nationwide strikes so far this [...] | 2008-03-20 09:17:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI AG |
08ALGIERS333 | JUST IN TIME FOR EASTER: TROUBLE WITH CHRISTIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The controversy surrounding Christians and alleged Evangelical Christian proselytizing in Algeria continues (refs A, B). In late February Hugh Johnson, a retired American Methodist minister who has lived and worked in Algeria for 45 years, was suddenly ordered to leave the count [...] | 2008-03-20 09:35:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF CASC AG |
08ALGIERS334 | MFA BLASE ABOUT MEDIA ATTACKS ON EMBASSY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a period of relative calm, government use of the press to attack Embassy activities (refs A and B) heated up again on March 15 when Arabic-language daily El Khabar featured front page headlines proclaiming that the Interior ministry had issued an order forbidding NGOs to meet [...] | 2008-03-20 09:51:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ODIP KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS357 | DECODING PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS LEAKS ATTACKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The publisher of an Arabic-language daily told the Ambassador on March 24 that the paper's March 22 front page story alleging that the Ambassador had refused to appear at the MFA when convoked by the Foreign Minister was printed as a result of direct pressure from the Prime Minis [...] | 2008-03-26 11:01:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ODIP KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS384 | SCARRED BY SCANDAL AND INEXPERIENCE, CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bank of Algeria, worried that it will be perceived as soft on corruption and banking irregularities, has been carrying out an increasingly aggressive oversight campaign whose intentions may be pure, but whose results have frustrated and suffocated banking reform. Our contacts [...] | 2008-04-01 16:51:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL AG |
08ALGIERS385 | BEYOND BRICKS AND MORTAR: ALGERIA'S HOUSING CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A housing shortage across Algeria is one of the worst economic problems facing the country. To help ease the shortage, in 2004 President Bouteflika launched an ambitious plan to build more than one million new housing units by the end of 2009. The program has fallen far short [...] | 2008-04-02 07:02:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS388 | ACCUSED JOURNALISTS SOBERED BUT UNBOWED BY [...] (C) On March 26 Pol/Econ Chief and PAO visited the Algiers offices of the French-language daily El Watan to discuss the press defamation case against El Watan Director Omar Belhouchet and columnist Chawki Amari (ref A). Editor-in Chief Zine Cherfaoui and Amari told us that the paper was able [...] | 2008-04-02 15:04:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAO PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS420 | CHRISTIAN CHURCHES WRESTLE WITH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Using a 2006 law, the Algerian government closed some Protestant churches in March amidst constant reporting by Algerian Arabic-language papers that was intensely hostile towards the Christian community in general and towards alleged Protestant proselytizing in particular. Our co [...] | 2008-04-14 14:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF CASC AG |
08ALGIERS427 | CHRISTIAN CHURCHES WRESTLE WITH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Using a 2006 law, the Algerian government closed some Protestant churches in March amidst constant reporting by Algerian Arabic-language papers that was intensely hostile towards the Christian community in general and towards alleged Protestant proselytizing in particular. The Al [...] | 2008-04-15 15:57:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF CASC AG |
08ALGIERS434 | INTERIOR MINISTER CRITICIZES NGOS AS UNHELPFUL [...] (C) Speaking during a parliamentary session held April 9, Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni stated that "international NGOs coming to Algeria are neither helping nor building the country." He asked MPs why they would work with such NGOs since they only came to Algeria for money. Zer [...] | 2008-04-20 16:16:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS437 | PREPARING THE WAY FOR THE 2009 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria is scheduled to hold its next presidential election in April 2009. Parliamentary and local elections in 2007 saw very low turnout and our contacts warn us of broad disinterest in the political system. In order to help avoid radicalization of some elements of the disench [...] | 2008-04-21 16:05:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM AG |
08ALGIERS448 | NEW AQIM VIDEOS ON THE INTERNET [...] (C) SUMMARY: After an absence of more than nine months, the AQIM video series "Shadows of the Sword" has made a return to the jihadi website community. On April 14, AQIM released a new video showing two attacks on Algerian targets in Dellys and Boumerdes (Kabylie region),demonstrating AQIM [...] | 2008-04-23 10:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC AG |
08ALGIERS458 | "YEAR OF THE STRIKE" CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria's autonomous unions staged another nationwide strike from April 13 to 15. Participation rates varied and the country did not grind to a halt. In an unusual development, riot police dispersed demonstrating strikers near the Central Post Office in Algiers. Although the [...] | 2008-04-23 11:06:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI AG |
08ALGIERS466 | MUSLIM PARTY TRIES NEW APPROACH TO DECRIMINALIZE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP),the Muslim Brotherhood party that is one of the members of the ruling coalition in Algeria, proposed in parliament on April 22 to cancel a 2001 law that constitutes the basis for the criminalization of religious and journalistic speech. T [...] | 2008-04-24 11:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO AG |
08ALGIERS481 | PACKAGING AND REPACKAGING ALGERIA'S WTO BID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria's chief WTO negotiators said in press interviews surrounding an Algerian Senate-sponsored conference about Algerian WTO membership negotiations that Algeria's WTO bid was in an "advanced state" and that they are preparing for a new round of talks that they expect to occur [...] | 2008-04-28 10:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PGOV PREL AG |
08ALGIERS490 | RIOTING IN WESTERN ALGERIA - THE ANGRY YOUNG MEN [...] (U) Algerian independent newspapers reported on April 28-29 that the city of Chlef, the capital of the province in western Algeria with the same name, suffered from two days of major rioting on April 27-28. According to these press reports, the trial of a community activist who had been fig [...] | 2008-04-30 08:35:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS492 | MORE GOVERNMENT VENOM DIRECTED AT NGOS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Algerian political figures continue to attack foreign NGOs working in Algeria. The April 27 press featured the head of the government's Human Rights Commission blaming Al-Jazeera TV and foreign NGOs for "threatening the country's national reconciliation program." Meanwhile, rh [...] | 2008-05-01 06:22:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS493 | IMPACT OF RISING FOOD PRICES: ALGERIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria imports much of the food in consumes, up to 50 percent of some commodities, and the prices of many food items are climbing significantly. The government is using subsidies to prevent price increases for a few food staples, like bread, semolina and milk. Because of t [...] | 2008-05-03 05:48:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV PREL AG EAID ETRD |
08ALGIERS494 | IMPACT OF RISING FOOD PRICES: ALGERIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria imports much of the food in consumes, up to 50 percent of some commodities, and the prices of many food items are climbing significantly. The government is using subsidies to prevent price increases for a few food staples, like bread, semolina and milk. Because of t [...] | 2008-05-03 05:48:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV PREL AG EAID ETRD |
08ALGIERS504 | FORM OVER FUNCTION: SURVIVING AS A NEWSPAPER IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Looking back on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's second term, many of our press contacts have told us of their concerns that press freedoms and competence are shrinking. At the time of Bouteflika's re-election in 2004, French-language daily Liberte was considered an aggressive re [...] | 2008-05-05 10:13:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO AG |
08ALGIERS509 | THE RETURN OF AHMED OUYAHIA - FUTURE PRESIDENT ? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister and current head of the ruling coalition National Democratic Rally (RND) party, Ahmed Ouyahia has recently been tapped by President Bouteflika to represent him on several high-profile foreign trips and even representing Bouteflika at the party congress of one [...] | 2008-05-06 11:05:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS522 | EMBASSY URGES DECRIMINALIZATION OF PRESS DEFAMATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day May 3, the Ambassador gave a major speech urging Algeria to decriminalize press defamation. The message received positive media coverage and was coupled with an emphasis on training to elevate the standards and ethics of responsible jou [...] | 2008-05-08 10:09:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO SCUL AG |
08ALGIERS587 | ALGERIA RESPONSE ON LEBANON BUILDING ON ARAB [...] (C) During a May 20 reception, Ambassador collared Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci and relayed reftel demarche message. Ambassador said the U.S. strongly supports the Arab league mediation of the Lebanon crisis and the agreement announced in Beirut on May 15. Medelci said that Alg [...] | 2008-05-21 12:12:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE SY AG |
08ALGIERS617 | CONTAINING POLITICAL ISLAM: MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY: As its tumultuous three-day party congress drew to a close at the end of April, the (Muslim Brotherhood) Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP),one of the three parties in the ruling coalition, re-elected Bouguerra Soltani as its leader after a power struggle between Soltani and hi [...] | 2008-05-27 10:06:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS625 | JUDGE DEFERS DECISION IN HIGH-PROFILE RELIGIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 30 Habiba Kouider, an Algerian who converted to Christianity approximately four years ago, was charged in the western Algerian town of Tiaret with illegally practicing a non-Muslim religion. On May 27 the Tiaret court delayed giving a final verdict in the case, choosing [...] | 2008-05-30 17:49:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS661 | MOUNTING SOCIAL DISCONTENT DRIVES LATE MAY STREET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria's two biggest cities, Algiers and Oran, suffered prolonged street violence in late May at the hands of angry youths for whom disappointing soccer results were the final straw that pushed them into the streets. Parts of Algiers had to shut down each night May 20-22 due to [...] | 2008-06-05 08:29:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI AG |
08ALGIERS690 | COMMERCE MINISTER SAYS PRIVATIZATION WILL CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Commerce Minister El Hachemi Djaboub told the Ambassador that Algeria is determined to go forward with the privatization of public enterprises, but admitted that it has more parastatals than interested buyers. Djaboub said he noted a trend over the last decade within the govern [...] | 2008-06-13 10:29:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS694 | MFA ON ASAD'S TRAVELS, LEBANON [...] (C) The Algerian foreign ministry is not aware of any imminent visit to Algeria by Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, according to Counselor Nassima Baghli and North America Director Abdellah Laouari. Laouari told us on June 15 that the MFA was aware of Asad's recent visit to Tripoli, along wit [...] | 2008-06-15 16:31:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE AG |
08ALGIERS721 | FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE WINS AT LEAST ONE [...] (C) On June 21, Ambassador met Ambassador Baali, Counselor to Foreign Minister Medelcito discuss the Friends of Iraq conference held in United Arab Emirates on June 17-19. Baali who led the Algerian delegation, said he met with MNFI Commander General Petraeus, Iraqi National Security Adviso [...] | 2008-06-23 08:01:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AG IZ |
08ALGIERS728 | CABINET RESHUFFLE BRINGS OUYAHIA BACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The AlgeriantopkQ/2QW]Qz&p_QQUQJune 23 a long-rumored cabinet reshuffle that catapulted Ahmed Ouyahia back into the prime minister's chair for the third time. Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem was downgraded to minister of state without portfolio, a role unlikely to represent a [...] | 2008-06-24 15:42:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PGOV EAIR ECON AG |
08ALGIERS750 | KEY OFFICIALS SAY CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IS IMMINENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Algerian press over the past nine months has regularly trumpeted that constitutional change was coming any day, June 30 conversations with new Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia, parliamentary Speaker Abdelaziz Ziari and prominent senators and MPs suggested that the effort [...] | 2008-07-02 10:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS76 | CHRISTIAN LEADERS CONCERNED ABOUT RELIGIOUS CLIMATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: One month after a December 11 suicide bomb destroyed UN offices in Algiers, Christian leaders in the country told us that they had experienced no difficulties directly attributable to the attacks. They did express concern, however, that an intolerant climate against Christians i [...] | 2008-01-22 17:22:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF AG |
08ALGIERS762 | ALGERIA REMAINS DISTANT ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) In a July 2 meeting with MFA's Director General for European Affairs (A/S equivalent) Mouloud Hamai and Deputy Director for Central Europe and the Balkans Abdelmadjid Amalou, Charge asked whether Algeria's thinking on Kosovo had evolved and urged the Algerians to participate in the July 11 [...] | 2008-07-07 07:41:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV AG |
08ALGIERS77 | ALGERIAN SECURITY ROW WITH UN GETS PUBLIC AND NASTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The dispute between the Algerian government and the UN over the investigation of the December 11 bombings has become public and bitter. The Algerians, in public and in private, claim they have been transparent and shared the results of their own investigation, while the senior UN [...] | 2008-01-22 18:04:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER PGOV UN AG |
08ALGIERS772 | TALES FROM THE DARK SIDE: CODEL GETS RARE MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 30, visiting Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) met with Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni, an old ally of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika who rarely meets with U.S. officials. The meeting steered clear of hot-button issues but did offer some insight into the way Zerhoun [...] | 2008-07-08 15:38:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AG |
08ALGIERS778 | ALGERIA COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING PALESTINIAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Messaoud Benziad, Deputy Director of MFA's office of Mashreq Affairs. We thanked Benziad for Algeria's support for the Palestinian Authority thus far, noting reftel points that Algeria is one of three Arab League countries that has pledged support this year [...] | 2008-07-09 16:45:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL PGOV ECON IS AG |
08ALGIERS780 | EVANGELICAL CONVERTS RECEIVE FINES, SUSPENDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two Algerian Christians, Rachid Seghir and Djammal Dahmani, were convicted on July 2 of proselytizing and illegally practicing a non-Muslim religion. The Algerian court fined the defendants 100,000 dinars (1,540 USD) and handed out six-month suspended prison sentences. Non-Mus [...] | 2008-07-09 17:11:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF AG |
08ALGIERS782 | BOUTEFLIKA SEEKS TO RECONCILE THE UNRECONCILED [...] (U) During his July 5 Algerian independence day speech to the military leadership, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika revisited the theme of national reconciliation, calling on Algerians to unite against extremism and "to put down the fire of Fitna." He underscored the need to pursue security and [...] | 2008-07-12 06:24:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM KISL AG |
08ALGIERS787 | THE HARRAGA: GIVE ME DIGNITY OR GIVE ME DEATH [...] (U) SUMMARY: On the desolate beach of Sidi Salem, in the eastern suburbs of Annaba, a dozen young Algerian males alternate between kicking a soccer ball and working on several small, unmarked wooden boats. Each week, several boats leave from this beach, filled with a cross-section of frustrated you [...] | 2008-07-13 07:11:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI AG |
08ALGIERS793 | FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LISTING - ARMED [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, according to available information the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) has not been involved in terrorist activity during the period 2003-2008. Algerian sources share GRPO analysis that the GIA no longer has a formal leadership structure; however, they tell us that GIA [...] | 2008-07-14 16:59:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL KCRM KJUS AG |
08ALGIERS800 | CODEL MCCOLLUM MEETS THE NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 30 meeting with Codel McCollum, Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia proved surprisingly forthcoming about Algeria's past mistakes and his own aggressive anti-Islamist credentials, while professing support for WTO accession and religious freedom within Algeria. His offered some [...] | 2008-07-16 14:33:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM AG |
08ALGIERS848 | BOUTEFLIKA LASHES OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a speech to local officials on July 26, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stunned his audience by admitting that his government's economic policies have failed and blaming that failure on both foreign influence and mismanagement at all levels of government. The president scol [...] | 2008-08-02 06:15:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON SOCI AG |
08ALGIERS85 | FRENCH AMBASSADOR: BOUTEFLIKA MAY NOT NEED TO [...] (C) French Ambassador Bajolet told the Ambassador on January 23 that he and the French government are worried that Algeria is gradually headed towards more instability, but they do not see an alternative to Bouteflika's remaining in power for a third term beginning in 2009. Bajolet, who served here [...] | 2008-01-25 11:17:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FR AG |
08ALGIERS865 | TEACHERS ON HUNGER STRIKE IN CONTRACT DISPUTE GET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian teachers hired on short-term, renewable contracts are locked in a stand-off with the education ministry over demands for improved compensation and preferred consideration for permanent appointments. The teachers' demands have received steadily increasing attention in the [...] | 2008-08-04 16:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB SOCI AG |
08ALGIERS892 | HOTEL SHOOT-OUT SHOCKS ALGERIAN TOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Incidents of communal violence flared up in several regions recently as Algerians entered their August vacation season. In a grisly display of clan justice on August 6, a mob ransacked a private hotel in Sidi Aissa (Msila province),provoking a shooting spree that raged through [...] | 2008-08-11 17:08:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KOCI AG |
08ALGIERS905 | TEACHERS PRESS ON WITH HUNGER STRIKE AS UNION [...] (SBU) Algerian contract teachers on a hunger strike since July 15 (ref) are continuing their efforts to pressure the Ministry of National Education (MNE) into negotiations concerning unpaid salaries, recent lay-offs and appointments in Algeria's career teaching service. Relations between the [...] | 2008-08-13 17:12:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ELAB SOCI AG |
08ALGIERS906 | ALGERIA STANDS QUIETLY BEHIND AU AND ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Charge met with newly appointed MFA Director General for African Affairs (A/S equivalent) Lounes Magramane on August 13 to deliver reftel demarche and underscore the need for a constitutional resolution to the crisis in Mauritania. Magramane said that Algeria was closely monitoring events i [...] | 2008-08-16 06:13:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR AG |
08ALGIERS921 | ALGERIA SPEAKS OUT ON MAURITANIA COUP [...] (U) MFA Minister-Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkhader Messahel (U/S equivalent) met with Mauritanian Special Envoy General Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed during an August 13 meeting in which the General passed a letter from coup leader General Abdelaziz addressed to Presiden [...] | 2008-08-20 10:37:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MG AG |
08ALGIERS922 | ALGERIA SPEAKS OUT ON MAURITANIA COUP [...] (U) MFA Minister-Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkhader Messahel (U/S equivalent) met with Mauritanian Special Envoy General Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed during an August 13 meeting in which the General passed a letter from coup leader General Abdelaziz addressed to Presiden [...] | 2008-08-20 11:38:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MG AG |
08ALGIERS926 | THE TROUBLED MARRIAGE OF BOUTEFLIKA AND OUYAHIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The initial fanfare surrounding the June 23 return of Ahmed Ouyahia to the prime minister's chair has given way to a period of uncertainty and rumored tension between Ouyahia and President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The atmosphere has observers suggesting that Ouyahia was not Boutefl [...] | 2008-08-21 10:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AG |
08ALGIERS983 | REGIONALISM TRIUMPHS OVER LOGIC IN CHOICE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 24 proclamation by Minister of Culture Khalida Toumi that Tlemcen will be the 2011 "Islamic Capital" was met with widespread cynicism, and appeared to continue a trend of western Algerian regionalism trumping common sense. Many were puzzled by the declaration, since al [...] | 2008-09-12 10:38:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL SOCI AG |
08ALGIERS984 | THE KABYLIE: RELUCTANT REFUGE FOR TERRORISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A string of suicide bombings just east of Algiers (ref A) has brought renewed focus on the Kabylie mountains and the disproportionate amount of terrorist activity occurring there. A fiercely independent center of Berber culture and tradition for centuries, the Kabylie region has [...] | 2008-09-12 11:30:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL AG |
08AMMAN1029 | HRC NORTH KOREA SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-08 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL JO KN |
08AMMAN1030 | POLL SHOWS PM'S POPULARITY STEADY DESPITE ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: According to a recent opinion poll, public confidence in the government of PM Nader Al-Dahabi held steady in the first 100 days of his administration - reportedly the first time in the history of the poll that a PM has not suffered an initial drop in popularity. The depth of thi [...] | 2008-04-08 14:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON JO |
08AMMAN1049 | Few Iraqis in Jordan Working; Many Running Out of Funds [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iraqis in Jordan have long relied on personal savings and remittances from families in Iraq or abroad to make ends meet, but rising inflation, the end of subsidies, and uncertainty about the length of their tenure in Jordan have contributed to a steady deterioration of their fin [...] | 2008-04-10 11:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREF PREL PGOV JO IZ |
08AMMAN1139 | OVER HALF OF JORDAN'S POLITICAL PARTIES DISBAND AS [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's new political parties law came into effect on April 15. The law requires parties to re-register with 500 "founding" members, up from the previous requirement of fifty. So far, eleven parties have made the cut, and six are anticipated to join them. Nineteen other pre-ex [...] | 2008-04-16 14:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
08AMMAN1149 | GOJ WORKS TO LESSEN IMPACT OF CONTINUED INFLATION; CUTTING [...] (U) Summary: Inflation in Jordan increased by 1.73% in March due to the continued rise in electricity and food prices. The government has responded by lowering customs and taxes on several food stuffs; by making its commissary stores not-for-profit; and by executing a deal with the Government [...] | 2008-04-17 12:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EAGR ENRG JO |
08AMMAN1153 | AS FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE DEADLINE PASSES, MANY [...] (C) Summary: Under Jordan's Financial Disclosure Law adopted in 2006, parliamentarians and other government officials had until April 13 to disclose their assets to the Ministry of Justice. As of the deadline, 63% of MPs have met the requirement. MPs we talked to were mostly resigned to com [...] | 2008-04-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR JO |
08AMMAN1329 | MODERATE ISLAM - PROMOTING THE AMMAN MESSAGE, FOUR [...] (SBU) Jordanian Islamic scholars, in close cooperation with the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, continue to propagate the themes of moderation and authentic Islam represented by the Amman Message and its sequel, the Amman Interfaith Message. The Amman Message seeks to promote [...] | 2008-04-30 15:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
08AMMAN1385 | MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SHURA COUNCIL ELECTS HAWKISH [...] (C) After holding membership elections in March and April, the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood's Shura Council, its highest body, met on May 2 after multiple delays and elected a hawk, Hammam Saeed, as Controller General, ousting Salim Al-Falahat, considered a dove. Saeed is the first Controller [...] | 2008-05-08 06:24:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
08AMMAN1392 | IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES -- JORDAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Jordan is a net importer of food, and the global increase in food and agricultural commodity prices could not have come at a worse time. Jordan recently embarked on an ambitious economic reform program, buying back debt to lower debt service and eliminating fuel subsidies. Add t [...] | 2008-05-08 09:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON PGOV JO |
08AMMAN1395 | THE PILLARS OF OFFICIAL ISLAM IN JORDAN [...] (C) Official Islam in Jordan -- or government-sanctioned and -controlled Islamic institutions -- consists of three main pillars that run the Islamic affairs of the state: 1) the Ministry of Awqaf, Islamic Affairs and Holy Sites; 2) the Department of the Supreme Justice; and 3) the National Fatw [...] | 2008-05-08 09:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
08AMMAN140 | (C) POLL DATA CONFIRM POOR SHOWING OF IAF, BUT [...] (S/NF) Summary: Tracking and exit polls were conducted by the International Republican Institute-supported Jordan Center for Social Research on Jordan's November 2007 parliamentary elections. The data confirm what the Islamic Action Front denies - that the Islamists' overall poor showing i [...] | 2008-01-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV KISL JO |
08AMMAN1430 | JORDANIAN OFFICIALS SEEK STRONG ARAB, U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Senior Jordanian officials aired their views of the Lebanon crisis in separate May 10 meetings with Ambassador (Ref A). Both Prime Minister Nader Dahabi and Foreign Minister Salaheddin al-Bashir urged the U.S. to take a more active role and appeared to lack confidence that the [...] | 2008-05-11 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO LE |
08AMMAN1446 | SOMETIMES THE WEAK SURVIVE - JORDAN'S NEW [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of a new political parties law, the number of parties in Jordan has been cut in half. The public financing envisioned by the law has yet to appear, and the parties are wary of the strings that may be attached to it. Fourteen parties remain - five liberal reformist p [...] | 2008-05-12 16:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN1455 | LAND DEALS GENERATE A DEBATE ABOUT TRANSPARENCY [...] (C) Summary: Three recent land deals by the state to foreign investors have raised questions among the public about transparency in Jordan. The alleged sale of the King Hussein Medical Center (and an adjoining military complex),the cancellation of a deal to construct a casino on the Dead Se [...] | 2008-05-13 10:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR AE JO |
08AMMAN146 | JORDAN 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO [...] Since King Abdullah succeeded to the throne in 1999, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward- oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertaken in the info [...] | 2008-01-15 09:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR |
08AMMAN1465 | REVISED LAW ON ASSOCIATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED BY [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's parliament will likely consider the new draft of an associations law during a June extraordinary session. The previous draft, widely criticized as too restrictive, was withdrawn by the PM in January. As currently written, the new law consolidates responsibility for reg [...] | 2008-05-14 06:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN1466 | CITIZENSHIP OF MANY JORDANIAN-PALESTINIANS STILL [...] (C) Summary: Twenty years after Jordan severed its legal and administrative ties to the West Bank, the repercussions are still being felt, and not merely in the central peace process assumption that the West Bank will become the core of a Palestinian state. Through vague regulations and opaqu [...] | 2008-05-14 06:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL PREF KDEM KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN1533 | DEBATE OVER PUBLIC GATHERINGS LAW BALANCES CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's government is working on a new public gatherings law which will replace the much-criticized statute now in force. As the system currently operates, requests for demonstrations and public meetings must be approved by the regional governor. The criteria by which those re [...] | 2008-05-20 12:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
08AMMAN1549 | JORDAN EARTH DAY 2008 PROGRAMMING ENGAGES YOUTH, MEDIA, [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman organized three successful events for Earth Day 2008: a high-profile April 19 beach and dive clean-up in Aqaba; speaking engagements by Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel, a renowned speaker on environmental issues from the Union of Concerned Scientists; and a regional MEPI-funde [...] | 2008-05-22 09:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV PREL KPAO JO |
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