Current Events
- Can These Animators get Africa to Finally Honor its Female Heros? – Learn about the women that have “shaped the continent as much as men” and how they might finally be getting the recognition they’ve so long deserved.
African Newspapers in the Classroom – African Media
- Africa.com
- African Arguments
- African Center for Strategic Studies
- Africa is a Country – a site of media criticism, analysis, and new writing
- All Africa.com (formally Africa News). All Africa.com carries regularly updated news stories, primarily from African presses
- Daily Maverick
- Mail & Guardian
- News Directory -Lists by country all African newspapers which have websites.
- Pambazuka
- Teaching About African Crisis in the K-12 Classroom -Most of the news stories featured in the U.S. and western press focus on crises in Africa . At Exploring Africa we are dedicated to helping educators and students obtain a more balanced perspective on Africa . However, we do not suggest that educators and students ignore crises in Africa , but that they address these crises through a more thorough, balanced, and nuanced investigation than the western press normally offers its readers and viewers. We offer the following suggestions for investigating and addressing African crises in your classrooms.
- American Media:
- Other Media on Africa
- BBC
The BBC Africa Desk offers print versions of stories carried by the British Broadcasting Service about Africa (updated several times a day). - Le Monde
- IRIN
Integrated Regional Information Network of the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. This news service provides daily up-dates from all regions in Africa.
- BBC
- Mon - Mar 18, 2024: S Africa TV star kicked off plane for being 'unruly' - BBC News
Shamiso Mosaka was removed from a flight by police officers after crew said she was being "abusive". - Mon - Mar 18, 2024: Heatwave shuts schools and cuts power in South Sudan - BBC News
Authorities say the extreme heat could last for two weeks and bring temperatures of up to 45C (113F). - Mon - Mar 18, 2024: Customers withdraw millions after cash machine glitch - BBC News
Clients at Ethiopia's biggest commercial bank are being urged to return any money that isn't theirs. - Mon - Mar 18, 2024: How a WhatsApp group helped save trafficked women - BBC News
How 54 Malawian women trafficked to Oman to work in slave-like conditions were rescued. - Sun - Mar 17, 2024: Idris Elba 'dreams big' with West African eco-city plan - BBC News
The actor aims to regenerate an island off Sierra Leone and start the country’s first wind farm.