Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/Africa Sources List
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Welcome to the Africa Sources List project!
Goals
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- The project aims to curate a list of reliable sources for African topics.
Sources
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
Ghana
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Digital News Sources
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- Parliament of Ghana -Parliament of Ghana
- Myjoyonline,Ghana - Myjoy Online,Ghana
- Citinewsroom, Ghana - Citi Newsroom, Ghana
- 3news Ghana - 3news Ghana
- Graphic Online Ghana - Graphic Online Ghana
- Ghana News Agency - Ghana News Agency]
- Ghana Broadcasting Cooperation - Ghana Broadcasting Cooperation
- The Ghana Report - The Ghana Report
Morocco
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Digital News sources
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- Hespress.com (Arabic)
- Maghreb Arab Press - Moroccan Press Agency (Arabic, Berber, French)
- L'économiste - Economy news (French)
- Telquel - various news (French)
- Lakome website - Political news (Arabic)
YouTube Channels
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- Medi1TV Channel (Arabic, French)
- Al Oula TV Channel (Arabic)
- Tamazight TV Channel (Berber)
Nigeria
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Digital News sources
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- National Assembly of the Republic of Nigeria (bills, publications, votes)
- Premium Times (reliable newspaper with an emphasis on investigative journalism and anti-corruption)
- The Nation Nigeria– national paper
- Silverbird TV – national TV
- Punch NG– national paper
- Sun News Online– national paper
- The Guardian Nigeria – national paper
- The Vanguard – national paper
- Allure – pull out fashion magazine inside Sunday Vanguard (from http://www.vanguardngr.com)
- http://www.voice-online.co.uk – seems to be a British magazine but has significant coverage of Nigerian subjects
Somalia
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Digital News sources
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- Horseed Media, probably reliable per an RSN discussion.[1]
South Africa
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]News sources
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]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
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]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
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- SA History Online - reliable source for a range of history related topics
- Institute for Security Studies - does good research on security related topics in Africa.
- Africa Check - fact checking organisation
- Parliamentary Monitoring Group - reliable aggregator and repository of South African parliamentary activity such as biographies, speeches, public discussions and hearings.
Tanzania
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Digital News sources
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- Tanzania newswire of allafrica.com, a site collecting news about Africa from different international sources, sorted by country
- The East African - weekly newspaper covering all countries of East Africa
- IPPmedia is a publisher with news in Swahili and English via newspapers, radio and TV IPP English, IPP Kiswahili
- Mwananchi Communications Limited are publishing newspapers in Swahili and English The Citizen, Mwananchi
- Tanzania Standard Newspapers is the publisher of the ruling party CCM Daily News, Habari Leo
- Mtanzania, a private newspaper
Uganda
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Newspapers
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- 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
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- Bukedde - local Luganda daily published by the Vision Group
Magazines and journals
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- The Independent - privately owned magazine published in Kampala
- Uganda Journal - digital copies of the Uganda Journal , a publication of the Uganda Society, good for historical and pre-independence information on Uganda
- Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences - semi-annual peer reviewed journal publishing manuscripts in the areas of agricultural research and related fields, including reviews
- The Ugandan Journal of Management and Public Policy Studies - multi-disciplinary journal covering public administration, management, leadership and public policy
Government and statutory bodies
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- Uganda National Web Portal - Web portal with links to all government ministries and related information
- Parliament of Uganda - Parliament of Uganda's website
Zambia
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]News sources
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Websites of official institutions
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- Parliament website - laws, information on government officials.
- State Television website - State TV.
Zimbabwe
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Digital News sources
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- 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
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]News on Africa in general
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- allAfrica pan-African news aggregator owned by AllAfrica Global Media.
- BBC Africa News news from British public-service broadcaster BBC News.
- Inside Africa: news from American media company CNN
- AlJazeera: news from Qatari state-funded broadcaster
- Deutsche Welle news from German state-owned public broadcaster
Contemporary arts and culture
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]People
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- Dictionary of African Biography (cf en:Dictionary of African Biography - paywall - get wikimedia scholarship access (is that still up-to-date-advice?) or use en:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Resource_Exchange/Shared_Resources
- Dictionary of African Christian Biography - open access, initiated by a network universities/seminaries, entries of variable quality
Geography
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Academic journals
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- African Journals OnLine - 262 open access journals https://www.ajol.info/index.php/index/browse/alpha?letter=oa
Countries needing sources
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic (CAR)
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo DRC
- Republic of the Congo
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Guinea Bissau
Participants
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- Erinamukuta (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) (interested in sources from Uganda)
- Icem4k (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) (interested in sources from Zambia)
- Thuvack (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) (interested in sources from South Africa)
- Kipala (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) (interested in East Africa, generally Africa)
- Ijon (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) (interested in all of Africa)
- Reda Kerbouche (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) (interested in sources from Algeria)
- Anass Sedrati (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) (interested in sources from Morocco)
- MassiveEartha (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs)
- Jamie Tubers (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) (interested in Nigeria, and Africa in general)
- Discott (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) (interested in sources from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mauritius)
- Joy Agyepong (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) (interested in sources from Ghana and West Africa)
- AKibombo (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) (sources from Uganda, East Africa and Africa in general)
- Adamant1 (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs)
- SBAbigstan (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) (interested in sources from Ghana and West Africa)
Open tasks
[mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- Add or Improve sources