Burkina24
Burkina24 is a digital-native news outlet founded in 2011 and based in Ouagadougou. Publishing around the clock, it covers Burkinabè politics, security, business, culture and sport with text and video, and has grown into one of the country's most-visited online news sources, particularly among younger readers and the Burkinabè diaspora.
Burkina24 at a glance
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Region
- West Africa · Africa
- Kind of outlet
- Digital-native outlet
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- burkina24.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups Burkina24
Crosswire groups Burkina24 as Centrist for comparisons within Burkina Faso'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 Burkina24 sits in Burkina Faso's press
Burkina24 is one of 4 outlets tracked in Burkina Faso and the only digital-native outlet tracked there. By outlets tracked, Burkina Faso ranks 13th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Africa hub, which lists 178 outlets in all.
Across Africa, Crosswire tracks 64 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Burkina24 outside Burkina Faso, starting with West Africa, are L'Avenir (Côte d'Ivoire), Journal du Mali (Mali), ActuNiger (Niger) and Guinéenews (Guinea). Opening one of them beside Burkina24 is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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