Windhoek Observer
Windhoek Observer is one of Namibia's oldest newspapers, now an English-language news website carrying the slogan 'Democracy in the mirror'. It covers national news, money, opinion and sport.
Windhoek Observer at a glance
- Country
- Namibia
- Region
- Southern Africa · Africa
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- observer24.com.na ↗
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How Crosswire groups Windhoek Observer
Crosswire groups Windhoek Observer as Centrist for comparisons within Namibia'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 Windhoek Observer sits in Namibia's press
Windhoek Observer is one of 4 outlets tracked in Namibia, and one of 4 daily newspapers among them — the others being The Namibian, Namibian Sun and Informanté. By outlets tracked, Namibia ranks 32nd 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 Windhoek Observer outside Namibia, starting with Southern Africa, are Eswatini Observer (Eswatini), Lesotho Times (Lesotho), The Nation (Malawi) and O País (Mozambique). Opening one of them beside Windhoek Observer is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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