Le Calame

Le Calame is an independent French-language weekly newspaper published in Nouakchott since 1993. Long associated with critical commentary on Mauritanian public life, it offers political reporting, analysis and opinion columns, and its website carries the weekly's articles, making it a reference for francophone readers following Mauritanian politics.

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Le Calame at a glance

Country: Mauritania
Region: West Africa · Africa
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Website: lecalame.info ↗
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How Crosswire groups Le Calame

Crosswire groups Le Calame 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 Le Calame sits in Mauritania's press

Le Calame is one of 4 outlets tracked in Mauritania and the only daily newspaper tracked there. 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 73 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Le Calame outside Mauritania, starting with West Africa, are L'Essor (Mali), Sidwaya (Burkina Faso), Le Sahel (Niger) and Daily Observer (Liberia). Opening one of them beside Le Calame is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.