Abstract
Studies about the flow of news out of Africa and about the continent's image generally lead to the conclusion that Africa is not favourably portrayed in Western media and that news out of Africa is exceptionally negative and limited to regions of conflict. The article looks at news from Africa in two weekly news magazines, the American Newsweek and the German Der Spiegel. The study finds that both publications report about Africa on a regular basis and that, over a period of one year, the majority of African countries are covered. However, most of the news comes from regions of conflict and can be regarded as crisis news. This is especially the case in Der Spiegel. In Newsweek the ratio of crisis to non-crisis news is more balanced, and news about economic development, African culture, religion and sport features prominently. An analysis of the accompanying photographs and illustrations published and a study of comparable stories, one from each publication, confirm the discrepancies between the two publications.
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