L'Express de Madagascar
One of Madagascar's leading daily newspapers, published in Antananarivo since 1995, mainly in French with some Malagasy content. Regarded as a newspaper of record for the island, it covers national politics, the economy, justice and culture, and its website is among the most consulted Malagasy news sources at home and in the diaspora.
L'Express de Madagascar at a glance
- Country
- Madagascar
- Region
- East Africa · Africa
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- lexpress.mg ↗
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How Crosswire groups L'Express de Madagascar
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Where L'Express de Madagascar sits in Madagascar's press
L'Express de Madagascar is one of 2 outlets tracked in Madagascar and the only daily newspaper tracked there. By outlets tracked, Madagascar ranks 44th 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 L'Express de Madagascar outside Madagascar, starting with East Africa, are Daily Nation (Kenya), The Reporter (Ethiopia), The Citizen (Tanzania) and Daily Monitor (Uganda). Opening one of them beside L'Express de Madagascar is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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