Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Tanzanian newspapers have dismissed the just-ended World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) as a failure and a lesson to poor countries. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia's domestic politics pushed the just-ended World Summit on Sustainable Development to the back burner, going by local news reports this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- For the third week running, the threat by Nigerian MPs to remove President Olusegun Obasanjo from office dominated local press this week. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The World Summit for Sustainable Development, which wrapped up in Johannesburg Wednesday kept most other news in South Africa out of the spotlight this week, with most local newspapers heralding the event as a success. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The press in Burkina Faso this week dwelt on the Earth Summit in Johannesburg, the floods that hit Ouagadougou and bank robbery at BCEAO (Central Bank of West African States) in Abidjan. Full text...

Monrovia- Liberia (PANA) -- Concerns raised by Liberians in the Diaspora for which they are boycotting the on-going national conference on peace and reconciliation, dominated local press reports this week. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Rwandan dailies this week dwelt on the tension between Kigali and the Arusha-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) trying persons charged with involvement in the Rwandan genocide, and the 5th trade show in Kigali. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- For the second week running, the lingering face-off between the Nigerian Executive and the Legislature dominated local newspapers this week. Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- Congolese newspapers this week focus their editorials on last week's attack by Ninja militiamen led by Pasto Frederic Bitsangou, aka Ntumi, against a goods train of the Congo-Ocean Railways (CFCO). Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- A semi-official newspaper in Zimbabwe Thursday urged the Namibian government to emulate Harare and forcibly seize farms from white farmers for redistribution to landless blacks. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The daredevil robbery involving nearly 3 billion francs CFA at the Abidjan branch of BCEAO (the Central Bank of West African States) on Tuesday remained an astonishment for Ivorian newspapers. Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- Congolese dailies focused analyses this week on the investiture of the head of State Denis Sassou Nguesso and the formation of the first cabinet in his new 7-year term of office. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- The trial of Togolese Labour Party leader Claude Améganvi made headlines in the local press this week. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The stakes of the Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire (PDCI-RDA) in the newly formed government of national union and the 5-0 Champions League victory of ASEC Abidjan over Costa del Sol of Mozambique made headlines in the Ivorian press this week. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- A cabinet reshuffle awaited since the 30 June parliamentary elections was, alongside developments within the opposition, the focus of media comments in Cameroon this week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Tanzanian media this week warned there could a bigger backlash against globalisation unless the rich nations gave poor ones an opportunity in the emerging world economic order. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Rwandan papers this week commented heavily on the arrest and transfer of the former Rwandan army chief of staff, Gen. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The threat by Nigeria's lower legislative chamber to impeach President Olusegun Obasanjo if he fails to resign in two weeks, for alleged mal-administration, dominated the country's newspapers throughout the week. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Burkinabe dailies this week focused once again on the assassination of Ivorian dissident Balla Keita in Ouagadougou three weeks ago. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- The countdown down to World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) has dominated the press in South African this week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Former President Jerry Rawlings' call for "positive defiance" against President John Kufuor's government, and the administration's reaction describing the statement as potentially treasonable, have continued to dominate Ghanaian press reports this week. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Two leading Kenyan dailies Thursday harshly criticised politicians who use illegal militant groups to intimidate their opponents in the presidential succession race in the country. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The South African media has begun gearing up for one of the news events of the decade -- next week's World Summit on Sustainable Development -- which will see tens of thousands of people from around the world gathering in Johannesburg. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian newspapers Monday expressed different opinions on the US travel warning for Nigeria, issued earlier this month. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian papers this week widely commented on the integration of Black Mauritanians in the direct management of economic sectors, particularly the fishing sector. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The withdrawal of the opposition Union for Democracy and Peace in Cote d'Ivoire (UDPCI) of Gen. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Senegalese papers widely focussed this week on a press conference granted Wednesday by President Abdoulaye Wade and Agriculture minister Pape Diouf to explain the disastrous situation being experienced by peasant farmers. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The face-off between the Nigerian presidency and the legislature, over the latter's threat to impeach President Olusegun Obasanjo dominated newspaper reports this week. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Togolese papers this week widely commented on the decision of the ruling Togolese Peoples Movement (RPT) to expel former Prime Minister Agbeyome Kodjo and MP Dahuku Pere. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The anxiety of peasant farmers facing a paucity in rainfall this season coupled with poor sales in the last produce marketing campaign made headlines across the Senegalese press this week. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Benin papers this week focused on the 12th ministerial conference of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) that lasted 5-7 August in Cotonou. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The assassination of Ivorian statesman Balla Keita on 31 July in Ouagadougou is the main focus of comments in Burkinabe newspapers this week. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Rwandan papers this week widely commented on the agreement signed in Pretoria on 30 July between Rwandan president Paul Kagame and his Congolese counterpart Joseph Kabila. Full text...

Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- The embezzlement of some 3,000 million francs CFA (4. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan daily, Al-Jamahiriya, says that the African Union (AU) has changed the socio-politico- economic landscape of Africa. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Most Cameroonian papers Friday headlined on the re-election of Cavaye Yéguié Djibril of the ruling Cameroon Peoples Democratic Movement (CPDM) as President of the National Assembly for the third time running. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Amid a new round of talks aimed at reaching a cease-fire in Burundi's nine-year civil war, two of Tanzania's leading dailies have urged rebel groups in that country to lay down their arms and join the peace process. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The assassination in Ouagadougou on 1 August of Balla Keita, secretary general of the Union for Democracy and Peace in Cote d'Ivoire (UDPCI), dominated headlines in Ivorian newspapers. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's role in facilitating a peace agreement between warring groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo has attracted widespread coverage in the South African media which has been quick to sing Pretoria's praises. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Using an unusually harsh language, one of Nigeria's leading private dailies Tuesday criticized President Olusegun Obasanjo over his frequent foreign travels. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian newspapers Monday played up fellow-African nation Senegal's historic qualification for the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup, following a 2-1 extra-time win over Sweden in Japan. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The press in Gambia this week took particular interest in what has been widely perceived as a low profile kept by ex-president Dawda Kairaba Jawara since his return to the country on 1 June. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Cameroonian newspapers this week reflected on the disappointing elimination of the Indomitable Lions from the world football tournament Under the headline "A World Cup to be forgotten," le Messager, a privately-owned paper said: "Cameroon missed the World Cup even before it arrived in Japan," in a reference to the four days spent by the team in Paris squabbling over match bonus, as well as the 40-hour flight to Japan and the shuttles between match venues. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- As local fans' interest in the World Cup wanes following the elimination of the Super Eagles, Nigerian newspapers have scaled down the prominence given to stories from the competition. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- A Ghanaian newspaper has said handouts given to African countries as aid have done little to improve the living conditions of their people, and asked the developed world to open up their markets to Africa. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Burkinabe newspapers this week focused on the performance of African teams at the ongoing World Cup tournament in Japan and South Korea, and on the formation of the country's new government. Full text...

Saint Denis- Reunion (PANA) -- After the elimination of France from World Cup 2002, the people of Reunion have switched support to the national football team of Senegal, writes le Quotidien de La Reunion, the island's leading paper. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Ivorian newspapers paid tribute to the Senegalese national football team on Wednesday, following their progress to the second round of the World Cup 2002, and severely criticised Cameroon for their early exit from the competition. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The sombre mood across soccer-loving Nigeria, following Friday's ouster of the Super Eagles from the 2002 World Cup, is reflected in weekend's press reports, bringing home the reality of the country's worst result in three consecutive World Cup finals. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Tanzanian papers this week echoed growing concerns that the world was at an environmental crossroads, with the fate of millions of people pegged on the choice between greed and necessity. Full text...