Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The declaration of emergency rule in three States worst hit by violence - Adamawa, Borno, Yobe - which has now developed into a "war situation" in those areas, was the major story in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Jonathan-Labour tirade against each other over corruption, the growing number of jobless people and Boko Haram's new strategy of violence were the main stories in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The killing of 185 people in a border community in north eastern Borno State, the damning report by top US official that massive corruption exists, and government's compensation for victims of the 2011 post-election violence were the major stories in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan's desire to grant amnesty to the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, the threat by the Niger Delta militants to carry out reprisal attacks on mosques and Jonathan's political ambition in 2015 were the major stories in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Fresh Abacha loot, discovered by the government, two baby thieves arrested by the police, demand for compensation by Boko Haram victims, looming power and fuel scarcity, and corruption in the civil service were some of the stories reported in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The sentencing of Henry Okah to 24 years in jail, oil theft, government's latest stand on oil subsidy and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka's warning that the nation could be headed for another civil war were the main stories in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The death of literary icon Chinua Achebe, Monday's lorry park suicide bombing in Kano, former president Olusegun Obasanjo's warning that mounting unemployment situation may explode into crisis and Labour's warning to President Jonathan not to increase fuel prices were the major stories in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Former US President Bill Clinton's advice on mounting challenges, President Jonathan's 2015 political ambition, nation-wide vaccination against yellow fever, and Pope Benedict XVI's last moments were the main stories in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Jolts in Ghana’s football following the “temporary” resignation of the Ayew brothers from the national football team, the Black Stars, the hospitalisation of the team’s defender John Paintsil after his arrest for assaulting his wife were some of the stories highlighted in the Ghanaian media this week. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The French-initiated operation to flush out jihadists from northern Mali and the taking of hostages by suspected Al-Qaeda members in the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria were given wide coverage by Mauritanian newspapers this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's ranking by the global corruption watchdog, Transparency International (TI), the return of Abacha loot (US$ 700 million) by the Swiss government, deregistration of 28 political parties, and the rising population were the highlights of stories published in the country this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan's media chat comments and the attendant criticisms, his 2015 political ambition, inability of the anti-graft body to convict "big thieves", and the nation's disgraceful rating by the Economist Intelligence Unit and the KPMG were the main stories in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A rare feat by teenaged girls who invented generators that run on urine, highly-qualified persons seeking drivers' jobs, suggestions on how to curb corruption and the re-election of Barack Obama as president of the US were some of the stories which made waves in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Relations between Ghana and its western neighbor, Cote d’Ivoire, especially after armed men attacked positions in Cote d’Ivoire one week ago, and the battle between two political parties to win over former President Jerry John Rawlings for the December elections are some of the stories that have dominated newspapers in Ghana this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism, government's moves to put oil subsidy thieves on trial and Obasanjo's classification of legislators as thieves dominate front pages in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The war of words between former leaders Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida (IBB), the battle between the two top judicial officers in the country and the successful launch of two satellites were the top stories in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The damning UN report on pollution in Ogoniland, nationalisation of three banks and President Goodluck Jonathan's "thumbs down" for government privatisation programme got big media play in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The 2, 9 and 16 April general elections in Nigeria, beginning Saturday with the National Assembly polls, dominated media coverage this past week. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The failed attack on Tuesday night near Nouakchott and the African Union's efforts to resolve the post-election political crisis in Côte d'Ivoire dominated Mauritanian press this past week. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Perhaps it is mere coincidence, perhaps it is because the year has just ended but past headlines came back to hog Malawi headlines in the past week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Stories of massive violence, including bombing of churches, mosques and public places, the last of which were the two bomb explosions in Abuja on the last day of 2010, captured front pages in Nigeria this past week. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The speech of Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi at the third Black World Festival (FESMAN) on Tuesday in Dakar, Senegal and the political crisis in Cote d’Ivoire led the headlines here this week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania's 49th independence anniversary was the focus of all the media in the country this week with several of them suggesting that today's leadership need to urgently examine and rectify what has retarded development and kept the nation trudging on a rough and bumpy road. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The post-election crisis in Cote d'Ivoire and a looming collision between the Ghana government and world football governing body, FIFA, dominated the Ghanaian media this week. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The press in Malawi has urged Africa to ''move swiftly'' to avoid a replica of Kenya and Zimbabwe, where violence following incumbents' refusal to concede defeat forced the cobbling together of shaky Governments of National Unity (GNUs). Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwean press, pre-occupied with possible elections in the country in the first half of next year, is paying little attention to the crisis in Cote d' Ivoire, sparked by a disputed poll in which the two contenders are claiming victory. Full text...