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The Nation

Malawi's biggest-selling daily newspaper, published in Blantyre by Nation Publications Limited, founded in 1993 by politician-businessman Aleke Banda. With sister titles Nation on Sunday and Weekend Nation, it is known for solid political and investigative reporting, and its Nation Online site is one of the country's principal news destinations.

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Is The Nation left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?

Crosswire lists The Nation as Center within Malawi'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 The Nation beside another title from Malawi and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Two Malawi dailies 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 The Nation's editorial choices, and they are easiest to see side by side. Because The Nation is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning Malawi title 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 . Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.

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