Le Soleil
Le Soleil is Senegal's main state-aligned daily newspaper, published in Dakar. Its site covers politics, economy, society, culture, sport and technology, and hosts a web-TV component.
Le Soleil at a glance
- Country
- Senegal
- Region
- West Africa · Africa
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- lesoleil.sn ↗
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How Crosswire groups Le Soleil
Crosswire groups Le Soleil 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 Le Soleil sits in Senegal's press
Le Soleil is one of 4 outlets tracked in Senegal and the only daily newspaper tracked there. 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 73 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Le Soleil outside Senegal, starting with West Africa, are Sidwaya (Burkina Faso), Le Sahel (Niger), Daily Observer (Liberia) and The Point (Gambia). Opening one of them beside Le Soleil is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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