Lefaso.net

Lefaso.net is Burkina Faso's leading online news portal, founded in 2003 and based in Ouagadougou. Independent and widely used as a reference source, it publishes news, interviews, analysis and reader debate on Burkinabè politics, security, the economy and society, and hosts communiqués and opinion pieces that make it a central hub of the country's public conversation.

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Lefaso.net at a glance

Country: Burkina Faso
Region: West Africa · Africa
Kind of outlet: News portal
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Lefaso.net

Crosswire groups Lefaso.net 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 Lefaso.net sits in Burkina Faso's press

Lefaso.net is one of 4 outlets tracked in Burkina Faso and the only news portal 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 11 of the 80 news portals in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Lefaso.net outside Burkina Faso, starting with West Africa, are Seneweb (Senegal), IPP Media (Tanzania), Défi Media Group (Mauritius) and mediacongo.net (DR Congo). Opening one of them beside Lefaso.net is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.