Nyasa Times

Malawi's most prominent online news publication, launched in 2006 and long run with editorial operations partly outside the country, which helped it publish stories mainstream domestic media avoided. Updated around the clock in English, it covers politics, corruption scandals, business and entertainment and draws a large readership at home and across the diaspora.

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Nyasa Times at a glance

Country: Malawi
Region: Southern Africa · Africa
Kind of outlet: Digital-native outlet
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Nyasa Times

Crosswire groups Nyasa Times 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 Nyasa Times sits in Malawi's press

Nyasa Times is one of 4 outlets tracked in Malawi, and one of 2 digital-native outlets among them — the other being Malawi24. 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 64 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Nyasa Times outside Malawi, starting with Southern Africa, are Swaziland News (Eswatini), Carta de Moçambique (Mozambique), Mwebantu (Zambia) and New Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe). Opening one of them beside Nyasa Times is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.