Dakaractu
Dakaractu is a Senegalese online news outlet covering breaking national news, politics, security and sport. It publishes continuously updated text and photo coverage and offers mobile apps.
Dakaractu at a glance
- Country
- Senegal
- Region
- West Africa · Africa
- Kind of outlet
- Digital-native outlet
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- dakaractu.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups Dakaractu
Crosswire groups Dakaractu as Centrist for comparisons within Senegal'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 Dakaractu sits in Senegal's press
Dakaractu is one of 4 outlets tracked in Senegal, and one of 2 digital-native outlets among them — the other being PressAfrik. By outlets tracked, Senegal ranks 11th 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 Dakaractu outside Senegal, starting with West Africa, are Pulse Ghana (Ghana), L'Avenir (Côte d'Ivoire), Journal du Mali (Mali) and Burkina24 (Burkina Faso). Opening one of them beside Dakaractu is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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