AllAfrica explained

AllAfrica
Type:News website
Owner:AllAfrica Global Media

allAfrica is a website that aggregates and produces news primarily on the African continent about all areas of African life, politics, issues and culture. It is owned by AllAfrica Global Media, a multi-media content service provider and the largest distributor of African news worldwide.[1] The website operates from offices in Cape Town, Dakar, Abuja, Monrovia, Nairobi and Washington, D.C..[2] AllAfrica is the successor to Africa News Service.

Its stories can be displayed by categories and subcategories such as country, region, and by news topic. In 2008, AllAfrica rolled out a comment board system. The website is available in both English and French.[3]

It has the contents of 127 contemporary African newspapers, and news feeds from several hundred organizations internationally.[4] It maintains a searchable 400,000-item archive dating back to 1997. The Executive Chair of AllAfrica Global Media is Amadou Mahtar Ba.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 30 April 2014 . Amadou Ba . . en.
  2. Web site: Who We Are - allAfrica.com . 2024-05-20 . allafrica.com.
  3. Web site: allAfrica.com - Databases . 2024-05-19 . University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries.
  4. Web site: AllAfrica.com . 2024-03-02 . . en-US.
  5. Web site: March 10, 2016 . Co-Chairs, Panelists and Deputies - Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment . . 2 . Amadou Mahtar Ba is a seasoned professional with wide experience in African and U.S. markets in the fields of media, governance, technology and innovation. He is Co- Founder and Executive Chair of AllAfrica Global Media, Inc..