AllAfrica

{{Short description|African-sourced online news aggregator}} {{Lowercase title}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox website | url = {{URL|https://allafrica.com}} | name = AllAfrica | logo = AllAfrica logo.png | type = News website | owner = AllAfrica Global Media }} '''AllAfrica''' (styled as '''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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 April 2014 |title=Amadou Ba |url=https://www.journalismfestival.com/speaker/amadou-ba |website=International Journalism Festival |language=en}}</ref> The website operates from offices in Cape Town, Dakar, Abuja, Monrovia, Nairobi and Washington, D.C.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who We Are - allAfrica.com |url=https://allafrica.com/misc/info/about/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=allafrica.com}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=allAfrica.com - Databases |url=https://search.library.wisc.edu/database/UWI50646 |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries}}</ref> It has the contents of 127 contemporary African newspapers, and news feeds from several hundred organizations internationally.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AllAfrica.com |url=https://lib.ku.edu/database/allafricacom |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=KU Libraries |language=en-US}}</ref> It maintains a searchable 400,000-item archive dating back to 1997.<ref name=":0" /> The Executive Chair of AllAfrica Global Media is Amadou Mahtar Ba.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 10, 2016 |title=Co-Chairs, Panelists and Deputies - Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment |url=https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/News%20and%20events/Stories/2016/HLPWomensEconomicEmpowermentBiographiesCoChairsPanelists.pdf |website=UN Women |page=2 |quote=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.}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{Official website|https://allafrica.com}} *[https://reliefweb.int/organization/allafrica ReliefWeb archives of AllAfrica] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927013245/http://www.naacp.org/advocacy/international/allafrica/index.htm NAACP archives of AllAfrica] (archived 27 September 2007)

Category:South African news websites Category:Mass media about Africa Category:Organizations based in Washington, D.C.