New Nigerian (OPEN ACCESS)
Africa | Kaduna, Nigeria | in English | 1966–2001
Regional daily coinciding with the end of the first Nigerian republic and subsequent military juntas.
L’Essor du Congo (OPEN ACCESS)
Africa | Elisabethville, Congo | in French | 1930–1960
National daily founded by colonial authorities of the Belgian Congo; went defunct following Congolese independence.
Independence Evening Post (OPEN ACCESS)
Asia | Taiwan, Taipei | in Chinese | 1947–1995
The only pro-Independence Taiwanese newspaper during the period of the Kuomintang regime.
El Comercio
Latin America | Lima, Peru | in Spanish | 1839–1928
Deep historic archive of Peru’s newspaper of record, covering the end of the early modern period.
Jornal de Debates (OPEN ACCESS)
Latin America | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | in Portuguese | 1946–1949
Political and cultural weekly featuring long form articles on topics including the nationalization of oil.
Akhbar Filastin (OPEN ACCESS)
Middle East | Gaza, Palestinian Territories | in Arabic | 1963–1967
One of the first Gazan newspapers; published during the tumultuous period of Egyptian and Israeli occupations.
El Moudjahid (OPEN ACCESS)
Middle East/North Africa | Algiers, Algeria | in Arabic and French | 1957–1962
One of the founding documents of independent Algeria; published continuously during the Algerian war.
Estoniia (OPEN ACCESS)
Slavic | Tallinn, Estonia | in Russian | 1991–2001
Successor title to Sovetskaia Estonia, chronicling the early history of independent Estonia.
Svobodné slovo (OPEN ACCESS)
Slavic | Prague, Czech Republic | in Czech | 1945–1967
National daily surviving the collapse of the Austro-Hungary, as well as Nazi and Soviet occupations.
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Die Transvaler (OPEN ACCESS)
Africa | Johannesburg, South Africa | in Afrikaans | 1938–1985
The ideological mouthpiece of the Transvaal branch of South Africa’s National Party; it was an influential newspaper among apartheid regime proponents.
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Choya Shinbun (OPEN ACCESS)
Asia | Tokyo, Japan | in Japanese | 1875–1889
An influential newspaper during the Meiji period; it was best known for supporting the socialist Freedom and People’s Rights movement.
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El Imparcial (OPEN ACCESS)
Latin America | San Juan, Puerto Rico | in Spanish | 1918–1972
An influential conservative, pro-independence tabloid in Puerto Rico; it is best known for its reportage on political corruption in the 1940s.
Noticias Graficas (OPEN ACCESS)
Latin America | Buenos Aires, Argentina | in Spanish | 1943–1950
A popular evening newspaper in Buenos Aires, notable for its illustrated center pages; it was shut down during the dictatorship of Pedro Eugenio Aramburu.
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Al Madina
Middle East | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | in Arabic | 1959–2001
One of the oldest newspapers in Saudi Arabia; it is best-known for covering national politics from a pro-government viewpoint, while providing more critical coverage of non-political news.
Al-Ba’ath
Middle East | Damascus, Syria | in Arabic | 1949–1997
The ideological mouthpiece of the ruling Ba’ath party in Syria; it is best known for its coverage of the split within the original Ba’ath Party, as well as the 1970 Syrian coup.
Nowy Dziennik
Slavic | New York, USA | in Polish | 1971–2022
The largest independent Polish-language newspaper in the United States; it is best known for its coverage of Polish independence movements in the 1980s.
V Novom Svete
Slavic | New York, USA | in Russian | 1995–2022
A popular newspaper among the fourth generation of Russian immigrants to the USA; it was best known for its striking interviews with contemporary political and cultural leaders in Russia.
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