About Newsfromafrica

About company

Newsfromafrica is an independent online news agency that publishes news and feature stories written from an African perspective. It is an initiative of the Koinonia Community, a non-profit humanitarian organization that works among marginalized groups in Kenya, Zambia, and Sudan. It publishes regular news, features, press reviews, and editorials. All the articles published in Newsfromafrica are written from the perspective of the African grassroots people in their struggle for freedom, dignity and justice. Initially known as Africanews, the agency first went to press on 15 April 1996 as Africa’s very first electronic news bulletin. Its current domain name was launched in October 2003 and its operations are based in Nairobi, Kenya.