United States Embassy (Abidjan)
11 September 2007
This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
1. Today's Ivoirian press is preoccupied by the identification process, the major step toward the upcoming election in Cote d'Ivoire. Today also marks the 6th anniversary of the September 11's terrorist attack in the US, and the event is a major subject in the dailies.
2. As the US commemorates today the event of the September 11, many Ivoirian dailies -- including Fraternite Matin -- carry a front-page story quoting President Bush saying, "Never forgetting that terrible day."
3. The state-owned daily publishes the full text of a statement issued yesterday by the American Embassy in Abidjan, where Bush says: "We remain determined to bring our enemies to justice, defy the terrorists' ideology of hate, and work to make our world safer." The paper also carries an inside story entitled: "Six years ago, Al Qaeda hit America."
4. Back to the Ivoirian peace process, the paper publishes the entire text of a statement issued yesterday after a meeting between Prime Minister, Soro Guillaume, and a delegation of senior judges in connection with the identification program, designed to provide Ivoirian with identity cards in preparation of the forthcoming elections. The paper quotes the head of the delegation as saying, "Once papers are ready, we'll begin the identification program. There is no problem."
5. Speaking to Fraternite Matin, Dr. Mel Privat, who was presenting his thesis in the US on the topic: "The challenges of the second Republic in Cote d'Ivoire," notes that, "The political landscape in Cote d'Ivoire has undergone radical changes."
6. As the Ivoirian former President, Henri Konan Bedie, is set to address a rally in the southern city of Dabou next weekend, Notre Voie, a daily close to the ruling FPI, says "Time has come for Bedie to discover the reality on the ground." The paper quotes a leading member of the ruling FPI as saying, "FPI has taken over the bastions of the PDCI-RDA [the ex-ruling party in Cote d'Ivoire]."
7. "Identification process: Soro prepares a coup," says a banner headline in Nord-Sud Quotidien, a daily close to the opposition. The paper announces that the Ivoirian head of the transitional government will make a statement on September 17, in connection with the identification process.
8. According to a front-page story in L'inter, "Gbagbo is the French authorities' favorite candidate for the upcoming presidential election in Cote d'Ivoire."
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