Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopia's business community and the public in general would be better prepared to carry on with their daily activities if there were regular official reports on electricity availability in the country, the weekly Capital newspaper stated. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's media coverage was dominated by the spread of xenophobic violence this week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- With the voices of complaints against high cost of living growing louder, the Ghanaian media was dominated by measures outlined by Preside n t John Agyekum Kufuor to offer relief to the people. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan newspapers, in their usual vibrancy and penchant for 'hot stories' jumped on the rage attacks in South Africa against foreigners, but did not miss out on the raging debate over the fate of hundreds of suspects h eld over post-poll chaos. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan media this week echoed the holding of the nin th conference of the Organisation of the African Trade Union Unity (OATUU) in Li b ya and the meeting of the leaders of African workers' unions with Libyan leader M uammar Kadahfi who re-iterated the need for African unity. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The proposed constitutional amendment of the presidentia l term from 5 to 7 years approved during a cabinet meeting and issued last week- e nd, was the headline of Senegalese newspapers this week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) – The announcement of an elect-oral alliance between the two main political parties that claim to be the successor of Ghana's first president and pan-Africanist Dr Kwame Nkrumah dominated the media in the week with newspap e rs giving it top priority. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- All Nigerian daily newspapers Friday devoted the front pages of their publications to the report of the Thursday tragic fuel pipeline incident which claimed no fewer than 39 lives. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The campaign launch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for elections in December and the decision of Claude Le Roy, the French coach of Ghana's senior national football team, the Black Stars, not to renew his contract dominated the media during the week with newspapers running several pages on the stories. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian media this week devoted most of their analyses and commentaries to the appointment of Yahya Ould Ahmed Yaghef as Prime Minister and the expected formation of a new government. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's 1-0 defeat by Cote d'Ivoire in the group B opening match of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations received a major play in the local media Tuesday, with newspaper headlines reflecting the widespread disappointment felt by many Nigerians at the loss. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- As the Nigerian national football team, the Super Eagl es, take to the field Monday in Sekondi, Ghana, in their campaign for the 2008 A f rican Nations Cup, Nigerian newspapers, as well as nigerians (both young and old ) are united in wishing them "Go for it!, Super Eagles, Go for it!" On a day the Nations Cup tournament will begin in Ghana, Nigerians are seen in huge numbers around newspaper stands savouring, as much as they can, the avalan c he of stories from CAN 2008. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian newspapers Wednesday feasted on the story of the incident involving Governor Sullivan Chime of South-east Enugu state, who collapsed during a public ceremony in the state capital, Enugu, a day earlier. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Though the people of Sudan this week celebrated the third anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the North and South without public fanfare, English language dailies in Khartoum have played up the importance of the agreement in their editorials. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- London-based Financial Times (FT) has described Nigeria's former finance minister, Dr. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- London-based Financial Times (FT) has described Nigeria's former finance minister, Dr. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- London-based Financial Times (FT) has described Nigeria's former finance minister, Dr. Full text...

Lomé- Togo (PANA) -- The Togolese press has for the past week been speculating on who the next Prime Minister of the West African country would be, and has produced a long list of probable candidates, depending on their strengths. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Political issues, which have dominated local newspapers in Nigeria for several weeks, remained on the front burner Friday, a day after the House of Representatives (parliament) voted to elect a new Speaker. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Most French newspapers Friday gave prominence to the divorce of French President Nicolas Sarkozy from his wife, Cécilia. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The death of parliamentarian Aminu Safana in a fracas that engulfed Nigeria's House of Representatives (parliament) Wednesday, for the second day running, dominated local newspapers Thursday, with almost all newspapers reporting it on their front page. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Reporting the execution Monday of a soldier convicted of murdering Ethiopia's security chief in 2001, a private weekly, The Sub-Saharan Informer, Friday called for the abolition of the capital punishment in Africa. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The conduct and results of Sunday's French presidential election dominated the country's press reports Monday, zeroing on the 6 May run-off between the two frontrunners - Nicolas Sarkozy, of the ruling Union for the Presidential Majority (UMP) and the Socialist Party (PS) candidate, Ségolène Royal. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- Nigeria's 14 and 21 April crucial elections received prominent previews Wednesday in two major American newspapers - the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Thursday's disqualification of Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar from contesting next month's presidential election made headlines news in all available local newspapers Friday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Major newspapers in France on Tuesday commented on the presidential election held last Sunday in Senegal. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The Ivorian president and his prime minister are at loggerheads, and the tandem so hailed by the prime minister Charles Konan Banny has gone the wrong way by end of November, with the press having its day. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Most newspapers published in Abidjan Friday focused on the extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that was scheduled Friday in Abuja, Nigeria, on the crisis currently unfolding in Cote d'Ivoire. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Togolese newspapers Monday lauded the appointment of Yawovi Madji Agboyibo, leader of the opposition Action Committee for Renewal (CAR), as prime minister, replacing Edem Kodjo. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- The Togolese press on Monday played up the peace and reconciliation agreement recently signed by the various political actors and the civil society in the country. Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi's two prominent weekend newspapers have in their editorials analysed the just-ended national HIV/AIDS campaign to encourage voluntary testing. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Despite Ethiopia's sustained efforts to attain growth and prosperity, its population continues to languish in poverty and its concomitant ills, laments the government-owned daily, The Ethiopian Herald. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – The entire Ivorian- press has blamed coach, French Henri Michel of Côte d'Ivoire's national squad, the "Elephants", for the (1-2) loss to Argentina on Saturday. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Relations between Nouakchott and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) hit the spotlight this week in the Mauritanian press following a lengthy mission of the Bretton Woods institution to the country. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) – The 10th anniv-ersary of South Africa's constitution was over shadowed Tuesday as the local media gave extensive coverage to the acquittal on Monday of former deputy president Jacob Zuma of rape charges by a High Court here. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan government should make Education for All (EFA) by 2015 a dream come true in order to take advantage of donors' goodwill in the project, urged the Daily People of Kenya on Thursday. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- While more voices are heard and more people across Africa are interacting with their political system through the media, in Ethiopia this may be a long way down the road. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan media Thursday hailed the arrest of Charles Taylor, terming it a right step towards minimising future abuses world wide. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Realisation of the rising market pulse is stimulating Ethiopian farmers to increase produce and pay more attention to professional advice on improving productivity, according to the government-owned daily, The Ethiopian Herald. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The twin crises facing Nigeria - the cartoon riots which claimed at least 16 lives in the northern city of Maiduguri and the abduction of nine foreign oil workers by militants in the oil- producing Niger Delta region -- at the weekend have dominated local editorials on Monday. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The Beninese Foreign Minister Rogatien Biaou's sacking from the government following a land property deal in the US has made headlines in this week's editorials. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Most dailies published in Abidjan this week accused the ruling Ivorian Popular Front (IFP) of orchestrating the violent street demonstrations by supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo that have paralysed activities in the economic capital since Monday. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- After a lengthy waiting for a new cabinet, which Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny formed after 23 days of painstaking negotiations, newspapers in Abidjan had different interpretations about the composition of the new government announced in the Ivorian business capital on Wednesday evening. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Newspapers in Rwanda have widely commented on the dismissal last week of MP Brigitte Tumushime from the ruling Patriotic Front (FPR), for allegedly calling for hatred and praising the ideology of genocide. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Following a week of bloody riots that rocked Addis Ababa and some regional capitals, a government-owned English daily Friday suggested that ensuring peace and security should primarily be the charge of local communities. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Local newspapers Monday proclaimed as "black weekend" the double tragedy that hit Nigeria, with the shocking death of the First Lady and a passenger plane crash that claimed 117 lives. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- For the Ethiopian population there would be neither pride nor a future in numbers, according to the government-controlled daily, The Ethiopian Herald. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Several Togolese newspapers this week harped that the national team would qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany in spite of alleged "manoeuvres by the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF)" to "rob it" of this opportunity. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Literally all Ivorian newspapers on Monday focused on the third anniversary of the 19 September abortive coup attempt that led to the partitioning of the country into two parts -- the north under the ex-rebel New Forces and the south controlled by the government. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- An advert meant to promote Nigeria as a choice tourist destination, which has been running on the US Cable News Network, CNN, has been slammed as "gaudy" and "primitive" by the local Guardian newspaper, which also demanded its immediate withdrawal. Full text...