Africa Action (http://www.africapolicy.org/)
Use the Search
form to locate reports, documents on Zimbabwe politics, women's
rights, farm workers, etc. Africa Action, incorporating the former American
Committee on Africa (ACOA), is based in Washington, D.C.
Africa Economies (http://www.mozambiquenews.com/s/africaeconomies/)
Links to
other media and information sites.
Afrol News (http://www.afrol.com/)
A portal link
to vast resources for sub-Saharan African countries.
Amnesty International (http://www.amnesty.org)
‘
Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to
promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and other international standards.' The English language homepage
provides articles on human rights questions and abuses in countries around the
globe.
CIA --
The World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html)
An annual publication of the CIA, contains up-to-date information on all aspects
of the political, social and military history of a particular country.
Chiefs of State and
Cabinet Ministers of Foreign Governments (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/)
Constantly updated lists of important governmental officers and their position
of all the world's countries is published by the CIA as a part of its website.
Commercial Farmers' Union. (http://www.cfu.co.zw/)
Established in 1942 and officially
represents commercial farming interests. Includes press releases, letters,
regarding the farminvasions, email addresses of producer
associations and the CFU branches, the CFU bulletin and newsletters.
Derechos Cafe - A Human Rights Hangout (http://www.derechos.net)
Offers documents,
web links arranged by region and country, news reports as well as a directory
of human rights organizations
.E-Zim.com. (http://www.e-zim.com/)
Links to news sources including news from
the opposition, Movement for Democratic Change, tourism information, the
LonelyPlanet site, discussion forms, classified
advertisements, etc.
Elections Around the World (http://www.electionworld.org/)
Updated on March 12,
2002
.Embassy of Zimbabwe in the U.S. (http://www.zimembassy-usa.org/)
Official site, with extensive, detailed information and links to numerous
related sites.
Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching
the Encyclopedia.com by country provides numerous narrative articles on its
history, culture, politics.
EnviroLink (http://www.envirolink.org/) " The
EnviroLink Network is a non-profit organization which has been providing access
to thousands of online environmental
resources since 1991."
Final Acts:
A Guide to Preserving the Records of Truth Commissions
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/press/peterson_finalacts.pdf
Dr. Trudy Huskamp Peterson. Final Acts: A Guide to Preserving the Records of
Truth Commissions (Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press; Baltimore: Johns
Hopkins University Press, 2005. 128 p.) Available in pdf version, this work is
a guide to questions of law, politics, physical preservation, and access regarding
materials generated by the 20 truth commissions thathavecompleted the work
of examining and reporting on the abuses of deposed regimes.
Foreign relations
of the United States (http://www.state.gov/www/about%5Fstate/history/)
Site is a permanent electronic archive of information released prior to Jan
2001. Provides full text primary documentary history of US foreign policy,
which includes:
Foreign relations of the United States, 1964-1968. Volume 24, Africa. Editors,
Nina Davis Howland, David S. Patterson. Washington, D.C. : Office of the Historian,
U.S. Dept. of State, 1999.
Global IDP Project (http://www.db.idpproject.org)
"
Raising awareness on
the plight of people internally displaced by conflict." Helen Suzman Foundation (http://www.hsf.org.za/)
"
Promoting liberal democracy
in South Africa and Southern Africa."
Human Rights Watch (http://www.hrw.org/)
"
Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported
by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide." Search
its records for reports on the human rights records, abuses, etc. of any given
country.
ICL Country Indexes (http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/home.html)
Constitutional
documents, and also for some countries texts on political parties and country
history, provided for the African countries of Angola, Congo Ethiopia,
Madagascar, Mauritania, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia. Last updated
Dec. 2002.
Integrated Regional Information Network
(IRIN) (http://www.irinnews.org)
A unit
of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. " ...pioneered
the use of e-mail and web technology to deliver and receive information to and
from some of the most remote and underdeveloped places in Africa, cheaply and
efficiently. Its reporting focuses on strengthening universal access to timely,
strategic and non-partisan information so as to enhance the capacity of the humanitarian
community to understand, respond to and avert emergencies. IRIN further supports
efforts at conflict resolution and reconciliation by countering misinformation
and propaganda."
Kubatana.net (http://www.kubatana.net)
The network alliance project; an on-line
community for Zimbabwean activists. "Aims
to strengthen the use of email and internet strategies in Zimbabwean NGO's
and civil society organisations." Includes texts of legislation.
Links To Essential Web Sites
for International Organizations (http://www.usemb.org.zm/wwwhint.htm)
Site of the Information Resource Center in Lusaka, Zambia. Links to parastatals
such as Red Cross, Red Crescent, ICRC, IMF, NATO, OAS, OECD, World Bank, WHO,
WTO, International Studies Association, and International Communications Union.
Mbendi, Information for Africa (http://www.mbendi.co.za)
"
Africa's leading business website and one of the world's top mining, energy
and international trade websites. The site has beendesigned to assist business-people
to identify and research business opportunities in the country and industry sectors
of their choice." Provides the economic profile, investment and information,
such as visa requirements and currency exchange rates.
Movement for Democratic Change (http://www.mdczimbabwe.com/)
The main opposition
party. Its President is Morgan Tsvangirai, former Secretary General of the
Zimbabwe Congress of TradeUnions. Has news, the party manifesto,
policy papers, profiles of leaders. One can join their e-mail list.
Mwengo (http://www.mwengo.org/)
Established in 1991. "MWENGO's mission is to strengthen the capacities of
NGOs in Eastern and Southern Africa to articulate and implement a development
agenda rooted in African experience and analysis." Provides the full text
of some publications.
National Constitutional Assembly (Zimbabwe) (http://www.nca.org.zw/)
NCA is a "conglomerate of human rights organisations, churches, trade unions,
women's groups, professionals and interested individuals. Representatives of
civic society have come together to initiate a process aimed at entrenching democratic
participation by ordinary Zimbabweans in the making of a new constitution and
in the governance of their country." Has the text of the draft constitution,
full text of the 2000 Constitution, selected full text articles from its journal,
Agenda, an e-mail list, full text pamphlets.
Nations of the world (http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/nations.html)
Guide to legal
materials of all types gathered by the Law Library of the U.S. Congress. Searchable
by country name.
Permanent Missions To The United Nations (http://www.un.int/)
This English language
home page offers statements of mission, policy, articles, and other vital information
relating to individual countries' missions
to the United Nations.
Political Reference Almanac (http://www.polisci.com/)
Information about country–general administration, and executive,
legislative, judiciary, local government, electronics, political parties
and organizations.
Political Resources on the Net (http://www.politicalresources.net)
Website covers
all aspects of government, the ministries, the political parties, elections,
as well as the news media.
Privacy International (http://www.privacyinternational.org/index.html)
Human
Rights group based in London; documents for Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
1999 report concerns South African privacy laws; includes full text of 45-page
Promotion of Access to Information Act of South Africa.
SADCBankers.Org - Committee of Central
Bank of Governors in SADCC (http://www.sadcbankers.org/)
Inaugural meeting on November 24, 1995 to contribute to the process of regional
economic cooperation and integration. SADC countries: Angola, Botswana, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles,
South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
South African Data Archive, SADA (http://www.nrf.ac.za/sada/)
Non-profit organization
that acts as a facilitator between data providers B statistical agencies, government
departments, market research companies, academic institutions
B and research community. Links to other data archives worldwide.
SouthScan.Net (http://southscan.gn.apc.org/)
Provides news from Southern, Central
and East Africa. Forecasting, and risk analysis provided by the bi-weekly e-journal
SouthScan, which dates from 1986, and the
Southern Africa Monthly Briefing Report (MBR) which dates from 1991.
Southern Africa Report Archive (http://www.africafiles.org/sar.asp)
Posted on
AfricaFiles, the full text of articles published in Southern Africa Report
are provided,from Volume 8 Number 1 (July 1992) to Volume 15 Number 4
(October 2000), mainly covering South Africa, Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe, Namibia,
but also Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania and Congo (Zaire).
The magazine (1985-2000) was published by the Toronto Committee for the Liberation
of Southern Africa (TCLSAC) that later became the Toronto Committee for Links
between Southern Africa and Canada (TCLSAC).
Southern Africa and
the Southern African Development Community (http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/sadc.html)
Provides economic and energy sector overview for the 14 member-states of Angola,
Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa,
Seychelles, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Overviews included also
for Comoros and Madagascar. Southern African Migration Project (http://www.queensu.ca/samp/)
Research program
facilitating new policy initiatives on migration; includes full text of selected
articles, reports and its newsletter. Also links to numerous
migration-related sites worldwide.
Southern African Research and Documentation
Centre (SARDC) (http://www.sardc.net/)
SARDC is an independent institution involved in the collection, analysis and
dissemination of information on Southern Africa and the Southern African Development
Community (SADC) and its member states.
U.S. Department of State (http://state.gov/)
Numerous documents concerning diplomatic
and international relations, travel advice and warnings relating to the countries
of the world are available on the
State Department's official site by searching under a particular country's
name.
UNRISD On-Line (U.N. Research Institute
for Social Development) (http://www.unrisd.org/)
"
UNRISD
carries out research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting
development. Through its research, UNRISD stimulates dialogue and contributes
to policy debates within and outside the United Nations system.
USAID Bureau for Africa (http://www.usaid.gov/regions/afr/)
Provides links to
country, regional and sector information.
United Nations (http://www.un.org)
The official site of the United Nations provides
articles, reports, etc. in several languages on all aspects of the initiatives
and mission of that organization
as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international relations,
etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.
United Nations. High Commission
for Refugees (UNHCR). Country of Origin and Legal
Information
(http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home)
These databases, containing
Country of Origin Information (COI) and Legal Information consist of selected
reports and documents compiled by the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees.
United States Committee for Refugees
(USCR) (http://www.refugees.org/index.cfm)
Founded in 1958 to complement the UN's initiative to aid refugees, the
USCR's site offers brief and detailed reports on refugee status in and
from the various countries of the world.
United States. Agency for International Development
(USAID) (http://www.usaid.gov/)
"
An
independent agency that provides economic, development and humanitarian assistance
around the world in support of the foreign policy goals of the United
States."
United States. Department of State (http://www.state.gov)
Numerous documents
concerning diplomatic and international relations, travel advice and warnings
relating to the countries of the world are available on the
State Department's official site by searching under a particular country's
name.
United States. Department
of State Report on Human Rights Practices (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/)
This web site lists the reports for 1999-2001.
United States. Embassy. Harare,
Zimbabwe (http://usembassy.state.gov/zimbabwe/)
Consular information and links to sites.
United States. Energy
Information Administration (EIA)--Country Analysis Briefs (CAB): Sub-Saharan
Africa. (http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/cabsaf.html)
Provides
an overview of the energy situation for all countries that are of current interest
to energy analysts and policy makers. Provides data on oil, natural
gas, electricity, coal, synthetic fuels; export, consumption, exploration and
production; includes economic, energy, and environmental overview; also gives
information on various factors affecting the energy sector. Links to important
U.S. government and worldwide sites. Country briefs for 2001 and 2002 provided
for: Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Rep. of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana,
Great Lakes, Horn, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan and the SADC countries.
Websites of U.S. embassies and consulates (http://usembassy.state.gov/)
Provides
information on US government mission and services, and public and private sector
information on each country.
Afrika.no: the Index on Africa (The Norwegian Council for Africa) (http://afrika.no/)
Links to news,
information, annotated resources on African countries. Sponsored by the Norwegian
Council for Africa.
The World Bank Group (http://www.worldbank.org)
A search by country yields numerous
English language reports on the economic development of regions of the world
and the World Bank Groups' advice,
initiatives and warnings concerning them.
World Legal Information Institute. (http://www.worldlii.org)
"
A global catalog and search engine for legal materials." A
collaborative project of the Australasian Legal Information Institute, British
and Irish Legal
Information Institute, Canadian Legal Information Institute, Pacific Islands
Legal Information Institute, WITS Law School, Hong Kong Legal Information Institute,
and Cornell Law School.
World Statesmen (http://www.worldstatesmen.org)
"
World Statesmen is an attempt at a comprehensive and accurate list of
the heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders
occupying neither of those formal positions) for all countries and territories,
going back to about 1700 or in some cases earlier. Some go further back, some
only from their creation. Some subdivisions of some countries are present including
native or traditional polities, provinces, or states. This sight also lists the
leaders of international, religious, and governmental organizations." Searchable
by leader or by nation, offers a map of the country, audio and text versions
of the national anthem, and text of the national constitution for most countries.
World Trade Organization (http://www.wto.org/)
Headquartered in Switzerland the
WTO, made up of member governments from around the globe, is dedicated to topics
concerning international trade and development.
Its English language "website contains material for a range of users, from
the general public to students, academics and trade specialists. It includes
introductions to WTO activities and a large database of official documents."
Worldwide Governments
on the WWW (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/world.html)
Provides
links to governmental institutions and political parties around the
world.
Zim Today (http://www.zimtoday.com/)
Current news (from Telegraph [UK], BBC,
Zim Today staff), political reports, chat on issues (land, corruption, Congo
war, economic crisis, human rights, AIDS,
etc.) full text of the Impeachment Articles Against Mugabe, full text of the
Report on the 1980s Disturbances in Matabeleland and the Midlands. (Compiled
by the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe, March 1997).
Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic
Front (http://www.zanupfpub.co.zw/)
The government's political party. History, press releases, politburo members,
land resettlement, cabinet ministers, etc.
Zimbabwe Agriculture Commodity
Exchange (ZIMACE) (http://www.samara.co.zw/zimace/)
"
The
Exchange's main objective is to facilitate trade by Zimbabwean farmers and buyers
in agricultural commodities based on afree market system and to provide
daily prices of farm produce. The Exchange trades in almost all crops except
tobacco and horticultural products."
Zimbabwe Democracy Trust
(London) (http://www.zimbabwedemocracytrust.org/)
Established
in April, 2000. Carries recent news and articles on the political situation,
has "first person accounts...to events in Zimbabwe." The
Trust is supported by Sir John Collins, Chester Crocker and others . "It
was set up to foster the principles of democracy and to campaign for the people
of Zimbabwe to be able to enjoy normal democratic freedoms."
Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Harare) (http://www.zesn.org.zw/)
Site for
complete election results by constituency for the March 2002 Presidential election,
the 2001 Bulawayo mayoral election, other elections from 1979-2000. "a
coalition of thirty-eight non-governmental organisations formed to co-ordinate
activities pertaining to elections. The major focus of the Network is to promote
democratic processes in general and free and fair elections in particular." Has
an Election Reporting Guide. SADC Parliamentary Forum Electoral Recommendations,
voting posters, cartoons, Papers and Articles, Statements. It plans to have full
text reports.
Zimbabwe Government. (http://www.gta.gov.zw/)
Official site. Has presidential addresses, ministers' statements on land reform,
state security, foreign policy,
biographies of the President and Vice President,
Zimbabwe news, pages on the land issue, constitutional issues, foreign affairs,
press freedom.
Zimbabwe Human Rights Non-Governmental
Organisations Forum (http://www.hrforumzim.com/)
Site for regular reports on human rights violations in Zimbabwe. NGO provides
legal and psycho-social services to victims of organized torture and violence.
Zimbabwe.
Draft Constitution (http://www.gta.gov.zw/Constitutional/Draft.Constitution.htm)
On the official government site. See also Constitutional Issues. |