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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01ABUJA2113 |
NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES AFRICA ISSUES [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. In addition to security assistance, UNAMSIL troop rotations, the WCAR and counter-narcotics (septels), the Ambassador and NSA discussed Nigeria's pe [...] |
2001-08-28 09:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SL IV SU ZI LY CG LI NI |
| 02ABUJA1809 |
WEST AFRICAN TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS STRATEGY [...] This final draft regional strategy to address Trafficking in Persons in West Africa is presented to Department's African Affairs Bureau for endorsement. This strategy was reflects a consensus among nine embassies and several Washington agencies and bureaus (DRL, G/TIP, USAID/WID) represented a [...] |
2002-06-18 16:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN NI TO GH BF IV XX GN |
| 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 |
| 02ABUJA2752 |
MGIV01: NIGERIAN OUTLOOK ON COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C) On September 25, DCM delivered reftel points to National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed and PolCouns carried the same message to the Presidential International Affairs Advisor Ad'Obe Obe. Both officials confirmed Nigeria did not favor a resort to force and endorsed a negotiated resolution [...] |
2002-09-26 16:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PINS IV NI |
| 02ABUJA2763 |
NIGERIA: ROE FOR NIGERIAN FORCES IN COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C/NF) DCM and POL/MILOFF met with the Minister of State for Defense (Army) Malam Lawal Batagarawa morning of September 27 to discuss ROE for NAF units in Cote d'Ivoire. Batagarawa seemed taken by surprise when told of the deployment of three NAF Alpha Jets, two MI-35 attack helicopters, weap [...] |
2002-09-27 16:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MASS NI IV |
| 02ABUJA2813 |
NIGERIA WANTS TIME TO IMPLEMENT BAKASSI [...] (C) Summary: MFA convokes Ambassador, asserts GON will eschew force in Bakassi, whatever the ICJ decides, as long as Cameroon does the same. However, Abuja will want "time to study the verdict," a Joint Implementation Committee and a second summit. "Provocation" and "atrocities committed" b [...] |
2002-10-09 17:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS IV NI UV |
| 02ABUJA2817 |
MGIV01: ALLEGATION OF BURKINABE INVOLVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Former Nigerian FM Kingibe alleges that the September 19 coup plot was hatched in Ouagadougou by Guei and Burkina's Interior Minister. Kingibe has good connections across the region, but his version of events might be influenced by his role as a political consultant to the GOCI. [...] |
2002-10-10 10:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PINS IV NI UV |
| 02ABUJA2835 |
NIGERIA: IVOIRIEN CEASE-FIRE WILL TAKE MORE WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 9 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Chambas summarized his visit to Cote d'Ivoire, stating Gbagbo's insistence that the mutineers relinquish their weapons and his reluctance to "legitimize" the rebels were the main hurdles to a cease [...] |
2002-10-11 17:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV |
| 02ABUJA2872 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COUNTERNARCOTICS, [...] (C) Counternarcotics: During a brief October 10 meeting with NSA Aliyu Mohammed, Ambassador Jeter underscored our concern regarding the modest funding the GON had provided its NDLEA this year. The Ambassador noted that last year, NDLEA funding was supplemented toward the end of the year, ther [...] |
2002-10-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PGOV MOPS MASS IV NI |
| 02ABUJA2934 |
NIGERIA WANTS TIME TO IMPLEMENT BAKASSI RULING [...] (S) Summary: Nigeria's Cabinet states its objections to the ICJ ruling on Bakassi, suggests implementation will not begin soon, and calls for more bilateral talks. Meanwhile, the Armed Forces are simultaneously on high alert and a huge shopping spree. We view GON words and actions as effort [...] |
2002-10-24 02:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS IV NI UV |
| 02ABUJA3077 |
NIGERIA: FORCE STRUCTURE AND DEPLOYMENT PLAN FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: ECOWAS has determined its force structure and adopted an ambitious French deployment plan for its monitoring force in Cote d'Ivoire. The deployment plan envisions the arrival of advance elements in Cote d'Ivoire by Friday, November 15 and calls for the monitoring force to be in [...] |
2002-11-12 18:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV |
| 02ABUJA3140 |
DOMESTIC SECURITY CONCERNS AND BUDGET WOES [...] (C) During a November 15 meeting, Ambassador Jeter and Minister of State for Defense (Army) Malam Lawal Batagarawa discussed possible deployment of Nigerian forces in the ECOWAS monitoring force for Cote d'Ivoire. Citing Nigeria's role in peacekeeping operations in Sierra Leone and Liberia, [...] |
2002-11-15 18:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO NI IV |
| 02ABUJA3324 |
NIGERIA: OBASANJO COOL TO PARIS SUMMIT ON [...] (C) I spoke at length by phone on Saturday evening with President Obasanjo on the French proposal to hold a summit on Cote d'Ivoire. Obasanjo is opposed and I think adamantly so, to the French proposal. He said that, if invited, he would not attend. "They can hold the summit, but I am not go [...] |
2002-12-16 17:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS IV NI |
| 02ABUJA3340 |
NIGERIA: ECOWAS NAMES COORDINATOR FOR COTE [...] (C) During a December 19 telephone conversation, Nigerian Presidential Envoy on Conflict Resolution Raph Uwechue told Ambassador Jeter that he had been appointed the Special ECOWAS Representative to Cote d'Ivoire. Uwechue said his role would be to coordinate ECOWAS' political and military eff [...] |
2002-12-19 13:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV |
| 02ROME5624 |
ITALY ON ZIMBABWE, SUDAN, SOMALIA, ERITREA, COTE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 14, MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR AFRICA BRUNO CABRAS GAVE A READOUT OF THE EU-SADC MEETING, WHICH FOCUSED ON ZIMBABWE AND MADE NO PROGRESS; REQUESTED THAT THE SUDAN "TROIKA" BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE GOI; ARGUED FOR G [...] |
2002-11-19 14:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ZI SU SO ER IV ET IT |
| 03ABUJA124 |
NIGERIA: CHAMBAS SAYS DISCORD AND LETHARGY HINDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 8 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Chambas acknowledged ECOWAS diplomatic efforts in Cote d'Ivoire had lost steam due to ECOWAS Chairman Wade's erratic statesmanship, the lethargy of President Gbagbo and lack of focus of Togolese lea [...] |
2003-01-21 17:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV |
| 03ABUJA263 |
NIGERIA: UWECHUE SAYS GON WILL CONSIDER [...] (C) During a January 9 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigerian Special Presidential Envoy on Conflict Resolution Ambassador Raph Uwechue discussed the evolving crisis in Cote d'Ivoire and the possibility of Nigerian involvement in the ECOWAS peacekeeping force deploying to the country. 2 [...] |
2003-02-06 15:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV |
| 03ABUJA279 |
NIGERIA: JANUARY 25 MEETING WITH OBASANJO [...] (C) Summary: During a one-hour January 25 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo spoke optimistically, though briefly, about his electoral chances. In the lead- up to the election, the President predicted his opponents would try to exploit Iraq and the perception of the USG as ant [...] |
2003-02-07 12:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MASS IV NI |
| 03ABUJA351 |
NIGERIA: OULD ABDALLAH ON COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C) Summary: Amadou Ould-Abdallah February 6 told Ambassador Jeter that several factors had engendered the post-Marcoussis disarray. Ould-Abdallah thought Kufuor would be more effective as ECOWAS Chairman than Wade had been. The French had leverage but were losing a little every day by fail [...] |
2003-02-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS NI IV FR ECOWAS |
| 03ABUJA366 |
NIGERIA: READOUT ON MPCI REBELS' REGIONAL [...] (C) Cote d'Ivoire's rebel MPCI representatives met with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo February 14 and 15 as Part of a regional tour which took the group to Nigeria, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. After a four hour meeting past midnight on The evening of February 14, the group returned [...] |
2003-02-20 13:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IV NI ECOWAS |
| 03ABUJA503 |
NIGERIA: RELOCATING LIBERIAN REFUGEES [...] I.A.D. Nuhu of MFA's Department of Consular and Legal Affairs March 6 confirmed to Poloff that he had met often with UNHCR representative Eusebe Hounsokou and that the GON was interested in accepting refugees from Cote D,Ivoire. 2. Nuhu referred to Nigeria,s existing refugee camps, poin [...] |
2003-03-14 13:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV NI IV LI |
| 03ABUJA638 |
NIGERIA: ECOWAS EXEC SEC CHAMBAS SAYS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: During a hurried April 3 dinner at the Ambassador's residence, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Chambas said he was accompanying President Obasanjo to Cote d' Ivoire for the coalition government's Council of State meeting April 4. Obasanjo hopes that his attendance, along with President [...] |
2003-04-04 18:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS PGOV IV NI |
| 03ABUJA662 |
NIGERIA: CHAMBAS BRIEFING ON ECOWAS MINISTERIAL [...] On April 9, ECOWAS ExecSec Chambas briefed the diplomatic corps on the April 7 ECOWAS Ministerial in Abidjan. The briefing was similar to the one he gave in Abijdan (REF B). Stressing the need for immediate funding to ensure ECOMICI's continued viability, Chambas stated that he would join a [...] |
2003-04-10 17:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PINS IV LI NI |
| 03HANOI1422 |
VIETNAM REACHING OUT TO AFRICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As another symbol of how Vietnam prizes the diversity of its diplomatic contacts and seeks to maintain its third world credentials, the GVN hosted the first Vietnam - Africa Forum in Hanoi May 28-30. Delegations from 18 African countries discussed trade and investment and "opp [...] |
2003-06-10 09:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAID IV NI MA GV PU BN SG ZI RW AO SF MO WA CM VM MZ |
| 03LAGOS519 |
NIGERIA: UNHCR SEEKS USG HELP WITH NIGERIA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Eusebe Hounsokou, UNHCR representative in Nigeria, updated Poloff on his efforts to relocate 5,000 Liberian refugees from Cote d'Ivoire to Nigeria (Ref B). Per UNHCR Geneva's information, Hounsokou advised the GON that, since the USG may take up to 10,000 Liberian refugees for [...] |
2003-03-12 06:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV IV LI NI |
| 04ACCRA2241 |
REFUGEE SITUATION IN GHANA [...] Per reftel, Emboff met with the head of the political department at MFA. GOG officials assured him that Ghana would not object if there were to be a flood of Ivorian refugees entering Ghana. Large numbers could cause logistical problems, but the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) had the lead o [...] |
2004-11-16 07:19:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM IV GH |
| 04ACCRA2339 |
GHANA MFA VIEWS OF COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C) On November 24, Ghanaian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Director for African Affairs, Mr. G.A.A. Saame, told PolChief he was hopeful that the tensions in Cote D'Ivoire have eased. He and Ghana's Foreign Minister had participated in initial Africa Union/ECOWAS discussions in Lagos on th [...] |
2004-11-30 16:52:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH IV PGOV PREL |
| 04ACCRA2350 |
PRESIDENTIAL BODYGUARD FROM COTE D'IVOIRE ALLEGES [...] (C) Summary: Post is processing a refugee request from a Cote d,Ivoire presidential bodyguard currently in a safe house in Accra. This message relays a rambling statement he made to us on November 12, 2004 detailing an attempted assassination against him by forces under the orders of Ivoria [...] |
2004-12-02 07:10:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH IV PGOV PHUM PINR PREF |
| 04BRUSSELS1337 |
EU SUMMIT: FOREIGN POLICY TOPICS [...] (SBU) The EU's March 25-26 Summit ran quickly through a series of foreign policy issues during dinner on March 25, followed up by a lunch discussion on Cyprus March 26 that lasted less than one hour. The final Conclusions (available on at ue.eu.int/latest news) consisted of language largely r [...] |
2004-03-26 17:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZL CY IS IZ IV EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04GUATEMALA3163 |
GUATEMALAN PARTICIPATION IN PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Summary: In addition to deployment of a military police company to Haiti, the Guatemalan military has military observers in the Ivory Coast and Burundi, has finished training military observers for deployment to Sudan, and has promised to send a Special Forces company and a military poli [...] |
2004-12-10 18:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL MOPS GT HA BY IV SU CF UN |
| 04MAPUTO197 |
LETTER FROM PRESIDENT CHISSANO [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-13 08:27:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL SL IV LI MZ ECOWAS |
| 05ABIDJAN1003 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO REOPEN, STUDENTS [...] (U) Based on a gentlemen's agreement between the school owners and the Minister of Higher Education, Ivoirian private schools will reopen on June 20. The owners have kept the schools closed since May 17 to protest the USD 44 million in arrears owed them by the government (reftel). The Ministr [...] |
2005-06-16 16:15:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB IV |
| 05ABIDJAN1861 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: ICCAT CHAIRMANSHIP AND NEW [...] On October 7, econoff delivered ref A and B demarches to Seraphin Dedi Nadje, Director of Fishery Production, Ministry of Animal Production and Fishery Resources. 2. In response to ref A demarche, Mr. Dedi Nadje replied that Cote d'Ivoire would be interested in supporting Dr. Hogarth's ca [...] |
2005-11-09 10:23:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ETRD PHSA SENV AORC IV ICCAT IATTC |
| 05ABIDJAN1864 |
COTE D'IVOIRE INTENDS TO KEEP WEST AFRICAN CENTRAL [...] (U) The term of Charles Konan Banny, the current governor of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), will expire in December 2005. The BCEAO is the common central bank for the eight West African Economic Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries. The BCEAO governor is appointed by the Council [...] |
2005-11-09 14:53:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IV |
| 05ABIDJAN487 |
COTE D'IVOIRE -- OUTSIDE LEGAL EXPERTS REVIEW [...] (C) Summary. A panel of legal experts from Burundi and Rwanda, led by the Advisor to South African President Thabo Mbeki, has issued an analysis of the Linas-Marcoussis legislation, and determined that many of the bills are not in compliance with either the letter or spirit of the Linas-Marc [...] |
2005-03-25 08:53:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO IV SA |
| 05ABIDJAN695 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: ADDRESSING PROTECTION CONCERNS [...] (SBU) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is conducting training sessions for militia groups, as well as the National Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FANCI) and the Armed Forces of the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and the Geneva Conventions. [...] |
2005-04-27 08:29:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF IV LI PHUM WFP |
| 05ABIDJAN716 |
WE DON'T NEED NO EDUCATION - STRIKING TEACHERS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Union of Secondary School Teachers (SYNESCI) is staging a 48-hour strike starting April 28 to protest non-payment of 2004 exam-correction allowances. This strike comes just two weeks after a 72-hour strike by primary school teachers on April 11-13, also to protest non-payment [...] |
2005-04-28 19:16:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB IV |
| 05ABIDJAN944 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: CLOSED PRIVATE SCHOOLS, WORRIED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since May 17 the owners of secondary- and university-level private schools have kept their institutions closed in protest over nonpayment of government subsidies. According to the owners, the government owes them a total of USD 37 million for the years 2003 through 2005. On Jun [...] |
2005-06-07 18:08:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB IV |
| 05ACCRA1122 |
GHANA'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON TOGO AND COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and PolChief met on June 10 with Ghanaian Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo to deliver a demarche on trafficking in persons (reported septel) and discuss his and President Kufuor's upcoming trip to Washington and meeting with President Bush. During the meeting, the minis [...] |
2005-06-06 18:46:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH IV PGOV PREL TO |
| 05ACCRA2311 |
VIOLENCE AT GHANA'S KRISAN REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 8, refugees at Krisan camp in the Western Region of Ghana torched houses, and destroyed offices and vehicles, including from UNHCR. UNHCR's Senior Protection Officer in Ghana told PolChief and visiting RefCoord from Abidjan on November 10 that the violence was sp [...] |
2005-11-10 17:10:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH IV PREF PREL TO |
| 05ACCRA870 |
AMBASSADOR MEET GHANA'S MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, PolChief and DATT mt on April 29 with Ghana's Minister of Dfense Kwame Addo-Kufuor (the President's brother), at the Minister's request. The Ambassador highlighted our excellent military-to-military relationship. Kufuor voiced optimism on Togo and Cote d'Ivoire [...] |
2005-05-06 14:56:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH IV KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TO |
| 05OTTAWA1128 |
CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON FOURTH GLOBAL [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche discussing the Fourth Global Forum on Fighting Corruption (GF IV) to Alain Tellier, Deputy Director of the International Crime and Terrorism Division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC), on April 8. Tellier thanked us for the points, said that FAC was tracking the [...] |
2005-04-14 19:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PREL PINR KFRD SOCI CVIS CA GF IV FAC |
| 05OTTAWA1504 |
FY 2006 International Visitor Leadership Program [...] SUMMARY: This cable transmits the Mission's FY 2006 International Visitor Leadership Program slate. END SUMMARY. 2. The Mission Canada International Visitor Committee, composed of principal officers of Canada's seven constituent posts and Embassy Minister-Counselors for political, eco [...] |
2005-05-19 11:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1579 |
FY 2006 IVLP MRP on International Crime Issues - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-27 11:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1580 |
FY 2006 IVLP MRP on International Crime Issues - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-27 11:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1581 |
FY 2006 IVLP Individual Program - Derek Brown [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-27 11:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1582 |
FY 2006 IVLP, ITT on U.S. Policymaking Process [...] The post proposes a two-person project, subject to availability of nominees once approved and invited, that would acquaint two first-term Members of the Canadian Parliament to the policy-making process in the United States. Through discussions with federal, state and local government leader [...] |
2005-05-27 11:46:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1583 |
FY 2006 IVLP Individual Program - David Neufeld [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-27 11:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1584 |
FY 2006 IVLP, ITT Ground Transportation Safety and [...] Post proposes a two-person IVLP project on Ground Transportation Safety and Planning in the U.S. This project would better acquaint two players involved in supporting Canada-U.S. trade via truck to overall U.S. security policies, U.S. border security concerns, regulation and implementation, [...] |
2005-05-27 11:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1585 |
FY 2006 IVLP, ITT Ground Transportation Safety and [...] Post proposes a two-person IVLP project on Ground Transportation Safety and Planning in the U.S. This project would better acquaint two players involved in supporting Canada-U.S. trade via truck to overall U.S. security policies, U.S. border security concerns, regulation and implementation, [...] |
2005-05-27 11:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1588 |
FY 2006 IVLP, ITT on U.S. Public Policy Issues and [...] Mission Canada proposes a two-person International Visitor Leadership Program which would acquaint two accomplished broadcast journalists in Halifax and Winnipeg with major public policy debates in the U.S. and how they are covered in the broadcast media. Through meetings with federal execu [...] |
2005-05-27 11:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1589 |
Nomination for FY 2006 IVLP EU RP on FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-27 11:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1628 |
FY 2006 IVLP Individual Nomination - Marie-France [...] Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Marie-France Charbonneau, Political Attache of the Bloc Qubcois Cabinet, for a 21-day individual project. EVDB nomination follows. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated process [...] |
2005-06-01 16:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1629 |
FY 2006 IVLP Individual Nomination - Marie-France [...] Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Marie-France Charbonneau, Political Attache of the Bloc Qubcois Cabinet, for a 21-day individual project. Ms. Charbonneau has full country team approval. EVDB nomination follows. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in [...] |
2005-06-01 16:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1636 |
CORRECTION: FY 2006 IVLP Individual Program - [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-02 18:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1641 |
FY 2006 Proposed IVLP ITT "Infrastructure [...] The post proposes a two-person IVLP project focused on the political, financial, environmental, and social aspects of infrastructure development in urban areas and at key U.S. border crossings. One nominee is a public sector manager, the other a business association leader. The program woul [...] |
2005-06-02 19:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1642 |
FY 2006 Proposed IVLP ITT "Infrastructure [...] The post proposes a two-person IVLP project focused on the political, financial, environmental, and social aspects of infrastructure development in urban areas and at key U.S. border crossings. One nominee is a public sector manager, the other a business association leader. The program woul [...] |
2005-06-02 19:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1643 |
FY 2006 IVLP EU RP on Current Social, Political and [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-02 19:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1644 |
FY 2006 ITT on Multiculturalism in the U.S. [...] The post is pleased to propose a two-person IVLP project that would acquaint two Canadian leaders of multicultural communities with U.S. ideals and practice in celebrating the diversity of our society. Themes might include immigration policy and integration of new immigrants; business devel [...] |
2005-06-02 19:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1646 |
FY 2006 IVLP Individual Program - Letia Cousins [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-02 19:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1647 |
FY 2006 IVLP EU RP Combating International Crime - [...] Post is pleased to nominate Joe Couto, Director of Government Relations, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, for subject project. EVDB-formatted nomination follows. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automat [...] |
2005-06-02 20:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1653 |
FY 2006 IVLP EU RP on Trade and Economic Issues - [...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Barry McNamar, Assistant Director for Development, The Fraser Institute, Calgary for subject project. Mr. McNamar has full country team approval. Post looks forward to advice on acceptance of Mr. McNamar into this project. EVDB nomination follows. 2. S [...] |
2005-06-02 20:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1658 |
FY 2006 IVLP Individual Program - Carmen Moore [...] Post nominates Carmen Moore, Chief of Protocol, Government of the Northwest Territories, as an alternate Canadian candidate for a 21-day individual project in FY2006. EVDB nomination follows. Ms. Moore has full country team approval. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : [...] |
2005-06-02 20:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1664 |
FY 2006 IVLP Individual Program - Allan Scholz [...] Post nominates Allan Scholz, President, A.N. Scholz and Associates, Calgary as an alternate candidate for a 21-day individual or ITT project on U.S. water policy and management. Mr. Scholz has full country team approval. EVDB nomination follows. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NO [...] |
2005-06-03 12:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1668 |
FY 2006 IVLP Individual Program - Peter Gregg [...] Post is pleased to nominate Peter Gregg, Vice President, Corporate Communications, Hydro One, Toronto for a 21-day individual project on U.S. Energy Policy and Security. Mr. Gregg has full country team approval. EVDB- formatted nomination follows. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE D [...] |
2005-06-03 14:22:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1669 |
FY 2006 IVLP Individual Program - Peter Gregg [...] Post is pleased to nominate Peter Gregg, Vice President, Corporate Communications, Hydro One, Toronto for a 21-day individual project on U.S. Energy Policy and Security. Mr. Gregg has full country team approval. EVDB- formatted nomination follows. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE D [...] |
2005-06-03 14:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1670 |
FY 2006 IVLP MRP on U.S. Foreign Policy and [...] Post nominates Baraladei Daniel Igali, President, Igali Foundation Inc., Vancouver, for subject project, pending availability of funds. (Mr. Igali is currently a high alternate for Canada funding). EVDB-formatted nomination follows. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : Th [...] |
2005-06-03 14:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1672 |
FY 2006 IVLP MRP on Substance Abuse, Education, [...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Robert Daniel Small (he goes by Dan Small), Non-profit Manager and Program Developer, Portland Hotel Society Community Services Society, Vancouver for subject project or for an individual program on Substance Abuse Education, Treatment and Prevention. EVDB-fo [...] |
2005-06-03 16:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1673 |
FY 2006 IVLP MRP on Substance Abuse, Education, [...] Post is pleased to nominate Zarina Mulla, Social Planner, City of Vancouver Drug Policy Program for the subject MRP or an individual program on Drug Abuse Prevention, Education and Treatment, pending availability of FY2006 funding. EVDB-formatted nomination follows. 2. START FIXED-FORM [...] |
2005-06-03 16:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1701 |
FY 2006 IVLP Individual Program - Ahmed Mahidjiba [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-06 16:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1845 |
FY 2006 IVLP ITT "Infrastructure Development and [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-20 13:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1861 |
FY 2006 IVLP ITT "U.S. Public Policy Issues and the [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-21 13:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA1888 |
FY 2006 IVLP Individual Program - Yolande James [...] Post nominates Yolande James, Member of the Quebec National Assembly for a 21-day Individual project. EVDB nomination follows. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should not be [...] |
2005-06-22 20:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA2106 |
FY 2005 IVLP EVALUATION: LUCI GRECHEN; FEBRUARY 7-25, [...] Summary: Program evaluation for International Visitor Leadership Program grantee Luci Grechen. End summary. 2. MPP Theme Addressed: Open Markets, Mutual Understanding. Strategic Goal: Economic Prosperity. 3. Post Objectives: -- Learning about the U.S. federal system of government - [...] |
2005-07-12 19:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC PREL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA2107 |
FY 2005 IVLP EVALUATION: KERRY MCQUARRIE SMITH; JANUARY [...] Summary: Program evaluation for International Visitor Leadership Program grantee Kerry McQuarrie Smith. End summary. 2. MPP Theme Addressed: Open Markets, Mutual understanding. Strategic Goal: Economic Prosperity. 3. Post Objectives: Learning about the U.S. federal system of govern [...] |
2005-07-12 19:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC PREL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA3735 |
FY 2006 IVLP Individual Patrick Gilles [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-22 19:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 05PARIS1805 |
FRENCH WELCOME DEMARCHE ON GBAGBO [...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher met March 15 with Nathalie Delapalme, FM Barnier's Africa advisor, to share the elements of the demarche on Ivoirian President Gbagbo (reftel) and to discuss the situation in Cote d'Ivoire generally. 2. (C) Delapalme welcomed the demarche on Gbagbo, noting that Fr [...] |
2005-03-17 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IV FR |
| 05PARIS1936 |
CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISOR RELAXED ON TOGO, WORRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to President Chirac's Africa advisor, the situation in Togo is not worrisome. He believes that the elections will produce a winner, probably Faure Gnassingbe, who will be accepted by the population. In the case of an opposition win, ECOWAS will ensure that the milita [...] |
2005-03-23 14:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TO IV CG FR |
| 05PARIS2201 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: OUATTARA SAYS IT MAY BE TIME FOR [...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher met March 31 with RDR leader Allasane Dramane Ouattara at Ouattara's Paris office to deliver a message from the Secretary responding to Ouattara's message of congratulations on her appointment. 2. (C) Ouattara's office, located at 124 Avenue Victor Hugo, has no ex [...] |
2005-04-01 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IV FR |
| 05PARIS2725 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH VIEWS ON PRETORIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Foucher on April 20 reviewed developments in Cote d'Ivoire. South African President Mbeki's mediation efforts were a positive development but it remained to be seen how and whether Ivoirians would follow up to their advantage. Foucher said t [...] |
2005-04-21 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPKO IV FR |
| 05PARIS3088 |
FRANCE FAVORS RATIONALIZING WEST AFRICA UN [...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher raised ref B points on authorizing the UNSYG to transfer peacekeeping units among existing missions in West Africa with MFA AF PDAS-equivalent Elisabeth Barbier and MFA IO DAS-equivalent Jean Pierre Lacroix on May 6. 2. (C) Barbier, while noting that IO had the le [...] |
2005-05-06 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO SL LI IV UK FR UNSC |
| 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 |
| 05PARIS4833 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH VIEWS POST-PRETORIA II [...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher met with MFA AF PDAS-equivalent Elisabeth Barbier on July 1, to discuss various African issues (Paris 4660 re Aristide/South Africa, Paris 4755 re Chad) including the situation in Cote d'Ivoire after the Pretoria II agreement. Barbier stated that she believed the ag [...] |
2005-07-11 16:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IV SF FR |
| 05PARIS6336 |
SANT'EGIDIO OUTLINES AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Summary: Community of Sant'Egidio representatives reviewed their diplomatic outreach in Africa during meetings with Africa Watcher on the margins of the Community's 19th annual congress in Lyon, France, September 11-13. Sant'Egidio's 1992 role in brokering peace negotiations to end the [...] |
2005-09-16 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM MZ TO IV RW CG SU FR |
| 05PARIS6938 |
PDAS VOLKER HEARS FRENCH VIEWS ON AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: EUR PDAS Volker met AF PDAS-Equivalent Barbier and DAS-Equivalent Le Gal October 6 to discuss areas of converging interest in Africa. Barbier struck a positive note of appreciation for ongoing cooperation and consultations. France shared U.S. views on Sudan [...] |
2005-10-11 06:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO PINR IV ZI LI SU FR |
| 05PARIS8373 |
A CONVERSATION WITH CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISER [...] (C) Summary: Michel de Bonnecorse, head of the "Africa Cell" at the Elysee Palace that advises the French President, described the 12/2-12/4 Africa-France Summit in Bamako as a strategic, historic project, encouraged a high-level USG presence for the January meeting of the International Worki [...] |
2005-12-09 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC EAID TO GH IV FR UNSC |
| 05VANCOUVER1310 |
FY 2005 IVLP EVALUATION: JOHNNY HLIBCHUK; JANUARY 6-27; MRP [...] (U) SUMMARY: Program evaluation for FY2005 Vancouver Voluntary Visitor Program grantee Johnny Hlibchuk follows. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) DATE OF PROGRAM, FISCAL YEAR AND QUARTER: January 6-27, FY 2005, First Quarter 3. (U) MPP THEME ADDRESSED: Combating Terrorism and International Crime [...] |
2005-10-06 15:33:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1004 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: TOXIC WASTE SCANDAL UNFOLDS [...] (U) Summary. The illegal dumping of toxic waste at eleven open-air garbage sites around the city of Abidjan has reportedly left three people dead and led some 1,500 others to seek treatment for symptoms of nausea, rashes, fainting, diarrhea and headaches. The dumping has generated public pro [...] |
2006-09-08 17:44:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SENV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1005 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL REACTIONS TO [...] (C) Reactions to the resignation: Minister of Cooperation and African Integration Albert Mabry Toikeuse told the Ambassador in a private meeting yesterday that Prime Minister Banny did not tell his ministers before he announced their resignation on September 7 (reftel). New Forces spokes [...] |
2006-09-08 17:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1006 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL REACTIONS TO [...] (C) Opposition UDPCI party leader and Minister of Cooperation and African Integration Albert Mabri Toikeuse told the Ambassador that Prime Minister Banny did not consult with his ministers before he announced the cabinet's resignation on September 7 (reftel). New Forces (NF) spokesman Sid [...] |
2006-09-08 18:28:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1027 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: VISIT BY AFRICAN UNION CHAIRMAN [...] (U) Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo and current Chairman of the African Union (AU), visited Abidjan September 10-12. He met individually with each of the five principal Ivoirian political leaders: President Gbagbo, principal opposition party leaders Bedie and Ouattara, a [...] |
2006-09-12 15:14:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1036 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: TENTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The tenth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) produced a somewhat bolder than usual communique challenging the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to devise new, better transition arrangements to take effect after October. T [...] |
2006-09-14 11:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1037 |
THE CYCLES OF THE IVOIRIAN POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (C) Cote d'Ivoire is currently at an impasse, which is the most vulnerable point in the cycle that characterizes the political crisis. The cycle is composed essentially of four stages. First, the principal political actors sign a new agreement to relaunch the political process. Secondly, the [...] |
2006-09-14 16:26:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1042 |
COTE D'IVOIRE SITREP 15 SEPTEMBER 2006, 1430 GMT [...] (U) A number of roadblocks were established in Abidjan on the morning of September 15. By early afternoon, some of these had been dismantled although roadblocks remained primarily in the Riviera district of Abidjan, where the Embassy is located. A group of about 50 protesters gathered in the [...] |
2006-09-15 15:56:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC SENV CASC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1043 |
GBAGBO HARDENS RHETORIC ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (U) In a September 14 speech to senior officers and other members of the Ivoirian Defense and Security Forces (FDS) that was later televised, President Gbagbo delivered a hard-line, uncompromising message on the peace process. Gbagbo averred that he had made numerous compromises (including 23 [...] |
2006-09-15 16:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1050 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIME MINISTER FORMS A NEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Banny has formed a new cabinet, replacing the former Ministers of Transport and Environment, dividing the Ministries of Justice and Interior in twoministries each, and naming two new Secretaries of State, a rank slightly below that of minister. Thus, the new cabin [...] |
2006-09-18 16:35:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1069 |
USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: FACTORS [...] Per reftel instructions, post is making inquiries with the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, the Ministry of the Environment, and industry sources for available publications and will advise when we have a response, probably by early October. Please refer to ABIDJAN 3 [...] |
2006-09-22 16:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1070 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: EVENTS AND RHETORIC HEATING UP AS [...] (C) Summary. Events and rhetoric are heating up but proceeding largely as expected as October 31 approaches. The local press is reporting that the September 20 meeting in New York chaired by Secretary General Annan and attended by key African leader and all the key Ivoirian political leaders [...] |
2006-09-22 16:52:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1084 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: BANK EMPLOYEES GO ON STRIKE [...] On September 27, the National Union of Employees of the Banking and Financial Establishments in Cote d'Ivoire (SYNABEFA-CI) went on strike for 72 hours, making good on a threat issued on July 25 (reftel A). To maximize the impact, the strike was evidently timed to coincide with the monthly d [...] |
2006-09-27 13:39:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EFIN PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1088 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: UPDATE ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS', [...] Air Traffic Controllers: As of 1500 GMT September 27th, the strike of the 27 Ivorian employees of the Agency for Aeronautical Security in Africa (ASECNA), which operates air traffic control at Abidjan's airport, was suspended for one month, allowing a full resumption of both domestic and inte [...] |
2006-09-28 14:03:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELAB PREL ASEC IV ECON |
| 06ABIDJAN1093 |
COTE D'IVOIRE'S PALM OIL SECTOR [...] Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's palm oil production has increased steadily in recent years, and its exports have nearly doubled. However, it still accounts for only one percent of world production and half of one percent of world exports. Palm oil also directly accounted for less than 1 percent o [...] |
2006-09-29 16:39:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1094 |
COTE D'IVOIRE'S PALM OIL SECTOR [...] Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's palm oil production has increased steadily in recent years, and its exports have nearly doubled. However, it still accounts for only one percent of world production and half of one percent of world exports. Palm oil also directly accounted for less than 1 percent o [...] |
2006-09-29 16:39:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1099 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: WORLD BANK'S CHIEF OF MISSION [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank's Chief of Mission Doffonsou told EconChief September 28 that the Ivorian Government has failed to make headway on its $348 million (m) in arrears to the Bank, and that without action, that sum continues to steadily mount. While the government has been offered the [...] |
2006-10-02 15:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL ECON IV ASEC |
| 06ABIDJAN1105 |
GBAGBO AND SUPPORTERS ADOPT A TOUGHER LINE IN [...] (C) Summary. Tensions are running higher in Abidjan as President Gbagbo's mandate nears its end and in the run-up to the October 6 ECOWAS meeting on Cote d'Ivoire. President Gbagbo and his supporters, particularly FPI President N'Guessan, have adopted a tougher, uncompromising stance, and t [...] |
2006-10-03 16:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1108 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: CUSTOMS AGENTS RELEASED [...] (SBU) In the afternoon of October 3, 2006, three Customs Agents who were arrested in connection with the toxic waste pollution scandal on September 7 (reftel A) were released on bail after a strike, threatened since September 26, commenced on the morning of October 3. 2. (SBU) The strike [...] |
2006-10-04 10:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAIR PREL IV ECON ASEC |
| 06ABIDJAN1113 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: ABIDJAN-BASED REGIONAL [...] (U) Summary. The Abidjan-based regional stock market (BRVM) recently hosted the EconChief to discuss the current expansion of the bourse, its potential, limitations, and its place in the evolution of the market economy in Francophone West Africa. Reflecting the regional understanding that Co [...] |
2006-10-04 17:28:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1114 |
ABIDJAN-BASED REGIONAL STOCK MARKET [...] (U) Summary. The Abidjan-based regional stock market (BRVM) recently hosted the EconChief to discuss the current expansion of the bourse, its potential, limitations, and its place in the evolution of the market economy in Francophone West Africa. Reflecting the regional understanding that Co [...] |
2006-10-05 08:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN112 |
GBAGBO USES ARTICLE 48 POWERS TO EXTEND NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The January 27 extension by Presidential decree of the Mandate of the National Assembly (NA) has further weakened Prime Minister Banny, and continued President Gbagbo's challenge to the International Community. The New Forces, who do not have any deputies in the assembly, have [...] |
2006-02-01 15:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1133 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...] (U) Per REF A request, Post provides the following information on Cote d'Ivoire's textile and apparel production sector. 2. (U) The National Statistical Institute's (INS) Division of National Accounts (INSAE) provided the following statistics on total industrial production and total text [...] |
2006-10-06 17:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1134 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA [...] Per reftel B instructions, post has compiled information on the below industries. Please refer to Ref C for information on the Stock Market Exchange with regard to the request for information on financial services. Included in this cable is information on the banking sector. 2. Banking: [...] |
2006-10-06 18:26:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1150 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: FORCES NOUVELLES COMMUNICATIONS [...] (C) Summary: FN Spokesman Lobognon expressed deep disappointment at the outcome of the Abuja Summit on Cote d'Ivoire, suggesting it would allow President Gbagbo to drag his feet on the identification process for yet another year. Lobognon added that Gbagbo acted to obstruct the consensus adop [...] |
2006-10-12 15:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1153 |
EXXONMOBIL TELLS GOV'T IT INTENDS TO SELL [...] (SBU) ExxonMobil Regional Director John A.C. Bell, along with Regional Manager Frederic Dauvergne and local Director General Manar Sall met with EconChief on October 10 to discuss the company's announcement to the government of Cote d'Ivoire that it intends to sell its stake in its Ivorian f [...] |
2006-10-13 15:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ASEC PREL IV ECON |
| 06ABIDJAN1173 |
GOVERNMENT CREATES 133 JUDGESHIPS TO RESUME AND [...] (U) President Gbagbo has signed a decree creating 133 judgeships throughout Cote d'Ivoire, in areas controlled by both the government and the New Forces. The decree was signed on October 5 but only published on October 17, on the eve of the AU Peace and Security Council meeting on Cote d'Ivoi [...] |
2006-10-18 17:29:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1206 |
PREPARATION OF 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] TRADE SUMMARY: The U.S. trade deficit with Cote d,Ivoire was $1.1 billion in 2005, an increase of $477 million from $597 million in 2004. U.S. goods exports in 2005 were $124 million, up 4.9 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Cote d,Ivoire were $1.2 billion, up 6 [...] |
2006-10-30 12:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1207 |
COTE D'IVOIRE - TENSE BUT CALM AND LIKELY TO [...] (C) Cote d'Ivoire remains tense on the eve of the end of the current one-year mandate of President Gbagbo and Prime Minister Banny and a new UNSC resolution for the country. While there is no doubt that both Gbagbo and Banny's terms will be extended, doubts and fears linger over the relative a [...] |
2006-10-30 14:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1212 |
LIBERIAN REFUGEE REPATRIATION ENTERS NEW PHASE [...] (U) Summary: Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa traveled to Liberia from October 10-19 to discuss ongoing Liberian refugee repatriation efforts. UNHCR figures show that a total of 80,617 Liberian refugees returned between November 2004 and September 28, 2006 and th [...] |
2006-10-31 15:12:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM LI IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1216 |
DEMARCHE ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION, NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OBLIGATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-31 17:14:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IV NOTAG |
| 06ABIDJAN1217 |
DEMARCHES ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS REGARDING THE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-31 17:18:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1228 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: INITIAL REACTIONS OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. The streets of Abidjan were calm in the wake of the adoption of UNSCR 1721 (reftel) and the business of the country's economic capital went on without incident. Ambassador Hooks and Emboffs sought out the initial impressions of major political groups and figures, and found amon [...] |
2006-11-03 16:58:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1234 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: UN HIGH REP FOR ELECTIONS DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gerard Stoudmann, UN High Representative for Elections, is cautiously optimistic that elections in Cote d'Ivoire will happen in 2007, but that positive scenario will require all the parties to exhibit substantially more political will than they have shown heretofore. He caution [...] |
2006-11-06 16:00:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1237 |
PRESIDENT GBAGBO: FULLY COMMITTED TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) President Gbagbo invited the Ambassador on November 6 to the Presidential Residence to express appreciation for the support of the United States in protecting the Constitution of Cote d'Ivoire during the negotiation of Resolution 1721 in the UN Security Council. President Gbagbo also said [...] |
2006-11-07 14:01:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1242 |
APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE FROM PRESIDENT GBAGBO [...] Following is the unofficial translation of a letter dated November 2, 2006 addressed to President Bush from President Laurent Gbagbo. A copy of the letter was sent by fax to Embassy Abidjan from the office of the Secretary General of Cote d'Ivoire. Begin translation: From the President of t [...] |
2006-11-08 08:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1250 |
OPPOSITION PARTIES UNHAPPY WITH UNSCR 1721; PM [...] (C) Summary. The Ivorian political class continues to react to UNSCR 1721 and the President's ongoing efforts to shape the political terrain to his liking. Both the Forces Nouvelles (NF) and major unarmed opposition parties expressed disappointment with 1721, specifically the decision to av [...] |
2006-11-09 14:05:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV UN |
| 06ABIDJAN1251 |
RESIDENTS OF YOPOUGON ROUT PRO-GOV'T MILITIA [...] (SBU) On November 3, residents of the Azito neighborhood in the populous Yopougon suburb of Abidjan engaged in a daylong battle with members of a pro-government militia, the Groupe des Patriotes pour la Paix (GPP), and eventually succeeded in ejecting them entirely. Long-simmering tensions e [...] |
2006-11-09 14:32:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IV MARR PREL |
| 06ABIDJAN1253 |
FRENCH ECONOMIC COUNSELOR ADDRESSES COTE [...] (SBU) Econ Chief met with French Economic and Commercial Counselor Jean Dolle at the French Embassy on November 8. Dolle began by discussing French economic interests in Cote d'Ivoire, which, despite the political crisis and its resultant effects on the economy, remain strong. Economic act [...] |
2006-11-09 14:52:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON IBRD IV PREL |
| 06ABIDJAN1255 |
GOVERNMENT $144M IN ARREARS ON WAR BONUSES, [...] (SBU) While the payment of regular salaries is current for both civil servants and military personnel (which includes the FANCI, the Gendarmerie and the National Police) as of October 31, 2006, according to sources within the Ministry of Defense, the Government of Cote d'Ivoire is 12 months o [...] |
2006-11-09 17:05:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV PREL EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1256 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DPRK ENTITY [...] (S) On November 8, Econ Chief delivered talking points in reftel to Ambassador Bernard TANOH BOUTCHOUE, Director of United Nations and Specialized Institutions Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (S) TANOH indicated that Cote d'Ivoire takes its UN obligations seriously and op [...] |
2006-11-09 17:15:00 | Embassy Abidjan | SECRET | PARM PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1257 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE RE U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On November 8, Econ Chief delivered relevant talking points from reftels to Ambassador Bernard TANOH BOUTCHOUE, Director of the Office of United Nations and Specialized Institutions Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) Speaking frankly, and drawing upon his eight years [...] |
2006-11-09 17:16:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA CU IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1258 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN [...] (C) On November 8, Econ Chief delivered relevant talking points from reftels to Ambassador Bernard TANOH BOUTCHOUE, Director of the Office of United Nations and Specialized Institutions Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) Speaking frankly, and drawing upon his eight years [...] |
2006-11-09 17:18:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UNHCR IV UNGA |
| 06ABIDJAN1263 |
IVORIAN POULTRY INDUSTRY CRIES FOWL AS GOVERNMENT [...] On November 2, 2006, the Ministry of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries announced a plan to slash the tariff on poultry imports by 50% (from 22.5% to 11.5%). The announcement followed the October 31 Council of Ministers, which recommended taking &all necessary measures to supply the poultry mark [...] |
2006-11-13 16:19:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EIND ELAB EAGR IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1276 |
UNION OF STATE-OWNED NEWSPAPER THREATENS STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 30, 2006 the board of influential government-owned newspaper Fraternite Matin (FratMat) dismissed Director General Honore De Yedagne (close to the FPI) and replaced him with Leon Lebry Francis, an ally of PM Banny. On November 6 the union for employees at FratMat, [...] |
2006-11-16 15:55:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1277 |
DEMARCHE ON ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) POL/ECON Counselor delivered ref A demarche to Ambassador Bernard Tanoh Boutchoue,Director of the Office of United Nations and Specialized Institutions Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on November 16. We strongly urged Cote d'Ivoire to vote against the three anti-U.S. resolutio [...] |
2006-11-16 17:25:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BO IV PHUM |
| 06ABIDJAN1300 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: AMBASSADOR'S DECLARATION FOR [...] During the last year, both disarmament of former combatants from the 2002 rebellion and the identification and registration of voters failed to materialize. As such, Cote d'Ivoire remains divided into three parts: the government-held south, the rebel- held north, and the UN controlled Zone o [...] |
2006-11-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1303 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: AMBIGUOUS ROLE OF THE SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. The armed forces are playing a very ambiguous role in Cote d'Ivoire's political process. No one trusts the security forces: not President Gbagbo, not Prime Minister Banny, and not the public. FANCI (Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire) Chief of Staff Mangou's loyalty to Gbagbo goes w [...] |
2006-11-24 14:36:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1306 |
NINE TURKEYS DIE OF H5N1 AVIAN INFLUENZA JUST IN [...] On November 20, the National Institute for Public Hygiene in Cote d'Ivoire (INHP) confirmed results by the National Laboratory for Agricultural Development (LANADA) on November 17 of another instance of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) in Cote d'Ivoire. Culling began November 21, as 76 birds were s [...] |
2006-11-24 17:07:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR EMED CONS IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1314 |
STATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS SHUT DUE TO TEACHERS' STRIKE [...] On November 9, 2006, the Primary School Teachers, Movement for the Defense of their Rights, known as Mouvement des Instituteurs pour la Defense de leurs Droits (MIDD), launched a strike to protest the government's failure to grant USD 80 (CFAF 40,000) per month in housing allowances for prima [...] |
2006-11-28 11:45:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1316 |
GBAGBO HEADED FOR COLLISION COURSE WITH OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: President Gbagbo unexpectedly reinstated three senior officials who were implicated in the toxic waste disaster but are stalwarts in Gbagbo's FPI (Ivoirian Popular Front) party. He also sacked the director general of the state-owned newspaper, Fraternite Matin, for carrying a r [...] |
2006-11-28 18:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1317 |
PM BANNY: THE TANDEM WITH GBAGBO IS BROKEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Banny told the Ambassador on November 28 that Cote d'Ivoire is again in crisis: the tandem with President Gbagbo has not been working well since UN Resolution 1721 was adopted November 1 and is now broken. The PM said he was not even informed of the decrees that [...] |
2006-11-29 12:11:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV PGOV |
| 06ABIDJAN1323 |
UN TRYING TO SORT OUT RECENT VIOLENCE IN DUEKOUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Francois Sonon, Head of the Duekoue Field Office for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), confirmed five deaths as a result of ethnic clashes between local Guere and Burkinabe in several villages just north of Duekoue in the Zone of Confidence (ZOC). [...] |
2006-11-29 17:29:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1331 |
PRESIDENT GBAGBO WILL NOT DISMISS PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on November 30, President Gbagbo made the following points: -- he will not fire Prime Minister Banny, although he did not appreciate the PM's communiqu7 dealing with presidential decrees; instead, he fired the Director of the radio and televi [...] |
2006-12-04 15:38:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV PGOV |
| 06ABIDJAN1334 |
AMBASSADOR VISITS FN-HELD NORTHEAST; QUIET, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Hooks led a small delegation of Emboffs and the DATT on a tour of northeastern towns Bondoukou and Bouna. While government-held Bondoukou and FN-held Bouna are peaceful compared to other areas of the country, Bondoukou is notably more prosperous and Bouna's administ [...] |
2006-12-04 17:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON CONS IV |
| 06ABIDJAN134 |
COTE D,IVOIRE'S TRANSITION: STRUGGLING TO GET OFF [...] (C) Summary. The October 6 decision by the African Union (AU) that President Gbagbo should remain as head of state and a new Prime Minister be appointed to bring the country to disarmament and elections has failed to generate the hoped-for momentum among the Ivoirian actors. The peace proces [...] |
2006-02-08 14:32:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1342 |
SUDAN: URGING COTE D'IVOIRE'S ABSENCE FROM AFCARPAC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-06 15:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI SU IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1343 |
PROPOSAL FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL PERMREPS TO VISIT [...] (C) I believe it would be most useful for the Permreps or acting Permreps of the P-5 to come to Abidjan, to deliver in person a message of support for UN Security Council Resolution 1721. Though he nominally welcomed UNSCR 1721, President Gbagbo has said from the outset that it contains attac [...] |
2006-12-06 15:14:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UNSC ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1345 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIALS SIGNAL [...] (C) Summary. Finance Ministry officials are telling us that Cote d'Ivoire does not intend to pay the balance of the arrears Cote d'Ivoire owes the World Bank. Bank staff tell us the Bank would be willing to accept partial repayment, but will not resume normal assistance until it receives th [...] |
2006-12-07 07:28:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IMF IV PGOV PREF |
| 06ABIDJAN1346 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIALS SIGNAL [...] (C) Summary. Finance Ministry officials are telling us that Cote d'Ivoire does not intend to pay the balance of the arrears Cote d'Ivoire owes the World Bank. Bank staff tell us the Bank would be willing to accept partial repayment, but will not resume normal assistance until it receives th [...] |
2006-12-07 07:29:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IMF IV PGOV PREF |
| 06ABIDJAN1347 |
COCOA STRIKE ENDS WITH HARDLY A WHIMPER, [...] (C) Summary. The strike in the cocoa sector has come to a quiet, almost stealthy end although most of the putative demands made by strikers remain unaddressed. The harvest is proceeding, and a good crop is expected. According to industry observers, the government was essentially able to b [...] |
2006-12-07 07:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON AID PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1349 |
GBAGBO ROCKING THE BOAT; OPPOSITION STICKS TOE IN [...] (U) After a tumultuous week in the political landscape with Gbagbo's takeover of both the State-owned newspaper Fraternite Matin and state Radio and Television (RTI), and his reinstatement of three senior offials who were implicated in the toxic waste disaster but are Gbagbo cronies, this week [...] |
2006-12-07 16:52:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IV UN |
| 06ABIDJAN1351 |
ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF PLAYING THE ROLE OF MEDIATOR? [...] (U) Today the local press widely reported that Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FANCI) Chief of Staff General Philippe Mangou met with lead opposition leader Professor Alphonse Djedje Mady on December 6th. Mangou reportedly wants to calm the increasingly acrid political environment in Abidjan b [...] |
2006-12-07 17:05:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1355 |
ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Summary. At the eleventh meeting of the International Working Group (IWG), Prime Minister Banny sought to persuade the group that significant progress has been made to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1721, especially on re-launching identification, returning civil servants to the [...] |
2006-12-08 14:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC UNSC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN136 |
MORE ON VIOLENCE IN GUIGLO AND VULNERABILITY OF [...] (C) The humanitarian community is still reeling from the violent attacks that took place mid-January in Guiglo against their offices and staff. Providing basic emergency assistance to the camps of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Guiglo is the top priority, but security ov [...] |
2006-02-08 16:30:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PHUM WFP IV LI |
| 06ABIDJAN1364 |
MEDIATION TEAM TO BRIEF ECOWAS AND AU LEADERS ON [...] (C) General Jean Marie Michel Mokoko, the Special Representative for the Presidency of the African Union, informed the Ambassador on December 11 that the Mediation Group, composed of himself, D/SRSG Abou Moussa, HRE Gerard Stoudmann and ECOWAS Chairman Chambas will be meeting this week with [...] |
2006-12-12 16:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV PGOV |
| 06ABIDJAN1372 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: MILITARY REPORTS ALLEGED COUP PLOT [...] (C) Summary. On December 12 the press spokesman of the defense and security forces announced that a coup plot had been uncovered, involving the assassination of President Gbagbo, the armed forces chief of staff, and several other top security force commanders. The man accused of being the ma [...] |
2006-12-13 12:26:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV ASEC PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1376 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL PROCESS DRIFTING [...] (C) Summary. Well into the second month of Cote d'Ivoire's second year of transition to postponed elections, the political process continues to drift. President Gbagbo is essentially ignoring UN Security Council Resolution 1721 and defying the peace process, and the political opposition has [...] |
2006-12-14 14:28:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1377 |
OPPOSITION ACKNOWLEDGES IMPOTENCE IN THE FACE OF [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador December 11, Alphonse Djedje Mady, spokesman for the RHDP (Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace) coalition of opposition parties, acknowledged the opposition's frustration and lack of resolve to fight against President Gbagbo and his FPI (Ivoiria [...] |
2006-12-14 14:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1393 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] General Assessment: Cote d'Ivoire does not engage in any major counterterrorism efforts as terrorist groups are not known to be present and thus terrorist activity is not a percieved threat in this country. Cote d'Ivoire has been in the throes of a political-military crisis since 2002 which [...] |
2006-12-19 16:53:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ASEC PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1400 |
COTE D'IVOIRE - UPDATE ON THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-20 11:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1402 |
GBAGBO OFFERS PROPOSALS, NOT SOLUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a speech made December 19 evening, President Gbagbo offered five proposals designed to bring the country out of crisis: (1) direct talks with the Forces Nouvelles (FN) rebels aimed at encouraging them to disarm and free the country; (2) elimination of the Zone of Confidence; ( [...] |
2006-12-21 09:18:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1404 |
EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK, SOLENTA DHL [...] Econ Chief visited Solenta DHL at Abidjan airport as requested in reftel to inquire into application number D366138 registered on 10/26/2006 (OEA/532 M.Hames/Doris Johnson) for a attitude inertial sensor, model 7003360-946. 2. Econ Chief spoke to Business Development Manager Helen Bergoun [...] |
2006-12-21 10:22:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1405 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: FN LEADER SORO PUSHES FOR BANKS TO [...] (C) Summary. Forces Nouvelles leader Guillaume Soro took surprise advantage of a December 11 courtesy call by Econ Chief and Econ/Pol JO to FN HQ in Bouake to make a very public push to reopen the banking sector in FN-held territory. Soro also sharply criticized President Gbagbo for his un [...] |
2006-12-21 11:28:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1406 |
DIAMOND MINING IN COTE D'IVOIRE'S NORTH-CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary: In the north-central region of Cote d'Ivoire near Korhogo, diamonds are mined using traditional methods of searching riverbeds with sieves. The yield from this particular region is small--perhaps a few hundred stones a month collectively--and offers a subsistence living for the [...] |
2006-12-21 16:15:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1417 |
IRAN --INFORMATION REGARDING UNSCR 1737 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-27 11:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC KNNP IV |
| 06ABIDJAN1430 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO GAMBLES WHILE THE POLITICAL [...] (C) As 2006 comes to an end, the Cote d,Ivoire peace process continues to drift. President Gbagbo is waiting for rebel FN (New Forces) leader Guillaume Soro to respond to the five "proposals" he unveiled December 20 (Reftel). The pro-opposition newspaper Le Patriote reported December 27 that [...] |
2006-12-28 16:15:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN150 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: MOVING THE PEACE PROCESS FORWARD [...] (C) Since 2002, the Cote d'Ivoire peace process has gone through multiple mediators and mediations including Lome, Linas-Marcoussis, Accra, and Pretoria. Each has petered out in turn, leaving Cote d'Ivoire far short of reunification, disarmament, and elections. Per reftel, the new government [...] |
2006-02-12 08:03:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN179 |
ECHOES OF ARETHA FRANKLIN: THE REBELS WANT RESPECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador made a three-day trip to Bouake and Korhogo, in New Forces (FN) territory in the North, to urge the ex-rebels to help move the political process forward. We found a relatively relaxed security environment and a population whose most pressing concerns were not the [...] |
2006-02-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN190 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: FOURTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny briefed the fourth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) on his plans to adopt the IWG's road map as his government's work plan. In light of the four days of street disturbances in reaction to the previous IWG's stance on the National Assembly, it [...] |
2006-02-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNAUS IV |
| 06ABIDJAN199 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: SORO AND GBAGBO TO MEET FEBRUARY 27 [...] (C) On February 22, Sidike Konate, spokesperson for the New Forces (NF), called on the Ambassador to inform him that a meeting between President Gbagbo and NF Secretary General Guillaume Soro is scheduled to take place February 27. There will also be a second meeting between Gbagbo and all thr [...] |
2006-02-23 16:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN217 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL LEADERS' SUMMIT MEETING [...] (U) The meetings that were scheduled to take place February 27 between President Gbagbo and New Forces Secretary General Guillaume Soro; and between Gbagbo, Soro, former Prime Minister Ouattara and former President Bedie (reftel) did not happen, because of a disgreement over security arrangeme [...] |
2006-02-28 14:06:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN226 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Since a September 2002 coup attempt that evolved into a civil war, Cote d'Ivoire has been partitioned in two with the government maintaining control of the south and the ex-rebel New Forces controlling the north. Tensions between the two sides have lessened since the appointment of a new [...] |
2006-03-01 16:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IV |
| 06ABIDJAN227 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: ILO-UNHCR TO PUBLISH REPORT ON [...] (SBU) Summary: ILO and UNHCR will publish a report on the exploitation of refugee and displaced children in Cote d'Ivoire almost two years after its completion. ILO-UNHCR identified labor and sexual exploitation as the two main forms of exploitation for refugee and displaced children in Cot [...] |
2006-03-01 16:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL EAID SOCI IV |
| 06ABIDJAN228 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL LEADERS HOLD SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's five principal political leaders met in Yamoussoukro February 28, the first such meeting since the current crisis began in 2002. They reaffirmed their commitment to the Pretoria Agreement and to holding elections as scheduled, and agreed on six sets of issues: im [...] |
2006-03-01 16:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN238 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: TRANSPORTATION MINISTER PROMISES [...] (U) On March 1 the Minister of Transport, Innocent Anaky Kobanan (who is from the opposition Movement of Forces for the Future (MFA) party), announced the introduction of a new "single ticket" system for public transportation (mini-busses and taxis). In addition to the single ticket system, th [...] |
2006-03-03 14:25:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN255 |
ALASSANE OUATTARA RESTRUCTURES THE RDR [...] (U) On March 4-5, presidential candidate and former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara's political party, the RDR (Rally of Democratic Republicans), met at the UN-protected Golf Hotel in Abidjan, to restructure the party and increase the number of leadership positions at the top. More than 700 [...] |
2006-03-08 15:22:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN261 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: ELECTORAL COMMISSION DEADLOCK IS [...] (U) On March 7, the outgoing executive board of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) met with the incoming board, to officially hand over governance of the board. 2. (U) This formalizes the agreement that was reached at the February 28 Yamoussoukro summit of Cote d'Ivoire's four princ [...] |
2006-03-09 16:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOVE PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN284 |
REBEL LEADER GUILLAUME SORO RETURNS TO ABIDJAN [...] (U) New Forces (FN) leader Guillaume Soro arrived in Abidjan from the northern rebel capital of Bouake on March 14 around 1100, via UN helicopter. He met with President Gbagbo around noon, immediately after arriving, and then met with Prime Minister Charles Banny. In the evening he met with [...] |
2006-03-15 17:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN315 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: VISIT OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield made a very productive visit to Abidjan March 15-17. She met with leaders and top officials from all parts of the political spectrum. Her Ivoirian interlocutors praised highly the intensity of U.S. engagement here, and appealed for even [...] |
2006-03-23 16:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN316 |
SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE: IVOIRIAN WORKERS, PARTY [...] (C) On March 20, PIT (the Ivoirian Workers, Party) suspended its participation in the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), to protest the fact that the highest-ranking position it was given on the IEC's Executive Board was Deputy Treasurer. In the previous IEC, PIT held the position of Tre [...] |
2006-03-23 16:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN317 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: EXAMS FINALLY HELD IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27 children in the New Forces (NF) controlled zone finally started taking the exams that will allow them to progress to the next level of their education. Since February 2004 the pro-Gbagbo Minister of Education had been refusing to allow the exams to be held unti [...] |
2006-03-23 16:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN320 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: FIFTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful fifth meeting March 17. Prime Minister Banny, UN High Representative for Election (HRE) Monteiro, and the new Chairman of Cote d'Ivoire's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) gave presentations. Some element of dr [...] |
2006-03-24 16:21:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN332 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: PEACE IS IN THE AIR, FOR THE MOMENT [...] (C) Summary. Peace is in the air. Prime Minister Banny has an impressive list of accomplishments, and political leaders seem to have set their minds on elections. Still, there is a daunting list of tasks yet to be completed, including issuing national identification cards and registering vo [...] |
2006-03-30 15:43:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN339 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: EXAMS FINALLY HELD IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27 children in the New Forces (NF) controlled zone finally started taking the exams that will allow them to progress to the next level of their education. Since February 2004 the pro-Gbagbo Minister of Education had been refusing to allow the exams to be held unti [...] |
2006-03-31 14:12:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN368 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: TROUBLED COCOA SECTOR [...] (C) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's 2005-2006 cocoa harvest looks to be up slightly from last year. The share of the world market price that is going to the farmers is higher than last year but still only 50 percent. Another 37 percent goes in taxes and fees to the government and to four cocoa sup [...] |
2006-04-06 10:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EIND PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN369 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE PEACE [...] (C) Summary. As expected, The peace process is going through ups and downs. Pro-Gbagbo militias are threatening to take to the streets as they did in January, this time over the sequencing of identification vis a vis disarmament. Preliminary results indicate that only about 20 percent of st [...] |
2006-04-06 15:40:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN395 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: AVIAN INFLUENZA FALSE ALARM [...] Several animals were found dead with symptoms similar to Avian flu in the north of Cote d'Ivoire the week of April 6; sixteen chickens, two ducks, and two dogs that apparently ate the carcasses of the dead poultry. A World Health Organization (WHO) satellite office in Bouake, the northern ca [...] |
2006-04-19 07:56:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON IV |
| 06ABIDJAN409 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIME MINISTER'S UPCOMING VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny told the Ambassador that the primary objective for his upcoming visit to Washington is to request assistance for Cote d'Ivoire's peace process from the World Bank and the IMF. The Ambassador underscored the urgency of moving forward with identification and d [...] |
2006-04-21 14:19:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN414 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: SIXTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) At the sixth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG), the group was alarmed to hear from a series of senior Ivoirian officials in charge of various aspects of the peace process that the political process is once again at an impasse and that hardly any progress has been made toward [...] |
2006-04-21 16:38:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN417 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: CONTROVERSY OVER IDENTIFICATION [...] (C) Summary. A bitter dispute over how to identify who is an Ivoirian lies at the heart of Cote d'Ivoire's current political crisis. No new identifications have been registered since 2003, and no identity cards have been issued since 1999. Prime Minister Banny has made resuming the identifi [...] |
2006-04-24 15:59:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN428 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: STUDENT UNION STAGES STREET PROTESTS [...] (SBU) The Cote D'Ivoire Federation of University and High School Students (FESCI) staged street demonstrations in Abidjan April 25 to demand an end to the current teachers strike. The government-owned but generally factual newspaper Fraternite Matin estimated the number of protesters at 1500. [...] |
2006-04-26 15:15:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN433 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: SUSPECTED CASES OF AVIAN FLU [...] Several birds found dead in Abidjan have been tested at the state-owned Institute Pasteur in Abidjan for H5N1 Avian Flu. However, officials have not yet confirmed the presence of the virus in Cote d'Ivoire. Additional samples were sent for testing to a lab in Italy on April 24. The cases were [...] |
2006-04-27 11:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED EAGR IV TBIO |
| 06ABIDJAN442 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: PRESENCE OF AVIAN FLU ALL BUT [...] Initial results from several birds found dead in Abidjan have tested positive for H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). Screening for the virus was performed by two labs, the Insitut Pasteur in Abidjan and in Paris. Ministry officials are waiting for final confirmation from the United Nations Food and [...] |
2006-04-28 16:58:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR EMED IV |
| 06ABIDJAN447 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO ISSUES COMBATIVE STATEMENT [...] (C) On April 25 President Gbagbo issued a statement through his press spokesman laying out his views on how the country should move forward toward elections. The statement was typical of Gbagbo: combative, defensive, disingenuous and hardly presidential. Gbagbo denied that he had agreed at th [...] |
2006-05-03 16:41:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN458 |
FORMER PRESIDENT BEDIE: EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON THE [...] (C) Former President Henri Konan Bedie, who was ousted in a coup in 1999, has little strategy for negotiating an end to the political crisis in Cote d'Ivoire beyond demanding that the international community asssume responsibility for security and for organizing new elections. He recognizes [...] |
2006-05-05 14:17:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN460 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: RECENT ATTACKS IN THE WEST PROVE [...] (C) Summary: UN agencies are concerned by a continuing series of inter-ethnic attacks that have occurred in recent weeks in western Cote d'Ivoire, mostly around the town of Bangolo. The attacks have resulted in several deaths, injuries, and some internal population displacement. The UN rep [...] |
2006-05-05 16:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF KPKO PHUM IV |
| 06ABIDJAN473 |
YOUNG PATRIOT LEADER BLE GOUDE: DRESSING UP HIS [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 8, Charles Ble Goude, President of the Young Patriot movement, stressed that he is trying to convert the Young Patriots into a more mature political force. He explained that he is now the President of COJEP, a coalition of patriotic forces, and he [...] |
2006-05-09 16:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN475 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: SIXTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) At the sixth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG), the group was alarmed to hear from a series of senior Ivoirian officials in charge of various aspects of the peace process that the political process is once again at an impasse and that hardly any progress has been made toward [...] |
2006-05-09 17:11:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN483 |
THE FPI AFTER SIX YEARS IN POWER [...] (C) Summary. President Gbagbo,s ruling FPI party is feeling defensive, with little to show after almost six years in power. The party came into office in the flawed 2000 elections with a sweeping agenda of socialist reform. It has achieved few of them while failing to address the fundamenta [...] |
2006-05-11 16:55:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN493 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: THIRTY-SIX CONVICTED FOR JULY 2005 [...] (U) Summary: On May 5, an Ivoirian Military Tribunal convicted and sentenced 36 individuals to terms ranging from two to 15 years for their role in the July 2005 attacks on Agboville and Anyama, two towns located respectivly 70 and 7 KM North of downtown Abidjan. During the attacks, 24 people [...] |
2006-05-12 16:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO ASEC AEMR IV |
| 06ABIDJAN495 |
GOCI TO LAUNCH PILOT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM ON MAY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Prime Minister,s office and a New Forces (FN) representative have told us that on May 18 the government will begin a pilot population identification program at seven locations in government and FN territory and in the Zone of Confidence. End summary. 2. (SBU) Francois K [...] |
2006-05-12 16:58:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO ASEC PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN500 |
PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES IDENTIFICATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. On May 14, Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny addressed the nation on the televised evening news and confirmed reports that the Ministry of Justice will begin pilot identification programs on May 18. Banny also announced that identification and disarmament (DDR) would occur sim [...] |
2006-05-15 13:33:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN504 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: MORE VIOLENCE IN WEST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-15 17:24:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN51 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO SHOWS BANNY WHO'S BOSS [...] (C) While the pretext for the current unrest is the International Working Group's recommendation that the mandate of the National Assembly not be extended, it is clear that the real aim is to undermine Prime Minister Banny. We have indeed heard that the National Assembly's mandate is a "red l [...] |
2006-01-18 16:29:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN515 |
MORE DETAILS ON PILOT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM [...] (U) Summary: More details about the pilot identification process emerged on May 15, during a press conference by the Minister of Justice, Mamadou Kone. The pilot identification program will target anyone over 13 years of age who is without documents. Once the pilot phase has ended, the Mini [...] |
2006-05-17 15:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN523 |
PILOT ID PROGRAM GETS OFF TO A GLACIAL START IN [...] (C) The pilot identification program got off to an inauspicious start with only one petitioner appearing in the Port Bouet district of Abidjan on the morning of May 18, the first day of the program. About thirty Young Patriots showed up around 9:00, along with sanctioned Young Patriot leader [...] |
2006-05-18 15:01:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN526 |
PRELIMINARIES TO DISARMAMENT PROCESS TO BEGIN SOON [...] (SBU) The Chiefs-of-Staff of the New Forces (FAFN) and Ivoirian (FANCI) militaries agreed on May 17 to start assembling troops in preparation for a disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) program. The NF will gather troops at two sites (at Botro, in the far northeast, and Bouna, [...] |
2006-05-19 16:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN532 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: STATUS OF PILOT ID PROGRAM [...] Summary: The second and third day of the pilot identification program ran smoothly in all seven sites both north and south. After the first day, pro-Gbagbo militias ceased their disruptive activities against the program in the south and the population appears to be gaining confidence in the [...] |
2006-05-23 10:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN549 |
YOUNG PATRIOTS CONTINUE TO OCCUPY HIGH SCHOOL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congress of Young Patriots (COJEP), the leading faction of the Young Patriots youth militia and headed by Ble Goude, continues to occupy the headquarters of the Secondary School Teacher,s Union (SYNESCI). Despite complaints to the Ivorian government, COJEP remains in place [...] |
2006-05-24 16:25:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN55 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: OBASANJO AND GBAGBO ISSUE [...] (U) Nigerian President Obasanjo made a brief visit to Abidjan the evening of January 18, and met at the airport with President Gbagbo. Also present were Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General Pierre Schori, South African Special SIPDIS Repres [...] |
2006-01-19 15:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN554 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: SEVENTH MEETING OF THE [...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful seventh meeting on May 19. Prime Minister Banny, UN High Representative for Elections (HRE) Studeman, Ivoirian Chief of Staff General Mangou, and New Forces Chief of Staff Bakayoko, along with the head of the Elect [...] |
2006-05-26 09:57:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN560 |
UNION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS REMAIN ON STRIKE [...] (U) Summary: The National University Teachers' Union (Coordination Nationale des Enseignants du Superieur et des Chercheurs, CNEC) has been on strike since March 14, with the exception of a two-week truce from April 28 through May 12 while the union met with members of the Prime Minister's of [...] |
2006-05-26 15:38:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN568 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: PILOT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM [...] (U) Summary: From May 18 through 24, 4810 applicants were interviewed at seven sites in the pilot identification program. A total of 2601 birth certificates and 2188 certificates of nationality were approved after interviews averaging 40 minutes per person. The pilot identification program [...] |
2006-05-30 16:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN583 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: PILOT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM [...] (U) Summary: From May 18 through 24, 4810 applicants were interviewed at seven sites in the pilot identification program. A total of 2601 birth certificates and 2188 certificates of nationality were approved after interviews averaging 40 minutes per person. The pilot identification program [...] |
2006-06-02 09:36:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN589 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS CALL [...] (U) The coordination of university professors known as Coordination Nationale des Enseignants du Superieur et des Chercheurs (CNEC), has called a two-week truce after meeting with Prime Minister Banny on May 29. While the Prime Minister was not able to promise a salary increase, which is CNE [...] |
2006-06-02 16:35:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN590 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: UNION OF PUBLIC SECTOR HEALTH [...] (U) On May 31, the union of senior public sector health personnel, Syndicat National des Cadres Superieurs de la Sante de Cote d,Ivoire (SYNACASS-CI), threatened to go on strike on June 15 if their demands regarding salary and rank within the civil service are not met. The SYNACASS-CI consis [...] |
2006-06-02 16:37:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN60 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: THIRD MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The subject that came in for the most discussion at the January 15 meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) was the future of the National Assembly, whose mandate expired December 16. Heads of delegation reached an initial consensus to recommend that the Assembly remain [...] |
2006-01-20 16:34:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN606 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: ACOTA COORDINATOR VISIT SUMMARY [...] (U) Summary: ACOTA Program and Policy Coordinator, Chip Beck (Coordinator), visited Abidjan 13-14 May 2006 for a visit to, and an exchange of information with, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) Headquarters Staff. He received a general briefing from the Senior [...] |
2006-06-07 14:46:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MASS IV |
| 06ABIDJAN613 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: FINAL NUMBERS FROM PILOT ID PROGRAM [...] (U) The Ivorian government announced the official figures for the pilot identification process which ended on May 27. The official figures are: 5003 applicants were interviewed, 3907 birth certificates were granted, and 3137 certificates of nationality were approved. The analysis of the pilo [...] |
2006-06-08 15:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN616 |
FESCI UNDER SERGES KOFFI: THE FIRST YEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: FESCI (Federation of High School and University Students of Cote d'Ivoire) was created by President Gbagbo and other professors in 1992 at the birth of Cote d'Ivoire's multi-party system to give students a voice in the new political environment. It rapidly degenerated into a maf [...] |
2006-06-09 14:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | SECRET//NOFORN | KPKO PREL PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN623 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: ELECTORAL COMMISSION STRUGGLES [...] (C) Summary: Four months away from the October date by which Cote d'Ivoire's postponed presidential elections are supposed to be held, the CEI (Independent Electoral Commission) has ambitious, probably unrealistic plans to carpet the country with thousands of polling stations and train tens o [...] |
2006-06-09 17:45:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN627 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: INFORMATION ON OHCHR FIELD PRESENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is represented in Cote d'Ivoire by the Division of Human Rights (HR), which is part of the larger UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). Its overarching mission is to promote human rights in Cote d'Ivoire. The HR works in a [...] |
2006-06-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN633 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS RESTART [...] (U) The group of university professors known as Coordination Nationale des Enseignants du Superieur et des Chercheurs (CNEC) has again commenced an unlimited strike after a two-week truce in which it considered the options put forth by the Council of Ministers (ref A). On June 9, the members [...] |
2006-06-13 17:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN647 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: START OF DISARMAMENT MAY BE DELAYED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-16 14:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN648 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PUBLIC [...] (U) Summary: On June 15, primary and secondary public school teachers began unlimited strikes to protest the lack of government response to their demands for a housing allowance and salary increases. The government did not respond to a three-day strike held from June 6 to June 8 by the Coll [...] |
2006-06-16 14:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN649 |
COTE D'IVOIRE WILL SUPPORT NEW RED DIAMOND EMBLEM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN652 |
DEMARCHES ON NAM AND OIC STATEMENTS ABOUT IRAN'S [...] (C) POL/ECON Counselor and Deputy POL/ECON Counselor delivered a demarche June 16 to Ambassador Bernard Tanoh Boutchoue, Director for the United Nations and Specialized Agencies at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressing U.S. disappointment with the statement on Iran's nuclear program that [...] |
2006-06-16 15:37:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KNNP UNSC IV IR |
| 06ABIDJAN658 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: DISARMAMENT OF WESTERN MILITIAS [...] (C) Despite assurances we were given June 16 by Director of Operations for Disarmament Jean-Paul Malan that there were just a few obstacles left to mediate and that disarmament of the western militias would likely begin on June 17 (reftel), the militias continue to refuse to begin even the firs [...] |
2006-06-19 15:59:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN686 |
COTRE D'IVOIRE: EIGHTH MEETING OF THE [...] (C) Summary. At the eighth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG), Prime Minister Banny gave a long, evasive presentation seeking to reassure the group that he is determined to succeed in bringing the country to elections, while IWG members tried to pin him down on why so little pro [...] |
2006-06-28 15:23:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN688 |
OPPOSITION DEPUTIES RETURN TO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary. Opposition deputies agreed to return to the National Assembly on June 23 in order to receive salaries that had been withheld for three months by the FPI president of the Assembly. The denouement of what should have been a relatively minor affair is a victory for President Gbagbo [...] |
2006-06-29 13:27:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN691 |
UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS END STRIKE, SECONDARY [...] (SBU) Summary. Close on the heels of his success in resolving the impasse over the return of opposition deputies to the National Assembly (reftel), President Gbagbo reinforced his standing as a decisive leader by persuading striking university professors (reftels) to return to work. Secondar [...] |
2006-06-29 17:52:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN694 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIME MINISTER,S PEACE TRAIN STUCK [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny's peace train is stuck for the moment at the disarmament station. The Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FANCI) say they have completed the initial, pre-regroupment phase of the disarmament, where combatants are assembled at designated sites under their own comma [...] |
2006-06-30 11:29:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN713 |
NEW FORCES PREVENTED FROM MEETING PRESIDENT [...] (U) On July 4, a delegation of New Forces (NF) soldiers led by Chief-of-Staff General Soumailo Bakayoko was refused entry to the Prime Minister's office (Primature) prior to a scheduled meeting with President Gbagbo. Gbagbo wrote the NF last week, inviting the NF military (FAFN) to meet with h [...] |
2006-07-05 17:33:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN718 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: UN SECRETARY GENERAL CHAIRS [...] (C) Summary. UNSYG Annan chaired a mini-summit on Cote d'Ivoire in which participants set several deadlines to accelerate key elements of the peace process, including identification, DDR, and organization of elections. There was no discussion of possible scenarios if presidential elections [...] |
2006-07-06 18:16:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN723 |
UNHCR CLOSES TABOU TRANSIT CENTER [...] SUMMARY: RefCoord traveled to Tabou, Cote d'Ivoire, on June 27-30 to meet with UNHCR officials regarding their repatriation efforts and the pending closure of the Tabou Transit Center (TC). RefCoord also traveled to several surrounding villages and met with refugee representatives. Although [...] |
2006-07-07 12:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN731 |
PRIME MINISTER ON PLANS FOR REGISTRATION OF [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny, accompanied by his Justice Minister, convoked ECOWAS ambassadors and several members of the International Working Group (IWG) to Yamoussoukro on July 9 for a hastily-scheduled meeting on his government's plans to launch a program, scheduled to begin on July [...] |
2006-07-11 07:44:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN758 |
LATEST ON CORA DE COMSTAR U.S. BUSINESS DISPUTE [...] (SBU) The Ivoirian Telecommunications Agency (ATCI) announced last week that it had revoked Cora de Comstar's cell phone license because of non-use of the license by Cora. The unexpected decision follows the signing of a draft, non-binding agreement in February 2006 between Western Wireless an [...] |
2006-07-14 16:32:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD IV EINV |
| 06ABIDJAN759 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: IDENTIFICATION PROCESS OFF TO A [...] (C) Summary: The launching of itinerant courts to document the approximately four million unregistered people in Cote d'Ivoire has gotten off to a shaky start. On top of administrative problems, the leader of President Gbagbo's Ivoirian Popular Front (FPI) party has called upon Gbagbo's fo [...] |
2006-07-14 16:53:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN760 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO [...] (U) Sylvain Roy, Chief Conduct and Discipline Officer at the UN Operation in Cote D'Ivoire (ONUCI), briefed us July 12 on ONUCI's efforts to combat sexual abuse and exploitation (SEA). He explained that the Conduct and Discipline Team (CDT) is a newly formed unit; he himself arrived in Decembe [...] |
2006-07-14 17:21:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN771 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: TEACHERS RESUME STRIKE [...] (SBU) Primary and secondary school teachers, who suspended their strike June 20 after meeting with President Gbagbo (ref A), are threatening to resume the strike July 18. The teachers said at the time that their demands had not been met but that they would suspend the strike to allow for furth [...] |
2006-07-18 13:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN778 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: PRO-GBAGBO MILITIAS CONTINUE TO [...] (C) The local press July 18 was full of reports of incidents throughout the government-controlled areas of the country where pro-Gbagbo Young Patriots militias successfully blocked the "audiences foraines" -- itinerant courts -- from going forward with the identification process (reftel), inc [...] |
2006-07-18 16:06:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN779 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: GOVERNMENT MISSES DEADLINE TO CLEAR [...] (U) Cote d'Ivoire missed a July 17 deadline to clear its arrears with the World Bank in time for the Bank to approve its USD 100 million contribution to the funding for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) at its July 27 Board meeting. 2. (C) Cote d'Ivoire's arrears with the [...] |
2006-07-18 16:14:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON IBRD KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN782 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: SITUATION REPORT: YOUNG PATRIOTS [...] (C) Beginning early this morning at about 0600 local, Young Patriot militias erected a series of roadblocks at main road and intersections throughout Abidjan to protest the mobile identification teams launched by Prime Minister Banny. The roadblocks, which increased in size and number throu [...] |
2006-07-19 14:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN783 |
COTE D,IVOIRE SITUATION REPORT - 1700 GMT JULY 19, [...] (SBU) As of late afternoon, roadblocks in the Abidjan districts of Riviera (where Embassy is located), Cocody, and Deux Plateaux, where most Embassy personnel reside, have been dismantled or shut down. The airport remains open and we understand that Air France is flying tonight. An Embassy v [...] |
2006-07-19 17:00:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN788 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: NINTH INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful ninth meeting July 20. The Prime Minister sought to reassure the group that his peace train is on track and moving forward, but once again he was long on promises and short on specifics. The communique from this m [...] |
2006-07-21 15:35:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN789 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: TEACHERS' STRIKE WIDELY IGNORED [...] (SBU) The strike by elementary and secondary school teachers that was supposed to resume on July 18 (ref A) was widely ignored. While Mamadou Soro, the leader of the teacher,s group calling for the strike, was quoted in the newspapers as saying over 70 percent of teachers boycotted, all othe [...] |
2006-07-21 16:07:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN804 |
SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED IN CLASHES OVER ID PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Several people were killed and more than twenty injured over the weekend in Divo during violent confrontations at protests aimed at blocking the "audiences foraines" -- itinerant hearings -- from going forward with the identification process. Opposition party leaders are enco [...] |
2006-07-24 16:24:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN810 |
PRIME MINISTER BANNY ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary. The Prime Minister spoke to the nation last night on the mobile identification process, addressing concerns raised by the President's FPI party and its supporters intent on disrupting the process. The PM made clear that the mobile teams are essential to the peace process and the [...] |
2006-07-25 15:38:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN812 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: BANK EMPLOYEES REPORTEDLY POSTPONE [...] (C) On July 25, leaders of the union representing all bank employees in Cote d'Ivoire told us they had postponed a three-day strike that the union had threatened to start on July 26. This decision was reportedly made after the banking sector employers' association offered fresh talks. Union [...] |
2006-07-25 16:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EFIN PGOV ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN819 |
CORA INVESTMENT DISPUTE NEAR RESOLUTION? [...] (SBU) Summary. A joint delegation of representatives of Cora shareholders and the Ivoirian government expressed strong optimism to the Ambassador July 26 that the Cora dispute is very close to a final resolution. They will meet with the Prime Minister about this July 27. The Ambassador welc [...] |
2006-07-26 15:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN820 |
PRIME MINISTER: HELP KEEP PRESIDENT GBAGBO ON [...] (C) On July 25 Prime Minister Banny asked the Ambassador to use his influence to help keep President Gbagbo in the political process, especially on the issue of identification of citizens. The PM asserted that he never takes a decision without consulting with President Gbagbo and getting Gba [...] |
2006-07-26 16:23:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV PGOV PREL |
| 06ABIDJAN832 |
UN CLOSELY FOLLOWING IDENTIFICATION PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. The United Nations is monitoring the progress of the registration of undocumented Ivoirians, in preparation for elections, and gave a briefing for embassies and international organizations July 25. Reportedly, almost all of the teams sent into rebel-held areas in the north are o [...] |
2006-07-27 17:00:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN837 |
FPI WANTS CONSULTATIONS, NOT CONFRONTATION [...] (C) Senior members of President Gbagbo's FPI party have met twice with the Ambassador in the past week to discuss the issue of identification. They emphasized that they want to resolve their differences with Prime Minister Banny through consultations, not confrontation in the streets. They [...] |
2006-07-28 15:11:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV PGOV |
| 06ABIDJAN838 |
NEW UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE TAKES UP DUTIES IN COTE [...] (C) Summary: Saber Azam, UNHCR's new Representative to Cote d'Ivoire, met with Ambassador Hooks on July 21. Azam stated his main objective will be to complete the Liberian repatriation process by June 2007. Ambassador Hooks affirmed U.S. support for the humanitarian community in Cote d'Ivo [...] |
2006-07-28 15:21:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | REF PHUM PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN839 |
MODEST START TO DISARMAMENT OF WESTERN MILITIAS; [...] (U) On July 26, the disarmament/dismantling of ex-combatant, pro-Gbagbo militias got underway in the western town of Guiglo in the presence of Prime Minister Banny, DDR Commission (PNDDR) chief Ouassenan Kone, and UN officials. Approximately 150 militias reported to the demobilization site to [...] |
2006-07-28 17:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN854 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: SECURITY AND MILITIA FORCES WAGE [...] (U) On the morning of Monday, July 31, national security forces of the Command Center for Security Operations (CECOS) fought a battle with members of the armed, pro-Gbagbo Patriotic Group for Peace (GPP) and Young Patriots militia in the busy downtown district of Plateau in Abidjan, after the [...] |
2006-08-01 17:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV ELAB EFIN IV |
| 06ABIDJAN857 |
WESTERN MILITIAS DISARMAMENT UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-01 18:59:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN86 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) SUMMARY. One week after protesters and the Young Patriots took over the streets of Abidjan, the city has ostensibly returned to normal. President Gbagbo's Ivoirian Popular Front (FPI) party has withdrawn its threat to quit the government, businesses are open again, and the city almost f [...] |
2006-01-26 14:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IV |
| 06ABIDJAN874 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: UN BRIEFS AGAIN ON IDENTIFICATION [...] (C) Summary: The UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) reports that in the first two weeks of the current identification operation, there were just over 35,000 applications for registration in one form or another, from the estimated four million undocumented Ivoirians and foreigners born her [...] |
2006-08-03 16:47:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV |
| 06ABIDJAN876 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: PARTIAL DISMANTLEMENT OF MILITIAS [...] (C) Summary. The dismantling of pro-Gbagbo militias in western Cote d'Ivoire continues to experience problems. It appears that only a fraction of the militia members are included in this program, and very little real disarmament has yet taken place. End Summary. 2. (C) The dismantling of [...] |
2006-08-04 11:25:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN883 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: AVIAN INFLUENZA IN SAN PEDRO [...] On June 10, five chickens and a wild bird were discovered dead in an industrial rubber plantation near the port city of San Pedro, 500 km southwest of Abidjan. According to a July 20 report published by the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, the specimens tested on June 28 by the National Agricult [...] |
2006-08-07 15:06:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR EMED IV |
| 06ABIDJAN885 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: UN SUSPENDS DISMANTLEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: The UN confirms reports that it has halted the dismantlement of militias in Guiglo over the weekend. A UN official told us that tension in Guiglo remained high as some 1000 militia members from other towns continued their protests over the weekend. Although officially the UN cl [...] |
2006-08-08 18:19:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN903 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO REINS IN IDENTIFICATION [...] (C) Summary. President Gbagbo has declared that the mobile courts carrying out the identification process can only issue birth certificates, not a second category of identification document that provisionally establishes Ivoirian nationality. In reaction, the rebel New Forces suspended their [...] |
2006-08-10 12:36:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN906 |
HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL FOR LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN [...] (U) Summary: Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) visited Guiglo from August 1-3 to meet with UNHCR field representatives and visit the Nicla Refugee Camp for Liberian refugees. There are approximately 10,500 Liberian refugees in the northern Refugee Welcome Zone (ZAR), of which 5,987 [...] |
2006-08-11 15:16:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN926 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: PEACE TRAIN SLOWS TO A CRAWL [...] (C) The Cote d'Ivoire peace train has slowed to a barely perceptible crawl. Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR), dismantling of militias, and identification of Ivoirian nationals are supposed to be proceeding concomitantly but instead they are bogging down concomitantly. DDR [...] |
2006-08-18 10:40:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN927 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: TEACHERS WITHHOLD EXAM [...] (U) As of August 18, public secondary school teachers in the government-controlled zone are refusing to release results from the baccalaureate exam (required for entry to university) until they are paid for grading them. (Note: Exams in the rebel-controlled zone are scheduled to start Augus [...] |
2006-08-18 17:04:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN928 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: NEW FORCES AND POLITICAL [...] (U) On August 17, leaders of the political opposition and the rebel New Forces (FN) met in Daoukro (home of ex-president Bedie) to consult on the current political situation. All the major party leaders were present: ex-president Henri Konan Bedie, leader of the PDCI (Democratic Party of Cot [...] |
2006-08-18 17:09:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN947 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: GETTING THE PEACE PROCESS BACK ON [...] (C) Summary. What can the United States do to try to break the current gridlock in the Cote d'Ivoire peace process? We suggest that the United States consult with France and the UK and together with those governments jointly approach the African Union (AU) to urge that African leaders re-en [...] |
2006-08-24 10:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN955 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MS. CILIA DE COCK [...] Post warmly welcomes the visit of Ms. Cilia De Cock and grants country clearance for travel to Abidjan from AUGUST 29, 2006 TO SEPTEMBER 02, 2006. 2. The purpose of the trip is to visit cashew processors in the southern parts of Cote d'Ivoire (OLAM in Dimbokro) and to participate in the Ca [...] |
2006-08-25 09:14:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | IV |
| 06ABIDJAN963 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (U) The next meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) has been postponed from September 1 to September 8. In his letter notifying IWG members of the change, Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Pierre Schori explained that it was made at the request of Prime Minster [...] |
2006-08-25 15:51:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN964 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: EXAM RESULTS ANNOUNCED, STRIKING [...] On August 22, 2006, the Ministry of Education announced the results of the baccalaureate exam (required for entry from secondary school to university) held July 25-28 in the government-controlled zones. Out of 119,256 students who took the exam, 48,168 students passed. The Ministry was only [...] |
2006-08-25 16:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV IV |
| 06ABIDJAN991 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: UPCOMING SUMMITS IN YAMOUSSOUKRO [...] (C) Summary. So far President Gbagbo is saying he will not attend the Secretary General's September 20 mini-summit on Cote d'Ivoire in New York, but he might change his mind under pressure from the Secretary General and his African counterparts. Prime Minister Banny and all the opposition le [...] |
2006-09-01 16:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV ASEC IV |
| 06ABIDJAN992 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: INTERIOR MINISTER REFUSES BRIBE, [...] (U) On Thursday August 24, General Adolphe Babi, the Ivorian Police Inspector General, announced at a press conference the arrest of Sergeant Zie Guillaume, who was charged with offering a bribe of approximately USD 226,000 (CFAF 113 million) to the Interior Minister in exchange for acceptin [...] |
2006-09-01 16:59:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV |
| 06ABIDJAN997 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: GOVERNMENT RESIGNS OVER ILLEGAL [...] (U) On September 6, Prime Minister Banny publicly submitted the resignation of his government and President Gbagbo publicly accepted it. Banny said that he felt obliged to resign because of mounting public anger over the illegal dumping of toxic wastes at several sites around Abidjan. The was [...] |
2006-09-07 12:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV IV |
| 06ABUJA1605 |
ABUJA APPROVES RESEARCH PROJECT NO. AI069919 01 [...] The U.S. Mission Abuja appreciates the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) patience concerning the Mission's reply to ref proposed research project. 2. The U.S. Mission Abuja has reviewed ref proposed NIH Research Project No. AI069919 01 -- to be carried out in part in Nigeria. The Missi [...] |
2006-06-26 16:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA BN IV GA ML NI SG |
| 06CONAKRY1711 |
Mano River Union Conference: Consolidating Peace and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 16-17, Guinea hosted the Conference for the Consolidation of Peace and Security in the Mano River Region. The event brought together delegations from Liberia and Sierra Leone with officials from various United Nations agencies, foreign governments, and diplomatic mi [...] |
2006-11-21 07:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PBTS EAID GV LI SL IV |
| 06DAKAR2114 |
SENEGAL LIFTS SAFEGUARD MEASURE FOR WAEMU OIL IMPORTS, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to ongoing controversy surrounding Senegal's application of a safeguard measure in 2005, President Wade signed a revised law on July 21, 2006, applying a 25 percent provisional safeguard tax on refined and palm oils originating outside the West African Economic and Mon [...] |
2006-09-01 16:50:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON PGOV EAID EINV IV MY SG |
| 06DAKAR940 |
AF/W DIRECTOR CARTER DISCUSSES SUDAN AND WEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF/W Director Phillip Carter discussed peacekeeping and Darfur with Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG P.K. Fall early in his visit. Carter concluded his successful visit to Senegal with a tour d,horizon of African issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where Ambassador Mankeur [...] |
2006-04-18 19:01:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU GA GV IV MR PU SG US |
| 06PARIS1036 |
DEBY BETTER OFF AFTER TRIPOLI. UN DROPPING THE [...] (C) Summary: The French Presidency is relieved at the outcome of the Tripoli summit, which has significantly defused tensions between Sudan and Chad. Elysee Africa Cell Deputy Labriolle reported that Libya was pleased to have demonstrated its diplomatic credibility and had laid the groundwo [...] |
2006-02-17 16:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IV SU CD FR |
| 06PARIS1118 |
TOGO/FRANCE: EX-MINISTER BOKO UPSET AND AFRAID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's ex-Interior Minister Francois Boko said on February 17 that he was very upset by apparent press leaks concerning his testimony about the November 6, 2004, bombing incident in Cote d'Ivoire. Boko had told a French judge investigating the incident that French authorities h [...] |
2006-02-23 14:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR PINR TO IV FR |
| 06PARIS1656 |
FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES COTE D'IVOIRE, TOGO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 13 meeting devoted to Liberia (septel), MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher offered brief comments on Cote d'Ivoire (February clash between French and Ivoirian forces in western Cote d'Ivoire was deliberately instigated by the Ivoirian side), Togo (Faure [...] |
2006-03-16 08:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IV TO CT FR |
| 06PARIS2067 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Zoellick on March 10 discussed Sudan, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, and the possible transfer of Charles Taylor from Nigeria to the Netherlands via Sierra Leone, with the French Presidency's Africa advisor, Michel de Bonnecorse. On Sudan, the two sides expressed [...] |
2006-03-30 13:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SU CD IV BN LI NI FR |
| 06PARIS2083 |
FRENCH MFA OBJECTS TO CURTAILING NIGERIAN UNOCI [...] (C) Africa Watcher shared current U.S. thinking on how to reinforce the UN presence in both Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire during a March 29 meeting with AF Acting DAS-Equivalent Isabel Guisnel. Guisnel objected strongly to recalling the Nigerian mechanized company on loan from UNMIL to UNOCI. SC [...] |
2006-03-30 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO LI IV FR |
| 06PARIS2259 |
FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL AFRICA ADVISOR OFFERS OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor for Africa Jacques Champagne de Labriolle on April 3 provided a broad overview of French Africa policy during a meeting with AF/W Director Phillip Carter. He made the following observations: -- Chad and Cote d'Ivoire were France's main concerns at prese [...] |
2006-04-06 12:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XA IV FR |
| 06PARIS2260 |
FRANCE/WEST AFRICA: AF/W DIRECTOR CARTER'S MFA [...] (C) Summary: AF/W Director Carter clarified U.S. views on addressing security needs in Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire in an April 3 meeting with MFA Acting A/S-Equivalent for Africa Affairs Barbier and DAS-Equivalent Foucher. Carter explained the significance in Monrovia of the Nigerian UNMIL com [...] |
2006-04-06 13:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KFLU GV NI IV LI FR |
| 06PARIS2883 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: PROGRESS VITAL IF OCTOBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cote d'Ivoire must show progress soon on identification and disarmament if elections in October are to remain feasible, MFA Deskoff Olivier Richard stressed on April 28. The MFA was satisfied with the results of discussions A/S-equivalent Bruno Joubert had in Washington concer [...] |
2006-05-03 11:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IV FR |
| 06PARIS3471 |
U.S.-FRENCH CONSULTATIONS ON UN ISSUES: UN REFORM, [...] (C) Summary: IO PDAS Jim Warlick's May 19 meeting with MFA IO A/S-equivalent Sylvie Bermann focused primarily on UN reform issues -- namely the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), Human Rights Council (HRC), and management reform -- with SYG elections, Darfur, Cote d'Ivoire, and UNSC elections dis [...] |
2006-05-23 13:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UNSC AORC SU IV FR |
| 06PARIS4080 |
NUDGING DEBY ON DIALOGUE. MFA REMARKS ON CHAD, [...] (C) Summary: French Minister of Cooperation Girardin will deliver a clear message to President Deby in Chad this week on the necessity for national dialogue, according to MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Foucher. The unusual presence of French Presidential Africa Adviser Bonnecorse on Girardin's trip [...] |
2006-06-15 14:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR IV CT TO CD FR |
| 06PARIS6178 |
MFA COMMENTS ON COTE D'IVOIRE, TOGO AND CHAD [...] Summary: MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Bruno Foucher on September 12 said President Chirac would call attention to the financial cost of French support for Operation Licorne in Cote d'Ivoire in upcoming UN meetings and indicate the possibility of an adjustment to French force deployment if the peac [...] |
2006-09-14 14:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC CD TO IV FR |
| 06PARIS6246 |
FRANCE/COTE D'IVOIRE: NO EASY SOLUTION TO IMPASSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Charlotte Montel on September 15 expressed frustration with the stalled peace process and said there was no easy solution. Concerned countries had to continue efforts to move the process forward, however, in order to maintain some semblance of mo [...] |
2006-09-18 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PINR IV FR |
| 06PARIS6753 |
FRANCE/COTE D'IVOIRE: ECOWAS MEETING FAILS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Montel on October 10 expressed frustration that the October 6 ECOWAS summit accomplished little in moving the peace process forward, although she identified a number of points made by ECOWAS that were helpful (condemnation of Afi N'guessan, affirm [...] |
2006-10-13 11:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KDEM UNSC IV SF FR |
| 06PARIS6845 |
CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISER ON UNSC ELECTIONS, DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: DCM met with Presidential African Affairs Counselor Michel de Bonnecorse on October 12 to follow up on French advocacy with Francophone sub-Saharan Africans to bolster the Security Council candidacy of Guatemala. Bonnecorse confirmed his intervention with the AU President and wi [...] |
2006-10-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC SU IV FR |
| 06PARIS7139 |
MINISTER CONVOKES AMBASSADOR OVER COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C) Summary: Cabinet Minister Girardin convoked the Ambassador October 31 to urge U.S. support for the French draft Security Council resolution on Cote d'Ivoire, pleading that France was in a very difficult situation. After taking into account core U.S. objections, the draft now represented [...] |
2006-10-31 14:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC IV FR KPKO |
| 06PARIS7393 |
COTE D'IVOIRE/FRANCE: INVESTIGATION OF NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: France's judicial investigation of the November 6, 2004, bombing of French forces in Cote d'Ivoire by the Ivoirian Air Force may be drawing to a close, according to recent developments reported by the press. Nine French military personnel and an Amcit civilian were killed in t [...] |
2006-11-15 15:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS IV TO BO RS UP FR |
| 06PARIS7586 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: GOF UPSET OVER GBAGBO'S TAKE-OVER [...] (C) MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Charlotte Montel on November 29 said that the GOF was extremely upset over Cote d'Ivoire President Gbagbo's recent actions that in effect represented a take-over of the RTI broadcasting station, Cote d'Ivoire's state-owned and principal radio and television [...] |
2006-11-29 15:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IV FR |
| 06PARIS846 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR GOF [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Secretary met separately on February 3 with Presidential Counselor for African Affairs Michel de Bonnecorse and Chief of Defense General Henri Bentegeat for exchanges on Sudan and Chad. French interlocutors concurred AMIS should transition into a UN mission, while em [...] |
2006-02-09 15:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | |