News and Media

Topix: Africa News - News about Africa collected from diverse sources on the web. [RSS]
http://www.topix.com/rss/world/africa.xml

BBC - Africa Lives on the BBC - Celebration of Africa across BBC TV, radio and online. UK.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/africalives/

The Economist - Africa - Covers current politics, business, economics, finance and cultural trends in Africa. UK.
http://www.economist.com/world/africa/

Christian Science Monitor: Africa - News and commentary featuring hopeful developments as well as disasters. USA.
http://www.csmonitor.com/world/africa.html

Africast - Offers the sights, sounds, storytelling and traditions of Africa via subscription video on demand (SVOD).
http://www.africast.com/

WorldNews Network - Africa - Provides tagged headline links from worldwide media source, organized by topic and country.
http://www.wnafrica.com/

USINFO - African - Press releases and transcripts from the US Department of State.
http://usinfo.state.gov/af/

PBS - NewsHour Online: Africa - Background reports about Africa include transcripts and pictures. USA.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/region/africa/

TvRadioWorld - Africa - List of broadcasters, TV and radio stations (local, national, international, shortwave and on the web), with links where available. Includes organizations, services and industry news.
http://radiostationworld.com/locations/africa/

African Affairs - RSS feed of current issue. [RSS]
http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/rss/current.xml

Yahoo News : Africa - Headline links to breaking news stories.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=World&cat=Africa

eWoss News - African News - Aggregated AP news stories.
http://news.ewoss.com/world/africa.aspx

AfricaNewsSearch - Links to Africa news on the web. Includes a searchable database.
http://www.africanewssearch.com/

Topix - Africa News - News about Africa collected from various media sources on the web.
http://www.topix.com/world/africa

IRIN - Africa - Integrated Regional Information Networks reports, categorized by topic and country. UN.
http://www.irinnews.org/frontpage.asp

OneWorld Africa - Special reports with a humanitarian perspective.
http://africa.oneworld.net/

MSNBC - World News: Africa - Provides news stories, slide shows, video and fact files including coverage by Newsweek. USA.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036014/

BBC News - Africa - In-depth African news, analysis and information with audio, video, forums, photo journals and country profiles. UK.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/

BBC World Service - Focus On Africa - Quarterly magazine covers the latest political, economic, social, cultural and sporting developments in Africa.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/focus_magazine/

CNN - Inside Africa - Half-hour current affairs weekly program which provides global viewers with an inside look at political, economic, social and cultural affairs and trends in Africa.
http://www.cnn.com/CNNI/Programs/insideafrica/

Washington Post - World: Africa - News, commentary, editorials and special reports about Africa along with coverage of each country individually. USA. [free reg.]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/world/africa/index.html

Africa Tower - African portal providing weather, news, sports, current events, travel and business information.
http://www.africatower.com/

Afrique Horizon - Bi-monthly printed magazine covering all aspects of African music, politics, culture and society. In French and English.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/afrique2000/

Wikinews - Portal: Africa - User-contributed news reports organized by date, topic and country.
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Portal:Africa

Warm Africa - News features, syndicated headlines, chat.
http://www.warmafrica.com/

AllAfrica News: Latest - Recent headline stories from around the continent. [RSS]
http://allafrica.com/tools/headlines/rdf/latest/headlines.rdf

BBC News: Africa - News about Africa, from the BBC. [RSS]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/africa/rss.xml

allAfrica.com - Provides news and features from African newspapers and agencies, along with searchable archive.
http://allafrica.com/

African Affairs - Publishing articles on recent political, social and economic developments in sub-Saharan countries, including historical studies that illuminate current events in the continent.
http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/

Christian Science Monitor - Notebook: Africa - Weblog about news stories, issues and events in Africa. USA.
http://weblogs.csmonitor.com/notebook_africa/

Africa2020 - Offers daily reports and commentaries from around the states of the African Union.
http://mathaba.net/africa2020/

The Independent - World: Africa - Africa news section provides 3-day free access. UK.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/

African Societies - Monthly e-magazine on "invisible Africa", focussing on a plurality of little known or misunderstood societies.
http://www.africansocieties.org/

Panapress - Pan-African news agency provides news, analyses and roundups of events in and about Africa. [Arabic, English, French, Portuguese]
http://www.panapress.com/

USAfrica Online - News and opinion focussing on Africa-USA relations.
http://www.usafricaonline.com/

Afrol - News reports categorized by country, updated daily. [English, Spanish]
http://www.afrol.com/

New York Times - International: Africa - Current news and features from NYT journalists, breaking news from Reuters and AP, weather and readers' opinions. USA.
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/africa/