Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" Wild rumours of an imminent- earthquake in Ghana on Sunda y night which drove millions of people across the country out of their homes int o the streets and fire at the country's sole oil refinery captured the headlines o f newspapers this week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- News of an attack by heavily armed robbers on a fishing island village in Lake Victoria shocked the Tanzanian public as it made chilling headlines in newspapers. Full text...

Lomأ©- Togo (PANA) -- The armed attack on the Togolese delegation to the African Nations' Cup finals in Angola made headline news at home, relegating to the back g round the upcoming elections in the country. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopian newspapers wrote extensively on the gov ernmentâ™s decision to grant agricultural land to Egyptian firms for development, days after it emerged that former Nigerian President Olusegun O basanjo was one of the high-profile personalities developing land in the country. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The story of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's absence fro m Nigeria, 55 days this Saturday, continued to make front pages in Nigeria. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- A faltering farming season, plagued by shortages of in puts and low rainfall, grabbed the attention of most media in Zimbabwe this week . Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Political and economic issues dominated the media in Ghana this week, with the focus on the national delegates' congress of the ruling Nat i onal Democratic Congress, amidst reports of deep differences between President J o hn Evans Atta Mills and former president Jerry John Rawlings and developments in the oil sector as the country awaits the commercial drilling of oil later this y e ar. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Beninese dailies this week returned to the fierce debate on the creation of the permanent computerized electoral roll (LEPI) while emphasising the latest attempts for the stakeholders to reach consensus on the matter. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopian newspapers made a rare feast of new reports suggesting the resurgence of corruption within the country's thriving construction sector, where huge amounts of government expenditure has been directed in the recent past. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The visit of French Foreign Affairs minister, Bernard Kouchner, to Rwanda and the restoration of the diplomatic relations on 29 November last year between the two countries were highlighted by the French m edia this week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Underlining the need to educate all young peopl e in Tanzania, two dailies pulished in Dar es Salaam this week discussed the var i ous aspects of schooling in the country in a rapidly evolving environment of com p etition. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The attempt to blow up an American plane by 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on Christmas day, his trial in the US and Nig e rian government's measure to ensure better security at the airports captured hea d line news in Nigeria this past week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" Measures to step up securit-y at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, the first anniversary of President John Evans Atta Mills' gov e rnment, the gory story of a woman poisoning her five children and then committin g suicide were some of the major stories highlighted by the Ghanaian media this w e ek. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Stories from Christmas messages, prayers and merry making to usher in the New Year filled Ghanaian newspapers this week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The media in Tanzania this week highlight how e vents in the year 2009 could shape the country's political landscape this year. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Government's failure to fulfill its promise to provide N igerians with 6,000 megawatts of electricity by December 2009, the death and bur i al of former first lady Maryam Babangida and the recurring story of the Nigerian who tried to bomb an American plane continued to dominate from pages this past w e ek. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian newspapers Sunday played up the stories surroun ding the arrest and arraignment of a Nigerian, who is alleged to have attempted to blow up an American passenger plane as it ar rived in Detroit, US, Friday. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Over a month after President Umaru Yar'Adua left Nigeria for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, his health remained the major issue in l o cal newspapers this week. Full text...

spapers Accra- Ghana (PANA) â“ A huge fire that c-onsumed property at a sprawling slum i n Accra and confusion over alleged directive by President John Evans Atta Mills t o authorities in the capital to stop the demolition of unauthorised structures o c cupied the front pages of newspapers this week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" The speech of Ghanaian Pres-ident John Evans Atta Mills a t the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark, was highlighted by newspapers on Friday as world leaders sought ways to break the deadlock to save t he earth. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- As expected, the state of health of President Umaru Yar' Adua and a crippling fuel shortage nationwide continued to dominate newspaper pages in Nigeria. Full text...

Dar Es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- As the UN Conference on Cimate Change went thro ugh gruelling negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tanzanian newspapers also kept the issue in the limelight, asserting there was j ustified pressure from both the poor and the rich nations that Copenhagen must not produce a business-as-usual result. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- For the third week running, the state of health of the N igerian President, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, has dominated front pages in Nigerian ne w spapers. Full text...

Dar es Salaam - Tanzania (PANA) â" Tanzania's 48th- independence anniversary hit the headlines in the countryâ?s newspapers this week as the public took stock o f the achievements and the pains suffered by the East African nation under its o w n flag. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" A petroleum deal struck dur-ing Ghana's President John Ev ans Atta Mills' visit to Equatorial Guinea and praises heaped on him by a key op p osition figure for being â?Mr Cleanâ? were some of the stories that occupied th e front pages this week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- With less than a year to go to Tanzania's parli amentary and presidential elections, the people have started to give vent to the i r frustration with the performance of the present government in tackling rampant corruption, local newspapers reported this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian President Umar Yar'Adua's failing health and Fr iday's draws for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa next year were the ma i n stories in the Nigerian media this past week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The continuing "scramble"" for Ghana's oil fields and President John Evans Atta Mills' activities at the just-ended Commonwealth Summ i t in Trinidad and Tobago occupied the front pages of Ghana newspapers this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The health of Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua and the 2010 federal budget dominated Nigerian newspapers during the outgoing week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Government's pledge to weed out illegal miners, a strike t hreat by graduate teachers and President John Evans Atta Mills' appeal to lawyer s to seek justice for all were some of the stories that made the front pages of G h anaian newspapers this week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The killing of two colleagues by a soldier wit h the Tanzania Peopleâ?s Defence Forces (TPDF) this week highlighted local newsp aper reports. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The seizure of the stolen money and assets belonging to the family of the former Nigerian military ruler Sani Abacha, the rivalry rocking the two chambers of the National Assembly , qualification for South Africa 2010 as well as the loss of the FIFA under-17 World Cup at home made interesting reading in N igerian newspapers during the past one week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The government's 2010 budget and financial statement presented to Parliament on Wednesday by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planing and a series of bloody incidents occupied the front pages of newspapers in Ghana this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian media, this week, turned attention to the pledg e by President Umaru Yar'Adua to deal decisively with any public official who ru n s foul of the law. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Cabinet's decision to approve the Right to Information Bill, the first smooth take-off of hajj in many years and a mining accident were some of the main news items in Ghana this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- For the second week running, the deregulation of the dow nstream oil sector and reactions from various stakeholders captured headline new s in Nigeria which also recorded its first swine flu case. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Ghana government's position on the controversial sale of 70 per cent shares of state-owned Ghana Telecom to communication giant, Vodaf o ne, the two-day visit of Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo and reward for the vic t orious FIFA U-20 team, the Black Satellites, occupied the front pages this past w eek. Full text...

ages Accra- Ghana (PANA) أ¢â? An energy crisis th-at threatened to dry up fuel pumps in Ghana and a contract for the local printing of fabric for free school uniforms p romised by the government captured the front pages of the media this week. Full text...

ages Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" An energy crisis that- threatened to dry up fuel pumps in Ghana and a contract for the local printing of fabric for free school uniforms p romised by the government captured the front pages of the media this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Thursday's rally against government's move to deregulate the oil sector, the kidnapping of the father of the ruling party governorship c a ndidate in South East Anambra State and imprisonment for PDP (ruling Peoples Dem o cratic Party) stalwart in Lagos were the main stories this week in the Nigerian m edia. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" The dramatic victory of Ghana's U--20 side, the Black Sat ellites, over Brazil in the finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup continued to domin a te the media this week as the country basked in the success of the team. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's hosting of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup and the suspension of the strike by university lecturers and other workers dominated he a dline stories in the Nigerian media during the past week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The dramatic victory of Ghana's U-20 side, the Black Satellites, over Brazil in the finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup continued to dominate the media this week as the country basked in the success of the team. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- In a week busy with catchy headlines, the Nigerian media published stories on the list of fresh elite bank debtors, oil-sector deregulat i on and the United Nations Security Council seat for Nigeria. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Meetings of popular actors in Libya in response to the p roposal of the Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi relating to the official post to b e given to his son, Seif Ul-Islam Mouammr Kadhafi, to enable him to continue the development plans in the country, were the focal points of Libya's main papers this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- In a week busy with catchy headlines, the Nigerian media published stories on the list of fresh elite bank debtors, oil-sector deregulat i on and the United Nations Security Council seat for Nigeria. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghanaian newspapers on Saturday heaped praises on the co untry's U-20 football team, the Black Satellites, who beat Brazil 4-3 on penalti e s to lift the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday night. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The alleged bribery of some government officials in the 1980s and 1990s by a British construction company, Mabey and Johnson again took the centre stage during the week with Ghanaian media giving all the attention they could. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The suspension of the strike by university teachers, gov ernment's post-amnesty programme for Niger Delta militants and the quest for tou g her sanction against kidnappers easily made headline news in Nigerian media this past week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The alleged bribery of some Ghanaian government officials in the 1980s and 1990s by a British construction company, Mabey and Johnson agai n took the centre stage during the week with the media giving all the attention t h ey could. Full text...