How We Choose Our Sources

AfricaFrontPage links to 183 news outlets through 271 news feeds, covering 45 African countries plus pan-African news. 52 of the outlets publish in French and 5 in Portuguese. This page explains who makes the list, how we check it, and what we do when a source gets it wrong.

What we look for

Established news organisations. National newspapers, radio and TV broadcasters, news agencies and established online newsrooms, with their own editorial staff and a track record of original reporting.
Independent and state media, side by side. The list includes state-owned and public outlets (for example GBC, Ghanaian Times, SABC News, KBC, ENA, ANGOP, Jornal de Angola, APS, Daily News Botswana, Zambia Daily Mail, New Era, Cameroon Tribune, Fraternité Matin, The Herald, Ahram Online) alongside independent ones, so you can compare the official account with independent reporting. Every headline names its outlet so you can judge for yourself.
Local first, plus the big pan-African desks. Each country page is built from that country's own outlets. Pan-African and international desks (BBC Africa, Africanews, AllAfrica, The Africa Report, Le Monde Afrique, RFI Afrique, France 24, CNN) feed the Africa-wide pages; for world-wide outlets we keep only their stories about Africa.
Breadth. For each country we aim for several outlets with different owners, so no single publisher decides what you see.

What we aim to leave out

Anonymous sites with no named owner, editor or contact details.
Clickbait and content farms, and sites that mainly copy or rewrite other outlets' work.
Sites known for publishing fabricated or doctored stories.
Press-release wires, party or campaign sites, and paid placements posing as news.

How we check sources

Every feed on the list was tested in October 2026 and is checked on every update (every 10 minutes); a feed that stops working is fixed or dropped.
Where an outlet's own feed is blocked or gone, we read its latest stories through Google News instead (46 outlets today). The link still goes to the outlet's own article.
Opinion, sponsored and partner content is never picked automatically as a lead story, and duplicate copies of one story are merged.

Fabricated stories

If you see a headline you believe is false, email the link to [email protected]with a line on why. We review it, and any headline or outlet can be removed.

Suggest a source

Know an outlet we should add, or one we should drop? Write to [email protected]. Publishers who want their headlines removed can do so at any time; see our contact page.

Every source we use

Ghana: Modern Ghana, Asaase Radio, GBC, MyJoyOnline, Adom Online, GhanaWeb, Citi Newsroom, Graphic Online, 3News, Pulse Ghana, Ghanaian Times

Nigeria: Daily Trust, Leadership, Tribune, The Nation, Legit, TheCable, The Guardian Nigeria, Premium Times, Punch, Vanguard, Channels TV, Daily Post, ThisDay, Sahara Reporters, Nairametrics, BusinessDay, TechCabal

Kenya: KBC, The Star, Citizen Digital, Nation, The Standard, Capital FM, Kenyans.co.ke, Tuko, Business Daily

South Africa: eNCA, BusinessTech, News24, EWN, Daily Maverick, TimesLIVE, IOL, Mail & Guardian, The Citizen, SABC News, Moneyweb, TechCentral, Health-e News

Algeria: AllAfrica, TSA (FR), Echorouk Online, Algérie 360 (FR)

Angola: ANGOP (PT), Jornal de Angola (PT), AllAfrica

Benin: AllAfrica, Benin Web TV (FR), 24 Heures au Bénin (FR), La Nouvelle Tribune (FR)

Botswana: Mmegi, Daily News Botswana, AllAfrica, The Botswana Gazette, Weekend Post

Burkina Faso: AllAfrica, Lefaso.net (FR), Burkina24 (FR), Wakat Séra (FR)

Burundi: AllAfrica, Iwacu (FR), SOS Médias Burundi (FR)

Cameroon: Cameroon Tribune (FR), Actu Cameroun (FR), AllAfrica, Cameroon News Agency, Mimi Mefo Info

Central African Republic: AllAfrica, Corbeau News (FR), Radio Ndeke Luka (FR)

Chad: Alwihda Info (FR), Tchadinfos (FR), AllAfrica

Congo-Brazzaville: Les Dépêches de Brazzaville (FR), AllAfrica

Côte d'Ivoire: Abidjan.net (FR), Fraternité Matin (FR), Koaci (FR), AllAfrica, Linfodrome (FR), Ivoirematin (FR)

DR Congo: Actualite.cd (FR), Radio Okapi (FR), 7sur7.cd (FR), AllAfrica

Egypt: Egypt Today, Ahram Online, Daily News Egypt, AllAfrica, Egypt Independent, Egyptian Streets

Eswatini: Times of Eswatini

Ethiopia: Capital Ethiopia, Addis Standard, Fana, ENA, AllAfrica, Ethiopia Insight

Gabon: Gabon Media Time (FR), Gabonreview (FR), Gabonactu (FR)

The Gambia: AllAfrica, Kerr Fatou

Guinea: AllAfrica, Guineenews (FR), Africaguinee (FR), Guinee360 (FR)

Liberia: AllAfrica, FrontPage Africa, The New Dawn, Liberian Investigator

Libya: AllAfrica, Libya Herald, Libya Update, Libya Review

Madagascar: AllAfrica, NewsMada (FR)

Malawi: AllAfrica, Nyasa Times, Malawi24, Times 360, Nation Online

Mali: AllAfrica, Malijet (FR), Studio Tamani (FR), Bamada.net (FR)

Mauritania: Cridem (FR), AllAfrica, Sahara Medias (FR)

Mauritius: L'Express Maurice (FR), Defimedia (FR), Le Mauricien (FR), AllAfrica, News Moris

Morocco: Hespress English, Morocco World News, Le360 (FR), AllAfrica, Yabiladi

Mozambique: O País (PT), Carta de Moçambique (PT), AllAfrica, Club of Mozambique, Zitamar News

Namibia: AllAfrica, The Namibian, New Era, The Brief

Rwanda: IGIHE, The New Times, AllAfrica, KT Press, Taarifa

Senegal: Seneweb (FR), Dakaractu (FR), AllAfrica, Senego (FR), APS (FR), Senenews (FR)

Sierra Leone: Sierraloaded, AllAfrica

Somalia: AllAfrica, Somali Guardian, Horseed Media, Kaab TV

South Sudan: AllAfrica, Radio Tamazuj, Eye Radio, Sudans Post

Sudan: Sudan Tribune, AllAfrica, Radio Dabanga

São Tomé and Príncipe: Téla Nón (PT)

Tanzania: The Citizen TZ, Daily News, AllAfrica, The Chanzo

Togo: Togo First (FR), iciLome (FR), AllAfrica, Icilome (FR)

Tunisia: AllAfrica, La Presse (FR), Kapitalis (FR)

Uganda: Daily Monitor, New Vision, AllAfrica, Nile Post, The Independent

Zambia: Mwebantu, AllAfrica, Lusaka Times, Zambia Monitor, News Diggers, Zambian Observer, Zambia Daily Mail

Zimbabwe: The Herald, NewsDay, NewZimbabwe, AllAfrica, Nehanda Radio

Across Africa: RFI Afrique (FR), Le Monde Afrique (FR), BBC Africa, Africanews, The Guardian, France 24, CNN, AllAfrica, The Africa Report, BBC Sport Africa