AFRICAN NEWSPAPERS

AFRICAN STUDIES COLLECTION

CURRENT AFRICAN NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTIONS AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES:

Current newspapers are shelved in the Kent Cooper Room, Main Library, except where marked otherwise. Most of them are shelved in the alphabetical sequence with the magazines and journals. A few of them are in the foreign newspaper section. Backfiles are retained only for newspapers with call numbers. Some newspapers are also available online.

Chad
N'Djaména Hébdo (N'Djaména). DT546.4 .N4

Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Cairo). Back issues: 1998-.

Gambia
Gambia Daily (Banjul). Located in the Newspaper Reading Room.

Guinée
Le Lynx (Conakry). Back issues: 1999-. AP103.L9

Kenya
Daily Nation (Nairobi). Back issues: 2000-.

Lesotho
Makatolle (Roma). DT2541.M3
Moafrika (Roma). DT2541.M63
Mololi (Maseru). Located in the Newspaper reading room.
Mopheme (Roma). No back issues available online. Print version is located in the Newspaper reading room.

Mali
Les Echos (Bamako). Microfilm HC1035 .A1 E25
L'Essor (Bamako). Back issues: 2000-. Print copy is located in the Newspaper reading room.
Républicain (Bamako). Microfilm AN27 .M3 R4

Nigeria
Gaskiya Ta Fi Kwabo (Kaduna). Located in the Newspaper reading room. AN95.H18 G24
Guardian (Lagos). Current daily issue is available online. A subscription is required to access the archive of "previous issues."

Tanzania
Family Mirror (Dar es Salaam). No back issues available online. Microfilm DT436 .F36

Uganda
Sunday Vision (Kampala). Current issue is available online as well as a searchable archive which includes issues from 2000-2003. This paper is located in the Newspaper reading room.

Zambia
Sunday Times of Zambia (Ndola). Back issues: 2000-. Paper is located in the Newspaper reading room, on Microfilm. AN237

Zimbabwe
The Herald (Harare). Back issues: 2002-.
People's Voice (Harare). Kent Cooper Room.
Sunday Mail (Harare). The most recent issue is available. No back issues. The print copy is shelved with the Herald.

OTHER AFRICAN NEWSPAPERS WITH FREE WEB ACCESS:

Angola
Jornal de Angola (Luanda). No back issues available online.

Bénin
Le Matinal (Cotonou). Back issues: Previous three months.
Le Republicain (Cotonou). No back issues available online.

Botswana
The Botswana Gazette (Gaborone). Back issues: June 19-July 18, 2001.

Burkina Faso
L'Hebdomadaire du Burkina (Ouagadougou). Back issues: 2001-.
L'Indépendant (Ouagadougou). No back issues available online.
Journal du jeudi (Ouagadougou). Back issues: 1999-.
L'Observateur paalga (Ouagadougou). Back issues: April 2000-.
L'Opinion (Ouagadougou). Back issues: 2002 only.
San Finna (Ouagadougou). Back issues: no.179-.
Sidwaya (Ouagadougou). Back issues: 2003.

Cameroon
Cameroon Tribune (Yaoundé). Back issues: 2002-.
Le Messager (Douala). Back issues: 2002-.

Côte d'Ivoire
Fraternité matin (Abidjan). Back issues: 1997-.
La National (Abidjan). Back issues: March 2000-April 2001.
Notre Voie (Abidjan). Back issues: 2000-.

Democratic Republic of Congo
Le Phare (Kinshasa). No back issues available online.

Ethiopia
Addis Tribune (Addis Ababa). Back issues: 1996-.

Gambia
The Independent (Banjul) Excerpts. No back issues available online.
The Observer (Banjul). Excerpts. No back issues available online.
The Point (Banjul). Excerpts. No back issues available online.

Ghana
The Accra Daily Mail (Accra). No back issues available online.
Daily Graphic. No back issues available online.
The Ghanaian Chronical (Accra). Back issues: Saturday issue preceeding the current issue.

Guinée
La Lance (Conakry). No back issues available online.

Kenya
Coast Express. Back issues: Previous month only.
Coastweek (Mombasa). No Back issues available online.
The East African (Nairobi). Back issues: 1999-.
East African Standard (Nairobi). Back issues: Previous Month only.
The Financial Standard No Back issues available online.
The Kenya Indexing Project.Online index of articles published in Nairobi newspapers. Includes articles since 1980.
The Kenya Times.Back issues: 2003.

Liberia
New Democrat (Monrovia). Back issues not available online.

Mauritius
L'Express (Port Louis). Back issues: 2003.
Le Mauricien (Port Louis). Back issues: 2003.
Le Mauricien Weekend (Port Louis). Back issues: list of previous issues for 2003.

Namibia
The Namibian (Windhoek). Back issues: 1998-.

Nigeria
Abuja Mirror (Abuja). Index for the years December 1997-August 2000.
The Comet. Please note that this site has not been updated since June 5, 2002. Back issues: January 2000-May 26, 2002.
Daily Independent(Ikeja, Lagos State). No back issues available online.
Daily Champion (Lagos). Must have a subscription to use the archives.
Daily Trust (Abuja). Back issues: August 2001-.
The Nigerian Tribune (Lagos). No back issues available online.
This Day (Lagos). Back issues: 2003 issues only.
Today Archives. Back issues: 1997-.
Vanguard (Lagos). Back issues: 2001-.
Weekly Trust (Kaduna). Back issues: News Stories are archived up to two months only.

Republic of Djibouti
La Nation. Back issues: 2001-.

Sénégal
Le Quotidien (Dakar). Back issues: 2003.
Le Soleil (Dakar). Back issues: 2003.
Sud Quotidien (Dakar). Back issues: Nov. 2002-.
Wal fadjri L'Aurore (Dakar). Back issues: 2003.

Seychelles
Seychelles Nation (Victoria). Back issues: 2000-.

South Africa
Business Day (Johannesburg). No back issues available online.
Financial Mail Interactive. Must have a subscription to search archives. Back issues: 1997-.
The Independent (Johannesburg). No back issues available online.
Mail & Guardian (Port Louis). Back issues: 1994-.
The Natal Witness (Pietermaritzburg). Back issues: Highlights of the issues 1997-.

Tanzania
The Arusha Times (Arusha). Back issues: January 2002-.
The Express (Dar es Salaam). Back issues: 2001-.

Uganda
Bukedde (Kampala). Back issues: 2000-.
The Monitor (Kampala). Back issues: 2000-.
The New Vision (Kampala). Back issues: 2000-.

Zambia
Daily Mail (Lusaka). No back issues available online.
The Monitor (Lusaka). Back issues: July 2002-.
Post (Lusaka). No back issues available online.
Sunday Mail (Lusaka). Back issues: 2000 only.
Times of Zambia (Lusaka). No back issues available online.

Zimbabwe
The Chronical (Bulawayo). No Back issues available online.
The Daily News (Harare). Back issues: 2002-.
The Financial Gazette (Harare). Back issues: 1997-2002.
The Zimbabwe Independent (Harare). Back issues: 2002.
The Zimbabwe Standard (Harare). Back issues: 2002-.

Please visit the African Studies Collection at Columbia University for electronic journals and more information about these newspapers.

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