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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01ABUJA2494 |
ECOWAS: DES DIARRA ON TERRORISM AND A FEW ECOWAS [...] (SBU) In the absence of ECOWAS Executive Secretary Ambassador Kouyate, CDA Andrews, accompanied by Political Counselor and PolMilOff, 27 September called on General Chieck Diarra, Deputy Executive Secretary for Political Affairs, Defense and Security at the ECOWAS Secretariat in Abuja. Andrew [...] |
2001-09-28 14:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL XY NI ECOWAS |
| 02ABUJA1192 |
ECOWAS: POSITIVE REACTIONS TO WASP [...] (U) During April 12 discussions on plans for future peace support programs for Africa (reftel), AF/RAS Greg Engle briefed ECOWAS Deputy Executive Secretary Chiekh Diarra and his staff on the West African Stabilization Program (WASP). Diarra's office at the Secretariat now includes Military Pro [...] |
2002-04-16 14:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR XY NI ECOWAS |
| 02ABUJA1725 |
NIGERIA: ECOWAS EXECSEC CHAMBAS'S VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: During two recent conversations with Ambassador Jeter, the last on May 24, ECOWAS ExeSec Chambas outlined the game-plan for Liberia developed at the May 17 Heads of State meeting in Yamoussoukro. Presidents Obasanjo and Wade were appointed to broker political reconciliation and a [...] |
2002-06-07 12:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI |
| 02ABUJA1805 |
NIGERIA: DIVERGENT GON VIEWS ON LIBERIA [...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with two senior GON officials reveal GON ambivalence on Liberia. Vacillating between two divergent philosophical approaches, Nigeria's position on Liberia is fluid and not fixed to any coherent strategy. One contending belief, championed by Special Advisor on Co [...] |
2002-06-17 16:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI |
| 02ABUJA2016 |
NIGERIA: ECOWAS REPORT WILL NOT CONTAIN FALSE [...] (C) During a July 3 meeting, Ambassador Jeter raised reftel points with ECOWAS Acting Executive Secretary (Deputy Executive Secretary for Economic SIPDIS Integration) Mame Sen, and Colonel Dixon Dikio, Military Advisor to the Executive Secretary. Both Executive Secretary Chambas and Deputy [...] |
2002-07-03 17:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI |
| 02ABUJA2565 |
ECOWAS: LIBERIA CONTACT GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) I managed to reach ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohammed Chambas before he left Sweden on August 31. Chambas will be traveling in Europe for the rest of this week and returns to Abuja over the weekend. 2. (SBU) The Executive Secretary confirms that ECOWAS is proposing a meeting of th [...] |
2002-09-03 13:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL XY LI ECOWAS UN |
| 02ABUJA2566 |
CORRECTED COPY: NIGERIA: EMBASSY REVISITS ISSUE OF [...] This is an action message; see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. Ambassador again raised allegations of U.S./ UK support for Lurd in Liberia with ECOWAS Deputy Executive Secretary, General Cheick Diarra. After reiterating that the SIPDIS U.S. and UK do not support Lurd rebels in any way, the [...] |
2002-09-03 14:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS XY LI IV NI ECOWAS |
| 02ABUJA2629 |
NIGERIA: EMBASSY DELIVERS LETTER OF PROTEST TO [...] (C) On September 6, the Ambassador wrote to ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohammed Chambas regarding the circulation by the Liberian Government of an unauthorized ECOWAS military mission report alleging U.S./UK complicity and military support for the LURD. Dr. Chambas is scheduled to return to A [...] |
2002-09-12 08:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS XY LI NI |
| 03ABUJA1639 |
ECOWAS EXECSEC CHAMBAS ON GUINEA BISSAU [...] (C) CDA called on ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohammed Ibn Chambas on September 19 to deliver demarche (REF B). Chambas shared his thoughts on recent developments in Guinea-Bissau and Liberia (reported septel). Characterizing GEN Seabra's September 14 takeover as a coup d'etat, Chambas said EC [...] |
2003-09-19 17:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NI PGOV PHUM PINR PREL XY GZ |
| 03LAGOS1535 |
NIGERIA: DELTA KIDNAPPING THREATENS OIL [...] Summary: A Nigerian white collar worker for Chevron Nigeria Ltd. (subsidiary of Chevron/Texaco) and member of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) was kidnapped outside his home on July 25 by a rogue group of armed Ijaw youths. The kidnapping is the latest in a [...] |
2003-07-31 14:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET ENRG ECON CASC PGOV PINR PINS PTER NI XA XY |
| 03LAGOS2200 |
NIGERIA: TALK OF "MASS PROTESTS" ON FUEL [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-24 16:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM SOCI NI XY |
| 03LAGOS2330 |
OBASANJO, OIL MARKETERS WIN OVER LABOR AND CIVIL [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-10 18:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM SOCI NI XY |
| 03LAGOS2354 |
FMR BIAFRAN PRESIDENT GENERAL OJUKWU MEETS WITH CG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consul General and POLOFF (notetaker) met with former Biafran President General Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and his assistant Prince Bob J. Onyema on 10 November. Ojukwu has plans to travel to the US at the end of November. Ojukwu discussed court cases contesting the res [...] |
2003-11-14 10:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL PGOV PNAT SOCI EPET NI XY |
| 03LAGOS2363 |
OBASANJO SHOULD RESIGN CLAIMS CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Civil society organizations continue to agitate on the national scene in an attempt to realize public policy and institutional reform, but have yet to produce real movement in that direction. Calls for protest against the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) [...] |
2003-11-17 15:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NI XY |
| 03LAGOS2464 |
CIVIL SOCIETY HOLDS RALLY AGAINST CHOGM AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The United Action for Democracy (UAD) held a rally in the Yaba district of Lagos on December 3 to protest President Obasanjo's policies and governance, as well as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) taking place December 5-8 in Abuja. Mobile Police (MOPOL) ar [...] |
2003-12-05 18:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI XY NI |
| 03OTTAWA2181 |
FORCES FOR LIBERIA: CANADA WOULD LIKE TO HELP, [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-31 21:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | CD LI ML MR NG PGOV PHUM PREL XY CA UNSC |
| 03ROME3399 |
LIBERIA/ECOWAS MISSION: ITALY SUPPORTIVE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA CABRAS SAID ITALY BACKS OUR CALL FOR EU SUPPORT OF AN ECOWAS MISSION IN LIBERIA, AND IS CIRCULATING A FUNDING REQUEST WITHIN THE EU. ITALY'S EU CORRESPONDENT IS ALSO ENGAGED. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) A/POLITICAL MINISTER-COUNSELOR AND [...] |
2003-07-25 18:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MASS XY IT UNSC |
| 03THEHAGUE1920 |
LIBERIA: DUTCH WILL CONTRIBUTE EURO 500,000 FOR [...] (S) Summary: The GoNL plans to contribute euro 500,000 via ECOWAS to Mali to support Mali's military contribution to an ECOWAS force in Liberia. Such financial support will be dependent upon a "believable arrangement" that Taylor will leave country and will not be absolved of his war crimes [...] |
2003-07-30 14:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL CD LI ML MR NG XY NL UNSC |
| 04DJIBOUTI1222 |
AFRICA PARTNERSHIP FORUM: INVITATION TO IGAD [...] (U) Ambassador met September 20 with Dr. Attalla Hamad Bashir, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), to present AF Assistant Secretary Newman's invitation to him to attend the October SIPDIS 3-5 meeting in Washington of the Africa Partnership Forum. D [...] |
2004-09-20 13:19:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON OTRA DJ XY ZF ZU XW XA |
| 04LAGOS1204 |
NIGER DELTA: GUNS AND THUGS RULE THE LAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first in a series of four cables addressing the security, political, and humanitarian situation in the Niger Delta based on a field visit by POLOFF and ECONOFF to Warri June 7 and 8. This cable addresses the overall security situation, Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation [...] |
2004-06-10 11:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINS EPET KDEM PHUM EINV ASEC CASC PTER XY NI |
| 04ROME3979 |
LOCUST EMERGENCY: DONORS' MEETING AT FAO, [...] Summary: At FAO Headquarters on 13 October, Director General Jacques Diouf and FAO Secretariat staff briefed representatives of donor governments and affected states on progress in bringing the locust emergency under control. FAO reported that the locust plague is "the worst in fifteen year [...] |
2004-10-15 11:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC MASS SENV XI XY FAO |
| 05ABUJA1556 |
NO SPILLOVER FROM NIGER IN NORTHEASTERN NIGERIA'S [...] Abuja economic officer and two U.S. Army Office of Defense Cooperation humanitarian-assistance personnel visited Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in far northeastern Nigeria, on August 19 and 20, 2005. Officers observed no evidence of Nigerien refugees in Maiduguri; in Borno's Baga town [...] |
2005-08-23 16:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID SOCI SMIG XY NI |
| 05ABUJA1891 |
ECOWAS SUMMIT ON COTE D'IVOIRE AND OTHER REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The ECOWAS Heads of State and Government met in Abuja for an Extraordinary Summit on September 30 to discuss the situation in Cote d'Ivoire. Liberia was a late addition to the agenda. The leaders created a list of recommendations, which they have not made public, which will be [...] |
2005-10-04 15:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PBTS XY ECOWAS |
| 05ABUJA2073 |
A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: On 24 October, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer met with Nigerian National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed. They discussed the Sudan Peace Process, recent Liberian elections, Cote D'Ivoire, the Bakassi dispute with Cameroon, upcoming Nigerian elections, the s [...] |
2005-10-27 11:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM NI XY XW |
| 05ABUJA2075 |
A/S FRAZER,S MEETING WITH NIGERIAN MFA RE [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer met with Nigeria's Foreign Minister Oluyemi Adeniji on 24 October to discuss the Sudan, Cote d'Ivoire (CDI), and other issues. During the meeting, Adeniji was vague on many issues, but spoke generally about the need to push the Southern Sudan [...] |
2005-10-28 08:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PTER MARR PHUM XW XY NI |
| 05PARIS327 |
VISITING AF/W DEPUTY DIRECTOR DISCUSSES COTE [...] (C) Summary: During a January 10 meeting with visiting AF/W Deputy Director Larry Andre, French MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher stressed deep GoF pessimism on Cote d'Ivoire (CdI). GoF demarches to regional leaders prior to the Libreville Summit called for African Union (AU) [...] |
2005-01-18 15:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV XY FR |
| 05PARIS439 |
FRANCE AND WEST AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the last of a series of messages (reftels) briefly summarizing French relations with African nations. For the last two years, France's Africa policy has, of necessity, been focused on the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire. Two years after France hosted the Linas-Marcoussis and Kleb [...] |
2005-01-25 13:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BN UV CV GA GH GV PU IV LI ML MR NG NI SG SL TO XY FR |
| 05ROME1451 |
PESTICIDE OVERSTOCKS: FAO LETTER TO LOCUST [...] Summary. The United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) alerted USUN Rome to a potential problem with pesticides overstocks in Sahelian and North African countries currently embattling desert locusts, via a letter (see below) to affected countries and the donor community to en [...] |
2005-04-29 06:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO |
| 05ROME1742 |
FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE: FAO ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ [...] Summary: At a May 11, 2005, FAO Finance Committee meeting of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Henri Carsalade, Assistant Director General for Technical Cooperation, provided an overview of current FAO activities in Iraq. US Deputy Permrep, coordinating with Kuwait as Near East G [...] |
2005-05-20 09:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME2555 |
DESERT LOCUSTS: FAO'S WORK ON PESTICIDES AND OTHER [...] Summary: In a letter dated April 16, 2005, the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General Jacques Diouf alerted the international donor community to a potential problem with pesticides overstocks in Sahelian and North African countries currently embattling des [...] |
2005-08-01 13:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO |
| 05ROME2560 |
DESERT LOCUSTS: JULY 21 FAO DONORS' MEETING [...] Summary: On July 21, an informal desert locusts donors' meeting was hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Chaired by FAO Director-General (DG) Jacques Diouf, the meeting was well represented by donors and affected countries. The meeting provided informa [...] |
2005-08-01 15:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO |
| 05ROME2835 |
ITALIAN MFA REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. To ensure Italian participation in an upcoming U.S.-led military exercise in West Africa, the Italian MFA has asked for USG assistance in paving the way for Italy to conclude bilateral status of forces-type agreement [...] |
2005-08-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL XY IT NATO |
| 05ROME764 |
FAO AND THE NEXT DESERT LOCUST INVASION [...] Summary. USUN Rome has been actively engaging the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the desert locust emergency in Sahelian West Africa and the Maghreb to determine FAO's preparedness for the next spring and summer 2005 locust control campaign. It has learned that [...] |
2005-03-08 06:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF SENV XI XY UN FAO |
| 06ABUJA1240 |
ECOWAS ON GUINEA [...] (C) The recently concluded meetings between ECOWAS and the EU troika in Vienna included significant discussion about the coming political transition in Guinea. The EU expressed concern about civil society's preparation for transition, thinking that without organized civilian structures, there [...] |
2006-05-25 15:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KDEM GV XG XY ECOWAS |
| 06ABUJA2315 |
NIGERIA:ACOTA HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] Post human rights vetting for the ECOWAS Task Force Headquarters (TFHQ) and its commander, BG Hassan Lai, and for the below listed Nigerian military personnel identified to participate in the ACOTA ESF Headquarters staff training exercise to be held 2-15 September 2006 in Ghana found no evide [...] |
2006-09-05 15:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM NI XY |
| 06ABUJA644 |
ECOWAS CONCERNED ABOUT GUINEA [...] (C) Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, voiced concerns about the state of Guinean President Conte's health and the political stability of Guinea during a meeting with the Ambassador on March 21. Chambas said that he wants to maintain close contact with the Embassy an [...] |
2006-03-22 13:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM GV XY ECOWAS |
| 06ABUJA689 |
AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW DES-PADS [...] Ambassador called on the Colonel Mahamane Toure, the new Deputy Executive Secretary for Political Affairs, Defense, and Security at ECOWAS. Also in attendance were the DATT, PolMilOff, and a EUCOM J5 officer. 2. The cordial meeting offered the Ambassador an opportunity to express the imp [...] |
2006-03-28 10:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS KPKO NI XY ECOWAS |
| 06BANJUL20 |
THE GAMBIA: DESMOND TUTU'S OP ED ON UN HUMAN [...] (SBU) Ambassador made reftel demarche January 10 to Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Ebou Taal, providing text of Desmond Tutu's op-ed and conveying points. Ambassador reviewed elements of the U.S. position on the proposed UN Human Rights Council and asked that GOTG's UN delegation be inst [...] |
2006-01-11 12:22:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO XY GA |
| 06BANJUL29 |
FORMER CIVAIR DIR REPORTS GOTG WILL CHARGE [...] (C/NF) On January 9, former Director General of Civil Aviation Maimuna Taal reported to GSO that President Jammeh had instructed Justice Department officials to prosecute her for economic crimes committed while at the helm of the Gambian Civil Aviation Authority. In previous reporting (ref A) [...] |
2006-01-13 17:27:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR KTIA PIRN ETRD EINV XY GA |
| 06BANJUL757 |
THE GAMBIA: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR'S CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Dakar-based Israeli Ambassador Behar gave an upbeat readout on his initial meeting with President Jammeh, who described former Israeli Prime Minister Barak as "my friend." In the meeting, Jammeh indicated particular interest in Israeli technical aid in the agricultural sector, and proved [...] |
2006-12-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL GA IS XF XY EAID EAGR |
| 06BRUSSELS2988 |
SN-BRUSSELS AIRLINES PLANS EXPANSION IN [...] (U) According to company representatives, SN Brusels Airlines (SNBA) is planning to expand it presence in Africa in the coming years. Eschwing larger airports such as Casablanca, Nairobi and Johannesburg, where other international airlines have a strong presence, SNBA intends to focus on West [...] |
2006-09-05 06:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV BE XY ZF |
| 06DAKAR1279 |
SEVENTH HIGH LEVEL MEETING OF HEADS OF UN PEACE [...] (C) On May 29, UNSYG Special Representative for West Africa Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah told the Ambassador that he is traveling to Yaounde this week to try to broker a summit on demarcating the border between Cameroon and Nigeria on the Bakassi Peninsula. He also provided a summary of his May 12 [...] |
2006-05-31 12:31:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PBTS SOCI KFLU XY CM |
| 06DUBLIN313 |
IRELAND CONSIDERING REDEPLOYMENT OF PEACEKEEPERS [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. On March 23, the DCM met with Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Political Director Colm O'Floinn and UN/Terrorism and Illicit Drugs Director John Deady regarding GOI plans for the potential redistribution of its peacekeeping forces by the end o [...] |
2006-03-28 07:01:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR KPKO PGOV PREL EI SU XY |
| 06KINSHASA516 |
DRC: DEMARCHE ON CHARLES TAYLOR DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered March 25 reftel a demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs just prior to news of Taylor's capture being announced March 29. Djoli said that the DRC has enough problems with armed groups without Charles Taylor being [...] |
2006-03-31 11:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC LI NI KAWC XA XY CG |
| 06MADRID1966 |
PLAN AFRICA: SPAIN INTRODUCES SELF TO NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 26, Vice President Fernandez de la Vega officially rolled out Plan Africa, an ambitious project developed by the Zapatero government to address what it perceives to be a glaring hole in Spanish foreign policy. Prompted both by fears of international terrorism and by more [...] |
2006-08-03 15:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SMIG SOCI SP XY |
| 06NDJAMENA460 |
CHAD: DEMARCHE ON CHARLES TAYLOR [...] (SBU) Emboff met acting MFA Europe-America officer Kama Dounia March 28 to make delivery (orally in French, written in English) of ref demarche urging Chad not to accept Charles Taylor if he attempted to flee to Chad, to cooperate fully with the UN and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and t [...] |
2006-03-28 16:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNSC CD LI NI KAWC XA XY |
| 06NIAMEY1051 |
NIGER: CHOLERA OUTBREAK [...] NGOS ARE REPORTING OUTBREAKS OF CHOLERA IN SEVERAL AREAS OF NIGER FOLLOWING FLOODS IN THOSE AREAS. CASES OF CHOLERA HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN BIRNIN KONNI, DIFFA, MARADI, MADAOUA, AND ZINDER. THE FIRST CASES WERE REPORTED ON SEPTEMBER 11 AND THE NUMBER OF CASES, AS WELL AS PLACES WHERE CASES ARE O [...] |
2006-09-18 14:47:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR NG XI XY |
| 06TELAVIV454 |
ISRAEL-CHAD RELATIONS ON HOLD; MFA DENIES ANY GOI [...] (C) Oren Anolik, advisor to the Israeli MFA's director general, informed poloff January 31 that the GOI has sought to reestablish diplomatic relations with Chad, which were broken in 1972. There is no Israeli charge d'affaires in N'Djamena, according to Anolik. As reported in reftel and in [...] |
2006-01-31 15:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SU CD IS ML NG XY GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06THEHAGUE1364 |
DUTCH INTEREST IN ACOTA, HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS AND [...] (S) Summary: Director of East African Affairs (and acting DAS) Eunice Reddick met June 14 with Wepke Kingma, the Director of the Dutch MFA's Africa Department. Also present on the Dutch side were Ambassador at Large for the Great Lakes Region, Fred Radke, and Head of East and Southern Africa [...] |
2006-06-16 13:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MARR KHIV PREF XY XW ZF NL |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2260 |
UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 61ST GA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-18 17:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU |
| 06VIENNA573 |
DEMARCHE ON MULTILATERAL APPROACH TO CHARLES [...] (C) Post conveyed reftel talking points to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Assistant Secretary-level Director for the Middle East and Africa; to Caroline Gudenus, Head of the MFA's Sub-Saharan Africa Division; and to Klaus Famira-Parcsetich, the MFA's Acting European Political Correspondent [...] |
2006-02-24 15:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC XY AU |
| 07DAKAR2417 |
IDENT REVIEW RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT SENEGALESE PASSPORT [...] (U) Embassy Dakar recently reviewed the cases of refused Non-Immigrant Visa (NIV) applicants whose IDENT hits revealed mala fide identity changes. This review identified several instances when legitimate Senegalese documents were obtained using fraudulent information. Two patterns of identity [...] |
2007-12-20 10:36:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KCRM KFRD XY SG GA |
| 07MOSCOW126 |
RUSSIA: LIBERIA PARTNERS' FORUM [...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel points to the Foreign Ministry's Africa Department Director Igor Labuzov. He said that a Russian delegation would likely attend the Liberian Partners' Forum in Washington [...] |
2007-01-17 07:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL RS LI XY |
| 07NAIROBI3531 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR [...] Country Clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Information Technology Specialist, George Ombis to travel to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso during the period o/a September 12 - 23, 2007. 2. The purpose of travel is to attend the Bi- Annual AFRICAGIS conference, the largest Geo- informatio [...] |
2007-09-05 14:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA UV XA XY |
| 07PARIS688 |
JAPAN/AFRICA: JAPANESE EMBOFF DISCUSSES WEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chie Kinumaki, an Africa Watcher at Japan's Embassy in Paris, on February 21 discussed efforts to assist 30 Japanese nationals in leaving Guinea; the impasse in Cote d'Ivoire; concerns about China's lack of interest in promoting democracy, human rights, and sound business pract [...] |
2007-02-23 09:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR CONS ASEC XY GV IV CH JA FR |
| 07STATE166907 |
SIERRA LEONE- TALKING POINTS FOR DECEMBER 14 [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for the December 14 consultations on Sierra Leone. Begin points: -- The United States thanks Executive Representative Victor Angelo for his thorough briefing and for his except [...] |
2007-12-14 00:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM XA XY SL |
| 07STATE169391 |
SIERRA LEONE - VOTING INSTRUCTIONS ON UNIOSIL [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the UNIOSIL extension resolution scheduled for adoption by the Council on December 21. Full text of the resolution follows: The Security Council, Re-affirming its previous Resolutions and the state [...] |
2007-12-21 02:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM XA XY SL |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1193 |
UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 62ND GA [...] (SBU) Gerald Scott is again serving as Senior Area Advisor for Africa at USUN during the regular session of the General Assembly. These are his personal reflections on African participation as the regular session of the 62nd GA draws to a close. (Note that while in the UN context the African [...] |
2007-12-20 18:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU |
| 07USUNNEWYORK574 |
WEST AFRICAN STATES ASK FOR HELP IN COMBATING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) held an informal meeting on July 11 to address the technical assistance needs of West African states in fulfilling their counter-terrorism obligations under Security Council resolution 1373. Present at the meeting w [...] |
2007-07-13 19:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER XY KFTN KCRM |
| 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 |
| 08BEIJING107 |
JANUARY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL VISIT, SENIOR [...] Key points at the January 10 MFA Press Briefing: -- The MFA announced that EAP A/S Hill was to meet with VFM Wu Dawei that afternoon in Beijing and stated that, regarding the Six-Party Talks, Second-Phase Actions are "moving along smoothly." -- The Fifth U.S.-China Senior Dialogue will take [...] |
2008-01-10 09:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY CH TW XY XW ZU XI RM SZ MI IN KN |
| 08DAKAR1319 |
AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS, PRESSES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings surrounding the presentation of her credentials to Bissau-Guinean President Joao Bernardo Vieira on November 6, 2008, Ambassador Bernicat pressed for continued vigilance in the fight against narco-trafficking and pledged U.S. engagement in the anti-drug ef [...] |
2008-11-14 07:35:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PU SNAR XY |
| 08DAKAR1324 |
GUINEA-BISSAU ELECTIONS COULD PROMPT UNEASE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Threatened by the likely victory of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) in the November 16, 2008 legislative elections, a handful of insecure Bissau Guinean army officers theoretically could be persuaded to take action to forestall PAIGC- [...] |
2008-11-14 13:16:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | KOCI PGOV PREL PU XY |
| 08DAKAR1357 |
PAIGC SET TO PREVAIL IN PEACEFUL AND ORDERLY GUINEA BISSAU [...] On November 14, 2008, POLCOUNS and two PolOffs traveled to Guinea Bissau to observe the nation's first legislative election since 2004. As observed by EmbOffs, the November 16 poll was calm and relatively well-organized and executed. An estimated 72 percent of registered voters turned out fo [...] |
2008-11-25 13:16:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL XY PU |
| 08DAKAR1365 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: DISSIDENT SOLDIERS ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the early morning hours of November 23, at least nine dissident soldiers fired on the private residence of Bissau-Guinean President Joao Bernardo Vieira. Forces loyal to Vieira returned fire, prompting a three-hour gun battle. The President and his family were unharmed. Initi [...] |
2008-11-26 16:43:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | KOCI PGOV PREL PU XY |
| 08LONDON1485 |
UK AND LIBERIA/FRANCE: UK SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (C) The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) should be drawn down based "on conditions on the ground" and the current UN plan for a gradual down-sizing has the UK's full support, Peacekeeping Team Leader Nicola Murray said on May 28. The UK is "quietly positive" on UNMIL. While there ma [...] |
2008-05-29 11:38:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO UNSC XY LI FR UK |
| 08LONDON2499 |
WEST AFRICA: UK PRIORITIES, COUNTER-NARCOTICS AND ELECTIONS REF: A. LONDON 2487 B. FREETOWN 336 C. LONDON 1916 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-02 12:36:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SNAR PINR KDEM PTER KCRM XY UK |
| 08NIAMEY1133 |
NIGER: NOVEMBER 25-27, 2008 REGIONAL SEMINAR ON TERRORISM [...] Summary. The Government of Niger (GON), in cooperation with the Government of France (GOF), hosted in Niamey a regional seminar on terrorism and trafficking from November 25-27, 2008. The GON Minister of Justice (MOJ) and French Ambassador delivered opening and closing remarks at the seminar, [...] |
2008-12-03 11:28:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SMIG SNAR PHUM ASEC MCAP KTFN NG XY |
| 08NIAMEY1183 |
(SBU) NIGER: GOVERNMENT OF CANADA SENDS SPECIAL [...] (S) Summary. The Government of Canada (GOC) dispatched its Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) for La Francophonie Jacques Bilodeau to the Republic of Niger (RON) for two days of consultations with Government of Niger (GON) officials on the disappearances of United Nations Special Envoy (SE) Robert Fowle [...] |
2008-12-30 13:58:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL NG CA XY |
| 08NIAMEY481 |
GOVERNMENT OF NIGER (GON) PRESIDENT TANDJA HOSTS THE NIGER [...] Summary. On April 30, 2008, GON President Mamadou Tandja hosted the Niger Basin Authority (NBA) Eighth Heads of State and Government (HOSG) Summit (much of it held behind closed doors) in Niamey. Three presidents (Benin, Chad and Mali), a prime minister (Burkina Faso), senior government offici [...] |
2008-05-07 14:19:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL EAID EINV SENV EAGR TPHY NG XY |
| 08PARIS382 |
CONCURRENCE FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE [...] The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attache, Paris, France requests the assistance of the Regional Security Office, Nouakchott, Mauritania in support of the investigation of Samba SALL, an asylee in the U.S. who may have misrepresented his former occupation in Mauritania. If th [...] |
2008-03-04 16:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM FR XY |
| 08PARIS79 |
CONCURRENCE FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE [...] The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attache, Paris, France requests the assistance of the Regional Security Office, Freetown, Sierra Leone in support of the investigation of Alhaji Kabba SACCOH, a citizen and national of Sierra Leone who is believed to have been a previous membe [...] |
2008-01-15 07:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM FR XY |
| 08PARIS92 |
CONCURRENCE FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE - ICE [...] U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) requests the assistance of the Regional Security Offices in Accra, Ghana and Lome, Togo in support of a Human Trafficking / Forced Child Labor investigation involving young females trafficked to the U.S. from Togo and Ghana. Three targets have be [...] |
2008-01-17 16:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CVIS PHUM FR XY |
| 08STATE106314 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: TALKING POINTS FOR UNSC [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for the October 6 UN Security Council Consultations on Guinea-Bissau. Begin points: -- We would like to thank (DPA official) for his briefing on the situation in Guinea-Bissau. -- The United States is pleased by statements fro [...] |
2008-10-03 22:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY |
| 08STATE106869 |
GUIDANCE FOR PRST ON GUINEA-BISSAU OCTOBER 7 [...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the PRST on Guinea-Bissau (para 2) October 7 in the UN Security Council Consultations. 2. Begin text of PRST: The Security Council, recalling its previous statements on Guinea-Bissau, and having considered the latest report of the Secretary-General [...] |
2008-10-06 23:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY |
| 08STATE115258 |
USUN INSTRUCTION: VOTE IN FAVOR OF CDI SANCTIONS [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the adoption of the resolution (text in para 2) that will renew the UNSC Cote d'Ivoire sanctions regime and extend the mandate of the Group of Experts for an additional 12 months. ------------------ TEXT OF RESOLUTION ----- [...] |
2008-10-29 16:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KTFN PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PTER UNSC XY |
| 08STATE119223 |
GUIDANCE FOR PRST ON COTE D'IVOIRE [...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the PRST on Cte d'Ivoire (para 2) on November 7 in the UN Security Council. 2. Begin text of PRST: The Security Council takes note that, as mentioned in the report of the Secretary-General dated 14 October, the peace process has crossed a critical [...] |
2008-11-07 21:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PU XA XY |
| 08STATE122990 |
WESTERN SAHARA: TALKING POINTS FOR NOVEMBER 18 [...] USUN may draw from the following talking points for their November 18 briefing on MINURSO and the Western Sahara. Begin points: -- The United States is concerned by the amount of time that has elapsed since the last round of talks between Morocco and the Polisario. We urge the Secretary [...] |
2008-11-19 21:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL WI XA XY |
| 08STATE129531 |
GUIDANCE FOR DECEMBER 11 CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the statement in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Guinea-Bissau December 11. 2. Begin Statement: I would like to thank Under Secretary General Pascoe for briefing the UNSC on the situation in Guinea-Biassau. Toda [...] |
2008-12-10 00:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY |
| 08STATE18211 |
TALKING POINTS FOR U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFING ON KENYA [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for the February 25 briefing on Kenya to the Security Council by Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes. Begin points: -- We would like to thank Under Secretary General Holmes for this briefing today on h [...] |
2008-02-22 22:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM KE XA XY |
| 08STATE48119 |
SIERRA LEONE: TALKING POINTS FOR MAY 7 BRIEFING [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for the May 7 UN Security Council briefing and consultation on Sierra Leone. Begin points: -- The United States commends the work of UNIOSIL and the UN Country Team in Sierra Leone for all the support they have provided to the go [...] |
2008-05-06 22:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SL XA XY |
| 08STATE67997 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS AND TALKING [...] This is an action cable. USUN is instructed to join consensus on the Guinea-Bissau PRST (paragraph 3) set for adoption on June 25. USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 for the Security Council briefing scheduled for the same day. 2. Begin talking points for briefing on Gu [...] |
2008-06-25 00:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PGOV SNAR PU XA XY |
| 08STATE85170 |
INSTRUCTION TO SEEK A UNSC STATEMENT ON MAURITANIA [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should immediately urge African Security Council members' to take the lead in the drafting of a Presidential Statement or Press Statement on the situation in Mauritania. USUN should draw from the following points when recommending text for the statement. [...] |
2008-08-08 12:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL XA XY MR PHUM |
| 08STATE86600 |
MAURITANIA REVISED INSTRUCTION TO SEEK A UNSC [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should seek a Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Mauritania. USUN should work with African members of the Council and France drawing from the following points. 2. (U) Begin points: -- The Security Council strongly condemns the Mauritan [...] |
2008-08-12 23:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL XA XY MR PHUM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1167 |
GUINEA-BISSAU AT THE UN-DEBATE EXPECTED ON 6 VS. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) Head Omoregie briefed the Security Council on December 11. He asked for a panel of experts to identify those involved in drug trafficking, since the rise of trafficking and attendant corruption were major destabilizing [...] |
2008-12-12 14:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PU XY |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1192 |
UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 63RD [...] (U) Gerald Scott is again serving as Senior Advisor for Africa at USUN during the regular session of the General Assembly. These are his personal reflections on African participation as the regular session draws to a close. (Note that while in the UN context the African Group includes the st [...] |
2008-12-19 21:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU |
| 08USUNNEWYORK921 |
DRUGS AND ELECTION CONCERNS IN GUINEA-BISSAU FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-09 23:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL BR SG XY UNSC |
| 09ABUJA1221 |
ECOWAS WELCOMES CHINESE, EUROPEAN INVESTMENT; [...] (SBU) The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) concluded its Thirty-Sixth Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government in Abuja June 22. Present were leaders or representatives of all fifteen ECOWAS member states with the exception of Guinea Conakry, as well [...] |
2009-07-02 08:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EINV EAIR XY |
| 09ABUJA1310 |
NIGERIA: INFORMATION REQUESTED ON LIBERIAN ASSOCIATES OF [...] (SBU) As per request in reftel, on July 17, post delivered a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting information on Martin George and Edwin Snowe, believed to be associates of indicated war criminal former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Post will report separately on [...] |
2009-07-22 05:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XY UNSC NI |
| 09ACCRA1327 |
CHILD TRAFFICKING ON LAKE VOLTA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloff and Democracy and Human Rights Program Coordinator (DHRC) spent December 1-3 in fishing villages on Lake Volta with the West Africa Regional Director for the NGO Free the Slaves and the Director of the Ghanaian NGO Challenging Heights following children believed to have be [...] |
2009-12-15 16:53:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KTIP XY GH |
| 09ACCRA525 |
GOVERNMENT OF GHANA INCREASES RHETORIC ABOUT CHILD [...] (U) The GoG has increased its rhetoric about eliminating child prostitution, and the new Chief Executive of Accra (also called the Mayor) has pledged to demolish Soldier Bar, a brothel known to have employed children, within the next two weeks. He sees the issue as part of overall economic and [...] |
2009-06-05 10:45:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM SOCI KTIP XA XY NI TO IV GH |
| 09ACCRA553 |
AMBASSADOR TEITELBAUM DISCUSSES US EDUCATIONAL [...] (U) AmbassadoQTeitelbaum discussed US educational opportunities for Muslim students in an hour long session with the National Chief Imam Sheikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu and 25 Muslim religious and community leaders at the Imam's residence. The Chief Imam, a moderate and long-time friend of the U [...] |
2009-06-15 08:11:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM SCUL XA XY GH |
| 09ACCRA574 |
CHILDREN WORKING ON COCOA FARMS IS DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Removing children as workers on Ghanaian cocoa farms encompasses a number of social and economic issues more far ranging than simply that of child labor. While few would disagree with the premise of improving access to basic education, encouraging children to attend school rather [...] |
2009-06-19 07:21:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAGR PHUM SOCI XA XY IV GH |
| 09ACCRA580 |
GHANAIAN PRESIDENT ADDRESSES ETHICS BUT CAUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: President John Evans Atta Mills has made restoring trust in the public sector a priority of his new administration. Mills, a former law professor, is thought to be a decent man who "does the right thing". He has consistently said that he will not engage in a political "witch hunt [...] |
2009-06-19 11:52:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KCOR XA XY GH |
| 09ACCRA584 |
IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-22 09:33:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY XA XY GH |
| 09ACCRA585 |
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-22 09:33:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP XA XY GH |
| 09ACCRA609 |
Transboundary Parks and CREMAS: West African Natural [...] Summary: Kyabobo National Park in the Volta Region of Ghana represents a growing trend in Ghanaian natural resource conservation. Bordering the Kue River with Togo, Kyabobo seeks to form a transboundary national park with the Togolese Fazo-Malfakassa National Park to create wildlife corridor [...] |
2009-06-26 12:21:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV XA XY GH |
| 09ACCRA612 |
PARTY POLITICS IN GHANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ghana is a stable democracy after having completed five presidential elections in the past 17 years, two of which involved a transition of power between parties. Although Ghana has the best record of inter-party transfers in Africa, the peaceful transitions mask an underlying ani [...] |
2009-06-29 16:32:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV XA XY GH |
| 09ACCRA619 |
GHANA PRESIDENT LEADS FIGHT AGAINST NARCOTICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President John Evans Atta Mills has made private statements backed with public actions about his intention to reduce Ghana's growing role in the drugs trade. GOG agencies are following his lead and have also made a discernible effort to eliminate drugs in the country. END SUMMARY 2. [...] |
2009-06-29 16:57:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR XA XY GH |
| 09ACCRA676 |
DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING UNSC RES 1874 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-14 14:11:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ISN IO USUN XA XY GH |
| 09ACCRA68 |
TALKING TRASH-ENERGY FROM WASTE (EFW) TECHNOLOGY [...] The Regional Environmental Officer (REO) met with Mr. Samuel Anku of the Ghanaian Environmental Protection Agency (GEPA) and a project consultant, Mr. Dyson Jumpah, on January 23, 2009 as follow up to previous discussions regarding solid waste management in Ghana and a recent proposal for a pub [...] |
2009-01-30 08:30:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KCRM KGHG COM XY ZF GH |
| 09ACCRA692 |
GHANA CONVICTS HUMAN TRAFFICKERS [...] (U) On June 22, the Fast Track High Court in Accra sentenced three Chinese nationals to imprisonment with hard labor for trafficking eight Chinese women to Ghana for prostitution. The court found James Xu Jin guilty of recruiting, transporting, and harboring the women who were forced to engag [...] |
2009-07-21 10:12:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP PHUM XA XY GH |
| 09ACCRA693 |
SOLDIER BAR PARTIALLY DESTROYED [...] (U) Part of Soldier Bar, a brothel in Accra known to have employed child prostitutes was demolished by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on July 1. The brothel was made famous over a year ago following an undercover report by an investigative journalist who shot secret video footage of gir [...] |
2009-07-21 10:14:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP PHUM XA XY GH |
| 09ACCRA700 |
GHANA TIGHTENS DEFINITION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Ghana Parliament passed a bill to amend the definition of trafficking included in the 2005 Human Trafficking Act. The amendment added the phrase "for the purpose of exploitation" to ensure that the Ghanaian definition of human trafficking is in accord with the definition contained in the [...] |
2009-07-23 15:06:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KTIP XY XA GH |
| 09ACCRA712 |
GADDAFI CANCELS VISIT TO GHANA [...] SUMMARY: (U) An international conference of West African traditional rulers scheduled to be held in Ghana was abruptly canceled three days before Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was scheduled to be crowned "king of kings" at the event. Reasons for the cancellation are not clear, but press specul [...] |
2009-07-28 09:42:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | AU PGOV XA XY XF LY GH |
| 09ANKARA137 |
DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES SOUTH CAUCASUS WITH GOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy U/S for Eastern Europe and South Caucasus Unal Cevikoz emphasized to visiting DAS Bryza and the Ambassador January 16 the importance Turkey attaches to the continuation of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). Cevikoz said Turkey would support a UNOMIG extensio [...] |
2009-01-27 16:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV AJ AM GG RU TU XY |
| 09ANKARA147 |
TURKEY: NO AGREEMENT YET ON CSCP MODALITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform (CSCP) parties, meeting in Istanbul January 26, did not reach agreement on how the platform will be institutionalized or how it will engage other countries and relate to other regional mechanisms, according to Russian and Georgian Embas [...] |
2009-01-30 10:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AM AJ GG RU TU XY |
| 09BAMAKO642 |
MALIAN VIEWS ON GUINEA CRISIS [...] (C) Mali is increasingly concerned with the situation in Guinea. High-level meetings have taken place over the past few days, most recently in the Foreign Ministry on the morning of October 5, with participants at the Deputy and Under-Secretary-equivalent level. Americas Bureau Chief Albachi [...] |
2009-10-06 07:28:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF XY GV ML |
| 09BANJUL55 |
GAMBIA: THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIAL [...] Per instructions in reftel, Embassy Banjul hereby provides its assessment of the need for increased law enforcement and judicial training in The Gambia. --------------------------------- INTERNAL AND REGIONAL CHALLENGES --------------------------------- 2. The regional challenges for The [...] |
2009-02-19 09:32:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC XW XY XI GA |
| 09BRUSSELS1710 |
WHITHER EU GUINEA-BISSAU SECURITY SECTOR REFORM? [...] (C) On December 17, Leonardo Sanchez, a Spanish diplomat who will chair the EU's civilian crisis management working group under the incoming Spanish Presidency, told PolOff that a mandated strategic review of the EU's security sector reform (SSR) mission in Guinea-Bissau could set the stage f [...] |
2009-12-22 06:03:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PINS XY PU EUN |
| 09CONAKRY108 |
RTG MAINTAINS CORDIAL RELATIONS WITH EMBASSY [...] Summary: Guinea's national television and radio service, RTG, has continued to provide fair, even handed coverage of Embassy events, including DVCs, since the coup by the CNDD. The Embassy has held numerous events, including a DVC press conference by the Acting Assistant Secretary, and RTG t [...] |
2009-02-17 09:27:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM XY GV |
| 09CONAKRY224 |
NEW HEAD OF CNC DISCUSSES RELATIONS WITH CNDD [...] Summary: On April 15, PAO met with the head of the National Communications Commission, Jean Raymond Soumah. The two discussed the relationship between the commission and the ruling CNDD and the attitude of the junta towards the press. The PAO described some of the programs the Embassy will [...] |
2009-04-22 13:20:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM XY GV |
| 09CONAKRY258 |
JOURNALISTS ACCEPT MONEY FROM DADIS [...] Summary: After a story appeared on the website Aminata.com claiming that the President of the CNDD, Dadis Camara, met with several journalists and handed out large sums of money, public affairs staff contacted several journalists to get to the bottom of the story. There are conflicting accoun [...] |
2009-05-07 16:51:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XY GV |
| 09CONAKRY309 |
OUTSPOKEN JOURNALIST DETAINED AT CAMP ALPHA YAYA [...] The Guinean website lejourguinee.com reported that Moise Sidibe, a journalist for l'Independant newspaper, along with one of his sons, was apprehended the night of May 27-28 by soldiers and detained at Camp Alpha Yaya, headquarters of the ruling junta. Sidibe's boss at l'Independant, Mamadou D [...] |
2009-06-02 14:30:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KPAO XY GV |
| 09CONAKRY331 |
FAMILY PAYS TO FREE TORTURED JOURNALIST [...] Summary: On June 8 the PAO and press assistant met with Moise Sidibe, the Guinean journalist who was detained and tortured for more than a week by the CNDD (Reftel). Sidibe described the events of the night of May 27 when he, his son and brother were arrested by a unit of the Ministry of Spec [...] |
2009-06-11 07:09:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KPAO XY GV |
| 09CONAKRY336 |
FAMILY PAYS TO FREE TORTURED JOURNALIST [...] Summary: On June 8 the PAO and press assistant met with Moise Sidibe, the Guinean journalist who was detained and tortured for more than a week by the CNDD (Reftel). Sidibe described the events of the night of May 27 when he, his son and brother were arrested by a unit of the Ministry of Spec [...] |
2009-06-15 09:52:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KPAO XY GV |
| 09CONAKRY66 |
DEAN OF INDEPENDENT MEDIA DISCUSSES CNDD AND WORRIES ABOUT [...] Summary: PAO and the LES press assistant met the Director General of Le Lynx/La Lance January 13 to discuss the coup d'etat and the implications for the independent media. Souleymane Diallo said that for the moment the CNDD does not pose a threat to the free press. He would rather have the C [...] |
2009-01-27 14:35:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM XY GV |
| 09DAKAR1069 |
CONFLICTING MESSAGES ABOUT WADE'S MONUMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Details have continued to emerge regarding Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade's project for a "Monument of the African Renaissance." To pay off the North Korean firm that is constructing the monument, a valuable tract of land is said to have been given to Mbackeou Faye, one of [...] |
2009-08-19 13:10:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM XY PU |
| 09DAKAR1218 |
PRESIDENT AND PM SAY GUINEA-BISSAU READY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Bernicat and AF/W Director Mary Beth Leonard accompanied by Political Counselor Mosby and OSC Chief Lt. Colonel Sousa met separately with Guinea-Bissau's newly elected President, Malam Bacai Sanha, and Prime Minister, Carlos Gomes, Jr., on September 9 after attending S [...] |
2009-09-28 07:57:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PU XY |
| 09DAKAR217 |
GUINEA-BISSAU FEBRUARY 2009 SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guinea-Bissau remains at risk of becoming a narco-state. It has become one of the transit points of choice for South American drug traffickers. Its extreme poverty and lack of law enforcement and judicial capacity make it particularly attractive and vulnerable to infiltration [...] |
2009-02-23 11:17:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL XY PU |
| 09DAKAR25 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Below is Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control, of the 2008 INSCR for Guinea-Bissau. The text is keyed to the format provided in reftel. 2. Guinea-Bissau, a tiny impoverished country in West Africa, has evolved into a major transit hub for narcotics trafficking from South America to Europe. [...] |
2009-01-08 11:55:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PU SNAR XY |
| 09DAKAR255 |
GUINEA BISSAU: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Guinea-Bissau is a source of children trafficked for begging primarily in Senegal. Muslim Koranic teachers or their intermediaries convince parents to send children purportedly for a religious education. Those children are routinely beaten and subjected to harsh treatment; often their [...] |
2009-03-02 07:01:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG XY PU |
| 09DAKAR256 |
GUINEA BISSAU: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] SUMMARY: There are no specific laws that protect children from exploitation in the workplace, and child labor occurred during the reporting period. A lack of resources and political instability hampered the GOGB's response to the problem. END SUMMARY 2. There are no specific laws that protect [...] |
2009-03-02 07:01:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREF XY PU |
| 09DAKAR263 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: PRESIDENT AND ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the evening of March 1, the Chief of Staff for the Bissau-Guinean military was killed when a bomb exploded near his office. Approximately eight hours later, soldiers opened fire on the home of the president, ostensibly in retaliation for the assassination of the military chief. [...] |
2009-03-03 07:37:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PU XY |
| 09DAKAR275 |
GUINEA-BISSAU ASSASSINATIONS UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the calm following the assassinations of Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Tagme Na Wai and President Joao Bernardo Vieira, the Bissau-Guinean military leadership continues to insist they want no role in governing the country. The interim President, Raimundo Pereira, was swo [...] |
2009-03-03 20:28:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PINR PREL PU XY |
| 09DAKAR285 |
GUINEA-BISSAU ASSASSINATIONS UPDATE MARCH 5 [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Bissau-Guinean ambassador to Senegal, drug traffickers or, perhaps, Guinea Conakry had a hand in the assassination of Chief of Staff General Tagme Na Wai. It is clear that Mansoa battalion commander, Antonio Nije, is responsible for killing President Joao Bernard [...] |
2009-03-05 17:16:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | KOCI PGOV PREL PINR PINS PU XY |
| 09DAKAR286 |
BISSAU-GUINEAN INTERIM PRESIDENT PROFILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bissau-Guinean interim President Raimundo Pereira, born on August 28, 1956 in Bissau, is a lawyer by training and an experienced public servant by profession. Armed with a law degree from the University of Lisbon, Pereira launched an impressive career in the Bissau-Guinean gover [...] |
2009-03-05 17:16:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PU XY |
| 09DAKAR313 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ASSASSINATIONS [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, Ambassador and Emboffs met in Dakar with Isabelle Vieira, the widow of former Bissau-Guinea President Joao Bernardo Vieira, and close family friend, Pierre Goudiaby Atepa, an adviser to the Senegalese President. Atepa and Mrs. Vieira asked for the United States to i [...] |
2009-03-13 19:18:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PU SG XY |
| 09DAKAR436 |
SENEGAL: CHIEF OF DEFENSE ON GUINEA-BISSAU AND THE [...] (U) This is an action request: See paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: Although the situation in the Casamance region of Senegal is calm at the moment, the Senegalese Chief of Defense General Abdoulaye Fall expressed concern about the potential for recent events in Guinea-Bissau to destabilize [...] |
2009-04-03 13:52:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | KOCI PGOV PREL PU XY SG |
| 09DAKAR460 |
GUINEA BISSAU ELECTION DATE SET AMID MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: As Bissau-Guinean de facto Armed Forces Chief of Staff Zamora Induta seeks to transform his (questionable) legal authority into effective control of the military, armed forces personnel have embarked on a violent, extra-judicial campaign of silencing dissent among the population. [...] |
2009-04-08 18:30:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | KOCI PGOV PREL PU XY |
| 09DAKAR470 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: PRIME MINISTER DEFENDS MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: On April 2, PolCouns met with Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior to deliver a letter from the Ambassador requesting clarification regarding the status of Navy Captain Jose Zamora Induta, the de facto head of the armed forces of Guinea-Bissau. In the letter, the U.S. also expresse [...] |
2009-04-10 14:25:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PU XY |
| 09DAKAR477 |
GUINEA-BISSAU DEFENSE CHIEF DEFENDS ACTIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: On April 2, PolCouns met with Naval Captain Jose Zamora Induta, the de facto head of the armed forces of Guinea-Bissau. PolCouns expressed U.S. concern regarding the apparently unconstitutional designation of Induta as chief of the armed forces, the recent political violence carr [...] |
2009-04-14 19:24:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PU XY PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM KCRM |
| 09DAKAR562 |
CONFIDENCE BUILDING IN GUINEA-BISSAU: CHOD TOLD TO [...] (U) This cable was cleared by U.S. Africa Command Deputy Commander for Civil-Military Activities Mary Carlin Yates. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On April 23, Ambassador Bernicat and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Deputy Commander for Civil-Military Activities (DCMA) Mary Carlin Yates told the head of the [...] |
2009-05-05 17:38:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PU XY |
| 09DAKAR563 |
AMBASSADOR AND DCMA PRESS BISSAU-GUINEAN OFFICIALS [...] (U) This cable was cleared by U.S. Africa Command Deputy Commander for Civil-Military Activities Mary Carlin Yates. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On April 23, 2009, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Deputy Commander for Civil-Military Activities (DCMA) and Ambassador Bernicat led a nine-person delegation to [...] |
2009-05-05 17:58:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS SOCI SNAR PU XY |
| 09DAKAR624 |
GUINEA-BISSAU SUPREME COURT NARROWS LIST OF [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-18 13:03:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PU XY |
| 09DAKAR666 |
GUINEA-BISSAU PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Of the thirteen candidates that remain in contention for the presidency of Guinea-Bissau, Malam Bacai Sanha, Kumba Yala, Henrique Rosa and Baciro Dabo have emerged as the front runners. Despite reported tensions between Sanha and Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior, most observer [...] |
2009-05-29 14:03:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PU XY |
| 09DAKAR696 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: SEVERAL POLITICIANS KILLED BY [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 5, in the early morning, Bissau-Guinean security forces killed former Minister of Territorial Administration Baciro Dabo and National Assembly Deputy Helder Proenca. Several other alleged conspirators were taken into custody. The Ministry of Interior's intelligence ser [...] |
2009-06-05 19:18:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PU XY SG |
| 09DAKAR774 |
GUINEA-BISSAU KILLINGS UDPATE, IMPACT ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the June 5 killings of Minister of Territorial Administration Baciro Dabo, National Assembly Deputy Helder Proenca and others (reftel), the government of Guinea-Bissau sought to convince skeptical diplomats that those killed were participating in a coup attempt. The gov [...] |
2009-06-22 18:29:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PU XY |
| 09DAKAR775 |
U.S. ENDORSEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 6 for action request to endorse UN Security Council support for a hybrid commission of inquiry for Guinea-Bissau. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to the May 22 request from Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior to United Nations Secretary General [...] |
2009-06-23 08:11:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PU XY |
| 09DAKAR825 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: SANHA, YALA PREVAIL IN SOUND PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guinea-Bissau's presidential election took place without major incident on June 28. All observers, including those from Embassy Dakar, agreed that the election was technically sound. Voter turnout was low, due in part to recent violence (reftel) and the re-use of voter lists co [...] |
2009-07-02 17:00:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM XY PU |
| 09DAKAR889 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: DIPLOMATIC CORPS AGREES THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 6 United Nations (UN) Representative of the Secretary General (RSG) Joseph Mutaboba chaired meeting of the diplomatic corps to discuss the presidential elections in Guinea-Bissau, as well as plans to integrate and augment the UN presence in Bissau and the international co [...] |
2009-07-13 18:01:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XY PU UN |
| 09DAKAR994 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: SANHA WINS SECOND ROUND PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guinea-Bissau held the second round of its presidential election on July 26 following weeks of campaigning that saw Party for Social Renewal (PRS) candidate Kumba Yala level significant accusations against African Party for the Independence of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC [...] |
2009-08-03 07:42:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM XY PU |
| 09LIBREVILLE113 |
GABON: FIRST LADY COMMEMORATED AFTER DEATH [...] (C) Ten African heads of state attended the funeral of 45-year old Edith Lucie Bongo Ondimba, wife of Gabonese president El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba and daughter of President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo, in Libreville on March 18. In addition to Bongo and Sassou Nguesso, the [...] |
2009-03-23 14:30:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZF XY GB |
| 09LOME274 |
THE AFRICAN UNION'S INTEREST IN THE DRUG TRADE IN [...] Summary. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) sent its Dakar-based regional representative to Togo the week of August 3 to help launch the GOT's five-year plan to combat drugs and crime. The representative, Alexandre Schmidt, met with the Ambassador and discussed various develo [...] |
2009-08-10 13:17:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL XR XY TO |
| 09LONDON1229 |
WEST AFRICA/NIGERIA: UK PLANS TO INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. To stem drug trafficking, money laundering, and immigration fraud in West Africa that directly affects the UK, the UK's Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) plans to increase its presence and support to the region, including through opening a new office in Senegal in October 2009 [...] |
2009-05-22 14:29:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR SMIG KCOR KCRM KFRD NI XY UK |
| 09LONDON1373 |
WEST AFRICA: UK RESOURCE CRUNCH MEANS PROGRAM CUTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Budget cuts in the UK's Conflict Prevention Program (CCP) have hurt the UK's programming in West Africa "more than most" regions (reftel A), new Foreign Office West Africa team leader Paul Welsh told Poloff June 9. On Sierra Leone, Welsh and Sierra Leone Desk Officer Simon Day [...] |
2009-06-10 16:26:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PINR KPKO EFIN SL LI XY UK |
| 09LONDON1702 |
WEST AFRICA: PDAS CARTER HEARS UK CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Office West and Southern Africa DAS-equivalent Janet Douglas told PDAS Carter July 22 that relative stability in West Africa and a UK budget crunch had meant a reduced UK presence and programming in West Africa, but agreed that Briton Edwin Dyer's June murder in Mali by AQIM ha [...] |
2009-07-24 13:13:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS PHUM XY NI UK |
| 09LONDON2333 |
THE GAMBIA: UK CONCERNED ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, NO PROGRESS ON EU ARTICLE 8 PROCESS REF: BANJUL 235 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-13 16:19:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV XY GA EU UK |
| 09LONDON2583 |
WEST AFRICA: AF DAS FITZGERALD'S NOVEMBER 18 [...] (C/NF) Summary. In meetings with British counterpart Janet Douglas and other Foreign Office officials, AF DAS William Fitzgerald reviewed the situation in Guinea, discussing the need for CNDD leader Dadis Camara to leave Guinea and to stabilize the country through an ECOWAS observer mission. On N [...] |
2009-11-18 17:19:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS XY GV NI ML UK |
| 09LONDON2769 |
ECOWAS: CHAMBAS' DEC 7 VISIT TO LONDON [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-10 17:11:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MASS PGOV PINR EAID NI NG GV GA XY UK |
| 09LONDON714 |
MAURITANIA/EU: APRIL GAERC CONCLUSIONS TO TAKE [...] (C/NF) The April EU GAERC conclusions will have "firm" language on Mauritania, Foreign Office Mauritania Desk Officer Emily Summers told Embassies London and Nouakchott poloffs March 23. The European Commission (EC) report issued in early March recommends that Cotonou Agreement Article 96 con [...] |
2009-03-23 17:36:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID EU MR PGOV PREL UK XY |
| 09NIAMEY1005 |
Niger: ECOWAS MEDIATOR AND GON PRIME MINISTER OPEN THE [...] Summary: On December 21, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mediator, Abdulsalami Abubakar, and Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Ali Badjo Gamatie, co-presided over the opening ceremony of the Inter-Nigerien Political Dialogue (INPD). The aim of the INPD is to arr [...] |
2009-12-22 08:10:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG XY |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT127 |
MAURITANIA: NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Post Coup Caveats: This is a response to REFTEL request for information. Our response reflects activities we believe would be useful if political conditions -- i.e. the return of democratic governance -- will allow. In the Post-Coup environment, our engagement must be very limited a [...] |
2009-02-12 13:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC XW XY XI |
| 09OUAGADOUGOU694 |
BURKINA FASO: DISASTER DECLARATION FOR FLOODS [...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARA 7. 2. PURSUANT TO SECTION 062, VOLUME 2 OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MANUAL AND AID ADS 251, THE CHARGE HAS DETERMINED THAT A DISASTER EXISTS IN BURKINA FASO AND CERTIFIES THAT THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS EXIST. 3. ON SEPTEMBER 1, UNPRECEDENTED TORRENT [...] |
2009-09-02 15:53:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR NG XI XY UV |
| 09OUAGADOUGOU98 |
BURKINA FASO: ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW [...] Post provides the following input to reftel request on law enforcement and judicial training needs in Burkina Faso: 2. What are the key internal and regional challenges the host government's non-military security apparatus confronts? --Burkina Faso's non-military security faces the follow [...] |
2009-02-23 17:21:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC XW XY XI UV |
| 09PARIS1040 |
WEST AFRICA: FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL'S JULY 30 [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF Deputy DAS-equivalent Laurent Bigot on July 30 commented on a range of West Africa issues: -- Cote d'Ivoire: Bigot thought elections were still possible, if not likely, on November 29. -- Niger: He feared that President Tandja's quest for a third term not only re [...] |
2009-07-31 09:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XY IV NG GV CM MR FR |
| 09PARIS1294 |
FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS WEST AFRICA WITH DAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials at the MFA, Presidency, and MOD on September 17 expressed general agreement with AF DAS William Fitzgerald on a range of West African issues, including Togo (need to keep pressing for proper presidential elections), Benin (a success story but with serious corru [...] |
2009-09-23 11:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PINR PGOV KCOR SNAR XY FR |
| 09PARIS657 |
SAHEL AND GREAT LAKES: FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials at the MFA and Presidency stressed the importance France is placing on the Sahel and the GOF's efforts to promote stability in the region, during meetings on May 7 with INR/AF Director Don Koran and analyst Rick Ehrenreich. The MFA is leading a GOF-wide effort [...] |
2009-05-15 07:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PTER EAID XY ZF ML MR NG CG |
| 09PARIS785 |
MAURITANIA/NIGER/COTE D'IVOIRE/TOGO: MFA DAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS Christine Fages on June 12 urged the U.S. to pressure deposed Mauritanian President Abdallahi to sign and work to implement the recently brokered political accord, an issue that Senegal's FM Gadio would likely raise during his June 12 meetings in Washington. Fages respo [...] |
2009-06-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINS XY MR NG IV TO FR |
| 09PRAIA194 |
2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW FOR CAPE VERDE [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel request, post provides the following information on Cape Verde's AGOA Eligibility Report. The full text will also be sent in Word format by e-mail. END SUMMARY --------------------------------------------- ----------------- TPSC SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGOA IMPLE [...] |
2009-10-15 17:00:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR ENRG PHUM XY CV |
| 09STATE10420 |
SIERRA LEONE: TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 9 UNSC [...] USUN may draw from the talking points in para 2 for the February 9 UN Security Council debate on Sierra Leone. It is separately requested that USUN meet with the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone(UNIPSIL) Executive Representative Michael von Schulenberg (who will [...] |
2009-02-04 22:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SL XA XY |
| 09STATE110970 |
GUINEA: UNSC ADOPTION OF PRST [...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) on Guinea to be adopted on October 28 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the PRST to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Begin text: The Secu [...] |
2009-10-27 22:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY |
| 09STATE113010 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: UNSC CONSULTATIONS NOVEMBER 5 [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from the talking points in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Guinea-Bissau November 5. 2. Begin points: --Key Objective: Reiterate our position that security sector reform (SSR) and counternarcotics work are paramount to [...] |
2009-11-02 23:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY |
| 09STATE114026 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT FOR [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to join consensus in the Security Council on a Presidential Statement on Guinea-Bissau in paragraph 2. USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the Presidential Statement to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2 [...] |
2009-11-05 00:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY |
| 09STATE115674 |
UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: FOCAL POINT [...] This is an action request. At the 10 November informal meeting of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia ("the Liberia Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1521/index.shtml), if no other delegation objects, USUN should place [...] |
2009-11-10 00:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY |
| 09STATE125208 |
UN SECURITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 8 THEMATIC DEBATE ON [...] This is an action request. USUN may draw from the statement in paragraph 2 for the UN Security Council thematic debate on Drug Trafficking in West Africa on December 8. USUN is also instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) on Drug Trafficking to be [...] |
2009-12-07 23:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC XA XY UNCND UNIDCP SNAR |
| 09STATE254 |
OES BUREAU COMMENTS ON ACCRA REO FY 2009 WORKPLAN [...] Summary: The Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) thanks Regional Environment, Science, Technology and Health Officer (REO), Geoffrey Hunt, and program assistant for the REO, Patience Charway, for their participation in the recent digital video conferen [...] |
2009-01-02 20:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO EFIS TSPA XA XY ZF GH |
| 09STATE31093 |
MADAGASCAR: UNSC BRIEFING UNDER OTHER MATTERS [...] USUN may draw from the talking points in para 2 for the April 2 UNSC briefing under "other matters" on Madagascar. 2. Begin points: -- The United States condemns the process through which Marc Ravalomanana was forced to resign as President of the Republic of Madagascar and Andry Rajoeli [...] |
2009-03-31 23:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM XA XY |
| 09STATE32283 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: UNSC CONSULTATIONS APRIL 2 [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from the talking points in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Guinea-Bissau April 8. 2. Begin Statement: -- First, the United States welcomes the successful transition in Guinea-Bissau to Parliament Speaker Raimundo Pereir [...] |
2009-04-02 23:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY |
| 09STATE34127 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: INSTRUCTION FOR ADOPTION OF UNSC [...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement on the Guinea-Bissau to be adopted on April 8 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the PRST to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Begin text: The Sec [...] |
2009-04-07 23:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY |
| 09STATE35882 |
TRANS-SAHARA COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIP ANNUAL [...] (U) The fifth annual interagency Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) conference will convene on 2-4 June at the State Department's George C. Marshall Center in Washington DC. The conference will include participants from the U.S. Embassies in the ten TSCTP countries and action o [...] |
2009-04-11 14:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PTER XA XI XY |
| 09STATE43724 |
WESTERN SAHARA: USUN VOTING INSTRUCTIONS AND EOV [...] This is an action request, see paragraph two. 2. ACTION REQUEST: On April 30, 2009, the UN Security Council will vote on a resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). USUN is authorized to vote in support of the resolution, included in [...] |
2009-04-30 02:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM KPKO AG MO WI XA XY |
| 09STATE48527 |
SOMALIA PIRACY: DEMARCHE CABLE ON UN ASSISTANCE [...] This is an action request see paragraph 2. 2. ACTION REQUEST: USUN is requested to demarche the UN Secretariat at the appropriate level to obtain the objectives in paragraph 3. USUN may draw from the background listed in paragraph 4-7 to achieve these objectives. USUN should inform the [...] |
2009-05-13 00:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XY |
| 09STATE5448 |
ACTION REQUEST: ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Posts are requested to provide input to help further define law enforcement and judicial training needs for countries in West, Central, and North Africa. If necessary, partial responses are preferred [...] |
2009-01-21 20:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC XW XY XI |
| 09STATE57091 |
SIERRA LEONE: TALKING POINTS FOR JUNE 8 UNSC [...] This is an action request. USUN may draw from the talking points in para. 2 for the June 8 UN Security Council debate on Sierra Leone. End action request. 2. Begin points: -- The United States thanks the Secretary General for his report and commends UNIPSIL for its continued work to su [...] |
2009-06-03 16:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SL XA XY |
| 09STATE59128 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: UNSC PRESS STATEMENT FOR JUNE 9 [...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council press statement on Guinea-Bissau to be adopted on June 9 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the press statement to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Begin text: The memb [...] |
2009-06-09 14:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY |
| 09STATE62908 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: UNSC CONSULTATIONS JUNE 23 [...] (U)This is an action request. USUN may draw from the talking points in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Guinea-Bissau June 23. 2. Begin points: -- Thank SRSG Mutaboba for his briefing. -- The United States emphasizes the importance of transparent, free and fai [...] |
2009-06-17 23:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY |
| 09STATE63263 |
UNSC CDI SANCTIONS COMMITTEE GROUP OF EXPERTS' [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send, through David Biggs in the Secretariat, a letter to the Group of Experts established pursuant to resolution 1842 of October 29, 2008 concerning Cote d'Ivoire. Resolution 1842 renewed the measures overseen by the Committee established pursua [...] |
2009-06-18 16:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EMIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XY UNSC |
| 09STATE66680 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: INSTRUCTION CABLE FOR DRAFT [...] USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the draft resolution on Guinea-Bissau that would establish the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office of Guinea-Bissau, included in its entirety in paragraph 2. If the text should change substantially before the vote, USUN should seek immediate guidance fro [...] |
2009-06-26 21:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY |
| 09STATE67910 |
UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: INFO REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (SBU) The strategic objective is to ensure the United States is in compliance with its UN obligation to freeze assets on U.S. territory of individuals and entities designated by the U [...] |
2009-06-30 23:04:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XY UNSC |
| 09STATE69804 |
UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS EMBARGO [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to seek from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia ("the Liberia Sanctions Committee") an advance approval for an exemption to the arms embargo on Liberia established by the Security Council in order to pro [...] |
2009-07-06 21:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY |
| 09STATE73235 |
SIERRA LEONE: TALKING POINTS FOR JULY 16 UNSC [...] USUN may draw from the talking points in para 3 for the July 16 UN Security Council private meeting on the Special Court for Sierra Leone. End action request. 2. Background: Since 2002, the USG has been the largest financial contributor to the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Including t [...] |
2009-07-15 00:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SL XA XY |
| 09STATE75015 |
SEEKING INFORMATION ON THE CURRENT ACTIVITIES OF [...] This is an action request. Post is requested to seek from the Government of Liberia any information on the individual listed in para 5 and transmit response via a standalone UNCLASSIFIED cable. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. The strategic objective is for [...] |
2009-07-17 23:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY |
| 09STATE77694 |
UNSC SIERRA LEONE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1994) concerning Sierra Leone ("the Sierra Leone Sanctions Committee") with the information found in para 2 below in connection with the arms embargo on Sierra Leone establi [...] |
2009-07-24 21:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY |
| 09STATE80210 |
RESPONSE TO OLA REGARDING UN ROLE IN COUNTER [...] USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 with the objective of strongly discouraging UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) proposals regarding the UN role in counter piracy efforts. 2. Begin talking points: -- As reflected in its prior written communications, the United States s [...] |
2009-07-31 22:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XY |
| 09STATE84137 |
UNSC SIERRA LEONE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1994) concerning Sierra Leone ("the Sierra Leone Sanctions Committee") with the information found in para 2 below in connection with the arms embargo on Sierra Leone establi [...] |
2009-08-12 22:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY |
| 09STATE89310 |
UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: ARMS EMBARGO [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia ("the Liberia Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1521/index.shtml) with the information found in para 3 b [...] |
2009-08-27 00:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY |
| 09STATE90813 |
UNSC COTE D'IVOIRE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE GROUP OF [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter through the UN Secretariat to the Group of Experts for the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1572 (2004) concerning Cote d'Ivoire ("the Cote d'Ivoire Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1572/ [...] |
2009-09-01 00:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY |
| 09STATE94943 |
SIERRA LEONE: UNIPSIL MANDATE RENEWAL [...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Resolution on Sierra Leone to be adopted on September 15 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the Resolution to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Begin text: The Security [...] |
2009-09-11 23:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM SL XA XY |
| 09STATE96017 |
UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: ARMS EMBARGO [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia ("the Liberia Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1521/index.shtml) with the information found in para 3 b [...] |
2009-09-15 23:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1016 |
CORRECTED COPY: GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In various UN and USUN meetings recently on Guinea-Bissau, UN officials have discussed the challenges facing both the country and the follow-on UN mission there. In the Security Council on November 5, UN Peacebuilding Su [...] |
2009-11-12 15:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC PHUM SNAR XY PU ZA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1019 |
NEW LIBERIAN PERMREP ASKS U.S. THOUGHTS ON A [...] (SBU) During her courtesy call on Ambassador Rice on November 2, new Liberian Permanent Representative Marjon Kamara expressed anxiety at the potential for an accelerated UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) drawdown. Kamara said she was concerned with Liberia's security sector, noting that rule of [...] |
2009-11-12 16:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY LI |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1061 |
UN STRESSES NEED FOR MONUC TO SUPPORT KIMIA II; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DPKO A/SYG Mulet requested continued Security Council support for MONUC's assistance to DRC army's (FARDC) "Kimia II" operation against the FLDR. He said both military and political pressure were needed to address the FDLR threat, and outlined MONUC's plan to clear out the FDLR [...] |
2009-11-21 00:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY CG RW |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1121 |
SYRIA CALLS VOTE IN GA DURING CONFLICT DIAMOND RESOLUTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The General Assembly adopted the conflict diamonds resolution on December 11, amidst rancor and confusion after Syria called a surprise vote on language referring to Israel in the text. The PGA failed to clearly articulate what the vote was about or whether it was procedurally corr [...] |
2009-12-15 14:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNGA XA XY |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1131 |
UNGA; REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 64TH [...] (U) Gerald Scott has returned to advise the U.S. Delegation to the General Assembly on African affairs for the ninth year in succession. Following are his views of this 64th General Assembly and the performance of Delegations representing Africa Bureau states. Introduction and Summary --- [...] |
2009-12-18 16:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM PINR PINS PREL UNGA XY ZF ZU |
| 09USUNNEWYORK116 |
UNIPSIL BRIEFING: CORRUPTION, DRUGS, AND YOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: United Nations Integrated Office for Sierra Leone's (UNIPSIL) ERSG Schulenburg told the Security Council that drug trafficking, corruption, and youth unemployment are the greatest threats to Sierra Leone's post-conflict recovery. He said the "Joint Vision" plan, agreed by all [...] |
2009-02-11 01:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC SL XY |
| 09USUNNEWYORK209 |
UN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON GUINEA-BISSAU [...] (SBU) At the request of Burkina Faso, the UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) briefed the Security Council on March 3 on the events surrounding the assassinations of Guinea-Bissau President Joao Vieira and Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Tagme Na Wai. DPA Deputy Director for Africa J [...] |
2009-03-04 22:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC PU SG XY |
| 09USUNNEWYORK278 |
AMBASSADOR RICE AND UNMIL SRSG LOJ DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ellen Margrethe Loj told Ambassador Rice she believed at least 8,000 troops should remain in Liberia through the 2011 election. Loj cautioned that the French and UK might attempt to [...] |
2009-03-18 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC LI XY |
| 09USUNNEWYORK297 |
UNMIL HEAD SAYS LIBERIAN PEACE IS FRAGILE; FRANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SRSG Loj told the Security Council on March 19 that UNMIL would complete its second drawdown by March 31, reducing troop levels to 10,200. Loj described the numerous external and internal threats facing Liberia. Ambassador Rice strongly supported UNMIL, its plan for troop leve [...] |
2009-03-23 18:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSC LI XY |
| 09USUNNEWYORK341 |
AMBASSADOR RICE OFFERS LIBERIAN PRESIDENT SIRLEAF [...] (SBU) On March 31 Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf called to thank Ambassador Rice for her expression of support for the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) during Security Council consultations held on March 19 (see refs. A and B). President Sirleaf volunteered that an exit for UNMIL must e [...] |
2009-03-31 23:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC LI XY |
| 09USUNNEWYORK348 |
UNMIL TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT MISSION ON TRACK FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN DPKO officials on March 31 said a technical assessment mission would evaluate progress in Liberia in light of set benchmarks. Getting an effective police force was key, and ensuring legitimate elections in 2011 would be a reasonable use of UNMIL, according to DPKO. DPKO warn [...] |
2009-04-03 12:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC LI XY |
| 09USUNNEWYORK383 |
UNOGBIS AT THE UN: SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNOGBIS SRSG Joseph Mutaboba told the Security Council on April 8 that swift implementation of Security Sector Reform (SSR), economic recovery, a comprehensive approach to drug trafficking, and timely national elections were all essential elements in Guinea-Bissau's democratic [...] |
2009-04-10 01:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC PU XY |
| 09USUNNEWYORK582 |
UN SECURITY COUNCIL COMMENDS SIERRA LEONE'S JOINT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On June 8, UNIPSIL ERSG von der Schulenburg told the Security Council that the April 2 Joint Communiqu, which calls for unity and rejects violence, was a courageous decision by Sierra Leone's leaders. He warned of youth unemployment and explained the UN's "Joint Vision" for coord [...] |
2009-06-10 22:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSC XY SL |
| 09USUNNEWYORK591 |
FM YODA: BURKINA FASO WILL ABSTAIN FROM BLOCKING A [...] (SBU) Burkinabe Foreign Minister Yoda called Ambassador Rice on June 10 to request U.S. views on the mandate renewal of the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights for Sudan. Ambassador Rice stressed the U.S. wants a robust new mandate for the Rapporteur, noting Sudan need not fear a rapporteur if [...] |
2009-06-13 00:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC XY UV SU |
| 09USUNNEWYORK635 |
UN SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVES INTEGRATED OFFICE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) Special Representative Joseph Mutaboba on June 23 told the Security Council that Guinea-Bissau needed coordinated security sector reform. He also lobbied for the creation of a robust integrated UN office to replace UNOGB [...] |
2009-06-27 01:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY PU |
| 09USUNNEWYORK649 |
UN SECRETARIAT TELLS THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO "STAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN DPKO U/SYG Le Roy told the Security Council on June 25 that UN troops in Liberia should not be withdrawn too quickly, and that 8,000 should remain through the 2011 national elections. He said training for the Liberian National Police needed to be brought back on track, and [...] |
2009-07-02 21:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY LI IV |
| 09USUNNEWYORK682 |
UN OFFICE FOR WEST AFRICA BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL, [...] (SBU) UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA) SRSG Djinnit briefed the Security Council on July 7 on the biggest challenges facing the region, namely unconstitutional changes of government, security sector reform, and drug trafficking. He warned of the slow pace of reform in Guinea. Djinnit said UN [...] |
2009-07-13 16:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY |
| 09USUNNEWYORK720 |
UNOCI SRSG SAYS "NON-POLITICAL" REASONS COULD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNOCI SRSG Choi told the Security Council on July 23 that elections could be delayed for "non-political" reasons, and that Cote d'Ivoire faced "formidable obstacles" to hold them on November 29, 2009. French and Cote d'Ivoire's UN representatives exchanged words in the public po [...] |
2009-07-24 15:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY IV |
| 09USUNNEWYORK739 |
SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS UNOCI MANDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Council on July 30 unanimously adopted Resolution 1880, extending the mandate of the UN Operation in Cote d,Ivoire (UNOCI) until January 31, 2010. Negotiations on the French-drafted resolution were non-contentious. The resolution expresses support for the ongoing e [...] |
2009-07-31 23:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY IV |
| 09USUNNEWYORK848 |
ONE YEAR RENEWAL FOR UNIPSIL; DRUGS, YOUTH [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Security Council discussed the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) on September 14 and on September 15 unanimously renewed UNIPSIL's mandate for an additional year. Ambassador Rice highlighted drug trafficking and youth unemployment as risks to sub-r [...] |
2009-09-21 20:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY SL |
| 09USUNNEWYORK849 |
SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS UNMIL; LIBERIA REQUESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Security Council met on September 9 to discuss the renewal of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), and unanimously adopted UNMIL's resolution on September 15. UNMIL's Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ellen Loj told the Council on September 9 that the Libe [...] |
2009-09-21 20:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY LI IV |
| 09USUNNEWYORK896 |
GUINEA FM ASKS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO LET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During Security Council consultations on the situation in Guinea held at France's request, the U.S., as President of the Council, briefed on its September 29 meeting with Guinean Foreign Minister Loua, during which he claimed that the violence on September 28 was due to protest [...] |
2009-10-13 21:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY GV AU |
| 09USUNNEWYORK911 |
COTE D'IVOIRE ELECTIONS TO BE DELAYED; COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) SRSG Choi told the Security Council on October 13 that elections would be delayed for political and technical reasons, and said the priority must be approving the provisional voters list as soon as possible. Choi said the 2.7 million names [...] |
2009-10-14 19:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY IV LI |
| 09USUNNEWYORK938 |
GUINEA: UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY DETAILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Department of Political Affairs A/SYG Haile Menkerios briefed the Security Council on October 21 on the planned UN commission of inquiry (COI) into the atrocities committed in Guinea since September 28. He explained the expectations for the COI for which there was widespread [...] |
2009-10-22 17:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY GV |
| 09USUNNEWYORK999 |
GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY COUNCIL CONCERNED WITH [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) Representative Joseph Mutaboba on November 5 told the Security Council in an open session that there has been progress on national reconcliation, especially sinc [...] |
2009-11-06 20:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC PHUM SNAR XY PU ZA |
| 10BRUSSELS200 |
EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONSIDERING SUPPORT TO GUINEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission's Directorate-General for Development is considering providing support to Guinean judicial and security sector reform (JSSR). The Commission's development aid to Guinea has been largely suspended since September, but a Commission delegation will trave [...] |
2010-02-22 06:21:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC EUN GV XA XY EAID |
| 10DAKAR286 |
SENEGAL'S ROLE AS MEDIATOR IN NIGER [...] (SBU) PolCouns met with Mamadour Ndiaye, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as Ambassador Mamadou Sow, senior adviser to the Foreign Minister, and Mouhamadou Sarr, head of the MFA's America and Oceania Division, to discuss Senegal's role as a mediator in Niger. Ndiaye [...] |
2010-02-22 09:26:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SG XY NG ECOWAS |
| 10RABAT53 |
MOROCCANS PROPOSE AREAS FOR SCIENCE-TECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to President Obama's call for increased cooperation in scientific and technological fields, prominent Moroccan researchers and businesspersons have created a working group to identify promising areas of U.S.- Morocco collaboration, including agriculture, energy, aer [...] |
2010-01-27 12:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TNGD TSPL EINV ETRD KPAO MO XY |
| 10STATE15558 |
UN SECURITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 24 THEMATIC DEBATE [...] This is an action request. USUN may draw from the statement in paragraph 2 for the UN Security Council thematic debate on Drug Trafficking in West Africa on February 24. End action request. 2. Begin Statement: Thank you, Mr. President. The United States would like to thank France for [...] |
2010-02-20 00:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC XA XY UNCND UNIDCP SNAR |
| 10STATE16781 |
DRUGS AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME: [...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) on drugs and transnational organized crime. USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the PRST to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. End action request. 2. Begin [...] |
2010-02-24 00:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC XA XY UNCND UNIDCP SNAR |
| 10STATE2053 |
USUN TALKING POINTS FOR JANUARY 12 UNSC [...] Objective: Use the briefing to support the UN,s efforts in Guinea. Express support for UNOWA,s engagement in strengthening regional approaches to combating drug trafficking. Urge UNOWA to play a stronger role in coordinating regional approaches to Security Sector Reform (SSR). 2. [...] |
2010-01-08 22:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL XA UNSC PHUM SNAR PU XY |
| 10USUNNEWYORK39 |
COUNCIL DISCUSSES COTE D'IVOIRE ELECTIONS AND THE [...] (SBU) UN Mission in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) SRSG Choi told the Security Council in an open briefing on January 21 that challenges in implementing the "Ouagadougou IV" reunification plan could hamper the electoral process. Choi also said that the creation of a second electoral list by the Independ [...] |
2010-01-22 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC XY IV LI UV |
| 10USUNNEWYORK72 |
NIGERIAN PERM REP OFFERS TO HELP ON SUDAN, IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice hosted a lunch for Nigerian PermRep Ogwu and the Nigerian Security Council team on February 1 to enlist support for U.S. priorities. PR Ogwu expressed reservations over a possible Council trip to Khartoum but committed to considering whether it could make the visi [...] |
2010-02-09 20:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO XY XA NI IR SU PARM |