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Côte d'Ivoire: American Embassy's National Daily Press Review


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United States Embassy (Abidjan)

5 September 2008
Posted to the web 6 September 2008

This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

The major topics in Ivorian papers today are - the resumption of work by government; the presidential elections; the identification process; the development of transportation infrastructure; and the US presidential elections. A breakthrough in HIV/AIDS research was also reported on.

1. Fraternite Matin (a state-owned daily) reported on the first meeting of government since their return from a 10-day vacation. According to the paper, Prime Minister Soro Guillaume, declared that the priority issue for government is the presidential elections. In a separate story on the identification process,the newspaper reported that Haman Toure, the spokesman of the United Nations Mission in Cote d'Ivoire said "Find rapid solutions to tackle the very last impediments" to ensure that deadline of November 30 is met.

2. On the same subject, Le Patriote (a daily close to the opposition RDR party) reported that replacement for the destroyed birth certificates is about to start, in accordance with the Ouagadougou Political Agreement. L'inter (an independent daily) reported that SAGEM, the company in charge of supplying identification systems and managing the population and voters registration has finally found a "home". According to the paper, SAGEM had no offices, until Wednesday, when offices in the National Office of Identification headquarters were offered to store the identification operation systems.

4. The development of transportation infrastructures was a widely discussed subject in the Ivorian newspapers, today. Notre Voie (a daily close to the ruling FPI party) reported that the Ministers of Transport from CDEAO (West African Economic Community) and UMOA (West African Monetary Union) met in Yamoussoukro on Thursday September 4, to stratergize developing the transportation sector in the sub-region. The Ivorian president, Laurent Gbagbo who chaired the meeting encouraged the participants to provide high-quality plans for the development that will contribute to an effective regional integration.

5. On the US elections, L'inter reported on McCain running Mate, Sarah Palin's address. The paper said Palin's speech during the republican convention last Wednesday, was powerful. According to the report, she strongly reasserted her beliefs which included anti-abortion, economic liberalism, opposition to youth sexual education and homosexual marriage... Still reporting on the presidential elections in the Unites States, l'Inter carried a story asking whether Americans would be ready to elect a Black man to the White House. The story compared the two candidates - "Obama as a young charismatic brilliant speaker as opposed to McCain, an old man and a war hero who arouses no enthusiasm."

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6. Le Patriote (a daily close to the opposition RDR party) reported that American Researchers have discovered a gene likely to neutralize the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). According to the paper, the results of the research were published in Science magazine of Friday September 05, 2008.

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