Allafrica.com is a content site for African news and information. According to information found on the ‘Who We Are’ page of the site, more than 1,000 new posts are published daily in English and French, and the database contains archived material from the Africa News Service dating back to 1997. The site also offers multilingual streaming programming.
The main link categories across the top of the home page include ‘Content Providers’, ‘BizTech’, ‘Sustainable’ and ‘Peace’. Links are also present for registered users to manage their accounts and contribute content to the site. Topic links are listed alphabetically on the left sidebar. An alternating image block displays top stories and ‘Top News Headlines’ are listed as well as headlines from ‘Sponsor Wire’ and ‘Top Headlines’ from specific regions.
Users may view news by region or country, or by topic. The top ten ‘Most Active Stories’ headlines are listed by ‘Most Read’, ‘Most Commented’ and ‘Most Emailed’. The site is also searchable by keyword. ‘Upcoming Events’ are listed.
Users may view the site in a French version, make this site their home page, receive headlines via mobile devices, or subscribe to RSS feeds. The contact page states all email addresses were removed from this site due to spam and virus attacks. Users may submit a feedback form if the answers they were seeking weren’t found on the feedback page.