Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Although dead 13 years ago, Malawi's founding president, Hastings Kamuzu Banda, is still making front-page news, courtesy of a 37-year-old Swedish Malawian who has claimed the former leader, who officially died a bachelor and childless, was his biological father. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The looming twin disasters of a nation-wide blackout and oil scarcity, the uncertainty in the 2011 polls timetable and a white baby for U K-based Nigerian couple were the main stories in Nigeria this past week. Full text...

baby Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The looming twin disasters of a nation-wide blackout and oil scarcity, a white baby for UK-based Nigerian couple and the uncertainty in the 2011 polls timetable were the main stories in Nigeria this past week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" A huge public uproar over t-he use by the police of a law that seeks to prosecute people for peddling falsehood with the intent to cause fear and alarm to the public and the denial by the presidency of an imminent cabinet reshuffle dominated the newspapers in Ghana this week. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan ship, Al-Amel, loaded with humanitarian materials destined for Palestinians in the Gaza, and the illegal migration of people from Libya to Europe made front pages in Libya during the past week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The latest spate of kidnappings in the country and suppo rt from an unlikely quarter for a Goodluck Jonathan presidency in 2011 made head l ines stories in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi's founding father, Hastings Kamuzu Banda may be long dead but 13 years after, his enigmatic life is still puzzling Malawians an d the world. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Controversy on a huge housing deal the government is propo sing with a Korea company, STX Engineering and Construction and â?warâ? with US oil company, Kosmos Energy, over its decision to sell its stake in the Jubilee O il Field offshore western Ghana were some of the major developments that occupie d the front pages of newspapers this week. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The call of Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi for the inclu sion of Ukraine into the Non-Aligned Movement and the Libyan-Sudanese relations m ade the headlines of the dailies here this past week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Football World Cup, especially the heroes' welcome given to Ghana's Black Stars when they returned home on Monday night from FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and government's announcement of a USS$20,000 reward for each player for their performance dominated Ghanaian newspapers during the week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The summit of the Developing 8 (D-8), a new national minimum wage for workers and Nigeria's last-minute escape from FIFA sanctions were the top stories this past week in Nigeria. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghanaian newspapers on Saturday congratulated the senior national football team, the Black Stars, for their heroic performance at the ongoing FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa after a painful exit on penalties to Uruguay at the quarter-final stage and called for a hero's welcome for them on their return. Full text...

pages Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- President Goodluck Jonathan's two-year ban on Nigeria's participation in international football competition and the reaction of World Football Governing Body, FIFA, as well as the swearing in of Professor Attahiru Jega, his National Commissioners and the Resident Electoral Commissioners made front pages in Nigeria this past week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) – The FIFA 2010 World Cup, esp-ecially Ghana's run at the tournament, severe floods that have claimed at least 30 lives and wrecked havoc and the arrival of the oil vessel that will help Ghana's off-shore oil production were some of the major stories highlighted this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's ouster from the ongoing FIFA World Cup tournament in South Africa, the “show of shame” in the Federal House of Representatives and and the confirmation of a new chair for the nation's electoral body captured headline stories during the past one week. Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- With 'Africa's' football World Cup happening only two hours' flight away, it is difficult for the media in Malawi to find anything else to write about than the so-called beautiful game. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The ongoing FIFA World Cup in South Africa, calls for gay rights and the throwing of three Ivorian stowaways into the sea were some of the major stories that occupied the front pages of Ghanaian newspapers during the week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Super Eagles' poor showing at the ongoing World Cup finals in South Africa and President Goodluck Jonathan's pledge to remove partisan nominees for positions on the nation's electoral body captured headline news in Nigeria during the week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) – The first FIFA World Cup tou-rnament to be staged in Africa and a bitter power struggle that threatens the survival of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) dominated the Ghanaian media this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The FIFA World Cup, football's biggest “party”, being staged for the first time in Africa, and June 12, 1993, when military President Ibrahim Babangida scuttled the result of an election considered as the first credible polls in the country, were the main stories in Nigeria during the week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- As newspapers in Africa feted on the first World Cup being hosted by the continent, Tanzanian papers paid greater attention to the government's budget for the 2010/11 fiscal year unveiled on the eve of the momentous football month staged in South Africa. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The attack by the Israeli Armed Forces on the Freedom Fl otilla on Monday at dawn in the international waters of the Mediterranean and th e international outcry against the event dominated front pages in Libya this week . Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- As Tanzania's Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Mustafa Mkulo, readies to unveil the government budget for the 2010/201 1 fiscal year, the public and local media are already criticizing part of the pro p osals he intends to table in parliament for approval. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- News on Ghana's squad and preparations for next week's Wor ld Cup, celebration of the 31st anniversary of the rise to power of former presi d ent Jerry John Rawlings and controversy over the use of mobile phones by student s in second schools dominated the media in Ghana this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- In a week capped with the story of the return of the for mer anti-graft czar, Nuhu Ribadu, from self-exile, the Nigerian media also fille d their pages with stories on a 'shaky' 2011 election and the amendment of the Ni g erian constitution by the National Assembly. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- As democracy increasingly takes hold and anti-c orruption campaigners become emboldened, Tanzania progressively tackles addictiv e corruption and fosters accountability as part of its new economic and political development reforms, said the Daily News this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian newspapers this week devoted their front pages to a lot of political stories, culminating Saturday in celebrations marking the n ation's democracy day. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- A colloquium to climax a year-long centenary celebration o f Ghana's first president and pan-Africanist, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, and the shocking news that Ghana's midfield general Michael Essien would miss the World Cup in So u th Africa due to injury dominated the media this week. Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- The newspapers were dominated this week by the "after- shock" of the conviction and sentencing of Malawi's first openly gay couple. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The lunch of a radical five-year strategic plan to transfo rm the Ghana Police Service and a seeming controversial step by the Ministry of C ommunications to install Intelligence Signalling Management Systems (ISMS) on al l international gateways at telecom operator sites were some of the main stories t hat occupied the front pages in Ghana this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian media this week entertained readers with a mixed grill of stories which included attempts to get President Goodluck Jonatha n to contest the 2011 presidency, forces against a two-party system, plan to prob e former Military President Ibrahim Babangida and the arrest of a former governor who married a 13-year-old Egyptian minor. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The raging row over the sharing of the River Ni le waters by riparian states is nothing new, Tanzania's private daily, The Citiz e n, said in its editorial this week, noting that these countries have been negoti a ting an agreement for over ten years. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- As soon as the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Af rica ended its meeting here, the Tanzanian papers focused on a variety of events but the government-owned Daily News still reflected on the gathering that talked much about infrastructure while, on that aspect, the host city has nothing to be proud of. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" How much influence do femal-e university students have on toning down the extreme radical behaviour of male students? The authorities at the University of Ghana, Legon, in Accra, believe the answer is â?a lot of influenceâ? and have therefore decided to turn the only all-male hall, Commonwealth Hall, into a mixed gender graduate hall from the next academi c year. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- President Goodluck Jonathan's nomination of Namadi Sambo as his Vice President-designate, the trial of the Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Vincent Ogbulafor, for corruption and the arrest of ex-governor James Ibori in far away United Arab Emirates dominated front pages in the Nigerian media this week. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan newspapers last week focused on wars to be trigge red by scarcity of water resources in several regions of the world, nuclear disa r mament and good governance embodied by the Jamahirian system of rule of the mass e s. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- This week, Nigerian newspapers were awash with stories on the death, on Wednesday, of ailing Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua and the inauguration, the next day, of Acting President Goodluck Jonathan as Executive President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- As Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam hosted the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa this week, local newspapers were abuzz with news and analyses of opportunities that can unlock the continent's gr o wth potential and the critical elements that would translate this potential into sustainable economic development. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" The death of Nigeria's Pres-ident Umaru Yara'Adua Wednesd ay night and energy issues were some of the major stories that were highlighted b y the Ghanaian media during the week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian newspapers Thursday paid tribute to late Presid ent Umaru Yar'Adua, who died late Wednesday from a heart-related ailment. Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Everyday politics, macabre crimes and the now infamous gays issues dominated Media headlines in Malawi this past week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Resentment against former Nigerian Military President I brahim Babangida's declaration of interest in the 2011 presidency, Senator Ahmad Yerima's marriage to a 13-year-old Egyptian minor and the sack of the 'discredit e d' Professor Maurice Iwu, chair of Nigeria's electoral body, were the big storie s in Nigeria during the week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Though short-lived, the strike by lecturers of public universities in Tanzania this week left several local papers abuzz with r e ports about the action and calls on government to address their grievances. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- A war of words between members of the Ghana Private Road T ransport Union (GPRTU) and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) over the implem e ntation of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) programme to ease the traffic hold-ups in t h e city was highlighted by the newspapers during the week with the public condemn i ng the drivers' union for their intransigence because of personal reasons. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Acting President's decision to send on terminal leave the Chair of the countryâ™s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Ghanaian media during the week made a big meal out of the White Paper on investigations into expenditures during Ghana's 50th independence celebrations in 2007 and comm encement of the trial of the two key persons who supervised the event â" former Chief of Staff Kwadwo Mpiani and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana@50 secretariat, Charles Wereko-Brobby. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Reports that fishermen in some parts of regions bordering Lake Victoria were using poison to catch fish caught the attention of a Tanzanian private daily thi s week, while the government-owned Daily News took a look back at the parliamentary debate on the Common Market Pro tocol of the East African Community. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A former state governor's resistance to arrest over alleged graft, crisis in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the signing of the 2010 national budget dominated newspaper headlines in Nigeria during the week. Full text...

on Cotonou- Benin (PANA) - â" Beninese newspapers during the past week highlighted t he nomination of Mr. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Acting President Goodluck Jonathan's visit to the US, his first trip outside the country since becoming Nigeria's leader in February, and the presence of a ship fully loaded with toxic waste, made newspaper headlines this week. Full text...