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Welcome to the Africa Sources List project!

Goals

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Sources

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Generally reliable sources for Africa-related information
Publication Focus Format Language Location Website/Archives Access Discussions/Limitations
Council of the Nation of Algeria bills, votes, etc. Website Arabic, French Algeria Majlis el Ouma
National People's Assembly bills, votes, etc. Website Arabic, French Algeria National People's Assembly
National Bureau of Statistics statistics, publications Website, publication French Algeria National Bureau of Statistics
Official journals of the Republic statistics, publications Print journal, website Arabic, French Algeria Official journals of the Republic
Search engine of the Algerian news Search engine French Algeria Search engine of the Algerian news
National Bank of Angola legislation, statistics Website Portuguese, English Angola National Bank of Angola
Ministry of Finance of Angola legislation, statistics Website Portuguese Angola Ministry of Finance of Angola
Government of Benin links to all ministries and government Web sites Website French Benin Government of Benin
Africanews Multilingual news network Website, satellite and digital terrestrial TV networks English, French France; formerly the Republic of the Congo Africanews
Parliament of Ghana publications, bills, votes Website English Ghana Parliament of Ghana
Front Page Africa Website Liberia Page Africa Credible, but needs verification
Bush Chicken Website Liberia Bush Chicken Credible, but needs verification
Daily Observer Website Liberia Daily Observer Credible, but needs verification
TLC Website Liberia TLC Credible, but needs verification
Le Mauricien French language print and digital daily newspaper. Website, Print French Liberia Le Mauricien One of the most reliable news sites on Mauritius events.
Le Express French language digital daily newspaper. Website French Liberia Le Express
maroc.ma Official state website Website Arabic, Berber, French, English Morocco Official state website
Haut Commissariat au Plan statistics, publications Website French, Arabic Morocco Haut Commissariat au Plan
Parliament website laws, information on deputees Website Arabic Morocco Parliament website

Botswana

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Cameroon

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Cape Verde

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Egypt

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Eswatini

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Ethiopia

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Digital news sources

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  • Addis Standard – Ethiopian monthly social, economic and political news magazine

The Gambia

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Ghana

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Digital news sources

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Kenya

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Liberia

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Mauritania

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Morocco

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Digital news sources

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YouTube Channels

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Mozambique

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Namibia

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Nigeria

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See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Nigeria/Nigerian sources

Digital news sources

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Senegal

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Seychelles

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Somalia

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Digital news sources

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South Africa

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Main page: Wikipedia:Reliable South African Sources

News sources

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Below is a list of news sources

  • GroundUp - Non-profit online news paper with a focus on local journalism
  • Moneyweb - Financial news source.
  • Daily Maverick - Features lots of commentary and analysis so be alert for that. Otherwise found to be reliable. Has been accused of anti-EFF bias by the EFF due to its coverage of corruption within the party. Quality of reporting by South African standards is high and is generally a highly regarded source.
  • Defence Web - Good source on African (specifically South African) defence related news.
  • Sunday Times - has published a number of notable exposes. They do sometimes get things wrong but do correct themselves when they do. Owned by Tiso Blackstar Group.
  • Business Day - generally good but features a lot of opinion pieces and does not always fact check. Owned by Tiso Blackstar Group.
  • Engineering News - Good source for information on technical subjects but does sometimes use unreliable news wire sources for some stories.
  • Mail and Guardian - generally relatively high quality but budget cuts have had a negative impact on quality. Tends to lean centre-left.
  • amaBhungane - Notable investigative journalism source.
  • Die Burger - Afrikaans language daily owned by Naspers.
  • Politicsweb - South African politics news aggregator similar to realclearpolitics.
Usable but be cautious
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List of news sources that can be used but be alert

  • Biznews - Conservative orientation, tabloid, good to double check information.
  • BusinessLive - Daily online version with less fact checking and lower editorial standards than its parent publication of Business Day, double check info. Owned by Tiso Blackstar Group.
  • Timeslive - Daily online version with less fact checking and lower editorial standards than its parent publication of the Sunday Times. Owned by Tiso Blackstar Group.
  • IOL News (Cape Times/Cape Argus/ other Independent News Media sources) - usually okay for local (City to town level) news but has been accused of strong pro-ANC and pro-Chinese bias and poor quality journalism since 2013 buyout by Sekunjalo Investments.
  • News24 (website) - Naspers owned flagship news source, variable quality of information and pro-Naspers bias, tabloid, best to check information.
  • Eye Witness News - similar problems to News24, tabloid, can be unreliable at times but mostly reliable. Best to double check information.
  • Noseweek - Long running investigative journalism source similar to Private Eye. Best double check info as it is run as a tabloid.

Other sources

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South Sudan

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Sudan and South Sudan

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Tanzania

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Digital news sources

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Togo

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Uganda

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Newspapers

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  • New Vision - national daily , cited frequently by scholarly sources.
  • The Daily Monitor - independent, local daily published under the Nation Media Group
  • The Observer - privately owned weekly
  • The East African - independent weekly published in Kenya under the Nation Media Group but with a coverage of East Africa
Local language
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  • Bukedde - local Luganda daily published by the Vision Group

Magazines and journals

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Government and statutory bodies

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Zambia

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News sources

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Websites of official institutions

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Zimbabwe

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Digital news sources

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  • Zimbabwe situation - Zimbabwe news aggregator service. Seeks to keep a record of Zimbabwe related news and events.
  • Parliament of Zimbabwe - Each MP has a reliable, neutral biography. Also for bills, publication and votes.

Sources by topic

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News on Africa in general

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Contemporary arts and culture

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People

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Geography

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Academic journals

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Countries needing sources

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  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Central African Republic (CAR)
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Congo DRC
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Djibouti
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Gabon
  • Niger
  • Rwanda
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Sierra Leone
  • Tunisia
  • Guinea Bissau

Participants

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  1. Erinamukuta (talk · contribs) (interested in sources from Uganda)
  2. Icem4k (talk · contribs) (interested in sources from Zambia)
  3. Thuvack (talk · contribs) (interested in sources from South Africa)
  4. Kipala (talk · contribs) (interested in East Africa, generally Africa) (deceased)
  5. Ijon (talk · contribs) (interested in all of Africa)
  6. Reda Kerbouche (talk · contribs) (interested in sources from Algeria)
  7. Anass Sedrati (talk · contribs) (interested in sources from Morocco)
  8. MassiveEartha (talk · contribs)
  9. Jamie Tubers (talk · contribs) (interested in Nigeria, and Africa in general)
  10. Discott (talk · contribs) (interested in sources from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mauritius)
  11. Joy Agyepong (talk · contribs) (interested in sources from Ghana and West Africa)
  12. AKibombo (talk · contribs) (sources from Uganda, East Africa and Africa in general)
  13. Adamant1 (talk · contribs)
  14. SBAbigstan (talk · contribs) (interested in sources from Ghana and West Africa)
  15. Heatrave (talk · contribs) (interested in sources from Ghana and West Africa)

Open tasks

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  • Add or Improve sources
  1. ^ Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 263#Somalia news sources
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