Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The sub-regional rights body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Wednesday released a statement, saying authorities in Burkina Faso have slammed one-week suspension against Le Qoutidien newspaper over publication of a picture. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The New York-based press freedom body, Committe to Protect Journalists (CPJ), has released a statement calling for ''full investigation'' into the December 2004 murder of leading Gambian editor, Deyda Hydara.Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The mind-boggling sums of money being laundered by corrupt persons, the recurring problem in the Bakassi peninsula and the high-profile kidnappings were some of the stories highlighted in the Nigerian media this week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The decisive first round victory of President John Dramani Mahama and his ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Ghana’s election, rejection of the results by the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and acts of violence were the major stories in the Ghanaian media this week. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Barely four days after his detention and release, the embattled Gambian journalist, Abdoulie John, was on Thursday again called by personnel of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), PANA confirmed Friday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Africa edition of the China Daily newspaper was launched here Friday, in an effort by the Asian giant to showcase its growing trade and industrial ties with the continent. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has strongly condemned the attacks on its members by unruly supporters of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), who were protesting the results of last Friday's presidential election that saw President John Dramani Mahama winning in the first round. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Detained Gambian journalist, Abdoulie John, has been released from custody, PANA confirmed from here Tuesday.Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The global press freedom body, International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). on Monday condemned ''the arbitrary arrest and detention'' of journalist Abdoulie John, by the Gambian authorities. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The media watchdog, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), has condemned censorship of Beninese private television station, Canal 3, and defamation charges against its director for coverage of a corruption scandal involving aides of President Boni Yayi, who appears to have pressured the media regulator into taking action against the station. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian newspapers this week turned attention to the situation in northern Mali, occupied for several months now by terrorist groups linked to the Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). 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...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghanaian media had highlighted hopes of a peaceful, smooth, free and fair general election, with the introduction of a biometric voters’ register and biometric verification machines that were introduced to extend the frontiers of democracy in the West African state.Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The media in Benin this week focus attention of the brief arrest, in Paris, France, of businessman Patrice Talon who is accused of being the mastermind of the attempted poisoning of President Boni Yayi. Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The media in Benin this week focus attention on the brief arrest, in Paris, France, of businessman Patrice Talon who is accused of being the mastermind of the attempted poisoning of President Boni Yayi of Benin. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The sub-regional rights body, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), on Wednesday released a statement urging journalists and other media workers to ''abide by the ethics of the profession'' and contribute ''to free, fair and peaceful elections'' in Ghana. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Award-winning MediaGlobal News, an independent news organisation based at the UN headquarters in New York, Thursday announced the online launch of UNEARTH News, a new and distinct voice reporting on the human dimensions of climate change, and its impact on developing countries. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Ghana-based sub-regional rights body, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) on Monday issued a statement condemning attacks on two journalists in Togo, PANA reported from here. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to lift the suspension it imposed Saturday on the UN-sponsored broadcaster Radio Okapi in the capital, Kinshasa. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Former President Olusegun Obasanjo's call for a revolution, knocks for CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, government's resolve to fight Boko Haram to finish and polio and HIV concerns were the main stories in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A peace pact signed by the eight candidates contesting the 7 December election in Ghana to uphold peace before, during and after the polls, admonition from former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan of Ghana, as well as the advice of Catholic Bishops filled the newspapers in Ghana this week. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritanian editors on Tuesday strongly denounced the "intimidation and attack" against Ahmed Ould Wedia, the chief editor the "Sirage" newspaper. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Paris-based rights body, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Tuesday intensified its campaign against censorship by launching a website called ''WeFightCensorship (WeFC)'', RSF said in a statement received here by PANA. Full text...

Lomé,Togo (PANA) – The correspondent of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and of Associated Press(AP) in Togo, Ebow Godwin, is dead.Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi, (PANA) - Luntha TV, a Catholic television station based in the Malawi southern town of Balaka, has signed an agreement with DW-TV, the official German TV broadcast of Deutsche Welle, to beam some of its programmes. 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...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The final presidential debate featuring the four candidates whose parties have representation in parliament and the burial of former vice president Aliu Mahama were some of the stories highlighted by the Ghanaian media this week. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The sub-regional media freedom watchdog, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) on Tuesday said police in Ghana arrested and detained Kofi Assan, a reporter with privately-owned Accra-based radio station, Adom FM. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The upsurge in violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the city of Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu, is besieged by M 23 rebels after government troops were defeated, was the main story by Rwandan newspapers Monday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The paternity of the late former Kenyan Vice President George Saitoti's son, Zachary Musengi, dominated newspaper headlines this week, amid claims the powerful family kidnapped the son of a peasant teacher. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan's declaration that fuel subsidy must go, rising unemployment figures and the growing number of private jets were the main stories in the Nigeria media this week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - News of the health and death of Ghana’s former Vice President Aliu Mahama filled the country's media this week, as the West African country mourned the passing of a second leader in four months. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Of the distant occurrences and domestic politics that drew the Tanzanian media attention this week, the resignation of US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) boss David Petraeus offered a sensible advice to public officials in this East African country, according to a leading daily. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The press freedom watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, with the french acronym (RSF), Thursday raised concern over the fate of Gambian journalist, Abubacarr Saidykhan, saying ''thugs threaten to kill journalist, what are authorities doing?" Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Accra-based press freedom watchdog, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Tuesday commended the Sierra Leonean police ''for the swift action taken'' towards dragging the suspected killer of journalist Ibrahim Foday before a court in Freetown, the capital. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – US President Barack Obama’s re-election was the major story in Tanzanian newspapers this week but accompanying editorials focused on its ramifications on other parts of the world. 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) – The tragic collapse of a five-storey building in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, housing a popular shopping centre and another dramatic U-turn by former president Jerry John Rawlings that ironically puts him and his wife in opposite political camps, were some of the stories highlighted by the Ghanaian media this week. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The local media in Zambia Thursday gave prominence in their newspapers to the re-election of American President Barack Obama, saluting the American people for re-affirming their principles stand on the issue of democracy. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The media in Mauritania this week highlighted a statement by the Speaker of Parliament, Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, aimed at reassuring his compatriots of the state of health of president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, saying it raised more questions than answers.Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - One of the fundamental human rights and freedoms is freedom of expression and the European Union places great importance on supporting the achievement of these universal rights, Agnès Guillaud. Head of the EU Delegation The Gambia, said on Saturday.Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan newspapers this week focused on the go-slow by segments of the Kenya Police Force, a ruling by the High Court overturning the sacking of senior judges, including those of the Supreme Court, and the judiciary’s purchase of new "fuel guzzling" vehicles for 40 new judges of the High Court.Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The seriousness of elephant poaching in Tanzanian game sanctuaries and graft in the ruling party’s elections were prominent issues in the country’s newspapers this week while public calls intensified for the two ills to be brought to an end as quickly as possible. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A major shake up in the management of the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the proposed talks between Government and the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, and the police surveillance slammed on highly-placed Nigerians linked to the group were the major stories in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Last Tuesday’s debate by the presidential candidates whose parties are represented in parliament and Friday's celebration of Farmers' Day dominated newspapers in Ghana this week. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has urged the country's police force ''to investigate and take appropriate action'' against individuals who threatened two journalists, Babucarr Ceesay and Ababucarr Saidykhan, with death, the union said in a statement received here by PANA Friday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned the criminal convictions of two journalists and the suspension of their newspaper in Burkina Faso on charges of criminal defamation in connection with their reports on corrupt practices in the state prosecutor's office. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission has called for total support for its latest initiative to strengthen regional peace and security through the establishment of a Mediation Facilitation Division (MFD) within its Political Affairs Directorate. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As part of efforts to strengthen its mediation system to ensure peace and security in West Africa, the ECOWAS Commission is to establish a Mediation Facilitation Division (MFD) within its Directorate of Political Affairs. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The recovery of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in France after he was accidentally shot a fortnight ago was the main story in Mauritania this week.Full text...