Research Guides: POLS 235: African Politics (HC): News

Using News Sources

Africa confidential
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Current news and analysis of political and economic issues.
Africa research bulletin. Economic, financial, and technical series
One of a two part monthly journal that surveys and analyzes issues continent-wide. This part addresses economic and financial issues.
Africa research bulletin. Political, social, and cultural series
This is the second part of the journal devoted to political, social, and cultural issues.

AllAfrica.com
Free online access to recent news stories and features gathered from the entire continent.
New York Times
Full-text access to news articles, blog posts, videos, images, and multimedia features. Coverage from 1851-present.
ProQuest Research Library
Provides citations and full-text magazine and journal articles in a wide variety of disciplines, both scholarly and popular in scope. Covers 1971-present.

World News Connection
Contains hundreds of international news for the period 1995-2013. Material is obtained from non-U.S. open-source political speeches, television programs, radio broadcasts, newspaper articles, periodicals, and books. Content focuses primarily on military, political, environmental, scientific, technical, and socioeconomic issues and events.