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9 articles mention Africa in the last 7 days (Oct 21 to Oct 27).
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| Reason | America Is Spending Billions To Fight the War on Terror in Africa. The Terrorists Are Winning.Reason Terrorism fatalities in Africa rose more than 100,000 percent between 2002 and 2022, according to the federal government. | 0.60● | |
| Bloomberg | Russia Is Said to Widen Military Recruitment Drive in AfricaBloomberg Moscow is turning to poorer countries after Kenya and South Africa issued warnings, according to a Ukrainian report seen by Bloomberg. | 0.60● | |
| The Guardian | Forget the Live Aid image, Africa is only a broken continent in the minds of the west | Moky MakuraThe Guardian Innovators and business leaders are driving progress across the continent-wide, but the ‘visibility gap’ prevents the rest of the world from truly seeing it Thirty years ago, shortly after South Africa emerged from apartheid, I left London for Johannesburg in search of a better life. Not long afterwards, a friend who was preparing to visit from the UK called with an intriguing question: do they have ATMs in South Africa? After I picked myself off the floor, I explained that not only did South Africa have ATMs, but in many respects its banking system was far more advanced than the one I had left behind in Britain. She was surprised and – dare I say – delighted that she wouldn’t have to lug a wad of cash around South Africa after all. Continue reading... | 0.60● | |
| Semafor | Africa's job market fails to provide decent work for youth, think tank saysSemafor The continent’s youth could be a huge asset but what they need is secure, well-paid work, according to the African Center for Economic Transformation. | 0.70● | |
| Semafor | Africa at risk of continent-wide Ebola crisis, health chief warnsSemafor African governments are preparing a broader response as Ebola spreads across three regions. | 0.70● | |
| The New York Times | The Map of Africa Is Being Redrawn. It’s a Trap.The New York Times It’s been many years since the continent seemed more spectral, and its people more vulnerable, than it does now. | 0.70● | |
| The New York Times | Ebola Outbreak in Africa Reaches Widest Expansion EverThe New York Times Health officials are urgently seeking answers about the origins of a case newly identified in Nigeria, the first in that West African nation. | 0.60● | |
| The Guardian | Severely ill ICE detainees face imminent deportation to unknown African states, advocates sayThe Guardian Flights to third countries where the detainees have no ties are scheduled as early as Wednesday, relatives detail Relatives of gravely ill detainees at two Florida immigration jails say authorities are about to deport their loved ones to unknown countries in Africa despite worsening medical conditions. Flights are scheduled as early as Wednesday, according to the families and the immigration advocacy group the Workers Circle, which has been monitoring conditions and speaking with detainees inside two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities in south Florida. Continue reading... | 0.30 | |
| Semafor | Africa doesn’t have to 'pick sides' between US and ChinaSemafor The head of the UK’s development finance body added that prioritizing clean power made it impossible to remove Chinese firms from supply chains. | 0.60● |
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| The New York Times | 0.8% | 2 | 255 |
| The Guardian | 0.3% | 2 | 609 |
| Bloomberg | 0.3% | 1 | 320 |
| Semafor | 2.1% | 3 | 140 |
| Reason | 1.0% | 1 | 97 |
Coverage by lean
The share of stories that match the query, in the last 7 days, averaged over the outlets of each political lean with at least 3 stories. The groups differ in size, so a single outlet weighs more in the smaller ones.
- Left-leaning3 of 15 sources
- 0.1%
- Least biased1 of 8 sources
- 0.3%
- Right-leaning1 of 15 sources
- 0.1%
Lean index −0.5: covered more by left-leaning outlets
Each outlet at its MBFC bias score, from −10 (far left) to +10 (far right), as high as the share of its stories that match the query. The lean index is the average score of the outlets covering it, weighted by that share.
lean indexour sources' average (+0.4)leftcenterright
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