African Newspaper Subscriptions

AFRICAN NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTIONS AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES:
Current newspapers are shelved in the Kent Cooper Room, Herman B Wells 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 1989-1996. 

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

Gambia:
Gambia Daily (Banjul).  AN9. B3 G4 1994-1998 GIMSS, Microfilm.

Guinea:
Le Lynx (Conakry).  Back issues: 1992-. AP103.L9.

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

Lesotho:
Makatolle (Roma).  DT2541.M3 1961-1962, 1964, Rsch coll.  AN95.S58 M3 1992-1998, GIMSS, Microfilm.  Title has Ceased. 
Moafrika (Roma).  DT2541.M63 1993-.
Mololi (Maseru).  Holdings uncertain.  Journal began in 1997 and ceased Nov. 2000.
Mopheme (Roma).  AN9. M3 M6 1994-1996, GIMSS Microfilm, 1997-.  Ejournal,  Current year only in Kent Cooper Room.

Mali:
Les Echos (Bamako).  Microfilm HC1035 .A1 E25 1989-1994, 1996-2000, GIMSS Microfilm.
L'Essor (Bamako).  Back issues: 2000-. Print copy is located in the Newspaper reading room.
Républicain (Bamako).  AN27 .M3 R4 1993-2000, GIMSS Microfilm.  Current year located in the Newspaper Reading Room.

Nigeria:
Gaskiya Ta Fi Kwabo (Kaduna).  Located in the Newspaper reading room. AN95.H18 G24 1975-1996, GIMSS Microfilm.
Guardian (Lagos).  Current daily issue is available online. A subscription is required to access the archive of "previous issues."  Print issues have been cancelled.

Tanzania:
Family Mirror (Dar es Salaam).  DT436 .F36 1991-1998, GIMSS Microfilm.

Uganda:
Sunday Vision (Kampala).  Current issue is available online as well as a searchable archive which includes issues from 2000-2003.  This paper has ceased.

Zambia:
Sunday Times of Zambia (Ndola). AN237 1972-1974, GIMSS Microfilm.  Current issues are available online.

Zimbabwe:
The Herald (Harare).  AN9>H3 H47 1995-1997, GIMSS Microfilm.  Latest Issue in Kent Cooper Room, previous issues are located in the Newspaper Reading Room.
People's Voice (Harare).  Current issue in 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:

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

Burkina Faso:
L'Independant (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:
Le Messager  (Douala).  Back issues: 2002-.

Cote d'Ivoire:
Fraternite 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.

Djibouti:
La Nation.  Back issues: 2001-.

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

Gambia: 
The Observer (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.

Kenya:
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 Journal.  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.

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:  
Daily Champion (Lagos).  Must have a subscription to use the archives.
This Day (Lagos).  Back issues: 2003 issues only.
Vanguard (Lagos). Back issues: 2001-.

Senegal:
Il est midi (Dakar).  No back issues.
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.

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 (Johannesburg). 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).  Archive access by subscription.
The Independent  (Kampala).  Weekly newspaper. Some archive articles are available.

Zambia:
Daily Mail (Lusaka).  No back issues available online.
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 Chronicle (Bulawayo).  No Back issues available online.
The Financial Gazette (Harare).  Back issues: 1997-2002.
The Zimbabwe Independent (Harare).  Back issues: 2002.
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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