Library Research Guides: AFRICANA STUDIES: African News Coverage

NEWS SOURCES

News from Africa
allAfrica.com
site offers 2000 news and information items daily from over 130 African news organizations and their own reporters. Based in Cape Town, Dakar, Lagos, Monrovia, Nairobi & Washington DC.
Electronic Newspapers of Africa
Links to open-access, online newspapers compiled by Columbia University librarians
Gallica
French national digital library, includes French and Francophone African newspapers

African Newspapers, 1800-1922 This link opens in a new window
Full text of more than 60 newspapers from across Africa, in English and other languages.
Dates: 1800-1922 CE

New York Times, 1980-present This link opens in a new window
Current news and editorial content from NY Times newspaper in text-only format.
Dates: 1980 CE-Present
Wall Street Journal 1984-present This link opens in a new window
Full-text news articles with a focus on business, finance, and economics. Note that articles are text only and do not contain images.
Dates: 1984 CE-Present
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Search thousands of US or foreign newspapers, and narrow your results by geographic region or publication.
Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
News from the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Australia, many in full text. Mostly in English, with a variety of other languages including Spanish, French, Portuguese, and German.
Dates: 1980 CE-Present