Sidwaya

Sidwaya is Burkina Faso's state-owned daily newspaper, created in 1984 and published in Ouagadougou by Éditions Sidwaya, a public company. Billing itself as the daily of all Burkinabè, it is the government's paper of record, covering official activity, national politics, regional news from across the country, the economy, culture and sport in print and online.

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Sidwaya at a glance

Country: Burkina Faso
Region: West Africa · Africa
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Website: sidwaya.info ↗
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How Crosswire groups Sidwaya

Crosswire groups Sidwaya 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 Sidwaya sits in Burkina Faso's press

Sidwaya is one of 4 outlets tracked in Burkina Faso, and one of 2 daily newspapers among them — the other being Le Pays. 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 73 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Sidwaya outside Burkina Faso, starting with West Africa, are Punch (Nigeria), Graphic Online (Ghana), Le Soleil (Senegal) and L'Essor (Mali). Opening one of them beside Sidwaya is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.