Actualité.cd

Kinshasa-based French-language news site founded in 2016 by journalist Patient Ligodi. One of the most-read digital outlets in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it covers national politics, the conflict-hit east, economy and culture with a network of correspondents across the provinces, and is frequently cited by international media reporting on the country.

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Country: DR Congo
Region: Central Africa · Africa
Kind of outlet: Digital-native outlet
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Actualité.cd

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Where Actualité.cd sits in the DR Congo's press

Actualité.cd is one of 4 outlets tracked in the DR Congo, and one of 2 digital-native outlets among them — the other being 7SUR7.CD. By outlets tracked, the DR Congo ranks 25th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Africa hub, which lists 178 outlets in all.

Across Africa, Crosswire tracks 64 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Actualité.cd outside the DR Congo, starting with Central Africa, are Journal de Brazza (Republic of the Congo), Corbeau News Centrafrique (Central African Republic), Journal du Cameroun (Cameroon) and Alwihda Info (Chad). Opening one of them beside Actualité.cd is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.