IRIN
"Bridging the information gap." Up-to-date
regional news and information from Africa. Operated by
the United Nations Office for the Cordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA), the network receives and sends information from
"non-governmental agencies (NGOs), national authorities,
UN agencies, donors, human rights organisations, political parties,
regional institutions, churches, academia, businesses and the
media."
Other African News Sties
Africa
Online
African Perspective
WoYaa!
BBC
News
The web site for BBC News. Current news from all
over the world, updated frequently.
BBC
News - Africa
Current and updated news on Africa from the BBC.
Also features extensive special reports.
Focus
on Africa (Real Audio)
"The essential evening digest of news from around the
continent." This news programme broadcasts
on the BBC Africa Service from Monday to Friday at 1505,
1705 and 1830 GMT and on Saturday and Sunday at 1705 GMT.
You can listen
to the latest programme in Real Audio. (requires Realplayer
or Windows
Media Player)
Network
Africa (Real Audio)
"A morning mix of rolling news, analysis, features and
music from Africa." This morning programme broadcasts
on the BBC Africa Service from Monday to Friday at 0330,
0430, 0530 and 0630 GMT. You can listen
to the latest programme in Real Audio. (requires Realplayer
or Windows
Media Player)
Fast
Track (Real Audio)
"Half an hour of the liveliest mix of results, analysis
and interviews from the world of African sport."
This sports programme from the BBC Africa Service is updated
on Monday at 1745 GMT and Friday at 1745 GMT. You can
listen
to the latest programme in Real Audio. (requires Realplayer
or Window
Media Player)
Radio
France Internationale
Web site of this international radio network includes international
news and information. (in french)
RFI
- Internet Press Review
A daily review of the French newspapers.
RFI
- English to Africa (Real Audio)
A news broadcast directed to Africa. Programme broadcasts
daily at 1600 hours GMT. You can listen
to the latest programme in Real Audio. (requires Realplayer
or
Windows Media Player)
Voice
of America
The web site of the American government run world wide radio
network. Includes news and reports updated throughout
the day.
Late
News From the Voice of America
"Recent Reports from Voice of America News Correspondents"
Updated frequently.
VOA
- English to Africa News (Real
Audio)
A news broadcast directed to Africa. Programme broadcasts
daily at 1900 hours GMT. You can listen
to the latest programme in Real Audio. (requires Realplayer
or Windows
Media Player)
VOA
- African Sports Journal (Real Audio)
A sports news programme broadcasts daily at 1653 GMT.
You can listen
to the latest programme in Real Audio. (requires Realplayer
or Windows
Media Player)
Channel
Africa
"A uniquely independent, all-African news and information
radio broadcasting service." Hear, read and watch
"the very latest in news stories from, and about the continent
of Africa."
Channel
Africa News Bulletin
A news bulletin, updated throughout the day.
Dateline
Africa (Real Audio)
Broadcast to Africa every weekday morning and evening, an african
news programme. You can listen
to the latest programme in Real Audio. (requires Realplayer
or Windows
Media Player)
CNN
CNN's web site. Latest news for around the world,
special reports and features that compliment their news broadcasts.
CNN
World News - Africa
News coverage from Africa. Includes updated news and archived
news from the last 5 days as well as weather forecasts, maps,
guides and other resources.
Other Broadcast News Sites
ABCNEWS
(US)
CBS News (US)
Fox News (US)
MSNBC (US)
NewsHour (US)
ITN
(UK)
Sky (UK)
TF1:
L'INFO (France) (in french)
France 2 Info
(in french)
France 3 Infos(in
french)
Canal + Infos
(France) (in french)
Deutsche
Welle Radio (Germany)
CBC
News (Canada)
The
New York Times
The web site of one the best U.S. newspapers, a leading source
for international news and an assortment of Pulitzer Prize quality
journalism. All the contents from the print version are
available. (requires free registration)
New
York Times - Africa
The Africa news section of the newspaper. Includes stories
from the current print version of the newspaper as well as those
that have appeared in the past week. Links to breaking
Africa news from A.P. (The Associated Press -
biggest international news service) are also available from
the page. (requires free registration)
The
Washington Post
Web site of the other leading U.S. newspaper. All the
contents from the print version are available.
The
Washington Post - Africa Regional Coverage
Includes news coverage from The Associated Press and
regional reporting from The Washington Post African and
foreign news bureaux. Also on this page is a link to a
java applet called "Explore Africa" that contains
interactive maps, special reports and other information on Africa.
Other
Western Newspapers
The
International Herald-Tribune
The
Telegraph (UK)
The Times (UK)
The Financial Times (UK)
The Independent (UK)
The Guardian\The Observer
(UK)
L'Express
(France)(in french)
Libération (France)
(in french)
Le Monde (France)(in
french)
The
Globe and Mail (Canada)
The
Christian Science Monitor (US)
The
Gambia Daily
The newspaper published by the Gambia government. Published
on the web every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
The
Daily Observer
Selected articles from this independent newspaper from The Gambia.
The
Point
Selected articles from this independent newspaper from The Gambia.
Sud
Quotidien
Online
version of the Senegalese independent newspaper. (in french)
Walf
Fadjri - Quotidien
Online
version of the Senegalese independent newspaper Journal Walf
Fadjri. (in french)
Walf-FM
(audio)
Listen
to the Walf's radio station. Features music, news, "call-in"
and other programmes in french and wollof. (requires Windows
Media Player)
Quotidien
Le Soleil
Online
version of the newspaper published by the Senegalese government.
(in french)
Other
West African Newspapers
The
Guardian (Nigeria)
The Post Express
(Nigeria)
Vanguard (Nigeria)
The
Concord Times (Sierra Leone)
The
Ghanian Chronicle
The
Independent (Ghana)
Mano
Vision
"Mano Vision aims to provide decent coverage of West
Africa." The online version of a west african magazine.
NewAfrican
and African Business Magazines
Selected stories from the current editions of the magazines.
JeuneAfrique
Selected articles from one of Africa's leading magazines. (in
french)
Newsweek
The web site of this well known weekly news magazine.
Apart from the contents of the printed version of the magazine,
news is updated throughout the day.
Newsweek
- International Edition
Site contains all the contents of the magazine's international
edition.
Other
Magazines
Time
U.S. News &
World Report
Africa
Recovery (UN)
Sierra
Leone Web
A web site devoted to Sierra Leone. Includes a frequently
updated news digest and other information and resources.
NINJAS
Clandestine News service from Sierra Leone
Orientation
Africa: search the Web for regional info
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