Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The meeting between Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Barack Obama, the corruption case against the immediate past Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, as well as the retirement of soccer star Kanu Nwankwo made headline news in Nigeria this past week. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The much-anticipated 'zero-deficit' budget, necessitated by Malawi's worsening relations with Western donor countries and agencies over deterioration of human rights and good governance, and the continued woes of beleaguered Vice-President Joyce Banda dominated the headlines in the Malawi media this week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The openness of gays, their indecent activities and health risks to the society occupied the front pages of Ghanaian newspapers this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Dr. Goodluck Jonathan's inauguration as Nigeria's President for the next four years, his invitation to opposition parties to partake in his new administration and the Super Eagles' swift demolition of renowned Argentine national football team dominated the media this week. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The diplomatic spat between Malawi and its former colonial masters, Great Britain, sparked by Malawi's unprecedented move to expel High Commissioner Fergus Cochrane-Dyet over a leaked scathing diplomatic cable to his bosses in London, continued to dominate the Malawi media this week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The role of Ghana's president John Evans Atta Mills in the investiture of Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara and corruption in the judiciary occupied the front pages in the Ghanaian media this week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – This week saw a mixture of issues covered by the Tanzanian press including Africa Day, efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the country’s relations with India and the battle to replace former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As expected, the inauguration on Sunday of President Goodluck Jonathan for a four-year term in office filled newspaper pages in Nigeria this past week. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian newspapers this Saturday devoted their headlines to the inauguration of president Alassane Ouattara, Saturday in Yamoussoukro, the political capital of the country. Full text...

Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - The collapse of a building housing a popular Blantyre eatery and the Malawi government's continued diplomatic spat with the United Kingdom following the expulsion of British High Commissioner Fergus Cochrane-Dyet, dominated the headlines in the Malawi media this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The current kerosene scarcity, political stories, including the forum for newly-elected and re-elected State governors, probing the post-election violence and the pending Super Eagles' international engagements early June dominated front pages in Nigeria this past week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian newspapers this week covered a variety of subjects, ranging from politics through the economy to social issues. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s leading dailies this week highlighted differing issues of concern to the nation and the African continent, ranging from donor aid dependency and poverty eradication to biotechnology and athletic championships of the East and Central African nations. Full text...

Tanzanian papers dwell on domestic, regional issues) Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The potentially damaging power struggle within Ghana’s ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), which is pitting President John Evans Atta Mills against former President Jerry John Rawlings, provided material for the newspapers this week as they explored various angles to the intriguing development. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Developments from the April general elections, moves to check money laundering, the rising external reserves and the desire for a single West African Stock Exchange dominated the Nigerian media this past week. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The dramatic capture and killing of terror mastermind Osama Bin Laden and a weeklong fuel shortage hit news headlines this week, threatening to overshadow the precedence-setting interviews for the chief justice. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Media freedom and Osama bin Laden’s death were the spotlight of the Tanzanian media this week, though some tabloids expressed disbelief the founder of Al-Qaeda has been killed. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghanaian media this week had a big meal - the deep rift in the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), which came to a head when the two protagonists – President John Evans Atta Mills and former First Lady – threw their hats into the ring to fight for party’s ticket for the 2012 election. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The death of the world's most-wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden relegated all other stories, including politics, to the background in Nigeria this past week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - News about the recently-concluded general elections in Nigeria, which has dominated the front pages of local newspapers for some time, Tuesday gave way to the report of the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan by US special forces. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – As Tanzanians this week celebrated the 47th anniversary of the momentous union between the Mainland (formerly Tanganyika) and the offshore Zanzibar Islands, the local media highlighted social and economic factors that have bound the two countries for so many years. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A series of tragedies, heinous crimes and political manoeuvres dominated Ghanaian newspapers this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The last of the three-phase general elections, held 26 and 28 April, dominated newspaper headlines in Nigeria this past week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The spate of piracy off the Somali coastline and the soaring fuel prices at home captured front pages of most Tanzanian newspapers this past week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian media this week featured a number of tragic incidents that drew the sympathy of the population. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The presidential election, held 16 April and won by incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan, and the upcoming governorship polls, scheduled for 26 April, dominated Nigerian newspaper headlines all through the past week. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A government media regulatory agency in Zimbabwe said Saturday it had licenced six more new media organisations to publish newspapers and magazines. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The on-going stand-off between University of Malawi lecturers and Inspector General of Police Peter Mukhito continue to dominate the headlines in the Malawi media this week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings' decision to vie against President John Evans Atta Mills for the presidential ticket of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and last Monday's “capture” of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo from his bunker dominated the media in Ghana this week. Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin newspapers Tuesday highlighted the arrest on Monday of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo by forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara, the President recognized by the International community. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers on Monday gave wide coverage to the 17th commemoration of the genocide of Tutsis and moderate Hutus in 1994. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi press this week reported the general disquiet over State policies which are spreading by the day both within and outside the country. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – More than one week after the High Court in Accra, the Ghana capital, freed 15 suspects for their alleged roles in the murder of a prominent chief in Ghana, the media this week continued to highlight several reactions that have greeted the verdict. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Following last Saturday's postponement of elections to the Senate and the Federal House of Representatives by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), stories surrounding the polls, now rescheduled for 9 April, 2011, dominated newspaper pages in Nigeria this past week. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A government-owned newspaper in Zimbabwe has uncharacteristically harshly criticised South African President Jacob Zuma, accusing him of mishandling his mediation role in the country and pandering to the whims of the West seeking regime change in the southern African nation. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The stand-off between Inspector General of Police Peter Mukhito and University of Malawi lecturers resulting into chaos on two main campuses of the university dominated the Malawi media in the past week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Riots in the Northern Region capital of Tamale Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The 2, 9 and 16 April general elections in Nigeria, beginning Saturday with the National Assembly polls, dominated media coverage this past week. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The story of Tanzania’s faith healer, Ambilikile Mwasapile, reputed for his healer drug concoction, hit the headlines this week and drew the anger of medical authorities here, which warned against dependence on faith healers. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The current stand-off between University of Malawi lecturers and the Inspector General of Police Peter Mukhito, entering its sixth week next week, continued to hog the headlines in this past week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaians woke up to a disturbing revelation on World Water Day - the popular sachet water, which has become a thriving industry across the country, is danger to the health. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The current waves of pre-election violence, the "troubled" presidential debate, Jonathan's gas revolution and the threat by labour to disrupt April's polls captured newspaper front pages in Nigeria this past week. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The ongoing stand-off between university lecturers and authorities over Inspector General of Police Peter Mukhito's summoning of a political science lecturer at Chancellor College, the main constituent college of the University of Malawi, continued to hog the headlines this week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Reports that the state-owned refinery, Tema Oil refinery (TOR), paid a whopping US$48 million to a fake company that posed as supplier of a cargo of oil and teachers' unrest after their placement on a new salary structure dominated the newspapers in Ghana this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - With a little over two weeks to the general elections, Nigerian media were this week awash with stories on developments in the political sector, including the presidential debate and the threats of violence at campaign rallies. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - President Bingu wa Mutharika's reaction to the protracted university lecturers' stand off and persistent attacks from civil society leaders hogged newspaper headlines in the Malawi during the week. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The celebration of Ghana's 54th Independence Day, which fell last Sunday, the emerging oil industry and growing gulf between Ghana's Chelsea midfielder, Michael Essien, and his father over alleged lack of parental care were captured in the media this week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The successful separation of Siamese twins, the emergence of business mogul Aliko Dangote as the richest in Africa and political stories, especially pre-election violence, made front pages in Nigeria this past week. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Going by this week's Malawian newspaper headlines it is clear that there is no love lost between the government of President Bingu wa Mutharika and civil society leaders, including church leaders, rights activists and even creative artists. Full text...