Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Setting up the transitional institutions as part of the process of restoring peace to war- torn Democratic Republic of Congo got the limelight in the country's media during the week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The political crisis ignited by the abduction of a Nigerian State governor from his office by armed policemen continued to dominate the local press this week. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Local newspapers in South Africa this week focused on the war in Liberia with the privately-owned Sowetan newspaper expressing regret at some of the gory pictures it printed this week of a man beheaded in Monrovia. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Newspapers in Kigali this week dwelt on the publication of the list of candidates approved by the National Electoral Committee (NEC) for the 25 August presidential election in Rwanda. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Tanzanian newspapers this week rallied behind staff of a South African-owned bank who recently went on a nation-wide strike to press for better working terms but called for a swift solution to the stand-off, saying the crisis and its impact were unacceptable. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- The privately-owned Star newspaper in South Africa which Wednesday described the Liberian crisis as "a deadly African inaction," called on the Economic Community of the Western African States (ECOWAS) to immediately deploy military troops in Liberia and also remove President Charles Taylor to pave the way for the implementation of a durable peace plan. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The shelling of the US Embassy compound in Monrovia, Liberia has added to the pressure on the Bush administration to send American military forces to the civil-war- torn African country. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The Burkinabe press lengthily commented this week on the conclusions of the African Union (AU) summit held in Maputo, Mozambique. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The swearing-in of the four vice presidents, heralding the progressive setting up of the transitional institutions of the Democratic Republic of Congo, dominated media reports this week in Kinshasa. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South African papers on Friday were united in their coverage of one single event: Nelson Mandela's 85th birthday. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Newspapers in Benin have hailed this week's election of Alpha Omar Konaré as AU Commission chairman during its summit in Maputo, Mozambique. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Most Tanzanian papers have not jumped on the bandwagon of President George Bush recent African safari, with the only commentary on the trip being a contentious argument in one daily newspaper attacking activists lobbying for the US to scrap subsidies to its farmers. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- The state-owned Togo-Presse newspaper Monday took a swipe at the European Union (EU) for maintaining sanctions against the country, while charging that Togolese opposition parties were the Union's "favourite protege". Full text...

Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- Guinean papers were this week overwhelmed by commentaries on the qualification Sunday of the national soccer team for the African Cup of Nations (CAN) 2004 finals slated for Tunisia. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Malian papers Friday hailed the election of the country's former president Alpha Oumar Konare on Thursday as the first chairman of the African Union (AU) Commission at the ongoing summit of African leaders in Maputo, Mozambique. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The security situation after ten months of war in Cote d'Ivoire was the main theme featured by Ivorian newspapers this week. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's papers this week widely comment on the appointment of a new Prime Minister and the formation of a new cabinet by President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Local papers commented widely Wednesday on the visit of US President George W. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- A Zimbabwean newspaper Wednesday implored US President George Bush to arm-twist his host Thabo Mbeki to use South Africa's political and economic clout to press President Robert Mugabe to end alleged human rights abuses, and return the country to democratic rule. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Ivorian Amara Essy's withdrawal from contesting the chairmanship of the African Union (AU) is the subject of commentary from local papers published on Tuesday in Cote d'Ivoire. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Beninese dailies have devoted their editorials on the country's qualification for the 2004 African Cup of Nations finals in Tunisia after its 3-0 victory over Zambia on Sunday in Cotonou. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Focusing on the two major events taking place this week -- the African Union Summit and the visit of US President George Bush to Africa -- the independent Sowetan newspaper expressed fears Monday that the visit might overshadow the important AU summit in Maputo, Mozambique. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Togolese papers this week widely commented on the proposal to form a government of national unity involving opposition parties announced by President Gnassingbe Eyadema before and after his re-election. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The declaration Friday of an end to the war by the Ivorian National Armed Forces (FANCI) and the New Forces, a grouping the three rebel movements, at the presidential palace here has been the focus of newspaper editorials Saturday. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The forthcoming visit of US President George Bush to Senegal and the deportation last Saturday of nine French nationals dominated Senegalese dailies this week. Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- Congolese newspapers this week focused comments on the mission of IMF experts who have been visiting the country since 26 June to discuss the possibility of concluding a three-year agreement with the Brazzaville government. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- The sudden death of Cameroon football international Marc-Vivien Foe in the semi-final of the Confederations Cup made headlines in Cameroonian newspapers this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The nation-wide strike called by the Nigeria Labour Union (NLC) to protest recent fuel price hikes continued to dominate local newspapers Friday, the fifth day of a showdown that has paralysed social and economic activities in the country. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian newspapers this week focused comments on President Ould Taya's state visit to Spain. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- A Kampala based private daily, The Monitor, has called on its readership in Uganda to emulate former South African President Nelson Mandela by shunning US President George W. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The US government has been accused of "astounding hypocrisy" over the suspension of military aid to 35 countries that ignored a deadline to exempt US soldiers from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- A Ghanaian newspaper has paid glowing tribute to Cameroonian soccer star Marc-Vivien Foe, who collapsed and died while playing for his country, saying his death has plunged the continent into "a state of mourning. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- The privately-owned Sowetan newspaper in South Africa on Tuesday joined the football world in mourning the death of top Cameroonian footballer Marc-Vivien Foe who collapsed during his country's 1-0 Confederations Cup semi- final victory against Colombia in France last week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The workers' strike in Nigeria to protest massive fuel prices hike dominated local newspapers on Tuesday, the second day of the strike which has paralysed Africa's most populous nation. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Rwandan papers this week are awash with comments on the return of Faustin Twagiramungu to the country after eight years of exile in Belgium. Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- Local newspapers commented at length this week on the 0-3 defeat suffered by the Congolese national football team, the Red Devils, against the Stallions of Burkina Faso last Saturday. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Burkinabe papers this week comment on the launching on 24 June of the initiative 25/2005 to improve girls' education in the country. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Moroccan King Mohammed's two-day visit to Nouakchott and the latest developments of the failed coup to oust President Ould Taya on 8 June are the main focus of editorials this week. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Several newspapers in Dakar on Friday published front-page stories on the sudden death of Cameroonian midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe during Thursday's Confederations Cup semi-final match between his country and Colombia. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- A Ugandan daily, The New Vision, has criticised the United States of America and United Kingdom for issuing what it termed as "irrational" travel advisories to their respective citizens not to travel to East Africa. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The visit of Prime Minister Idrissa Seck to France, sanctioned by a promise of financing from donors in the amount of 840-billion francs CFA, whereas he sought 375 billion francs CFA was the focus of Senegalese papers this week. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Cameroonian newspapers are full of praise for their national football team following its 1-0 win over world champions Brazil Thursday night in Paris in a Group B tie of the Confederations Cup which kicked off on Wednesday in France. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Three Togolese newspapers on Thursday expressed mixed feelings over President-elect Gnassingbe Eyadema's speech Wednesday, two days before he begins a new five-year term. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian newspapers have hailed the indictment of Liberian President Charles Taylor for war crimes in Sierra Leone, expressing the hope it would help enthrone peace in the member countries of the Mano River Union. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Senegal-Gambia tie played last Saturday in Dakar and won by the hosts, 3-1, and the subsequent spate of violence, made headlines this week in Dakar. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The arrival of the remains of a Burkinabe national killed by the police in New York on 22 May and the failed coup in Mauritania occupy Burkina Faso editorials this week. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) shared with other US agencies its doubts about pre-war reports - later proven false - that Iraq sought uranium to make nuclear weapons from the West African state of Niger, a senior intelligence official says. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- An independent daily, The Monitor, has urged the Ugandan government to reign in its expenditure by down sizing its cabinet, parliament and civil service employees. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- French president Jacques Chirac's message of congratulations to his Togolese counterpart Gnassingbe Eyadema after his re-election occupies editorials in the country's papers this week. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian papers were this week awash with comments on the coup attempt that rocked the country last weekend. Full text...