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Prime Minister Raila Odinga is calling on the African media to broadcast news that portrays the continents development agenda instead of too much concentration on negativity. He told the press to market Africa positively so as to attract economic investment. The prime minister was speaking during the launch of the congress of the federation of African journalists in Nairobi.

Illegal immigrants arriving in Malta are now being offered cash incentives to voluntarily return home. The joint initiative with the EU aims to help the small Mediterranean island cope with record numbers of illegal African immigrants. From Valletta in Malta, Al Jazeera's Karl Stagno-Navarra reports.