Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Comments by International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda dominated Kenyan newspaper headlines after she confirmed that none of the suspects facing crimes against humanity trial next year would be immune to prosecution even if elected to the presidency. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Reports on a fuel crisis, graft in governing party elections and religious tension filled Tanzanian newspapers this week as national leaders frantically appealed to the public to abide by the law. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The 86.65 billion Naira (about US$ 578 million) oil money, earned in 10 years and part of which is said to be missing, the impact of the devastating floods on prices of foodstuff and the nation's fourth Catholic Church Cardinal dominate newspaper headlines in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Election issues once again dominated the media in Ghana this week with the fallout of the disqualification of a number of presidential hopefuls being the most prominent.Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Gambian authorities have dropped all charges against two embattled journalists, Abubacarr Saidykhan and Babucarr Ceesay, PANA confirmed Wednesday. Full text...

Douala, Cameroon (PANA) - Almost all audiovisual media in Cameroon operate without licence, the country's Minister of Communication, Issa Bakary Tchiroma, disclosed on Monday, warning erring organizations that breaching of the media regulations will no longer be tolerated. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) – The French Foreign Affairs ministry on Monday asked Egyptian authorities to investigate the molestation of a female journalist from french TV station, France 24, on Friday in Tahrir Square in Cairo.Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government Monday authorized the High Authority for Press and Broadcasting (HAPA), the media regulatory body in the country, to process applications from individuals or organizations interested in establishing new private television stations. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The commencement of the big reform in the power sector, devastating floods and the return of First lady Dame Patience Jonathan from "medical treatment" abroad highlighted reports in the Nigerian papers in the past week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – As the deadline for presidential aspirants to file their nomination papers to contest Ghana’s 7 December presidential and parliamentary elections expired on Thursday, it was the disqualification of one of the high profile candidates, former first lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, that grabbed the headlines.Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan papers this week narrowed their focus on the 4 March, 2013, presidential elections, amid a presidential snub of visiting former UN Chief Kofi Annan. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The floods that wreaked havoc across the country, the Bakassi question and plans to refurbish oil refineries dominated newspaper headlines in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – With the presidential and parliamentary elections only a few weeks away, political stories dominated the media this week as political parties and their candidates carried out various activities to win over the electorates. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Exposure of counterfeit antiretroviral drugs in public hospitals made headlines in Tanzanian newspapers midweek but by the end of the week all dailies carried worrisome reports on a clash between the police and angry Muslims in a suburb of this port city and commercial capital of the East African country.Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The media watchdog, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), has accused Chad of intimidating journalists and called on the government to halt those actions with immediate effect. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has waned Ethiopian authorities to halt the harassment of journalists covering the country's Muslim community and their intimidation of citizens who have tried to speak to reporters about sensitive religious, ethnic, and political issues. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Electoral conferences of Tanzania’s ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party made headlines in local newspapers this week amidst calls for youthful and ethical leadership which were punctuated with allegations of corruption in the voting process.Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The launch on Thursday of the manifesto of Ghana’s ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), creation of 45 new constituencies and murder charge for Justine Kone Katinan, ally of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo, were some of the major stories in the Ghanaian media this week. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian authorities Monday set up an Advisory Board for the Press (CCP), charging it with the responsibility to maintain a high quality press in the country, according to a PANA report here Tuesday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The sub-regional rights body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), said that Sierra Leonean authorities have slammed a month-long suspension against three privately-owned newspapers for allegedly "producing offensive publications", the body said in a statement received here by PANA Tuesday.Full text...

Dakar, Sénégal (PANA) - ICT expert and journalist John Churu of Botswana will be sponsored by the African Press Organization (APO) to participate in the AfricaCom 2012, the premier Pan-African communications event, taking place in Cape Town, South Africa, from 13-15 November,2012. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has declared 2012 as the most dangerous year for Somali Journalists, even with three months to the end of the year. 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...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The global press freedom body, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Friday welcomed the United Nations'"Resolution on Safety of Journalists" and urged states to do more by implementing it "in good faith within their jurisdictions".Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Accra-based rights body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Friday called on Gambian authorities to drop the charges against two Gambian journalists, Babucarr Ceesay and Abubacarr Saidykhan. Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Saying that the deteriorating state of media freedom in the country would undermine democratic gains made in The Gambia, the umbrella journalists' union, The Gambian Press Union (GPU), has slammed a recent order by the National Intelligence Agency closing down the Standard Newspaper and the Daily News. Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian journalists union (SNJT) on Tuesday called a general strike for 17 October over several issues, including demands for freedom of speech. Full text...

Nairobi, (PANA) - Unidentified gunmen killed veteran Somali journalist Hassan Yusuf Absuge in Mogadishu on Friday, just hours after he had reported on an explosion that killed 14 people, including three of his colleagues. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – An apparent U-turn of former President Jerry John Rawlings on the chances of his ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 7 December polls and the introduction of Vice-President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur as the running mate of President John Mahama were some of the major stories played up in the Ghanaian media this week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Different developments made headlines in Tanzania’s newspapers this week, but the plea for leniency by intern doctors who were suspended from service in public hospitals after going on strike attracted the attention of all dailies. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Gambian police are pressing more charges against Babucarr Ceesay, one of the two embattled journalists recently detained for seeking permission to hold a peaceful demonstration over the execution of nine death-row prisoners, PANA confirmed Thursday. Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - An opposition youth leader in Gambia has frowned on the recent arbitrary closure of media houses by the government in the tiny West African country where press freedom and free expression are ranked very low by various media watchdogs. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Civil Society Associations Gambia (CSAG) and Gambia Press Union (GPU)-USA branch, Tuesday "roundly and unequivocally" condemned the Gambian government for closing down two media houses, the 'Daily News' and 'Standard Newspaper'. Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian regulatory body for print media, the National Press Council (NPC), Monday lifted the suspension it slammed on six newspapers that support former president Laurent Gbagbo. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria, (PANA) - State security agents in the Gambia have ordered two independent newspapers to cease publication immediately, without explanation, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a statement made available to PANA Tuesday, quoting local media reports. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan newspapers in the outgoing week focused on the ongoing civil servants' strikes, the state's failure to deal with the conflict in the Tana River Delta and the state visit by Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritanian newspapers were this week awash with stories on the killing of Muslim preachers, including Mauritanians, by a unit of the regular Malian army. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A two-day Pan-African Conference on Safety of Journalists and Issue of Impunity, hosted by the African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ends Saturday, the organizers announced Saturday. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The launch of a sanitation programme by President John Dramani Mahama and the raging debate on the creation of 45 new constituencies for the 7 December presidential and parliamentary elections dominated the media in Ghana this week.Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Gambian Police on Monday charged two detained journalists, Baboucarr Ceesay and Abubacarr Saidykhan, before granting them bail, PANA confirmed from here. Full text...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – The Superior Council of the Audiovisual Communication (CSAC), the regulatory organ for the media in DR Congo (DRC), has warned journalists in the country not to disclose defence secrets of the national army in war periods. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan newspapers were awash with stories on the failure of government to tackle insecurity and reckless killings, which they said, could lead to the loss of moral authority to govern and a further slide to total anarchy ahead of next year’s General Elections. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The discovery of oil in the Lake Chad Basin, President Goodluck Jonathan's strategy to guarantee constant electricity and the new phase of terrorist attacks dominated newspaper front pages in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The death of a local television reporter at the hands of policemen and the ensuing public condemnation of the Tanzania Police Force made blazing headlines in the country’s newspapers this week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – President John Dramani Mahama’s policy statement and the unending tug-of-war on the decision of the Electoral Commission (EC) to create 45 new constituencies as demanded by law following the publication of new census figures and creation of new districts choked the media in Ghana this week. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Accra-based media rights body, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), on Thursday said that two Guinean journalists, Emmanuel Millimono and Miss Aissatou Diakité, were manhandled and detained by Guinean Police. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Stolen oil money totalling US$400 billion since independence in 1960, President Goodluck Jonathan's pledge to fix the economy by 2013 and the sudden resignation of Power Minister Barth Nnaji dominated newspapers in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The progress of Tanzania’s population and housing census remained in focus, though not the highlight of the local newspapers this week as they made their own way on different topics. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The overwhelming endorsement of President John Dramani Mahama as presidential candidate of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the launch of the manifesto of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) were some of the major stories highlighted by the media in Ghana this week. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Accra-based press freedom watchdog, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), on Wednesday said that six journalists from two privately-owned FM stations have been beaten by a group of men believed to be supporters of the ruling People’s Rally of Guinea (RPG).Full text...