Accra- Ghana (PANA) – The 7 December presidential -and parliamentary elections wh ich passed off peacefully, but produced no decisive winner in both races, domina t ed the media throughout the week. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Pressure being mounted on President Mwai Kibaki not to s ign the controversial Kenya Communication (Amendment) Bill, which parliament pas s ed on Wednesday, remained the dominant story in the Kenyan media this week. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- For the second week in a row, the humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe has dominated the headlines in South Africa. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The jailing of Ethiopia's popular music star, Ted dy Afro, on manslaughter charges after a nine-month-long trial, dominated the he a dlines of Ethiopia's daily newspapers this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The countdown and preparations for the Supreme Court's v erdict on the suit instituted against the 2007 presidential election victory of A lhaji Umaru Yar'Adua by General Muhammadu Buhari and Alhaji Abubakar Atiku domin a ted the Nigerian press this week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) – The 7 December presidential -and parliamentary elections wh ich passed off peacefully, but produced no decisive winner in both races, domina t ed the media throughout the week. Full text...

Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Less than three weeks after India was rocked by militant a ttacks against Mumbai's popular Western locations that left around 180 people de a d and hundreds wounded, the Middle East is forcing itself to look within to see t he causes of such extremism. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- An apparent attempt by the Government to gag the press a nd the refusal by parliamentarians to pay tax are the key issues dominating the K enyan press this week. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopian newspapers during the week focused thei r attention on the modalities to sustain the country's emerging capital markets a nd saving it from the potential failures that might result from client companies failing to successfully take off. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- With the South African government planning a ma ssive humanitarian intervention in Zimbabwe as fears of total collapse grow, Sou t h African press believe things are getting out of control in the southern Africa n country. Full text...

Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- After months of jockeying for information surrounding the murder of Lebanese pop singer Suzanne Tamim and the alleged involvement of Egypt i an business tycoon Hisham Mustafa Talaat, the country is saddled with a new murd e r investigation. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- A raging cholera outbreak, which by Wednesday had kill ed a total of 565 people, dominated press coverage in Zimbabwe in the last one w e ek. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) – Sunday's presidential and pa-rliamentary elections in which voters will choose a new president and 230 legislators continued to dominate th e media, with cautions that Ghana should not travel the bloody road of Kenya and Z imbabwe. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian dailies were this week dominated with the prese ntation of the 2009 budget by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, to a joint session o f the country's National Assembly. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Beninese newspapers this week commented on the governmen t's decision to organise a forum on political dialogue in an effort to defuse te n sion among the various stakeholders of politics in the West African country. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopia's state-driven set of initiatives to inc rease the pace of industrialization dominated the pages of the country's sole da i ly newspaper, which went to great extents to examine the potential these initiat i ves had of success. Full text...

Cairo- Egypt (PANA) – In a week that saw a number -of Egyptian journalists sent t o a government prosecutor for their reporting on the murder trial involving busi n ess tycoon Hisham Talaat Mustafa, the government's call for a media blackout hel d firm in the country's editorial pages despite its obvious appeal. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) – With just over one week for -Ghanaians to vote in president ial and parliamentary elections, the need for a peaceful vote continues to domin a te the media. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The end of the 10-year dominance of Nigeria's women's national football team, the Super Falcons, in the African Women Championship (AWC) got the attention of the local media Wednesday, a day after the team crashed out of the current edition of the two-yearly competition. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- America's first black president-elect Barack Obama has continued to make headline news in both the print and electronic media in the U. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The rot in Kenyan prisons and the government's apparent foot- dragging in the implementation of recommendations made by the commission t h at probed the post-election violence again led the headlines this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian newspapers, all week, feasted on the political face-off between the south-west Ogun State Governor Gbenga Daniel and Senator Iy a bo Obasanjo-Bello, which may lead to the recall of the senator by her constituen c y. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Ethiopian media trained its attention on the role of the opposition political parties this week, as debate on the effective o f the country's federal political system moved to parliament. Full text...

Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Egyptian press this week fought hard to unveil details of the killing of Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim against a government order that cur t ails coverage of the trial that got under way this week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- With presidential and parliamentary elections less than th ree weeks away, political activities dominated the media in Ghana as the parties and candidates step up into higher gear to win votes. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The war between government and rebel forces in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo dominated local newspapers during the past week, as the international community intensifies efforts to end the war. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The visit by President Abdoulaye Wade upcountry last Wednesday to unveil two power plants made the headlines in Senegal this week. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The government's foot-dragging in the implementation of the recommendations of the commission formed to probe the post-election viole nce that rocked Kenya at the start of the year and the and the move by parliamen t arians to sabotage a government proposal to tax their fat allowances dominated t h e Kenyan press this week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian media this week- focused on the first kidney t ransplant carried out at the nation's premier hospital, Korle Bu Teaching Hospit a l in Accra, and hailed all the players who made Ghana achieve the feat. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Court of Appeal's upholding of the electoral tribuna l that ruled former labour leader, Adams Oshiomhole as governor of Nigeria's sou t h-south Edo State on Tuesday, was wildly celebrated by the nation's press all th r ough the week. Full text...

Cairo- Egypt (PANA) – Almost two weeks after Senat-or Barack Obama's victory in t he American presidential election, Egyptians are beginning to allow reality to s e t in. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- US President-elect Barack Obama's victory in last Tues day's polls and its implications for relations between the United States and Zim b abwe dominated coverage in the country's media in the week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Ghanaian media were dominated this week with stories o f Senator Barack Obama's victory at the US presidential polls as the country cel e brated the historic feat that puts the first African/American in the White House . Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- It is rare for a news event happening thousands of kil ometres away across the Atlantic to make newspaper front pages in Malawi. Full text...

Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Egyptian newspapers, just as in other African countries, a re still celebrating the Barack Obama triumph at the US presidential election Tu e sday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan newspapers celebrated the Barack Obama presidenti al poll victory with the printing of special editions announcing his historic el e ction to the world's most influential government seat and an in-depth look into h is new world. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian press was this week awash with reports of t he US presidential election and the subsequent victory of African-American Senat o r Barack Obama at the 4 November polls. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe's state-owned Herald newspaper Thursday implored US President-elect Barack Obama to lift sanctions against the southern African country, and to engage its leaders to end long running differences between the two countries over human rights abuses and other issues. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) – Local newspapers here on T-hursday gave prominence to the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States of America, acknowledging that Obama has made history, not only for his country but for the whole world. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- It's election day in the United States, and almost all newspapers in Nigeria reported news of the election on their front pages, with prominence given to the Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- A raging cholera outbreak in many parts of the country and shortage of farming inputs for the forthcoming season dominated press cover a ge in Zimbabwe in the week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) – The failure of a journalist -capture the ultimate prize at their awards night and the first of two debates between four of the eight candid a tes contesting the 7 December elections captured the attention of the media this week. Full text...

Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Noha Rushdi has won a monumental court case that saw an Egyptian court send a man to prison for the first time for sexual assault. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) – The disinterest shown by m-any eligible voters in Thursda y's presidential election in Zambia is of great concern, the state-run Zambia Da i ly Mail bemoaned on Saturday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) --The report on post-election violence in which key politic ians are implicated, the joint police and military gun-searching operation in wh i ch hundreds were tortured and the American presidential elections are some of th e issues that dominated the Kenyan press this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The announcement of the names of 20 ministers by Nigeria 's President Umaru Yar'Adua Wednesday as those relieved from his cabinet dominat e d the country's press this week. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- There is major interest in South Africa over Tu esday's US Presidential election which could see an African-American, with stron g ties to the continent, leading the super power for the first time. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Ahead of the 4 November US elections, Nigeria's leading private newspaper, the Guardian, Thursday endorsed Democratic Party candidate, Senator Barack Obama, for the presidency of the United States, a move that largely reflects the mood among most of Nigeria's 140 million people. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Politics returned to the front pages of newspapers in Ghan a this week as the 7 December presidential and parliamentary elections drew clos e r and the parties stepped up their campaigns. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The disclosure that the Nigerian budget has recorded a d eficit of 1. Full text...