L'Union

L'Union is Gabon's main daily newspaper, published in Libreville by Sonapresse since 1975. Long aligned with the state as the country's semi-official daily, it covers Gabonese politics, government, the economy, society and sport nationwide, and its website carries the paper's daily coverage online, making it a fixture of the Gabonese press.

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L'Union at a glance

Country: Gabon
Region: Central Africa · Africa
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Website: union.sonapresse.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups L'Union

Crosswire groups L'Union as Centrist for comparisons within Gabon's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where L'Union sits in Gabon's press

L'Union is one of 4 outlets tracked in Gabon and the only daily newspaper tracked there. By outlets tracked, Gabon ranks 28th 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 L'Union outside Gabon, starting with Central Africa, are Les Dépêches de Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo), Cameroon Tribune (Cameroon), Le Pays (Chad) and Iwacu (Burundi). Opening one of them beside L'Union is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.