Le Soleil

Crosswire lists Le Soleil as Center within Senegal's media spectrum — the grouping it uses both for genuinely centrist titles and for outlets the major media-bias assessments do not place consistently on one side.

Read Le Soleil beside another title from Senegal and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Two dailies from Senegal covering the same day will usually agree on the facts and differ on the ordering: which story is worth the top of the page, how the headline characterises it, and which follow-ups get space. Those are Le Soleil's editorial choices, and they are easiest to see side by side. Because Le Soleil is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning title from Senegal either side of it and the direction each one pulls becomes measurable rather than impressionistic.

This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed 2026-08-31. Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.

Le Soleil is one of 4 outlets tracked in Senegal and the only daily newspaper tracked there. By outlets tracked, Senegal ranks 11th 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 Le Soleil outside Senegal, starting with West Africa, are Sidwaya (Burkina Faso), Le Sahel (Niger), Daily Observer (Liberia) and The Point (Gambia). Opening one of them beside Le Soleil is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.