The Observer
The Observer is a Ugandan newspaper published by Observer Media Ltd, covering national news, business, politics, education and sport. It is regarded as one of Uganda's more independent print and online titles.
The Observer at a glance
- Country
- Uganda
- Region
- East Africa · Africa
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- observer.ug ↗
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How Crosswire groups The Observer
Crosswire groups The Observer as Centrist for comparisons within Uganda'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 Observer sits in Uganda's press
The Observer is one of 5 outlets tracked in Uganda, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being Daily Monitor and New Vision. By outlets tracked, Uganda ranks eighth 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 Observer outside Uganda, starting with East Africa, are The New Times (Rwanda), La Nation (Djibouti), The City Review (South Sudan) and L'Express de Madagascar (Madagascar). Opening one of them beside The Observer is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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