Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Khartoum papers were Sunday awash with news of this weekend's Arab League summit in the Egyptian town of Sharm el Sheikh, playing up resolutions the forum adopted in favour of a peaceful settlement of the controversy surrounding Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Analyses of the first ordinary congress of the opposition Alliance of Forces for Progress (AFP) this weekend were the focus of local dailies this week. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Editorials in Ivorian newspapers this week concentrated on the delay in forming Cote d'Ivoire's government of national reconciliation and a report by Amnesty International indicating atrocities committed in rebel-controlled areas. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese dailies were this week awash with comments on the France-Africa Summit that wrapped up Friday in Paris, and US war threats on Iraq. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The France-Africa summit, which wound up Friday in Paris after two days of proceedings, is the focus of newspapers editorials in Mali. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Cameroonian dailies widely commented this week on the 22nd France-Africa Summit wrapping up Friday in Paris, with the state-owned Cameroon Tribune featuring a special report including a full text of President Paul Biya's address at the forum. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The sub-regional diplomatic missions undertaken by Cote d'Ivoire's rebel Patriotic Movement (MPCI) dominated Burkinabe newspapers this week. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambian newspapers Friday bashed former president Frederick Chiluba after he lost the court battle to retain immunity against prosecution. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The six-day work stoppage by some senior Nigerian oil workers, which ended Thursday, and its devastating effect on the local fuel distribution received major play in the local press this week. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- A recent West African tour by the Ivorian rebels and the 22nd France-Africa Summit being held in Paris were the headlines this week in the Ivorian dailies. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Rwandan dailies this week played up President Paul Kagame's first-ever participation at the biennial France-Africa Summit. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The mobilisation of Mauritania's opposition parties and protestors to support Iraq, and the France-Africa Summit holding in Paris, are the focus of editorials in the Mauritanian press this week. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Newspapers in Ouagadougou this week focused their comments on the outbreak of meningitis epidemic in Burkina Faso and the Iraqi crisis. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The formation of the future Ivorian national reconciliation government is widely analysed and commented on by Ivorian papers this week. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Cameroonian dailies were awash with cynical comments about the national football squad's crushing defeat (0-3) to Cote d'Ivoire's Elephants in a friendly tie played in Paris. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The Zambian media was on Friday still dominated by the fallout from President Levy Mwanawasa's decision to appoint opposition members of parliament to his cabinet as ministers and deputy ministers. Full text...

Monrovia- Liberia (PANA) -- Local papers were Monday awash with reports that the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel movement had at length consented to dialogue with the government. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Benin newspapers this week comment on the setting up on Tuesday of the office of the National Independent Election Committee (CENA) responsible for the management of parliamentary elections scheduled for 30 March. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Malians newspaper have reported this week about the extraordinary summit of the African Union (AU) even though the Ivorian crisis still dominates news in Africa. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Last Sunday's deadly explosion in Nigeria's commercial city of Lagos dominated local newspaper reports throughout this week, even as political activities heat up ahead of April's general elections. Full text...

Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Egyptian newspapers Friday said the United States failed to present to the UN Security Council "concrete evidence" in support of its claims that Iraq is in violation of UN Resolution 1441. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Ivorian dailies focused Wednesday on Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore following harsh remarks he made in the French newspaper Le Parisien, suggesting his Ivorian counterpart ought to stand trial at an international criminal court. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- A Zimbabwean newspaper, the Daily Mirror, Wednesday slammed the US and Britain as warmongers over their plans to invade Iraq on the pretext of hunting for banned biological, chemical and nuclear weapons. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan newspapers on Tuesday commended their country's election to chair the UN Commission on Human Rights with a majority vote among the 53 member states of the institution. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Senegalese press this week concentrated on the dissent in the governing alliance, prompted by suggestions to amend Article 60 of the constitution and by the dismantling of a network of Senegalese immigrants involved in drug trafficking in Italy. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The Tanzanian press, long considered a hotbed of corruption itself, this week had the opportunity to accuse the country's registered engineers of indulging in the vice after President Benjamin Mkapa said that the construction sector stunk of sleaze. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Though politics remains in the headlines of Nigerian newspapers in the run-up to this year's general elections, the country's bid to host the 2010 World Cup championship captured media attention this week. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Kigali media dwelt this week on President Paul Kagame's order for the provisional release of some 40,000 genocide suspects in Rwanda. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Abidjan newspapers are paying close attention to the Ivorian peace talks which opened in Paris Wednesday under the auspices of France and ECOWAS. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The mysterious disappearance of Mohamed Ahmed Ould Vally Ould Hassen, manager of a Forex bureau at a market in Nouakchott, was the main focus of editorials in Mauritanian newspapers this week. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese papers widely commented this week on a bill seeking abrogation of article 60 of the January 2001 Constitution, which stipulates that an MP who resigns from his party automatically loses his seat. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Nigeria's invitation to Cameroon to enter a joint bid as co-hosts of the 2010 football World Cup was among topics highlighted by newspapers in Yaounde this week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- A Ghanaian newspaper has said that France's expanding role in efforts to end the Ivorian crisis is humiliation for African leaders. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- With politics in the air ahead of the March/April general elections, Nigerian newspapers have focused their attention on the congresses of the 30 registered political in the country. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The political stand-off between South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) which threatened to explode into a full-blown constitutional crisis this week dominated media headlines this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Monday's confirmation of Nigeria's bid by the International Football Federation (FIFA) to host the 2010 World Cup dominated the sports pages of local newspapers Tuesday. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The 48-hour visit of French Foreign minister Dominique de Villepin to Cote d'Ivoire was the main focus of Ivorian editorials Monday. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese newspapers this week commented widely about President Abdoulaye Wade's New Year message as well on epic wrestling match between Moustapha Gueye alias "Tiger of Fass" and Khadim Ndiaye nicknamed "the Sunday butcher". Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- In their editorials on Friday, two Nigerian newspapers urged the country to follow the footsteps of Kenya by ensuring a peaceful atmosphere at general elections coming up this year. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- President Paul Biya's New Year eve address did not go down well with local newspapers, most of which differed with his optimism about 2003, insisting prospects were rather gloomy. Full text...

Saint Denis- Reunion (PANA) -- In its first issue of the year 2003, Reunion's daily "Temoignages" appealed to member countries of the Indian Ocean Commission (COI) to press for the dismantling of Diego Garcia as a base of aggression and restoration of the legitimate rights of the Chagossians. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Newspapers in Abidjan lengthily commented on parallel addresses delivered on New Year's Eve by Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, and Secretary General Guillaume Soro of Cote d'Ivoire's Patriotic Movement (MPCI), the rebellion's political wing. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- The government-run New Vision and the independent daily, The Monitor, on Monday classed Kenyan as more mature at politics, followed by Tanzania, while leaving Uganda as the most violent state in their East African Community (EAC). Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- News of Friday's successful general elections in Kenya have been getting a big play in the Nigerian media, especially newspapers. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Wednesday's dramatic loss by Senegalese traditional wrestling champion, Mohamed Ndao "Tyson" to his rival Serigne Dia "Bombardier," has continued to dominate the national newspapers. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Ivorian papers this week focused on the stalemated talks in Lome between the Ivorian government and rebels, and the deployment of a West African peacekeeping force in Cote d'Ivoire. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Benin dailies commented at length this week on the belated proclamation of results of local elections held 15 December, with pro-opposition Dunya Info intimating the National Independent Election Committee (CENA) bit off more than it could swallow. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerians were Thursday tuning to their radio and television sets for news with most of the country's numerous newspapers off the streets, because of the Christmas celebrations. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The continuing insurgency in Cote d'Ivoire was Monday the focus of most French newspaper editorials, with Le Figaro highlighting a repost by French troops deployed in the troubled West African State, following an alleged rebel attack. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The Ivorian press this week concentrated editorial comments on efforts by ECOWAS (the Economic Community of West African States) to solve the crisis in the country and night-time killings during curfew hours in Abidjan. Full text...