The print media in Africa as a whole

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Salim Urges PANA To Expose African Achievements
PANA, 31 July 2000. OAU Secretary General Salim Ahmed Salim Monday challenged PANA to use its newly acquired modern communication technology to enhance the communication capability of the African region and help explain the process towards the African Union.
Online Newspapers Can Play Important Role in African Conflicts
By Linda Kruusmagi and Sara Herlitz, East Cape News, 15 September 2000. Online newspapers and other publications could play an important role in spreading non-censured information from African conflict areas, said Sierra Leone editor Kingsley Lington at the Highway Africa 2000 Conference.
Media Activists Launch Pan-African Information Network
By Justin Arenstein, African Eye News Service (South Africa), 28 September 2000. The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), launched a new pan-African e-mail exchange network to support press freedom and build stronger independent media on the continent.
African Media Accused of Being Too Pro-Western
By Nasilimika Sanga, Tomric News Agency (Dar es Salaam), 9 April 2001. The accusation was raised by a two-man team from a Libya-based political and cultural movement, which is touring East Africa to campaign for grass-root participation in the envisaged United States of Africa. They have accused African media for failing to play key role for their continent.