Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Domestic issues, including the return of World Bank Managing Director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Finance Minister, dramatic changes in the banking industry and crime busting by the anti-graft EFCC dominated newspaper headlines in Nigeria this week.Full text...

Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togo police, using teargas and other facilities, Saturday dispersed a protest march by Togo journalists, under the aegis of "SOS Journalists in Danger" and supported by human rights organizations, as they made for the French Embassy here. Full text...

Lome, Togo (PANA) - Media professionals under the umbrella "SOS Journalists in Danger" on Saturday marched in the Togolese capital, Lome, to denounce alleged threats of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) against a number of journalists.Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Accra-based sub-regional media rights body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has appealed to Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara “to respect the independence” of the Ivorian Broadcasting Corporation (RTI) and other state media. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - A staff of a Somali radio station has been killed in the restive Bakara Market in the capital, Mogadishu, media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has reported. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The Malawi Government's unease over civil society's warning that it would mobilise people to go on the streets again on 17 August if President Bingu wa Mutharika does not satisfactorily address its 20-point complaints after the 20 July nationwide demonstrations dominated the Malawi media this week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – It has been a notable week in relation to the deepening energy crisis in Tanzania, which several dailies described as a test for the East African nation. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A mysterious tape that the Ghana's opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) says has caught a deputy minister of Information soliciting help from journalists to slant stories in favour of the government in return for favours was one of the major stories highlighted by the media 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...

New York, US (PANA) - The government of the Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, who pledged to uphold democracy in a Friday meeting with the US President Barack Obama, has suspended a newspaper over a reprinted opinion column criticizing the White House meeting, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ said Thursday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Accra-based sub-regional rights body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has appealed to the authorities in Niger to drop criminal charges against an editor for "false" publication. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - At least 10 Angolan journalists, drawn from government and private media organizations, will attend further training on election coverage in October in Argentina, according to Albino Carlos, director of the Angolan Journalist Training Centre Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The government of Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza is attempting to silence critical press coverage of his administration with incessant judicial harassment of two of the country’s leading independent broadcasters, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said from its US-base Wednesday.Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire, has named Lazare Aka Sayé the new Director General of Ivorian Radio and Television Corporation (RTI), according to a communiqué issued Sunday in Abidjan, the capital. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Repercussions from the July 20 mass demonstrations continued to dominate the Malawi media a week after Malawians' unprecedented show of growing disaffection with the government of President Bingu wa Mutharika. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Repercussions of the 20 July mass demonstrations continued to dominate the Malawi media a week after Malawians' unprecedented show of growing disaffection with the government of President Bingu wa Mutharika. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Fears about radiation-contaminated fish imported from Japan and squabbles in the National Assembly after some parliamentarians charged the House procedures were being openly violated were leading issues in the Tanzanian media this week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Concerns about insults of political opponents in Ghana and President John Evans Atta Mills' tour of flood-hit areas in the Eastern and Volta Regions dominated the media this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The minimum wage palava and knocks for President Goodluck Jonathan's single-term proposal for the president and state governors dominated newspaper pages in Nigeria this week. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Censorship of the press by the government of Guinean President Alpha Condé is threatening the democratic strides made by the country in recent months, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Thursday from its base in New York, US. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) has called for improved conditions of service for journalists and media workers in Africa as the fundamental basis of social justice. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A group of politicians in United Kingdom has called on the Gambian government to do more towards finding missing Gambian journalist Ebrima Manneh, PANA reported Sunday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The global press freedom watchdog, International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), and its partners have called on the Gambian authorities to drop treason and sedition charges against two Gambian journalists, Ndey Tapha Sosseh and Mathew K. Jallow. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Parliament’s rejection of budget estimates for the Energy and Minerals ministry in fiscal 2011/2012, amid charges that the ministry’s permanent secretary had attempted to bribe some members of the House to ease approval, overshadowed events reported in the Tanzanian newspapers this week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian media this week once again highlighted the issue of homosexuality as religious leaders and politicians pushed for firm action against the practice.Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The three-day warning strike, averted at the last minute, Islamic Banking which has stirred controversy across the nation and the continuing menace by the Boko Haram Islamic sect dominated front pages in Nigeria this week. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Authorities in Cote d'Ivoire detained a journalist on Thursday for moderating a Television talk show favourable to ousted former president Laurent Gbagbo, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported, quoting local journalists. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has been challenged to set up an enquiry on what happened when the late President Umaru Yar’Adua was hospitalised and was flown to Saudi Arabia without any public explanation.Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Four private radio stations were taken off air for several hours on Thursday for what the Malawi Communications Authority (MACRA) said was because they were inciting people to rise against government. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan Media Deputy Minister, Manuel Miguel de Carvalho, here Wednesday emphasised the importance of the news agencies from the Portuguese-Speaking Countries Community (CPLP) to strengthen their co-operation for the common interest of the organisation.Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Gambian authorities have levelled treason charges against two Gambian journalists, Ms Ndey Tapha Sosseh and Mr Mathew K. Jallow, along with former Information Minister, Dr Amadou Scattered Janneh. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The third general assembly of the Organization of News Agencies in the Portuguese-Speaking Community began Wednesday in Luanda, the Angolan capital, the Angolan News Agency (ANGOP) reported.Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Benin will in October open its first journalism school to train journalists, photo-journalists, graphic designers and sound technicians from the sub-region. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The International Press Institute (IPI), has commended the Nigerian media for championing the cause of press freedom and the sustenance of democracy in the country, PANA reported from here Sunday, quoting the private Thisday newspaper. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Prof. Kwame Karikari, the Executive Director of Ghana-based sub-regional rights body, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has been appointed member of the nine-member South Africa Press Freedom Commission, PANA confirmed from here Saturday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Accra-based sub-regional press freedom watchdog, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), said Ibrahim Kalokoh, an investigative journalist in Sierra Leone, received a death threat from two staff members of the country’s port authority, PANA reported from here Saturday. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The overwhelming endorsement of Ghana's President John Evans Atta Mills in the primaries of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the weekend to end an acrimonious battle with former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings dominated newspapers this week.Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The torrential rain that "soaked" and "sacked" Lagos, the continuing menace by the Boko Haram Islamic sect, and labour's decision to begin a three-day warning strike next Wednesday over the new minimum wage were the main stories this week in Nigeria. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Domestic issues continued to dominate the coverage and comments in Tanzanian newspapers this week with only ‘The African’ speaking up for Africa’s youngest nation South Sudan. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for banning a private broadcaster favorable to opposition presidential candidate Etienne Tshisekedi. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Two Central African Republic journalists were fined and released from custody Monday after being jailed for weeks in connection with their coverage of public protests by retired military officers who say the government had failed to direct European Union funds to them as intended, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported, quoting news reports and local journalists. Full text...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – The government of DR Congo has cut the signal of Radio-télévision Lisanga (RLTV), a privately-owned channel broadcasting in Kinshasa, accusing it "advocating violence and disturbing public order", the minister of communication and media, Lambert Mende Omalanga, announced. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Accra-based sub-regional rights body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has condemned the recent violent attacks against two sports writers, Alhaji Koumba and Francess Bernard, in Sierra Leone, PANA reported from here Sunday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Nanama Keita, a Gambian newspaper editor, has been released on bail after being charged with “giving false information to a public officer”, PANA confirmed from Dakar on Saturday. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A national delegates' congress of Ghana's ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the continuing revulsion of homosexuality in the country were the major stories that were highlighted in the media this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The continuing menace of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, M. K. O. Abiola's remembrance, kerosene scarcity and the birth of the world's newest State, South Sudan, were the main stories in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – As the fighting between Libyan government forces and rebels drags on, some Tanzanian dailies this week quickly reacted to prospects of a political solution to the conflict, following the decision of the African Union (AU) leaders at their 17th ordinary summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Following Ethiopian state television’s broadcast of a clip presenting jailed and injured Swedish journalists Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye as accomplices to terrorists, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Ethiopia to immediately release the two journalists. Full text...