Any newspapers that the University holds in print or as an online resource will appear when using the iDiscover catalogue. Many print runs will most likely be held at the main University Library.

The Cambridge eresources team has compiled a comprehensive LibGuide for international Newspapers which offers a list of online:

• Newspaper archives

• Current newspapers

• News sites

• Africa Confidential (Raven login) : one of the longest-established specialist publications on Africa, with a considerable reputation for being first with in-depth news and analysis on significant political, economic and security developments across the continent.

• African Newspapers, the British Library Collection (Raven login) : Nearly 60 African historical newspapers from the nineteenth century.

• Black Newspaper Collection (Raven login) : Ten Historical African American newspapers in the U.S. covering the period 1893-2010

• Electronic Journals and Newspapers on Africa (open access) : Freely available and relevant journals and newspapers listed by Columbia University Library information services.
• Factiva (Raven login) : Factiva is a database of over 8,000 business and news publications. Sources are in 22 languages, dating from 1969, including trade journals, newswires (Dow Jones, Reuters, and others), media programs, and company and stock reports. 
• Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) daily service reports (1974-1996) (Raven login) : Archive of 20th Century news from around the world. Global views on United States foreign and domestic policy after World War II.
• Middle Eastern & North African Newspapers (Raven login) : 84 publications key recording historic events from the late nineteenth century through the present.

• Rand Daily Mail, 1902-1985 (Raven login) : Quintessential reporting on South Africa from the Boer Wars to the apartheid era.

• World Newspaper Archive: African Newspaper Series 1 1800-1922: (Raven login) 

• World Newspaper Archive: African Newspaper Series 2 1835-1925: (Raven login) 

• AllAfrica.com (institutional access via Factiva) 

• BBC News - Africa

• CNN - Africa 

• Electronic Journals and Newspapers on Africa (Columbia University Library)

• Guide to African newspapers and newspapers on Africa (ILISS Africa)

• Inter Press Service (IPS) News Agency - news and views from the Global South

• Pan-African newspapers & news sites (World-Newspapers.com)

• SABC News - South African Broadcasting Corporation

The African Studies Library holds short runs of the following in print:

• Central African Mail (Lusaka) 1962-1965
• Daily Times (Nairobi) 1992-1993
• Daily Times (Nigeria) 1992-1993
• East African 1997-2000
• Imbila Kasoma (Zambia) 1966-1971
• Lyashi (Zambia) 1960-1965
• Mail & Guardian (SA) 1996-2009
• The Daily Nation (Kenya) 1990-1991
• The Standard (Kenya) 1987-1990
• Voice of the Arab World 1975-1981

We also hold current print subscriptions to the following news magazines:

• Africa Confidential
• Africa Report
• African Banker
• African Business
• Jeune Afrique

Please ask us at the issue desk for further help with our newspaper collection, or fill in an online fetching form for any of the titles listed above.

The African Studies Library pays for subscription access to the Cooperative Africana Materials Project (CAMP) 

CAMP acquires and preserves materials in microform and digital formats. 

CAMP collects:

• newspapers
• journals
• government publications
• personal and corporate archives
• personal papers of scholars and government leaders  

CAMP's materials are in many African and European languages, including Swahili, Portuguese, French, Zulu, Xhosa, English, and German.

Search the CAMP catalogue here.

Please email us if you would like to order any materials from CAMP.  Please bear in mind, items are generally loaned from the USA in microfilm format, however some material may be available digitally whilst on-campus.  Please ask us for further details.