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''Africa Confidential'' is a fortnightly newsletter covering politics and economics in
Africa Confidential
' was originally printed on blue airmail paper and was thus nicknamed "The Blue Sheet". It is available by subscription only. ''Africa Confidential'' focuses on issues that affect the continent, analyses political complexities and reports on areas and topics that receive little coverage in the mainstream press. With its investigations into corruption and political intrigue, the journal punches above its weight and was famously the subject of a record six-year libel case that ended in June 2001. Its
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Africa Confidential
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Africa-Asia Confidential
Magazines published in London Newsletters Magazines established in 1960 1960 establishments in the United Kingdom Africa-focused media
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
. It was established in 1960 and is owned by the British company Asempa Limited. Founded by a group of six individuals under the banner of Miramoor Publications, Africa Confidential
' was originally printed on blue airmail paper and was thus nicknamed "The Blue Sheet". It is available by subscription only. ''Africa Confidential'' focuses on issues that affect the continent, analyses political complexities and reports on areas and topics that receive little coverage in the mainstream press. With its investigations into corruption and political intrigue, the journal punches above its weight and was famously the subject of a record six-year libel case that ended in June 2001. Its
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and ...
, Kenya
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, Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
and Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
coverage often makes the news in the mainstream press. Patrick Smith has edited ''Africa Confidential'' since 1991. Former editors include Richard Kershaw (1964–1968) and Stephen Ellis (1986–1991).
In 2007, ''Africa Confidential'' launched a monthly newsletter called ''Africa-Asia Confidential
''Africa-Asia Confidential'' was first published in November 2007 by the same group that owns ''Africa Confidential'', Asempa Limited of Cambridge. The newsletter was founded in response to the growing political and economic relations between Afric ...
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References
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Electronic Journals Library (EZB)
AtoZ electronic journals focused on Africa (NAI)
External links
Africa Confidential
* http://ejournals.ebsco.com/Journal2.asp?JournalID=103013
Wiley Interscience
Africa-Asia Confidential
Magazines published in London Newsletters Magazines established in 1960 1960 establishments in the United Kingdom Africa-focused media