Togolese newspapers highlight PNP demonstrations this week
MSA Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The demonstrations last Saturday in Lome by the national Pan-African Party (PNP) in which one person died and several others were [...] Full text...
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Togolese newspapers highlight PNP demonstrations this week
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Press Review
Immigration issues dominate media reports in Mauritius
NA Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Immigration issues, highlighting moves against marriage of convenience or white marriage, dominated major headlines in Mauritius this week.
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Military offensive against Tripoli highlighted by Libyan newspapers
KND Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers are awash this week with reports of the military operation by the Libyan National Army, led by Marshal Khalifa [...] Full text...
Rwandan media highlights the 25th Commemoration of Genocide against Tutsis
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week covered the 25th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi with current national efforts to end [...] Full text...
Damage-causing floods hit headlines in Mauritius
NA Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Floods, caused by heavy showers that fell for several days across the island, causing considerable material damage, made newspaper headlines [...] Full text...
Mauritian papers highlight the appointment of a new Chief judge
BBA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian newspapers this week highlighted the appointment last Monday of Eddy Balancy as a new chief judge to replace Keshoe Parsad [...] Full text...
UN Secretary-General’s visit, international support to elections makes headlines of Libyan newspapers
MSA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libyan newspapers this week covered largely the visit by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, his support and that of the international community [...] Full text...
French media highlight Ogossagou massacre
KND Paris, France (PANA) - The massacre of some 160 people in the Malian village of Ogosssagou on 23 March by armed men was highlighted by [...] Full text...
Free movement of people and goods across Rwanda-Uganda borders dominates Rwandan media
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The slow and controlled movement of goods and people across Rwanda's border with Uganda dominated the media this week.
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Libyan papers highlight national conference, corruption and transparency
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The corruption issue raised by the head of UNSMIL, Ghassan Salamé, against the Libyan political class and the need for full [...] Full text...
Mauritian papers highlight passage of cyclone on Rodrigues Island
MSA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The passage of the intense tropical cyclone ‘’Joaninha’’ on Rodrigues Island, with gusts of 165 kilometers/hours and reaching a peak of [...] Full text...
Mauritian media highlight resignation of foreign affairs minister
MSA Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The resignation on Thursday of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Vishnu Lutchmeeenaraidoo, made headlines in the Mauritian [...] Full text...
Libyan papers highlight national conference, visits of Jean Yves Le Drian and AFRICOM Commander
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The main Libyan newspapers this week have given wide coverage to the announcement of the date for the inclusive national conference [...] Full text...
Tanzania newspapers highlight launch of international gold market
EBM Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Mainstream newspapers in Tanzania this week gave prominence to the country’s launch of an international gold exchange market, the [...] Full text...
Preparations for Libya's Inclusive Conference dominate Libyan media
MTA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week covered two main topics, one of which was the ongoing preparations for the inclusive National Conference, the [...] Full text...
Women hit headlines this week in Mauritius
KND Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The news was dominated this week in Mauritius by the celebration of International Women's Day with a statement by Prime [...] Full text...
The Chagos case on the news this week in Mauritius
KND Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The judgment on the Chagos case following the ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Britain dominates stories [...] Full text...
Tanzanian newspapers highlight Barrick Gold, government US $300 deal
EBM Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Newspapers in Tanzania this week highlighted the issue of Canadian miner Barrick Gold’s reassurance to pay Tanzania US$ 300 [...] Full text...
Tanzanian newspapers highlight importance of Kiswahili language
EBM Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Newspapers in Tanzania this week carried different news stories and editorials, but the headline that dominated pages of English [...] Full text...
Youth violence makes headlines this week in Mauritius
KND Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Young boys and girls, sometimes college students, fighting each other in public places, jostling, insulting and even banging on police [...] Full text...
Tanzanian newspapers highlight ‘MPs call for inmates’ conjugal rights’
EBM Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) –Tanzania newspapers this week highlighted a debate in Parliament in the official capital of Dodoma calling on the government to [...] Full text...
Rwandan newspapers highlight 'delayed' relocation from marshland areas
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The latest move by Rwandan Government to relocate all business activities encroaching on wetlands in the City of Kigali dominated headlines [...] Full text...
Mauritian media this week highlight slavery
MSA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The celebration of the 184th anniversary of the abolition of slavery, with Mozambican President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi as chief guest, hit [...] Full text...
Controversy over Opposition Chief Whip's medical bills dominates Tanzanian media
EBM Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Controversy over payment of medical bills to opposition chief whip and Singida East Member of Parliament Tundu Lissu, who [...] Full text...
Libyan newspapers highlight Tripoli ceasefire agreement, UN envoy's peace plan
MTA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The ceasefire agreement reached recently between the warring parties in southern Tripoli, and the Action Plan of the UN Special Envoy [...] Full text...
French media highlight acquittal of Gbagbo and Blé Goudé by the ICC
MTA Paris, France (PANA) - The French media this week highlighted the acquittal of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and former leader of the "Young Patriots" [...] Full text...
Togo media highlight election campaign, opposition protests
MA Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The campaign for the 20 December legislative elections in Togo, opposition protests to stop the process and the silence of the [...] Full text...
Mauritian gov't criticised by media for silence in Khashoggi case
BBA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian media this week criticised the Government of Mauritius for its silence in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi [...] Full text...
Floods hit headlines in Mauritius dailies this week
ACK Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Torrential rains that pounded Mauritius daily for more than a week, causing floods in almost all parts of the island, [...] Full text...
High court decision against ruling party inundates Liberian media
PTK Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – Liberian newspapers were Monday awash with banner headlines on a decision by the Supreme Court denying the ruling Unity Party (UP) [...] Full text...
Resignation of Mauritian Vice Prime Minister makes headlines in Mauritius media
ACK Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The resignation of Vice Prime Minister and number 4 of the Mauritian government, Showkatally Soodhun, sparked late Friday by Prime [...] Full text...
Mauritian dailies play up cooperation with Seychelles this week
ACK Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Seychelles, neighbours of Mauritius, and member countries of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) were in the headlines this week in [...] Full text...
Ghana: Explosion at gas filling station dominates Ghana media
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Last Saturday night’s explosion at a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) filling station in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, that has claimed seven [...] Full text...
Liberia: Liberian papers harp on need for peaceful polls
PTK Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – Editorials in many Liberian dailies Thursday up played the need for Liberians to ensure that the country’s presidential and legislative elections [...] Full text...
Ghana: Verdict in Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire maritime dispute highlighted in Ghana
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian media last week highlighted the verdict by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in a [...] Full text...
Ghana: Free secondary education dominates Ghanaian media
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The commencement of free second cycle education in Ghana dominated the media this week with the government hailing it as a [...] Full text...
Ghana: Collapse of 2 banks, concerns about assets declaration reported in Ghana
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The collapse of two Ghanaian-owned banks announced on Monday sending shockwaves across the country and concerns about an “ineffective” assets declaration [...] Full text...
Ghana: Mid-year fiscal review, war against illegal mining highlighted in Ghana
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The mid-year fiscal policy review of the 2017 budget, presented to Parliament on Monday by finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta, and the [...] Full text...
Nigeria: Release of abducted college students dominates front pages in Nigeria
VAO Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The release of 6 college students, kidnapped from their hostel 65 days ago, was the main story in Nigeria this week.
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Ghana: Storm at Electoral Commission, late President Mills’ anniversary reported in Ghana
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The explosive disagreements among the top management personnel of the Electoral Commission (EC) and the fifth anniversary of the passing of [...] Full text...
Ghana: President’s maiden press conference, petition to impeach EC chair reported in Ghana
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The maiden press conference by Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo and a petition by anonymous workers of the Electoral Commission (EC) to [...] Full text...
Ghana: ‘Bugging’ of minister’s office highlighted by media
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The twists and turns in the story of the "bugging" of the office of the Minister of Lands and natural Resources [...] Full text...
Ghana: Commissioning of oil ship, death of illegal miners, contaminated fuel played up in Ghana
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The media in Ghana this week highlighted the commissioning of an oil ship, the death last Sunday of 22 illegal miners [...] Full text...
Ghana: Brouhaha over contaminated fuel, Eid celebrations highlighted in Ghana
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A huge controversy over some five million litres of contaminated fuel and last Monday’s Muslim Eid-ul-Fitr celebration were some of the [...] Full text...
Ghana: Supreme Court rulings played up in Ghana media
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A series of landmark rulings by the Supreme Court and outdooring of a post-election report by the former ruling National Democratic [...] Full text...
Ghana: Controversial discharge of pro-government militia members reported in Ghana
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The controversial discharge last Wednesday of eight members of a pro-government militia group that stormed an court in Ghana's second largest [...] Full text...
Nigeria: Sunday papers filled with release of more Chibok girls by Boko Haram
VAO Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Sunday papers in Nigeria are awash with stories on the release, on Saturday, of 82 Chibok girls from the lot abducted [...] Full text...
Nigeria: President Buhari's health status dominates front pages in Nigeria
VAO Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The health status of President Muhammadu Buhari since he returned from London in March on a vacation and medical check up [...] Full text...
Ghana: May Day, World Press Freedom Day celebrations reported in Ghana
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Two important international celebrations this week – Workers’ Day (May Day) and the World Press Freedom Day – were highlighted by [...] Full text...
Ghana: President Akufo-Addo’s first 100 days, controversial bond reported in Ghana
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian media once again focused on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s first 100 days in power after vice president Dr [...] Full text...