Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The centenary celebration of the birthday of Ghana's first President Osagyefo Dr. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Following the devastating effect of the HIV/AIDS pandemi c in Africa, the news that a vaccine which could prevent the disease has been di s covered in far away Thailand, was the focal point of Nigerian media this past we e k. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The burial of Nigeria's most celebrated human rights law yer, Gani Fawehinmi, and the kidnap attempt on Ministers Sam Egwu and Adetokunbo Kayode easily made headline news in the Nigerian press this past week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The burial of Nigeria's most celebrated human rights law yer, Gani Fawehinmi, and the kidnap attempt on Ministers Sam Egwu and Adetokunbo Kayode easily made headline news in the Nigerian press this past week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" The centenary celebrations -of the birthday of Ghana's fi rst president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, scheduled for Monday dominated the media in Gha n a during the week with journalists, politicians and commentators looking at the s tory from various angles. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- For one week running, the Nigerian media have continued to highlight eulogies from Nigerians, especially the poor masses and pro-democra c y groups, for the late legal icon Gani Fawehinmi who died in Lagos, Nigeria's co m mercial capital city, on 5 September. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Arrest of narcotic drug dealers was one of the major stori es in Ghana for the second week running, as the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) a nd other security agencies step up their vigilance in the West African country a n d the government pats them on the back for doing a good job. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian newspapers spared no efforts Sunday to eulogise Gani Fawehinmi, the human rights lawyer and pro-democracy activist who died Sat u rday of lung cancer at the age of 71. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- As expected, the Nigerian media again devoted their page s this week to the continuing cleansing in the banks and the resultant dismissal of five bank chief executives a few weeks ago. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" Last Tuesday's discovery of- more than 160 kg of cocaine on board a ship that docked at the Tema harbour, some 25 km east of Accra, captu r ed the headlines during the week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The lingering strike by Nigerian University lecturers an d the cleansing sweeping across Nigerian banks dominated the media this past wee k . Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The two-day visit of Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe t o Ghana, during which he held talks with his host, John Evans Atta Mills and oth e r top government officials, captured the headlines of Ghanaian newspapers during the week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Wednesday's death at the age of 77 of long-term US Senat or Edward M. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The crackdown on the banking sector by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the hunt, by the anti-graft Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for the big d ebtors responsible for the banks' plight, dominated newspaper headlines in Nigerian this week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Ghanaian media this week highlighted the jailing of a 28-year-old man who raped a young woman in the open. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The dismissal, on Friday, of the Chief Executive Officer s and boards of five top banks got the biggest attention in the Nigerian media t h is week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Ghanaian media this week highlighted the congestion in the country's prisons and the decision of the government to award the manufactu r e of fabrics for a project to supply free school uniforms to local textile manuf a cturers. Full text...

companies Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Ghanaian media this week highlighted the congestion in the country's prisons and the decision of the government to award the manufacture of fabrics for a project to supply free school uniforms to local textile manufacturers. Full text...

companies Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Ghanaian media this week highlighted the congestion in the country's prisons and the decision of the government to award the manufacture of fabrics for a project to supply free school uniforms to local textile manufacturers. Full text...

Monrovia - Liberia (PANA) â" Cautioning Liberians -to adhere to contents of US S ecretary of State, Hilary Clintonâ?s anticipated message to Liberia during her v isit to the country next week, and the rising wave of armed robbery in Monrovia a nd its environs were key issues prominently featured by editorials in local dail i es this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The amnesty granted Nigerian oil militants by President Umaru Yar'Adua and the 2009 FIFA Under-17 World Cup, to be hosted by the country, got a major play in the local media this week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" The Ghanaian media this wee-k highlighted the first case of swine flu in the country and the flouting of the political parties law by all but one of the registered parties as they have failed to submit their audited ac c ounts to the Electoral Commission. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The sectarian violence, which broke out in Bauchi on 26 July, and spread like wildfire across Northern Nigeria, dominated media front pa g es all week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The appointment of Mr. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Appeal Court ruling on Friday quashing the jailing of two suspected drug barons captured the headlines of newspapers in Ghana, althoug h the statement of the Attorney-General and Minster of Justice Betty Mould-Iddris u that the state would appeal against the verdict was too late for them. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- They are certainly not the best of friends and have called each other names. Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Bizarre news knocked politics off the headlines in the Malawi media as the southern African country's two dailies were dominated by ou t -of-the-ordinary news. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- In a very busy week, filled with stories on politics, ec onomy and security, the Nigerian media focused attention on the impeachment thre a t by the Nigerian House of Representatives on President Umaru Yar'Adua and the g o vernment bailout options for 'dying' Nigerian companies. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The visit of US President Barack Obama to Ghana, his firs t to sub-Saharan Africa since assuming office, made headlines in top French newspaper s like Le Monde, Le Figaro and Liberation on Saturday. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Almost all Nigerian newspapers Wednesday paid tribute to the late Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, whose remains went on display the previous day at the Staples Centre in downtown Los Angeles for a star-studded public tribute. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The two-day historic visit to Ghana of US President Barack Obama filled the pages of newspapers during the week, with the papers competing to outdo one another about informatio n and photographs of the US president, his family and the Ghanaian first family. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Monday's commencement of a seven-day warning strike by members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), the on going industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and t he huge reduction from the allowances of public officers dominated the pages of N igerian newspapers last week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- News about a World Bank credit to Ghana, the performance o f the economy and the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Ghana and The Gambia on the 2005 murders of 44 Ghanaians were some of the major stories th a t made the front pages during the week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Thursday's nation-wide broadcast by Nigerian President U maru Yar'Adua in which he announced a 60-day amnesty for the country's oil milit a nts made the media headlines in Nigeria during the week Yar'Adua's offer contained some stringent conditions to be met by those willing to take the offer. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Thursday's nationwide broadcast by Nigerian President Um aru Yar'Adua in which he announced a 60-day amnesty for the country's oil militants. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) – Havoc caused in the Ghanaian- capital, Accra, following hea vy rains, the resignation of beleaguered Youth and Sports minister, Muntaka Muba r ak, and the death of US pop star Michael Jackson occupied the front pages of the major newspapers this week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Concerns about the serious effects of stalled West Africa Gas Pipeline Project, which was to provide cheap gas from Nigeria to Ghana, Togo and Benin, were highlighted by the media this week when President John Evans Att a Mills visited a power project that was built in anticipation of the gas flow. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The 2010 World Cup/African Nations Cup qualifier between Nigeria and Tunisia, scheduled to take place Saturday in Rades, outside Tunis, s tole the show in almost all the Nigerian media. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Malian press was this week dominated by the announceme nt on Monday of the death of Gabonese President Omar Bongo Ondimba in a Spanish H ospital. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) – A 30% hike in the prices of -fuel announced by the governme nt, which had championed demands for lower prices while in opposition, dominated the media during the week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The biggest story in the Nigerian media this week was th e anniversary of the annulment of the result of the presidential election which f eatured the presumed winner, Chief M. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The death on Monday of Gabon's President Omar Bongo Ondim ba at a Barcelona's hospital, where he had been on admission for a month, made t h e front page of most French newspapers on Tuesday. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian newspapers Tuesday gave a massive play to the d eath, on Monday, of Africa's longest-serving leader President Omar Bongo Ondimba of Gabon in Spain at the age of 73. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- A siege at the offices of the Bureau of Investigations (BN I) by the opposition New Patriotic Party (BNI) last Tuesday, following the questioning of former Chief of Staff Kwadwo Mpiani, and the establishment of a commission to investigate expenditures during Ghana’s 50th independence anniversary in 2007, were among st ories that dominated Ghana media last week. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's media spotlight was firmly on Pr esident Jacob Zuma, who delivered his first State of the Nation address in Parli a ment this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- In what ended up a very busy week for the Nigerian media , a number of stories took their turns in making the front pages during the peri o d in focus. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Major Nigerian newspapers on Friday, 29 May 2009, review ed the nation's 10 years of unbroken democratic rule as well as the first two ye a rs of a four-year term for incumbent President, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) – The former Speaker’s action -of removing furnishing from th e official residence of the office holder hit the headlines once more this week a s the secretary-general of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnso n Asiedu-Nketiah led a chorus of calls for his arrest and prosecution for alleged l y “stealing” the items. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The surprise announcement that US President Barack Obama’s first visit to Africa will be to Ghana took the front pages this week with vari o us angles and slots to the two-day visit during which he will hold talks with Pr e sident John Evans Atta Mills, address a public gathering during which he will ma k e a major policy statement and visit a slave fort. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The escalation of the perennial crisis in Nigeria's Nige r Delta oil region so dominated the country's newspapers during the week that li t tle or no attention was paid to other big events, especially on the sports scene . Full text...