Alakhbar

Alakhbar is a Nouakchott-based Mauritanian online news agency publishing primarily in Arabic. Describing itself as the country's first independent news agency, it reports on national politics, society, security and the wider Sahel, and its dispatches are frequently picked up by regional and international media covering Mauritania.

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Alakhbar at a glance

Country: Mauritania
Region: West Africa · Africa
Kind of outlet: News agency
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Alakhbar

Crosswire groups Alakhbar as Centrist for comparisons within Mauritania's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where Alakhbar sits in Mauritania's press

Alakhbar is one of 4 outlets tracked in Mauritania, and one of 2 news agencies among them — the other being Agence Mauritanienne d'Information. By outlets tracked, Mauritania ranks 20th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Africa hub, which lists 178 outlets in all.

Across Africa, Crosswire tracks 9 of the 51 news agencies in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Alakhbar outside Mauritania, starting with West Africa, are Inforpress (Cape Verde), ENA (Ethiopia), Agence Djiboutienne d'Information (Djibouti) and Seychelles News Agency (Seychelles). Opening one of them beside Alakhbar is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.