Below is a list of reputable sources with current events, scholarship, and commentary about Africa:
Newsletters and Blogs
- Africa Brief (Foreign Policy), by Nosmot Gbadamosi
- Foreign Policy is accessible for free when connected Columbia Wi-Fi
- An Africanist Perspective, by Ken Opalo
- African political economy, foreign affairs, and general commentary.
- Africa in Transition (Council on Foreign Relations), by Ebenezer Obadare and Michelle Gavin
- Political and security developments across sub-Saharan Africa.
- Sahel Research Group Weekly News Brief (University of Florida)
- Friday morning brief on the latest developments across Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Chad
- Sawahil, by Alex Thurston
- Primarily West Africa, MENA, Islam, and politics
- This Week in Africa, by Jeffrey Paller and Phil Dube
- Weekly compilation of news and new scholarship from across the continent
Publications and Newspapers