Global News

This section brings together sites providing global news with Africa and the African Diaspora as the central vantage point. We invite you to bookmark this page for easy reference to these sites.

BBC News | Africa
News and current events from the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). World renowned for their up-to-date news and programming, the BBC has an online counterpart in BBCi. It also offers BBC World Service with a choice of 43 different languages to view the site in, ranging from English to Chinese to Somali to Arabic and more.

news.bbc.co.uk/africa
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice

Africa Online
News and current events. We stay current by going here: this is an amazing site full of stories, current events, and information for the african world.

www.africaonline.com

Africana.com
Presenting itself as "The Gateway to the Black World," this site provides current coverage of events in Africa and the Diaspora. One can search for articles on religion and spirituality..

www.africana.com

allAfrica.com
"AllAfrica Global Media is a multi-media content service provider, systems technology developer and the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide."

www.allafrica.com (english)
www.allafrica.com (français)

Africa Daily
Up-to-date information, current news, and links to specific African newspapers as well.

www.africadaily.com

Afrol.com
A news agency covering the African continent. In Spanish and English.

www.afrol.com (english)
www.afrol.com (español)

Jamboweb.com
Provides up-to-date news articles as well as links to African music on the web, links to prominent sites in and about Africa, and a listing of restaurants and events related to Africa and African Diaspora.

www.jamboweb.com

USAfricaonline.com
"[The} first African-owned, U.S-based professional newspaper to be published on the world wide web, is listed among the world's leading web sites by the international newspaper, USAToday."

www.usafricaonline.com

Africa Intelligence
A news site which considers itself to be "the first professional site covering Africa," updated daily. It is offered in both French and English.

www.africaintelligence.com (english)
www.africaintelligence.fr (français)

Smart News Network International
"The Smart News Network International is a grouping of news organizations committed to sharing their news on a daily basis." News is focused particularly on southern Africa.

www.snni.org

IRIN
Integrated Regional Information Networks reports, featuring daily news about Africa and western Asia. Offered in both French and English.

www.irinnews.org (english)
www.irinnews.org (français)

O Globo Online
News and current events. A Brazilian news site in Portuguese and updated daily.

http://oglobo.globe.com

OneWorld.net
This news site is "Bringing together a network of people and groups working for human rights and sustainable development from across the globe." It has sections on Africa as well as all Europe, Asia, and much of North America. Also links to learningchannel.org, aidschannel.org, etc.

www.africa.oneworld.net

ABYZ News Links
This site has news links categorized by continent and then further categorized by region and country. The media type, focus, languages, and home country of each site is also indicated. A thorough source.

www.abyznewslinks.com

Ethnic Newswatch
Ethnic NewsWatch provides both English and Spanish language search interfaces. It surveys news, culture, and history from over 200 publications of the ethnic, minority, and native press.

www.ethnicnewswatch.com