afrol News is an independent
news agency
A news agency is an organization that gathers news reports and sells them to subscribing news organizations, such as newspapers, magazines and radio and television broadcasters. A news agency may also be referred to as a wire service, newswir ...
, established in 2000, that exclusively covers the
African continent, publishing an
online news portal in the
English
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* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
,
French,
Spanish
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* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
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and
Portuguese language
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s.
Type of coverage
On 25 May 2010, the agency reported that about two million
Chadians were at risk of having a famine occur in their regions after the combined effects of two years of drought and pestilence had ruined their harvest yet again.
Staff writer
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(25 May ''010 010 may refer to:
* 10 (number)
* 8 (number) in octal numeral notation
* Motorola 68010, a microprocessor released by Motorola in 1982
* 010, the telephone area code of Beijing
* 010, the Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the R ...
').
"Chad Could Slip into Famine"
''afrol News''. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
References
External links
Official WebsiteGeneral News World
African journalism
Mass media companies established in 2000
Mass media companies of Africa
Multilingual news services
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