The Nation

Malawi's biggest-selling daily newspaper, published in Blantyre by Nation Publications Limited, founded in 1993 by politician-businessman Aleke Banda. With sister titles Nation on Sunday and Weekend Nation, it is known for solid political and investigative reporting, and its Nation Online site is one of the country's principal news destinations.

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The Nation at a glance

Country: Malawi
Region: Southern Africa · Africa
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups The Nation

Crosswire groups The Nation as Centrist for comparisons within Malawi'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 The Nation sits in Malawi's press

The Nation is one of 4 outlets tracked in Malawi, and one of 2 daily newspapers among them — the other being The Times Group. By outlets tracked, Malawi ranks 30th 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 The Nation outside Malawi, starting with Southern Africa, are TimesLIVE (South Africa), Jornal de Angola (Angola), Mmegi (Botswana) and Eswatini Observer (Eswatini). Opening one of them beside The Nation is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.