"a non-partisan organisation that exists to fact-check claims made in the public arena, impartially and fairly" Topices includes - South African strikes, asylum seekers, Malawi HIV/AIDS cure, white South Africans killed by blacks, etc., Resources for fact checking. A partner with the Univ. of Witwatersrand journalism program. New York Times article, 2013 July 24 "Nonpartisan Fact-Checking Comes to South Africa" by Rick Lyman. http://www.africacheck.org/
Short excerpts only from the latest issue and past issues of the well-known
London political newsletter established in 1960. http://www.africa-confidential.com/
[Some universities have full text access. The full text is in Adobe PDF.]
"a free independent electronic publication providing reposted commentary
and analysis on African issues, with a particular focus on U.S.
and international policies. AfricaFocus Bulletin is
edited by William Minter. http://www.africafocus.org/
Blog on Africa-related events in Washington, D.C. By "a young professional in DC with an interest in Africa." "On this blog I will attempt to analyze US views on Africa, review talks/lectures on African affairs, and share my opinions on African restaurants and lounges in the DMV." http://africaindc.wordpress.com/
Subscription only. Up-to-date political and economic
news in English and French. Provides articles from the past 5 years from The
Indian Ocean Newsletter, Africa Energy Intelligence, Africa Mining Intelligence,
La Lettre du Continent, Maghreb Confidentiel and
biographies of African leaders published by Indigo Publications, Paris.
A one year subscription (47 issues) to the Indian Ocean Newsletter,
by email, is $750.00. Purchase individual articles or subscribe to individual
newsletters. An email service notifies subscribers of updated articles
based on your interest profile. http://www.africaintelligence.com
Online magazine. Includes photographs. Focus is on Business, Microfinance, Society, Culture, Travel, Nature, Music and Sport. Published by Africa Interactive Publishers: Bas Vlugt, Peter Vlam. Based in the Netherlands. http://www.africanews.com/
Current news."The Africa News.Net is part of an international network of news sites, dedicated to the major regions, countries and cities of the world." RSS Feed: http://theafricanews.net/rss.php Based in Manama, Bahrain. [KF] http://www.theafricanews.net/
News from IRIN News, Independent Online (South Africa), and other online
newspapers such as East African Standard, This Day (Nigeria).
Based in Warwick, Rhode Island. [KF] http://www.africanewssearch.com/
Gathers news sources for African countries on one site. "Daily updated and permanently archived African news headlines aggregated from thousands of news sources .... Browse by country, by city or by individual news source" Maintained by Vic Pandya. http://getlocalne.ws/world/africa
Requires a subscription for access to the on-line articles.
Offers a 14 days free trial. Successor to West Africa,
the weekly magazine. Published by TransAfrica Publishing Ltd. "We
are back with a new and exciting media project for Africa – Africa
Week. We have been forced to make this move because the owners of West
Africa magazine have managed to achieve what the apartheid regime could
not achieve in the 1970s – that is, shut down the operations of the
85-year-old magazine." http://www.africaweekmagazine.com/
News on Biotechnology, Agriculture, Health, Environment, and Technology from Africa. By Africa based reporters with an African eye. Based in Nairobi, Kenya. http://www.africasciencenews.org/
African Studies Repository
Site has closed. Open access and wiki. Articles on current issues. To contribute articles requires free registration. "The aim of the ASR is to create a space where everyone who works on Africa, both inside and outside the continent, can store their work, access useful resources, make contacts, and join discussions." Maintained by Anna Winterbottom and James North. See also April 2, 2007 article from First Monday. URLis now an ad - http://www.africanstudiesrepository.org/
African Update
Site has closed. Interviews with people such as, book reviews by Greg Houle, African Update Editor & Founder. URL is now an ad
http://www.africanupdate.com/
For those with a fast connection, sound card, Windows Media Player /
Real Player, see videos of Africa-related news and special events (New
York UN AIDS conference, . http://www.africast.com/
In French. Current news esp. on Francophone Africa. Events, conferences,
forum, music. Audio interviews with notable people. Site created by "journalistes
et créateurs d'Afrique noire et du Maghreb." Based in Paris. http://www.afrik.com/
In French. Current news. Aggregates news, TV from various web sites - African music videos (Africa Hit Music TV), Voice of American TV online, TV5 news (francophone), Radio France Internationale RFI, etc. Based in Paris, France. [KF] http://www.afriklive.com/index.php
In French, English, and other languages. Free African music videos, TV news from Cameroun, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Reuters, TV5 (French). Movies (some free, some for pay), soccer / football (mainly grainy highlights, in English or French). E-mail video links to friends or put a link on your blog or web page. Upload your own videos. Based in the U.S. http://www.afrovision.tv/
AFP news is available in French from IZF.net for
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo
(Brazzaville), Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gabon,
Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo. Subscription only clarinet
news service carries AFP news in English. http://www.afp.com/
Current news from African news sources including PANA,
the Dakar based agency providing an African perspective on the news. Formed
from a merger with the publishers of the well-known, Africa News from
Durham, NC founded by Reed Kramer. Includes an extensive section on the
U.S. and Africa, covers special topics - business, science, sports, culture,
etc.[KF] RSS Feed: http://xml.newsisfree.com/feeds/90/1790.xml [KF] http://allafrica.com/
African News Bulletin - Bulletin d'Information Africaine is
a free weekly electronic news service providing articles in English and
French from various sources including Le Monde, Human Rights Watch, Marches
Tropicaux, La Lettre Ocean Indien, Internatl. Com. Red Cross, Reuters,
Agence France Presse, Guardian (London), Voice of America, Belgian
publications. There is a print edition published with 22 issues a year
for US $64. To subscribe to the free e-bulletin, write: paco@innet.be
http://www.peacelink.it/anb-bia.html
ANB-BIA, Avenue Ch. Woeste 184, Brussels, Belgium
Selected articles from the latest issue and some articles from past issues
of the BBC's current affairs magazine. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/focus_magazine/index.shtml
Blogs
Blogs on current political, economic, social news.
Africa Matters
Afriweb - blog by Michael Keating, Senior Fellow/Associate Director, Center for Democracy and Development, University of Massachusetts, Boston. Commentary on African events, original documents, book reviews. Will have interviews, other columnists. http://afriweb.blogspot.com/
Blog Africa - aggregates stories from many blogs. http://www.blogafrica.com/
Zeleza Posts - commentary on Africa-related issues by Professor Paul Zeleza and others. Zeleza is Professor of African Studies and History, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. http://zeleza.com/
In French. SYFIA, is "Un réseau de journalistes francophones africains,
canadiens, asiatiques et européens." The e-version of their print
bulletin carries news (can be several months old) on current events, the
economy, agriculture, the environment, and society for African countries.
Has past issues from Juin 1995. Syfia also produces a radio program, Frequence
Verte. http://www.syfia.info/fr/index.asp
Order transcripts of TV programs on CBS News and NBC News, as well as
selected CNBC, C-SPAN, Christian Broadcasting Network, Fox News, Lifetime,
MSNBC, MTV, PBS, WNBC-TV, National Public Radio, and many nationally syndicated
programs. Videotapes of a number of these programs, where indicated, are
also available from Burrelle's. http://www.burrelles.com/transcripts/tranburr.htm
International shortwave radio service operated by the South African
Broadcasting Corp. In English, French, Portuguese, and some African
languages. Has continent
wide news and the broadcast schedule. For those
with sounds cards/speakers/RealPlayer you can listen
to the news from Johannesburg, see
SABC TV news such as the opening of the South African Parliament
(transmission may not be very good), or listen to music.
[KF] http://www.channelafrica.org/index.html
"news stories from African, Western and Chinese news sources daily." "news and opinion on China’s growing role in Africa. From infrastructure projects and oil contracts, to aid conferences and intellectual opinion,..." Site owned by Henry Hall. http://www.chinaafricanews.com/
In English, French, Chinese, Arabic, etc. News from Xinhua News Agency, the state and worldwide news agency in China. Use the Search box to find news about African countries. http://www.chinaview.cn/
Now charges for access to the full text of past issues. Has an RSS feed for the blog, Notebook Africa, by CSM Correspondent, Abraham McLaughlin in Johannesburg. RSS Feed: http://blogs.csmonitor.com/notebook_africa/index.rdfhttp://www.csmonitor.com
The cable TV program which has live coverage of U.S. congressional hearings,
news conferences. Useful if there is an Africa-related hearing or news
event. The web site has live audio files of U.S. House and Senate events.
Transcripts of their book programs can be purchased. Has links to U.S.
govt. information and a Congressional directory. http://www.c-span.org/
Development news. From the British Library for Development Studies at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK. Has various development news feeds for topics and selected African countries (Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia). RSS Feed for African news: http://www.eldis.org/newsfeeds/rss/2/abafrica.xml http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/eldsea.htm
News (three months old or more) from various sources (e-newsletters,
original articles). Mainly news of West Africa, Sierra Lone, Gambia. http://www.expotimes.net/
In Portuguese. News on Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe. Part of Expresso Online. News, discussion forum. Based in Portugal. [KF] http://africa.expresso.clix.pt/
Current news of crisis areas. "FEWS NET is a USAID-funded activity
that collaborates with international, national, and regional partners to
provide timely and rigorous early warning and vulnerability information
on emerging or evolving food security issues." http://www.fews.net/
In English and French. News from a French perspective. "FRANCE 24 is equally owned by two shareholders: TF1 and France Télévisions." http://www.france24.com/en/africa
Subscription only. Some universities subscribe. Does
not have the latest news but good for researching news from a week ago
back to 1985. For African news includes selected reports from the
BBC Monitoring Service (English translations of news), Agence France Presse,
IPS, PANA, radio and/or TV stations (Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso,
Burundi, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Cote d'Ivoire,
Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia,
Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nambia, Niger, Nigeria,
Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Western
Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe). [KF] http://infoweb.newsbank.com/
"GNN is operated by Global News Network, Inc., a local Liberian news agency, with US and UK based affiliates. GNN is managed by a Liberian Journalist J. Cholo Brooks, former correspondent for the BBC and Senior Staff writer for The Liberian Times." http://www.gnn.theliberiantimes.com or http://theliberiantimes.com/blogs/index.php?blog=2
In English and many languages including Swahili. Extensive African news.
IPS is a civil society news agency "an independent voice from the
South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath."Has
a free weekly newsletter, Terra Viva Africa - "a
weekly journal providing critical and in-depth reporting on Africa's top
stories and coverage of policy and high-level negotiations by key African
players directly affecting Africa and its peoples." Based in Rome,
Italy with offices in Johannesubrg. RSS Feed: http://www.ipsnews.net/rss/africa.xml http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/
Address, phone, fax, staff list for each country office and situation
reports for various African countries. http://www.ifrc.org/
IRIN News. United Nations Integrated Regional Information Networks
Also in French. From the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Older issues (1996-2000) are on the Univ. of Pennsylvania African Studies site. RSS Feed: http://www.irinnews.org/Africa.xml http://www.irinnews.org/IRIN-Africa.aspx
"IT news, Telecom news and Mobile news from an African perspective." "aggregates technology and telecoms news relevant to Africa’s development." The publisher is Abby Wakama. Based in Gauteng, South Africa. http://www.itnewsafrica.com/
"...an Internet news publication that focuses...on issues and events
of importance to Muslims. Written from an American Muslim perspective,
iViews.com strives to add balance and objectivity to an otherwise homogenous
American media pool." Based in Santa Clara, California.
Provides news mainly on humanitarian
issues. Monthly e-magazine with news, commentary, analysis. The Centre fosters
"justice, peace making and peace keeping, reconciliation, emancipation
of women, Child rights, ecology,..." Hosted by Peacelink, an Italian-based
network of organizations working in peace and conflict management. http://www.newsfromafrica.org
Subscription only; some universities subscribe. Full text articles
from the BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, Agence France Presse, New
York Times, Washington Post, Guardian (London), Africa News,
Associated Press, TV transcripts, and many more sources. Selected Lexis-Nexis
databases. http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe
In English, Italian, French. Search, by country, for fairly recent news stories.The news agency (MISNA), specializing in news on the World's
South, is produced by EMI (Editrice Missionaria Italiania) and FESMI (Federazione
Stampa Missionaria Italiana). http://www.misna.org/
A selection of articles from the latest issues of this monthly newspaper
established in 1954. For the older issues beginning with 1994, all articles
are on their web site, arranged by country,subject, or month.
Has an English edition with past
articles. http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/index.html
Fortnightly news magazine. Covers politics, economics, commerce, social
issues, tourism and culture. Selected articles online. Columnists include
Cameron Duodo, Patrick Wilmot. Based in London, U.K. http://www.newsafrica.net/
Subscription only; some universities subscribe. Full text news articles
from 1991 + Articles from Associated Press, Washington Post, Christian
Science Monitor, etc. From the same company as Global Newsbank listed
above. http://infoweb.newsbank.com/
In French. Current news about Francophone African countries. Aggregates news from "rss of French-speaking African media. 22 countries and several hundreds of sites are permanently scanned." Based in Dakar, Senegal. http://www.en-afrique.info/
In English and Italian. The Koinonia Media Centre, Nairobi, Kenya provides
this monthly e-magazine with news, commentary, analysis. The Centre fosters
"justice,
peace
making
and peace keeping, reconciliation, emancipation of women, Child rights, ecology,..."
Hosted by Peacelink, an Italian-based
network of organizations working in peace and conflict management. http://www.Newsfromafrica.org
Original articles by journalists, stories from African newpapers on the political situation in Africa. "....take part - in the forums, or by sending your own material to the
editors...." Has a forum on Africa and Democracy. Mainly funded by the the Open Trust, a registered UK charity, based in London. [KF] http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-africa_democracy/issue.jsp
In English, French, Arabic. Most articles open to Subscribers
Only.. Wire stories from PANA the Dakar based news agency created
to provide an African perspective on news events. The environment, economic
and developments issues, science and health, sports, the April
2002 Cairo Trade Fair, a weekly selection of articles from the African
press. PANA Press Ltd., formed Oct. 1997 from PANA the former inter-governmental
organ of the OAU, is now a private commercial company with 75% ownership
by African private investors, 25% by African states. One can search the
PANA archives for past articles. http://www.panapress.com/
Pravda
In English and Portuguese.
Older news (several months old and back.) Use the Search to locate news
on African countries. "The newspaper Pravda analyzes events from the
point of view of the [Communist] Party's interests, whereas PRAVDA On-line
takes a pro-Russian approach to forming its policy." http://english.pravda.ru/
Articles on current African affairs by "leading African thinkers,
politicians, economists, and writers." Authors include the President
of Ghana and a Human Rights Watch Director. The Syndicate is a non-profit
association of 143 newspapers in 78 countries. "Financial contributions
from member papers in developed countries support the services provided
by Project Syndicate free of charge to its members in less advanced economies." Based
in New York. http://www.project-syndicate.org/series/series_list.php4?id=17
Has transcripts of broadcasts from 1995 + on Burundi, Liberia, Nigeria,
Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, etc. and a keyword search facility
for the entire site. For those with sound cards has a RealAudio version
as well. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/africa.html
"provides global news, communications and logistics services to
the international disaster relief community and the public." Lists press contacts for aid organizations. Use the
Search to locate news stories. Its disaster
relief resources section covers the world. http://www.alertnet.org/
E version of the respected print bulletin of Southern African affairs.
Has contents listing for recent issues and contents lisitng for issues
from 1994 +
http://www.gn.apc.org/southscan/
List of current print newspapers received at Stanford University. Includes
a short list of current web news sources. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/currentnewspapers.html
News analysis, commentary by international journalists and scholars on Africa's political, economic, social, and legal issues. Works with African universities, scholars. Based in London. http://thinkafricapress.com/
Published by the Financial Times. Print and online magazine. Short reports such as Focus on Sierra Leone (4 p. in PDF); the African Development Bank Group (14 p. in PDF); World Economic Forum (15 p. in PDF) http://www.thisisafricaonline.com/
Current African news and news from all African countries from online news sites and blogs. Find news for any African country; see the list (under World). Topix is owned by newspaper companies and based in Palo Alto, California. [KF] RSS Feed: http://rss.topix.net/rss/world/africa.xml http://www.topix.net/world/africa
News on Angola, Congo, the Great Lakes Crisis (Rwanda, Burundi), Sierra
Leone, Sudan and other countries. Maintained by the UN Dept. of Humanitarian
Affairs. http://www.reliefweb.int
Web site of a Houston, Texas newspaper published by Chido Nwangwu. A
subscription is $20 a year. Site has a selection of articles including "Shaping
Future Relations between Africa and the United States of America: a New
Agenda" by Robert Cummings and Louis Sangare. http://www.usafricaonline.com
U.S. Congress
Thomas,U.S.
Legislative Information. Keyword search access to the full text
of the U.S. Congressional Record (similar to parliamentary proceedings
or debates). http://thomas.loc.gov/
Recent news on Africa and on U.S. - Africa relations. Foreign Media
Reaction is a compilation of editorials and comments from the non-US
press on major foreign policy events. One can find commentary from African
newspapers. These digests also indicate the affiliation or orientation
of the newspaper. http://usinfo.state.gov/af/
Receive news summaries by e-mail with links to the
original sources, esp. on human rights, democracy & development. From
the Liberia Institute of Journalism.
Based in Monrovia, Liberia. http://lists.kabissa.org/mailman/listinfo/westafrica-newsletter
Subscribe and unsubscribe by writing to majordomo@kabissa.org with the command
subscribe wan-l or unsubscribe wan-l in the body of your message.
Foreign news service from the U.S. govt., by subscription only. Many
universities subscribe; please see your library web site or ask your
Reference Librarian. Costs range from $21 for 7 days of unlimited news
to $50/$75/$100 for a month. Most articles are full-text; some are excerpts
only. Includes material from FBIS (Foreign Broadcast Information Service).
An email service sends subscribers articles matching the user's profile.
http://wnc.fedworld.gov/
"a nonpartisan magazine whose mission is to foster the international exchange of perspectives and information. It contains articles reprinted from the press outside the United States, as well as originally written material." Has an RSS feed for World news. Based in New York City. http://www.worldpress.org/africa.htm
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