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• Africa's 100 Best Books (Zimbabwe International Book Fair Association, Harare; via Columbia University)
  • General announcement and contact information. All nominations have been received, a short list drawn up by a jury, and the 100 titles were announced on February 18, 2002. See a official list...or view a copy of the list of 100.
  
  
• Africa Confidential Headlines Archive & Subscription Information (Africa Confidential, Inc., London; via Drakken Ltd.)
  This site offers headlines and abstracts from current and past issues of the fortnightly newsletter, including a searchable country index, and subscription information.
  
  
• AfricaFocus (Washington, DC)
  The website features AfricaFocus bulletin...offering analysis and "progressive advocacy" on African issues; plus news feeds from BBC and AllAfrica.Com.
  
  
• Africa Intelligence (Indigo Publications)
  Note: Full access is only possible with a paid subscription or account. This site is a news archive drawing on back issues of newsletters, such as "The Indian Ocean Newsletter", "Africa Energy & Mining", and "Maghreb Confidential". In addition, there are country pages under construction and excerpts from Indigo Publications' "100 Men in Power," a biographical reference series. See also the Indigo Publications French home page.
  
  
• Africa Online, Inc. (African Lakes Corp., Nairobi, Kenya):
  • Recent news and links to online news magazines, with offices in West, East, and Southern Africa.
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• Africinfo: cultural diary for Africa = l'agenda culturel en Afrique (via Africultures et l'Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie, Paris, France)
  A current, bi-lingual calendar of events in the African arts organized by country and genre. 'Africinfo.org is the site for the RICAFE network (cultural information network in Africa and Europe).'
  
  
• Africatime.Com (New York, USA and Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
  Un grand portail des sites des pays africains de la francophonie principalement. On peut trouver beaucoup de liens aux actualités et aux autres sortes d'informations pour chaque pays.
  
  
• Africultures: le site et la revue de référence des cultures africaines (Olivier Barlet, Editions Harmattan, France)
  Chaque mois, ce site offre un agenda et des informations actualisées au jour le jour - y compris les festivals de cinéma, les concerts, les expositions, etc.
  
  
• Afrik.Com (Afrik.Net, Paris, France)
  Un portail des actualités sur l'Afrique et les Africains dans le monde...surtout les nouvelles culturelles.
  
  
• Afriquecentrale: portail d'information de l'Afrique centrale (France)
  Un site des actualités pour tous les pays de la région, avec une archives des vieux articles depuis 2004.
  
  
• Afrol.Com -- Current News and Portal (Oslo, Norway)
  User-friendly lay-out of current news summaries, with some photos, and web links organized by "categories" and countries. Note: Afrol news is compiled by a small group of researchers based in Norway apparently relying on African organizations, non-African news agencies, and volunteer reporters as major sources.
  
  
• Agence de Presse Africaine = African Press Agency (APA) (Dakar, Sénégal)
  The web site of an Africa-wide news agency --in French or in English-- with reporters in almost every African country. The site includes an archive of news (since September 2007) and thematic reports on a wide range of topics; plus links to excerpts of French language television and radio broadcasts.
  
  
• All Africa.Com (AllAfrica Global Media, Washington, DC)
  • Current and recent news in brief on Africa in English or French from African newspapers and journals, the Pan African News Agency (PANA), UN news services, and non-African sources. Warning: the searchable archive for articles older than 30 days is only available through subscription.
  • AllAfrica.Com's "PeaceAfrica". Sponsored by the Ford Foundation.
    Current and recent news on peacebuilding efforts on the African continent...sourced from UN agencies, the Pan African News Agency, and African newspapers.
  • Sustainable Africa Internet Channel (AllAfrica Foundation)
    A portal site for news stories and public domain documents relating to "sustainable development" issues and problems facing Africa: environment, trade, debt, population, water, climate change, forests, agriculture, etc.
  
  
• AMARC Afrique: Association mondiale des radiodiffuseurs communautaires = AMARC Africa Website (Braamfontein, South Africa; Dakar, Sénégal)
  • A ce site, on peut lire (en français, en anglais, ou en portugues) les actualités (y compris une archive du bulletin "Simbani Africa") sur le développement et les droits de l'homme en Afrique, les rapports des récentes conférences pan-africaines ou mondiales, quelques manuels de formation, et les autres initiatives dans le domaine des radios communautaires africaines.
  • Simbani Africa: Agence d'information de l'AMARC Afrique (Archive--2005) (en français ou en anglais)
  
  
• ARTICLE 19 on Africa (The International Centre Against Censorship, London, UK)
  • "ARTICLE 19 is an international human rights organization which promotes freedom of expression and fights censorship all over the world. We take our name from Article 19 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights."
  • Article 19 publications on Africa (PDF format)
  
  
• Billets d'Afrique et d'aiileurs. (Online): bulletin mensuel d'information alternative sur les avatars de la politique africaine de la France -- Paris: Association Survie, 2006-
  Sur ce site, on peut lire en ligne les extraits du dernier numéro du bulletin mensuel et également lire et télécharger les anciens numéros.
  
  
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (London)
  • BBC Online Network News for Africa
    Current news & feature stories.
    
    
  • "The Story of Africa: African History from the Dawn of Time..."
    Historical summaries by "Africa's top historians" on radio, with audio files from the broadcasts of the BBC Africa Service during February-July 2001.
  • BBC Focus on Africa. (Online) -- London: BBC World Service, 1990-
    The online version of the quarterly magazine, which consists of selections from the current issue and a searchable archive of selected articles from back issues.
  • BBC World Service--Africa Today
    This site offers schedules of programs in various languages, plus some audio files (requiring RealPlayer).
  
  
• Business & Economic Information on Africa (Columbia University)
  
  
• CNN Interactive on Africa (CNN.com, Cable News Network, Inc.)
  • CNN World News (General)
    
    
  • CNN African Journalist of Year Award
    An award granted every year.
    
    
  • Inside Africa
    This site supplements a special weekly feature on CNN International television broadcasts; plus links to other CNN reporting on Africa.
    
    
  • President Obama in Ghana (July 11, 2009)
    --See also: Secretary of State Clinton "wraps up Africa tour in Cape Verde" (August 14, 2009)
    
    
  • President Bush's trip to Africa (July 8, 2003)
    CNN reports accompanied by background material on the trip (July 7-12, 2003).
    -- See also: Interview with Secretary of State Powell (July 11, 2003).
  
  
• Committee to Protect Journalists (New York)
  • "The Committee to Protect Journalists is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded in 1981 to monitor abuses against the press and promote press freedom around the world. Through its own reporting, CPJ has full-time program coordinators monitoring the press in the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. They track developments through their own independent research, fact-finding missions and firsthand contacts in the field, including reports from other journalists."
  • CPJ Home Page
  • CPJ on Africa: 2008 | 2009
  
  
• ELDIS: Electronic Development and Environment Information System (Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK)
  • An indexing service provided by IDS: links to websites and document collections selected from all over the Internet based on topics in African, Asian, and Latin American studies. Documents are produced by research institutes, international organizations, or news services.
  • Development news from Sub-Saharan Africa -and- North Africa & The Middle East
  • Eldis News Monitor on the G8 Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, July 6-8, 2005
  
  
• Electronic Journals & Newspapers on Africa (Columbia University)
  
  
• Farafina. (Online) -- Lagos, Nigeria: Kachifo Ltd., 2004-
  The current issue of a bi-monthly political and cultural commentary magazine on Africa; plus excerpts from sample back issues. Note: access to the complete archive of back issues is available only with a subscription.
  
  
• The Freedom Forum Online (The Freedom Forum, Arlington, Virginia)
  • Current and recent news analysis, with a focus on press freedom and free speech issues; includes a large archive of news reports.
  • Press, power & politics: Africa Media Forum 2000, Accra, Ghana
  • Media at the Millennium: 1999 African Media Forum, Dakar, Senegal
  
  
• Grioo.Com (Paris, France)
  Ce site est un portail d'informations sur le monde noir depuis 2002. << GRIOO pour le griot africain dépositaire des traditions et de l'histoire en phase avec la modernité ... Les associés du portail d'informations GRIOO sont mus par la volonté de participer à la promotion de la culture noire et africaine grâce leur savoir-faire acquis et exercé dans diverses associations et entreprises >>.
  
  
• Highway Africa Conference on "Citizen Journalism, Journalism for Citizens", 8-10 September 2008, Rhodes University, South Africa (Grahamstown)
  
  
• Institut Panos -- Afrique de l'Ouest(Dakar, Senegal)
  • << Informer et communiquer pour une culture de la démocratie, de la citoyenneté et de la paix. >> Sur ce site, on peut lire les nouvelles à propos des programmes du Institut en Afrique de l'Ouest et ses publications. Il y a aussi beaucoup de liens à autres sites de PANOS et ceux sur les médias.
  • Répertoires des médias en Afrique de l'Ouest
  • Organisations professionnelles
  • Législations
  • Comprendre et traiter la société de l'information. -- Dakar, Sénégal: Institut Panos Afrique de l'Ouest, 2003. (214 p.) Format PDF
  
  
• IRIN: Integrated Regional Information Network (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)
  See below.
  
  
• International Federation of Journalists on Africa = Bureau régional pour l'Afrique (Dakar, Sénégal; Bruxelles, Belgique)
  Le site --en français, en anglais, ou en portugais-- offre les actualités surtout sur la liberté de la presse en Afrique, quelques rapports des réunions du FIJ, et une liste des associations membres en Afrique.
  
  
• IFEX: International Freedom of Expression Exchange: Africa = Echange international de la liberté d'expression: Afrique (Toronto, Canada)
  [Since 1992] IFEX has provided this clearinghouse website of current news on press freedom and related matters; plus links.
  
  
• International Women's Media Foundation on Africa (Washington, DC)
  • IWMF Home Page
  • Stats and Studies--Africa and elsewhere
    
  • Writing for our lives: how the Maisha Yetu Project changed health coverage in Africa (2005) 124 pages in PDF format
    
  • Deadline for health: the media's response to covering HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria in Africa (2004) 36 pages in PDF format
    
  • Reporting on HIV/AIDS in Africa: a manual (2002) 39 pages in PDF format
    
  
  
• IPS Inter Press Service on Africa = Afrique, l'autre information (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  "IPS Africa is committed to retain its function as 'an alternative news agency' [emphasis not only on the voices of those in positions of power, but more on providing access for actors in civil society] ...IPS Africa consists of the English network, which is coordinated from Johannesburg, and a Francophone service, which is based in Cotonou, Benin. IPS Africa also translates its stories into Kiswahili, providing a wider outlet for information dissemination in East Africa."
  
  
• Jeune Afrique.Com (Le Groupe Jeune Afrique, Paris, France)
  Sur ce site, on peut consulter les dernières actualités africaines de la semaine. On peut aussi choisir les articles par pays ou par rubrique. Pour accéder aux articles dans les archives électroniques du magazine Jeune afrique, il faut s'abonner.
  
  
• Marweb -- Annuaire et Moteur de recherche du Maghreb Arabe (Fès, Maroc)
  • Voir aussi les versions en arabe et en anglais.
  
  
• Media Foundation for West Africa (Legon, Accra, Ghana)
  This site --in English or in French-- features current news and alerts on press freedom issues in the region. "The MFWA seeks to advance the development of free mass media and of a culture of free expression using advocacy strategies, networking and collaboration..."
  
  
• Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (Windhoek, Namibia)
  "MISA is a non-governmental organisation with members in 11 of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries. Officially launched in September 1992, MISA focuses primarily on the need to promote free, independent and pluralistic media..."
  
  
• Le Monde Diplomatique (Online) -- Paris: Le Monde Diplomatique / L'Institut National de l'Audiovisuel, 2002-- (via Columbia University)
  On peut avoir accès au dernier numéro électronique et rechercher dans les archives générales (depuis 2002 seulement).
  
  
• NewsfromAfrica: News & views on Africa from Africa.
  -- Nairobi, Kenya: Koinonia Media Centre; Rome, Italy: PeaceLink, 1996-
  "NewsfromAfrica [formerly AFRICANEWS] is a feature and news service managed by African journalists. It deals with culture, peace, justice, ecology, religion, gender issues, sustainable development. All topics are seen from the perspective of the common people...is published the 15th of every month and it is also distributed by PeaceLink through a mailing-list."
  -- See also: Archive (since 2000)
  
  
• Notícias Lusófonas -- As Notícias do Mundo Lusófono: Actualização diária (Lisbon, Portugal)
  
  
• Observatoire de l'Afrique centrale. (France?)
  Un portail des actualités sur l'Afrique centrale --- extraits de la presse africaine et des autres services. Pour accéder les vieux numéros (un à un), il faut cliquer sur le << Numéro précédent >>.
  
  
• openDemocracy on "Africa & Democracy": news analysis (London, UK)
  News analysis blog on African affairs from scholars and writers in the US, Europe, and Africa.
  
  
• Ouest-TV: la chaine régionale Ouest Africaine = The West African Regional Channel (African Televsion News, Dakar, Sénégal)
  Un portail au 14 programmes de télévision en anglais et en français sur les actualités en Afrique de l'Ouest, au reste de l'Afrique, et au reste du monde.
  
  
• Pambazuka news. (Online) -- Oxford, UK ; Cape Town, South Africa : Pambazuka, 2000-
  Formerly Kabissa-Fahamu Newsletter: Current weekly issue and back issues since December 2000. "Pambazuka News is a free weekly electronic newsletter covering news, commentary and analysis, and a range of other resources on African human rights and sustainable development. Pambazuka News is produced by Fahamu. The newsletter includes links to news reports from various online news services and organizations, and a catalogue of back issues."
  
  
• Panapress News in English or in French (Pan African News Agency, Dakar, Senegal)
  A paid subscription is required to access news.
  This website offers current news only based on reporting from government-supported news agencies and services around the continent. The archive only contains the news of the last few days.
  
  
• The Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting 2005: "Rwanda: The Legacy of Hate" by Dele Olojede, Newsday, May 2004 (The Pulitzer Board, Columbia University, New York)
  See also: "AIDS: The Agony of Africa" -- The 2000 Winner, in The Village Voice below.
  
  
• Radio France Internationale -- Actualités (Paris)
  • Sur ce site, on peut consulter les informations en continu de RFI pour le Monde et l'Afrique: les chroniques quotidiennes et les chroniques hebdomadaires. On a besoin du RealPlayer ou du Windows Media Player pour écouter les émissions en direct et à la demande.
    
    
  • Archives d'afrique
    "L'histoire contemporaine de l'Afrique à travers ses grands hommes. Illustré d'archives sonores et de témoignages des acteurs encore vivants."
  • Il y a cinquante ans, les indépendances, le 31 décembre 2009: un recueil de textes et de fichiers sonores.
  • Sommet Afrique-France 2005: la 23ème conférence des chefs d'Etat de France et d'Afrique à Bamako, Mali, du 3 au 4 décembre 2005.
  
  
• Radio Nederland Wereldomroep -- English (Hilversum, The Netherlands)
  • RNW Development -- Current reports
  • RNW Human Rights
  • RNW Media Network
  • BARN: Bureau Afrique du Radio Nederland (2001/2002) (Cotonou, Bénin)
  
  
• RadioStationWorld on Africa (USA)
  A directory of African radio stations, arranged by country; with news and music.
  Warning: most stations listed do *not* offer free live listening.
  
  
• RAP21--Réseau africain de presse pour le 21ème siècle = African Press Network for the 21st century (World Association of Newspapers, Paris, France)
  Le site offre un bulletin d'information --en français et en anglais-- sur la gestion des médias et les violations de la liberté de la presse sur le continent. "[Lancé en septembre 2000 en liaison avec l'Union des Editeurs de Presse d'Afrique Centrale] un réseau électronique pour la presse africaine, qui sert de plate-forme d'échange d'idées et d'informations, et de forum de discussion entre les directeurs de journaux, les journalistes et les autres professionnels des médias sur le continent africain."

  
  
• Reporters sans frontières sur l'Afrique. (Paris, France)
  See also: English version.
  
  
• Rezo.Net sur l'Afrique (Paris, France)
  Un portail des actualités sélectionnées par un automate des médias autour du monde....y compris plusieurs dossiers spécials sur le colonialisme, la santé, la justice, le Sida, l'agriculture, le Darfour, le Rwanda, le Togo, etc.
  
  
• Sangonet: Actualités sur l'Afrique (Victor Bisséngué, France)
  Extraits des actualités de l'Agence France Presse et des autres agences -- surtout: Actualité Centrafrique, points de vue, evénements culturels, sites Internet.
  
  
• SciDev Net--Science and Development Network on SubSaharan Africa -and- The Middle East & North Africa (London, UK)
  A "news and views" portal site--in English, French, or Spanish--about science, technology and the developing world.
  
  
• Science in Africa. (Online) -- Grahamstown, South Africa : Science in Africa, 2001-
  Current issue and back issues since January 2001. A popular monthly news magazine about scientific research and development on the African continent, plus information about funding and job opportunities and links to organizations.
  
  
• Simbani Africa: Agence d'information de l'AMARC Afrique (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  Weekly updates on international, regional, and national news in English or French. "Simbani Africa, through its correspondents, collects information on where community radio stations are located and feeds it to the news agency." See also AMARC above.
  
  
• Southern African News Services & Internet Information (Columbia University)
  
  
• SYFIA International -- Agence de Presse Francophone sur l'Afrique et le Sud au Quotidien (Montpellier, France)
  SYFIA est un réseau de journalistes francophones africains, canadiens, asiatiques et européens, avec cinq agences régionales en Afrique (Bénin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Sénégal, et Madagascar).
  
  
• TV 5 Monde: Le Journal Afrique: l'actualité panafricaine (Paris, France)
  Les rapports complets sur les actualités quotidiennes d'Afrique en format vidéo sur Internet.

  
  
• UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (Formerly UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs)
  • OCHA Home Page (General)
  • Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) for Africa (English) or in French.
    Daily and weekly bulletins for regions and individual countries. The "country archive" contains reports since 1999, depending on the country.
    -IRIN for East Africa
    -IRIN for Great Lakes and Central Africa
    -IRIN for the Horn of Africa
    -IRIN for Southern Africa
    -IRIN for West Africa
  • PlusNews on HIV/AIDS in Africa
    "In partnership with UNAIDS and regional AIDS service organisations (ASOs), it offers access to the latest epidemiological data, information on government programmes, donor initiatives, local civil society activities, expert analysis, and crucially the voices of people directly affected by HIV and AIDS."
  • ReliefWeb
    This searchable site provides links to full-length reports on areas of the world affected by humanitarian "emergencies", assorted on-line maps, and "the latest" news from many areas of the world. See especially: "Countries & Emergencies" (war, conflict, floods, drought, etc.).
  
  
• VillageVoice.Com: "AIDS: The Agony of Africa" by Mark Schoofs. The village voice. (Online) Features. -- New York: Village Voice, 2000.
  This web site offers excerpts from the Pulitzer Prize-winning series, 2000; for full text of the series, see: The Pulitzer Prize Archive.
  
  
• Washington Post.Com: African Lives -- Occasional Articles from 1997 (The Washington Post, Washington, DC)
  A series of electronic newspaper articles, with photos, which "chronicle the joys and struggles in the everyday lives of African peoples." There are 8 stories on: Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Sénégal, Côte d'Ivoire, and Ghana.
  
  

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• Sports News from Africa:
  • General Sports:
    • Abidjan.Net's Actualités -- Sport (Abidjan.Net and Weblogy, El Cajon, California; Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
    • Afrique-Sport.Com (Driss Bougrine et al., via Wanadoo, France)
    • AllAfrica.Com Sports News Summaries (AllAfrica Global Media, Washington, DC)
      Note: Articles older than 30 days are accessible only with a subscription.
    • Impumelelo: The Interdisciplinary Electronic Journal of African Sports. (Online) -- Resources Center (Ohio University, Athens, Ohio)
      Selected news links, other web links, and bibliographic citations for publications on sports in African societies.
    
    
  • Current "Soccer" News:
    • FIFA World Cup, South Africa, June 11-July 11, 2010 Official site
      
      
    • AllAfrica.Com Soccer News Summaries (AllAfrica Global Media, Washington, DC)
      Note: Articles older than 30 days are accessible only with a subscription.
    • BBC Sports on African Football (British Broadcasting Corporation, London, UK)
    • CNN/SI "World Soccer" News (CNN/Sports Illustrated Coverage)
      
      
    • COCAN 2010 Angola, "African Cup of Nations", 10-31 January 2010
      CAN 2010 Official Site (Luanda, Angola)
      
      
    • Confédération Africaine de Football, Cairo
      "The African Football Confederation was founded in 1957, it consists of all African National Football Associations which are members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)..."
      
      
    • EgyptianPlayers.Com Soccer news
      Daily news forum in English on the Egyptian League, the national Egyptian team, and Egyptian players in Europe.
      
      
    • Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) (General)
      See also: the English and Spanish versions.
      
      
    • Fédération Camerounaise de Football (FECAFOOT)
      Ce site comprend toutes les actualités sur les compétitions au Cameroun et sur les jouers camerounais dans le monde.
      
      
    • FootSénégalais -- Portail de l'actualité (Dakar, Sénégal)
      -- Voir aussi: Senefoot.Com: L'actualité du Football Sénégalais: avec des vidéos
      
      
    • Ghana Current Sports News -- Football (F.K. Akoto, GhanaHomePage,Ghanaweb.Com)
      
      
    • Radio France International sur le Football en Afrique
      
      
    • South African Football Association (SAFA) (Cape Town, South Africa)
      "Soccer" news & events, video clips, information about SAFA, and related links.
      -- See also: South Africa Premier Soccer League Online: Official website of the league, with links to current news from Independent Online and The Sowetan; plus other "soccer"-related information.
      
      
    
    
  • "Soccer" News Archives
    • FIFA Confederations Cup, South Africa, 14-28 June 2009 Official site
      
      
    • FIFA World Cup Germany 2006--African Teams:
      Angola | Côte d'Ivoire | Ghana | Togo | Tunisia
      
      
    • African Cup of Nations in Egypt, January-February 2006 (English). Or, in Arabic. (Cairo, Egypt)
      General information on venues for "Egypt 2006" African football (soccer) championship competition, qualified teams, matches, etc.
    • Independent Online News Service on The World Cup 2002 (South Africa)
    • Can2002 au Mali: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations du 19 janvier au 10 février 2002 (via Afribone.Com, Bamako, Mali)
    • GhanaWeb's "23rd African Cup of Nations 2002" (F.K. Akoto)
    • La CAN 2000 sur Abidjan.net (Abidjan.net, via Weblogy Corp., El Cajon, California)
      Un journal de la CAN, les dernières nouvelles, les équipes, les résultats, statistique, etc.
    • African Cup of Nations, Burkina Faso 98 (AFTER, Rome; MGT Consulting, Zurich)
      Results and general information on the African Cup of Nations, February 7-28, 1998.
    • The BBC on The African Cup of Nations 2000 -- Ghana/Nigeria
      
    • CNN on the FIFA World Cup 1998
      -- African Teams: Cameroon | Morocco | Nigeria | South Africa | Tunisia
      -- General
    • Coup du Monde 98 Online : le site officiel de France 98 (EUNet France)
      -- Page d'accueil
      -- Equipes africaines: Afrique du Sud | Cameroun | Maroc | Nigéria | Tunisie