Current & Historical News
Access world news--Africa. Newsbank. (Naples, Florida)
Plain text versions of news stories from selected major African media outlets, covering the last 10 years up to 1 week ago.
Africa confidential. (London)
Africa research bulletin: economic, financial & technical series. (Oxford: Blackwell, 1964-)
1997 to present (via Wiley-Blackwell)
Africa research bulletin: political, social & cultural series. (Oxford: Blackwell, 1964-)
1997 to present (via Wiley-Blackwell)
AllAfrica.Com News (Washington, DC)
See also: Factiva below.
Columbia University
The Economist Intelligence Unit:
EIU Viewpoint on Africa -and- Middle East
--See also: EIU Country Reports Archive, 1952-1995
Emerging Markets Information Service (New York: Internet Securities, 2000-)
NOTE: Search by keyword from top box. Or, select "Markets" on left panel, scroll down for Countries, and select "News" or other categories.
Factiva.Com. (New York: Dow Jones and Reuters, c2002--)
Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1941-1996 (Naples, FL: Readex)
English language (or translated) news from non-US media: inc. newspapers, periodicals, & television and radio broadcasts.
Global Observatory (New York; Vienna: International Peace Institute)
Mideastwire.com (Beirut, Lebanon)
ReliefWeb (New York; Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)
Historical Newspapers
Access world news--South African historical newspapers. Newsbank. (Naples, Florida)
The Sowetan archive, 1981-2019 -and- The Sunday Times archive, 1906-2019, both featuring digitized versions of the print
Columbia University: Newspapers of Africa on Microfilm
The Center for Research Libraries : Newspapers (Chicago, Illinois)
East View--Global Press Archive. (Minneapolis)
Daily Observer (Monrovia), 1981-2016 ; Daily Times (Lagos), 1956-1994 -and- East African Newspapers, 1943-2003: Daily Nation (Nairobi) ; Ethiopian Herald (Addis Ababa) ; Monitor (Kampala).
World News Connection, 1996-2013. (Springfield, VA: NTIS; via East View Information Services) Continues "Foreign Broadcast Information Service (see above)
World Newspaper Archive -- Africa's Historical Newspapers In collaboration with The Center for Research Libraries and The British Library. (Naples, Florida: Readex, 2010-)
General Guides on Africa, Gender, Health, Human Rights, Sexuality, and Women