allafrica.com

Newest Review: ... from our own award-winning reporters.' Also when you first arrive on the site you are given the option to read the site in French which is very good because the site caters for the two main languages of the west. This site isn't set out as well as the BBC for instance as this site isn't very flashy and trying to force us to download multimedia clips but it provides the main purpose of the site which is the news. The main news section of the site contains very in-depth news reports and also there are large photo's on the site. The news reports when I went to look at them were very topical and weren?t just some issue'... more

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allafrica.com: Great African News Source (630 words)
by - written on 14/05/02 (Very useful, 42 readings)
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This site as you guessed it has something to with Africa. This site is contains the news from all over Africa from various news agencies which submit their news to allAfrica. The site is split into three main sections. These sections are 'Top Stories', 'Regions' which have news from different areas of Africa and the final section of the site is 'Topics' which is split into all the various current news issue's in Africa such as AIDS and Music. This site when you first arrive introduces you with the mission statement of the website which is 'AllAfrica Global Media is the leading provider of African news and information ... Read the complete review

The News we don't hear! (175 words)
by - written on 01/02/01 (Very useful, 17 readings)
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Fresh news daily from more than seventy African publications.Some photographs too. The news that is reported by the media in UK does not contain much about Africa. The stories have to be sensational before they are given even a brief mention. Famines and wars get coverage but that is about all. allAfrica.com brings you the stories that aren't covered by other media. The site is divided into regions: north, west, east, central and southern Africa and stories are available in English or French (useful for linguists). Get all the news from Africa sent directly to your WAP phone too. There is also a gallery of African pictures available on the ... Read the complete review

A different perspective - allafrica.com (383 words)
by - written on 24/08/00 (Very useful, 77 readings)
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When did you last read a item about Africa in your newspaper? African events seem to make it into European newspapers only if either at least 100 people get killed, or if they involve a European or American organisation or celebrity (but not even Bill Clinton's recent visit to Nigeria seems to get much coverage). So, is nothing happening in Africa except for wars, famine and desasters? If you believe this, then AllAfrica (www.allafrica.com) is the site where you can get a different perspective on Africa - an insiders' perspective. AllAfrica is a news portal which collects items from over 60 African newspapers, magazines and press agencies. It is easy to ... Read the complete review

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