MONTHLY REPORT--ABIDJAN BUREAU--FEBRUARY 1983

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• Publication Date: March 7, 1983
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FOREIGN BR 4.DCAST INFORMATION RVICE
ABIDJAN BUREAU
MAB 3006
7 March 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT : Monthly Report--Abidjan Bureau--February 1983
Monitorial/Editorial
1. On 11 February, BBC intercepted a station broadcasting in
colloquial Arabic and French which identified itself as "Bardai, Chad
National Radio, the Voice of the Liberation." Abidjan Bureau monitored
the station on the lath. It claims to be transmitting from Bardai, a town
in northern Chad controlled by former President Goukouni Oueddei with
Libyan support. Cruising efforts revealed Radio Bardai takes a vitu-
perative position against Chadian leader Hissein Habre. The bureau assumed
coverage of the French portion of its 1800-2000 GMT cast, which features
news and comment interspersed with music, first in French and then
repeated in colloquial Arabic and Chadian local languages. At FCS
request, the bureau has filed nightly program summaries in addition to
filing heavily from both news and comment. The first comment monitored
by the bureau, an anti-Habre diatribe which among other things attacked
Ivorian President Houphouet-Boigny, evoked considerable interest from the
Embassy. The Ambassador and DCM each requested copies, and French-language
transcriptions of the comment were sent directly to Foreign Minister Ake
and to the Foreign Ministry's Press officer::.
2. On the 21st, Monrovia Domestic Service carried a statement
by the Information Ministry refuting a Sierra Leone newspaper report
that Liberian leader Samuel Doe had killed his wife, who the paper said
was an accomplice in a plot against Doe. The following day, Doe closed
all borders with Sierra Leone and ordered 2,000 troops into the border
area. The bureau established an open watch on Monrovia and Freetown
radios, and stayed open late on the 21st to file several reports on
this development and to cover late-night Monrovia newscasts. The dispute
is still simmering, following allegations by Sierra Leone President Siaka
Stevens that Doe is using the occasion as a pretext to annex some disputed
territory which may contain oil deposits.
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3. On 2 March, the Government of Ghana announced that an attempted
coup on 27 February had been foiled. According to Accra radio, the top
Provisional National Defense Council leaders were to be assassinated.
The radio said several individuals suspected of involvement were being
sought, and a group of lower-ranking military personnel and a few
civilians were being held. One of the three alleged leaders of the plot
is said to hold a U.S. passport 'with a Puerto Rican name and his wife,
who drives an automobile with diplomatic plates,is an Afro-American by
birth. This plot increased interest in Flight Lieutenant Rawlings'
6 March speech to the nation on Ghanaian Independence Day, but Rawlings
said nothing about the alleged plot, confining himself to familiar
themes.
II. ADMINISTRATION
Personnel
to take a ...e Lau can co reoruary
position with the African eve opment Bank. The bureau has
interviewed and tested many candidates for the vacancy, and a final selec-
tion will be made soon.
since August 198 , returned to Abidjanvon+~1 Marchc..u,=u 1Lj. in Swaziland
3.
monitor
entered on duty 7 March as a French/English
a Swazi national who is married to an Ivorian,
to Abidjan from Swaziland Bureau.
STAT
STAT
STAT
Alexander Thompson, the first BBC External Services correspondent
assigned to Abidjan, visited the bureau on the 23rd. Like other corres-
pondents who live in Abidjan, Thompson will spend most of his time traveling
in West and Central Africa-..
Chief, Abidjan Bureau
Attachment:
Monthly Production Report
cc: Chief, Swaziland Bureau
Deputy Chief, London Bureau
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$ ABIDJAN BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 83
i. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 252,847
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 9444
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 726
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
(MINUTES OR ISSUES PER WEEK) 7:859 27488 115
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(PUBLISHABLE WORDS PER MONTH)
ANGOLA
LUANDA DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ENGLISH
LUANDA DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
FRENCH
LUANDA ANGOP IN
FRENCH
LUANDA RNGOP IN
PORTUGUESE
BENIN
COTONOU DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
FRENCH
COTONOU EHUZU IN FRENCH
CAMEROON
YAOUNDE DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ENGLISH
YAOUNDE DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
FRENCH
CAMEROON TRIBUNE IN
FRENCH
CAMEROON TRIBUNE IN
ENGLISH
CHAD
DRRDRI CHADIAN NATIONAL
RADIO
CONGO
BRAZZRVILLE DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
FRENCH
DRAZZRVILLE BULLETIN OUOTIDIEN IN
FRENCH
DRAZZAVILLE ETUMBA IN
FRENCH
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
MALABO DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
SPANISH
1:191
4,118
1i, 868.
4.,98
318
1,728
248
218
178
FRANCE
PARIS AFP IN ENGLISH 42,988
PARIS RFP IN FRENCH 21,296
PARIS DIPLOMATIC SERVICE IN
FRENCH 19,578
PARIS DIPLOMATIC SERVICE IN
ENGLISH
PARIS INTERNATIONAL SERVICE IN
FRENCH
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CRSTS AGENCIES CATIONS
GABON
LIBREVILLE DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
FRENCH
LIBREVILLE AFRICA NO.I. IN
FRENCH
LIBREVILLE L'UNION IN
FRENCH
GRMBIR
BANJUL DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ENGLISH
BANJUL GANBIR NEWS BULLETIN IN
ENGLISH
GHANA
ACCRR DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ENGLISH
RCCRR INTERNATIONAL SERVICE IN
ENGLISH
ACCRA GHANAIAN TIRES IN
ENGLISH
ACCRA DAILY GRAPHIC IN
ENGLISH
ACCRA WEEKLY SPECTATOR IN
ENGLISH
ACCRA THE MIRROR IN
ENGLISH
GUINEA BISSAU
BISSAU NO PINTCHR IN
PORTUGUESE
GUINEA
CONAKRY DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
FRENCH
CONAKRY HOROYR IN FRENCH
IVORY COAST
ABIDJAN DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
FRENCH
ABIDJAN TELEVISION SERVICE IN
FRENCH
RBIDJRN FRRTERNITE MRTIN IN
FRENCH
RBIDJRN INFORMATION IN
FRENCH
LIBERIA
MONROVIA RADIO ELWR IN
ENGLISH
MONROVIA DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ENGLISH
MONROVIA EXPRESS IN ENGLISH
MONROVIA LIBERIAN INAUGURAL IN
ENGLISH
MONROVIA NEW LIBERIAN IN
ENGLISH
MONROVIA THE SUND PEOPLE IN
ENGLISH
MALI
BAMRKO DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
FRENCH
BAMRKO LESSOR IN FRENCH
930
49!010
1
710
2: X40
590
6.590
3:530
MAURITANIA
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NIGER
NIAMEY DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
FRENCH
NIAMEY LE SAHEL IN
FRENCH
NIAMEY SAHEL HEI{DO IN
FRENCH
NIGERIA
LAGOS DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ENGLISH
LAGOS INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
IN ENGLISH
KR1EUNR DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ENGLISH
NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA (NAN)
IN ENGLISH
RWANDA
KIGALI DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
FRENCH
$SENEGAL
DAKAR DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
FRENCH
DAKAR LE SOLEIL IN
FRENCH
SIERRA LEONE
FREETOWN DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ENGLISH
FREETOWN DAILY MAIL IN
ENGLISH
TOGO
LOM#E DOMESTIC SERVI CE I N
FRENCH
TOGO NOUVELLE MARCHE IN
FRENCH
UPPER VOLTA
OUAGADOUGOU DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
FRENCH
OUAGADOUGOU L'O)SERVRTEUR IN
FRENCH
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
i 670
14.648
6.050
15178
is i80
7.420
1?290
ZAIRE
KINSHASA DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
FRENCH 8.898
KINSHASA RZAP IN FRENCH 7 680
KINSHASA ELINA IN FRENCH
LUDUMRASHI NJUMBE IN FRENCH
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