The New Times
The New Times is Rwanda's leading English-language daily newspaper, published in Kigali. Its site covers Rwanda, business, Africa, international affairs, technology, agriculture, health and sport.
The New Times at a glance
- Country
- Rwanda
- Region
- East Africa · Africa
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- newtimes.co.rw ↗
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Is The New Times left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
Crosswire lists The New Times as Center within Rwanda'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 New Times beside another title from Rwanda and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Two dailies from Rwanda 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 New Times's editorial choices, and they are easiest to see side by side. Because The New Times is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning title from Rwanda either side of it and the direction each one pulls becomes measurable rather than impressionistic.
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Where The New Times sits in Rwanda's press
The New Times is one of 4 outlets tracked in Rwanda and the only daily newspaper tracked there. By outlets tracked, Rwanda ranks 21st 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 The New Times outside Rwanda, starting with East Africa, are Daily Nation (Kenya), The Reporter (Ethiopia), The Citizen (Tanzania) and Daily Monitor (Uganda). Opening one of them beside The New Times is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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