Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/Africa Sources List

Welcome to the Africa Sources List project!

Goals

• The project aims to curate a list of reliable sources for African topics.

Sources

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
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

Digital News Sources

• 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

Digital News sources

• 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

• Medi1TV Channel (Arabic, French)
• Al Oula TV Channel (Arabic)
• Tamazight TV Channel (Berber)

Nigeria

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Nigeria/Nigerian sources

Digital News sources

• 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

Digital News sources

• Horseed Media, probably reliable per an RSN discussion.

South Africa

News sources

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

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

• 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

Digital News sources

• 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

Newspapers

• 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

• Bukedde - local Luganda daily published by the Vision Group

Magazines and journals

• 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

• Uganda National Web Portal - Web portal with links to all government ministries and related information
• Parliament of Uganda - Parliament of Uganda's website

Zambia

News sources

• State Television news section - News

Websites of official institutions

• Parliament website - laws, information on government officials.
• State Television website - State TV.

Zimbabwe

Digital News sources

• 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

News on Africa in general

• allAfrica pan-African news aggregator owned by AllAfrica Global Media.
  • https://allafrica.com
• BBC Africa News news from British public-service broadcaster BBC News.
  • : https://www.bbc.com/news/world/africa/
• Inside Africa: news from American media company CNN
  • https://edition.cnn.com/specials/africa/inside-africa
• AlJazeera: news from Qatari state-funded broadcaster
  • https://www.aljazeera.com/topics/regions/africa.html
• Deutsche Welle news from German state-owned public broadcaster
  • English: https://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/africa/s-12756,
  • Swahili: https://www.dw.com/sw/idhaa-ya-kiswahili/matukio-ya-afrika/s-13933

Contemporary arts and culture

• https://www.okayafrica.com
• http://www.africanheritagemagazine.de
• http://afripopmag.com
• https://afropolitain.com
• https://africasacountry.com/

People

• 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

• Geonames website

Academic journals

• African Journals OnLine - 262 open access journals https://www.ajol.info/index.php/index/browse/alpha?letter=oa

Countries needing sources

• 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

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

Open tasks

• Add or Improve sources