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Media and Communications: Congo (Democratic Republic)

Includes news, newspapers, journals, radio, television, news services, press abstracts, publishing and bookseller associations.

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 African & Middle Eastern Division,
Collections and Services Directorate

Africa Economies (http://www.mozambiquenews.com/s/africaeconomies/)
Links to other media and information sites.

Afro1 Index and Links (http://www.afrol.com/netscape%5Findex.htm)
A portal link to vast resources for sub-Saharan African countries.

BBC World Service.com (http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/)
Searching this site by country or by topic, offers a choice of news headlines, country profiles, and additional web links on specific aspects such as sports.

Clandestine Radio Intel Web (http://www.clandestineradio.com/intel/)
Includes essays as well as very specific information about non-government sponsored radio stations, and related web sites.

Committee to Protect Journalists (http://www.cpj.org/)
Searching this site results in a list of recent documents from a number of web sites concerning media activities and press freedom in many countries.

Congo Online (http://www.congonline.com/)
Site for general data.

CountryWatch (http://www.countrywatch.com/)
Useful site for general data.

Demain Le Congo (http://www.dlcongo.com/)
Congolese newspaper.

Global Archive -- Total Search (http://search.ft.com/search/index.html)
Searches the archive of the British newspaper, Financial Times, online version.

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.”

The Internet Public Library (http://www.ipl.org)
Good site for school children.

L'Observatoire de L'Afrique Centrale (http://www.un.int/drcongo/)
Weekly newspaper. Current events, Archives.

Le Post (http://www.thepost-congo.com/)
Bi-weekly Congolese newspaper.

LePhare (Kinshasa) (http://www.le-phare.com/)
Daily independent newspaper.

MONUC - United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (http://www.monuc.org/eng/)
Maintained by the MONUC Information Technology Section and Publica Information Office; not an official document of the United Nations. Provides information on MONUC, news, multimedia and activities of other UN agencies within the DRC. Text in English and in French.

Online Newspapers.com (http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/)
“Thousands of World Newspapers at your fingertips.”

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer WebRing (http://l.webring.com/hub?sid=&ring=rpcv&id=&index)
Web pages written by current or returned Peace Corps Volunteers.

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 African Development Community (SADC) (http://www.sadc.int/)
Offers information on the regional development projects and the integration of the economies of member states of Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Washingtonpost.com: World (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/)
Search by country to find recent articles appearing in this newspaper.

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.

Welcome to Africa. No - the Index on Africa (http://afrika.no/)
Links to news, information, annotated resources on African countries. Sponsored by the Norwegian Council for Africa.

World News Network - WN.com (http://www.wn.com)
Useful site for general data for all of Africa.

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