News

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:
  • New York Times
  • Christian Science Monitor
  • The Washington Post
• 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.

• Wed - Aug 21, 2019: Sudan transition: Lt-Gen Burhan sworn in as sovereign council chief - BBC News - Africa
  Lt-Gen Burhan will head the sovereign council for the first 21 months of the planned transition to democracy.
• Wed - Aug 21, 2019: Zimbabwe: Teachers to Wear Black Every Pay Day to Mourn Death of 'Our Salaries' - AllAfrica News: Latest
  [New Zimbabwe] Firebrand teachers group, Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Unions of Zimbabwe ARTUZ, famed for embarking on a 275km march to press for improved wages, on Tuesday said they were now turning to wearing black during paydays to protest poor salaries.
• Wed - Aug 21, 2019: South Africa: Arms Deal - Seriti Inquiry Findings Set Aside - AllAfrica News: Latest
  [News24Wire] The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has set aside the findings of the arms deal commission of inquiry, with costs.
• Wed - Aug 21, 2019: Traditional horse-racing in South Africa's Eastern Cape - BBC News - Africa
  Traditional horse-racing by Xhosa men in South Africa's Eastern Cape.
• Wed - Aug 21, 2019: Africa: Matshidiso Moeti Chosen to Serve as WHO Africa Director for Second Term - AllAfrica News: Latest
  [Daily Trust] The 47 member-states of the World Health Organization's (WHO) African Region have nominated Dr Matshidiso Moeti to serve a second five-year term as Regional Director for Africa.