Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Though the campaign is yet to shape up for this year's presidential and parliamentary elections in Tanzania, some local papers have started taking early shots at the fray. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Ghanaian media this week focused on the unending conflicts in northern Ghana, which have wreaked havoc, created fear and panic and given successive governments headaches. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The visit of Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonatha n to the US, his first trip outside the country since assuming power in February, has attracted massive media covera ge in the African nation. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Beninese newspapers devoted most of their pages this pas t week to President Yayi Boni's four-year rule. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Controversy surrounding a Tanzania High Court d ecision allowing private candidates to stand for elective posts, including the c o untry's presidency and parliamentary seats, was the focus of dailies here as the week drew to the end. Full text...

s Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" One of the most visible -scenes in Ghanaian churches when members dance is to wave handkerchiefs in praise of God. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The code of conduct for the newly inaugurated ministers and Acting President Goodluck Jonathan's plan to improve electricity supply in t h e country were the main stories in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Blantyre-Malawi (PANA) -- Quite ironically for the Holy Week in a mainly Christia n country, politics and quite some bizarre sex acts dominated the Malawi media i n the past week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- While the government-owned Daily News focused o n the importance of the Tanzanian Diaspora in the economic and social developmen t of their home country, another daily this week put at the fore the traffic nigh t mares in the country's commercial capital Dar es Salaam. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" Concerns over unruly behavi-our of the youth, especially when their parties are in power, and the commencement of the trial of several me m bers of the former government of President John Agyekuym Kufuor for causing fina n cial loss to the state dominated the front pages of Ghanaian newspapers during t h e week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Senate clearance of 38 ministerial nominees for appo intment into the federal cabinet and the bizarre accident at the Calabar airport when a lone driver broke through the otherwise secured tarmac to ram into an Abu j a-bound aircraft dominated headline news in Nigeria this past week. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Beninese journalists widely hailed the beginning of nego tiations between the government and the Unions' Action Front of the three levels of education to solve the crisis that has crippled the national education system for the last few weeks. Full text...

Lilongwe- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi's first openly gay couple continues to capture Malawi newspaper headlines as their incarceration continues. Full text...

Dar es salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- As nations marked the World Water Day during th e week, Tanzanian newspapers were abuzz with analysis of the safe water supply d i stribution to communities in the country and the water-borne diseases that accom p any poor supply. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Does it matter whether or not prisoners vote in Ghana's elections? Yes, say human rights lawyers, who therefore sought the voting rights of prisoners in the law court. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Acting President Goodluck Jonathan's new ministerial list, constitutional amendment and passage of the 2010 Federal budget were the main stories in Nigeria during the past one week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Efforts made to boost agricultural output in Ta nzania would be for naught if the government does not get rid of policies that deter farmers from improving their incomes, a private daily cautioned here this week. Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Ahead of the epic ruling on whether Malawi's first ope nly gay couple has a case to answer or not, their issue inevitably hogged the Ma l awi media headlines in the past week, as did some rather macabre crimes. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- In a week of a mixed grill of events, featuring the good , the bad and the ugly, Nigerian media focused attention on the new electoral timetable for the 2011 general elections, the dismissal of ministers by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan and the recurring killings on the plateau which have sparked a diplomatic row between Nigeria and Libya. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The tracking of suspicious bank accounts by the Financia l Intelligence Centre (FIC) and government's announcement that it has created more than 1. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The consensus reached on the creation of a Permanent Com puterized Electoral Register (LEPI) was in the headlines of virtually all the Be n inese dailies this past week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- As the world marked the International Womenâ?s Day on Monday, several Tanzanian papers heaped praises on the world's womenfolk for their economic, political and social achievements. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian newspapers on Monday highlighted stories from t he renewed sectarian crisis on the outskirts of Jos, capital of the Central Plat e au State, in which at least 500 people, mostly women and children, were killed t h e previous day (Sunday) when armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen invaded three villages - Dogo Nahawa, Zot and Ratsat - to slaughter the mostly Christian villagers in a revenge attack over January's violence that left 326 people dead. Full text...

media Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The four-day visit to Ghana of the Japanese Crown Prince, his first to sub-Saharan Africa, and concerns of activities of illegal miners, f o llowing the drowning of two children in an open pit left behind by the miners an d the Glo CAF Awards were highlighted by the media this week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Tanzanians should not let the opportunity to bu y shares in African Barrick Gold conglomerate slip through their fingers, a private daily urged this week, commenting on the upcoming initial public offer ing of securities on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) by the world's largest gold miner. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The unveiling of the newly-appointed coach of Nigeria's national football team, his promises to deliver and the issue of a possible successor to ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua in 2011 highlighted n ewspaper headlines in Nigeria this week. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The Beninese dailies devoted most of their publications this week to the 20th anniversary of the national conference of the political st a keholders in the west African nation. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The big power play since Wednesday's sudden but surprise return to Nigeria of ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua captured newspaper headlin e s this week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The outbreak of an unknown strain of the cerebro-spinal- meningitis (CSM) which has killed about 27 people, forums seeking public views o n how to use the expected oil revenue and President John Evans Atta Mills' state of the nation address filled the media in Ghana this week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- As reports of rising crime grabbed headlines in Tanzanian newspapers this week, national crime statistics released at a police c hiefs' meeting added to the shock wave that ripped through the East African coun t ry. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The row between President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga is dominating the Kenyan media for the second week running, with Sunday papers reporting that a scheduled meeting between the two leaders this weekend had been postponed to either Monday or Tuesday. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Thursday's coup in Niger that toppled President Mamado u Tandja was the main story that occupied the front pages of Beninese newspapers during the week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- A devastating fire at the official residence of former P resident Jerry John Rawlings on 14 February and subsequent developments, includi ng the arrest of a radio panellist who claimed that the former president torched the house himself, occupied the attention of the media during the week. Full text...

dua Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian media this week turned the searchlight on t he newly-installed Acting President Goodluck Jonathan and his determination to d e liver service to Nigerians. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Grand corruption, long considered the Achillesâ? heel o f the two-year-old coalition government; made interesting reading in Kenya this S unday with all the weekend papers leading with the exit of eight government offi c ials, including four top officers, implicated in a maize selling scandal and mis s ing free primary education funds that run into millions of dollars. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Grand corruption, long considered the Achillesâ? heel o f the two-year-old coalition government; made interesting reading in Kenya this S unday with all the weekend papers leading with the exit of eight government offi c ials, including four top officers, implicated in a maize selling scandal and mis s ing free primary education funds that run into millions of dollars. Full text...

Abidjan- Cأ´te d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The dissolution of the state cabinet and the In dependent Electoral Commission (CEI) by Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo made th e front pages of newspapers here weekend. Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- The week started and ended with bizarre news and court s dominating headlines in the Malawi media. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- An acute shortage of water in the west of Accra, caused by a faulty electronic panel at the water works, whose solution beat engineers for several days and an â?anti-climaxâ? at the vetting of nominees for ministerial appointments were some of the stories that occupied the front pages of newspaper s here this week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Education took centre stage this week both in t he Tanzanian newspapers much as it did in the country's parliament after the Nat i onal Examinations Council announced results of secondary school completing exami n ations taken last year. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The biggest story in Nigeria this week was the transfer of executive presidential powers to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan and his fir s t assignments under the new dispensation. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The dismissal of Benin's football squad and their coachi ng staff following players' revolt and demand for high bonuses before their dism a l performance at the just-ended 27th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2 0 10), made headline news in most of the newspapers in Benin this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The governorship election in South East Anambra State an d the continued pressure on ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to hand over to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan were the major stories during the week in Niger i a. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The unexpected giant-killing feat of Ghana's senior nation al football team, the Black Stars, at the just-ended African Cup of Nations in A ngola and the important directives in the mobile telephone sector were some of th e major items that occupied the front pages this week in Ghana. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Tanzania's National Assembly session, now under way, this week grabbed the attention of the local newspapers, which saw the sit t ing as a crucial one, taking into account the effects of the global economic mel t down on the country and the election fever which has begun to grip the nation. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" Ghana's fairy tale run in t-he CAN 2010 and President Joh n Mills' first cabinet reshuffle were given prominence by the media this week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The call on Thursday by former Nigerian leaders, compris ing former heads of state, presidents, vice presidents, retired jurists and othe r s, urging ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua to transmit a letter to the National A s sembly to enable his vice to step in as acting President, was the media focus th i s week. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The continued absence of Nigerian President Umaru Musa Y ar'Adua from governance, which clocked 62 days this Saturday, and the renewed se c tarian crisis in Jos, capital of the Central Plateau State, dominated newspaper p ages this week. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" Wild rumours of an imminent- earthquake in Ghana on Sunda y night which drove millions of people across the country out of their homes int o the streets and fire at the country's sole oil refinery captured the headlines o f newspapers this week. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- News of an attack by heavily armed robbers on a fishing island village in Lake Victoria shocked the Tanzanian public as it made chilling headlines in newspapers. Full text...