Africa
Economies (http://www.mozambiquenews.com/s/africaeconomies/)
Links to other media and information sites.
Africa Film and TV (http://www.africafilmtv.com/)
A magazine and annual directory
on the African TV, film, and video industry. Site is mainly to promote the
publications but includes information on film news,
film festivals, news on satellite TV in Africa and TV production. From Z Promotions
Pvt. Ltd., Harare, Zimbabwe.
African Script Development Fund (http://www.icon.co.zw/asdf/)
"Assists the training of African writers to develop professional standard
film and television screenplays" and assists with marketing and distribution.
Sponsors workshops for African writers from several countries. Information on
applying to the workshop is provided. Based in Harare, Zimbabwe.
African journals online (http://www.ajol.info)
"offers the tables of contents and abstracts of articles from up to 50 journals
in agricultural sciences, science and technology, health and social sciences,
published in Africa." A keyword Search covers all journals. A pilot project
of the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications
(London), a cooperative network to improve access by developing countries to
scientific information. One can order photocopies of articles.
Afrol News (http://www.afrol.com/)
A portal link
to vast resources for sub-Saharan African countries.
Allzimbabwe.com (http://www.allzimbabwe.com/)
Current news, sports, property
news, etc. Based in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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.
Bargain Hunter (http://www.bargainhunter.co.zw)
Online edition of the print fortnightly
publication listing jobs, classified
ads, real estate, etc. "a wholly owned Zimbabwean (Southern Africa) company
which is spearheading the advertising industry through its free paper edition
and online website. Bargain Hunter is a weekly, adverts only magazine that is
targeted to all industries, institutions and individuals who are looking for
any type of bargain. The paper edition of the magazine is circulated free-of-charge
and can be obtained at different random collection points through-out the country." From
the Dee Tee Productions company. Based in Zimbabwe.
Committee to Protect Journalists (http://www.cpj.org/)
"A nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to the global defence
of press freedom." Has articles on threats to press freedom in Zimbabwe.
CountryWatch (http://www.countrywatch.com/)
Useful site for general data.
E-Zim.com. (http://www.e-zim.com/)
Links to news sources including news from
the opposition, Movement for Democratic Change, tourism information, the Lonely
Planet site, discussion forms, classified
advertisements, etc.
The Farmer (Harare, Zimbabwe) (http://www.thefarmer.co.zw/)
Business, Economy;
Media and Communications; Science and Technology Provides January-March 2002
issues of the weekly magazine, and subscription information.
Financial Gazette (http://www.fingaz.co.zw/)
Independent Harare newspaper. Selected
articles online. Includes companies, finance, and farming reports. Has back
issues from Aug. 1997.
Flame: reviews (http://www.diversity-studio.co.uk/flame/)
Diversity Studio site
with articles about Flame, a film directed by Ingrid Sinclair.
Global Archive -- Total Search (http://search.ft.com/search/index.html)
Searches
the archive of the British newspaper, Financial Times, online version.
Guardian (London) Special
Report: Zimbabwe (http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/)
"The UK's
most popular newspaper website."
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.
Journal of Theology
for Southern Africa (Braamfontein) (http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/ricsa/jtsa/index.htm)
Published by South African Council of Churches; provides tables of contents
and abstracts for 1972 through 1999 issues; full text of selected articles
from current
issue.
Mail & Guardian Online -- Zimbabwe (http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/links/africa/zim-land.html)
Many full text articles from the well-known newspaper.
Media Institute of Southern Africa (http://www.misa.org)
Non-governmental organization
which focuses on the promotion of free, independent and pluralistic media.
The headquarters in Windhoek, Namibia and its 11 chapters
are in Zimbabwe, Botswana, Malawi, Angola, Mozambique, Swaziland, Lesotho, Tanzania,
Namibia and South Africa, and Zambia.
Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (Harare) (http://mmpz.icon.co.zw/)
Its Weekly
Report carries analysis and reports on the political, economic, human rights
situation. Monitors and provides links to Zimbabwe's print media, television,
and radio. Links to current events, the elections.
Online Newspapers.com (http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/)
"
Thousands of
World Newspapers at your fingertips."
Radio Bridge Overseas Trust (http://www.radiobridge.org)
"Grassroot communication through radio." Site links to Science in
Africa: Africa's first on-line Science magazine; Sustainable Development
Internet Channel with its focus on water, energy, health agriculture, and bio-diversity;
Africa in pictures, and more.
Robertson Economic Information Services (http://www.economic.co.zw/)
Subscription
based. Has a free 30 day trial subscription. Economic information, Zimbabwe
finance house links, commentary by John Robertson, financial journalist
in Zimbabwe.
SAFERE: Southern
Africa Feminist Review (Harare, Zimbabwe) (http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/journals/safere/index.html)
"one of barely a handful of feminist journals coming out of Africa." An
academic journal published bi-annually by the Southern African Institute for
Policy Studies of the SAPES Trust, Harare, Zimbabwe. Has the table of contents.
SW Radio Africa (http://www.swradioafrica.com)
"The Independent Voice of Zimbabwe" is
a short-wave liberation radio station based in London broadcasting news on the
political situation in Zimbabwe
and music. Listen to past programs any time (requires soundcard, headset/speakers,
Windows Media Player). It broadcasts on the 6145khz wavelength in the 49m band,
daily 6 - 9 pm Zimbabwe time. See also a print article in Southern Africa Report,
(Johannesburg), Vol. 20, No. 2, Jan. 11, 2002.
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.
United States.
Agency for International Development (USAID) Leland Initiative: Africa Global
Information Infrastructure Project (http://www.usaid.gov/regions/afr/leland/countries.htm)
Covers telecommunications: Partner countries are: Benin Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire,
Eritrea. Ethiopia, Ghana , Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi,
Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,
and 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.
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.
World News Network - WN.com (http://www.wn.com)
Useful site for general data
for all of Africa.
ZOL - Zimbabwe Online (Pvt) Ltd (Harare) (http://www.zol.co.zw)
Internet service
provider; includes news and current events, directories to Zimbabwe sites,
sporting events, entertainment, health, many other sites.
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 the1980s Disturbances in Matabeleland and the Midlands. (Compiled
by the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe, March 1997)
Zimbabwe Independent Online (http://www.samara.co.zw/zimin/)
The full text of
selected articles (news, sports, features, letters to the editor, classified
ads) from the print edition of an independent newspaper. Their "Archive" has
back issues.
Zimbabwe Science
News (Harare) (http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/journals/zsn/index.html)
Published by the Zimbabwe Scientific Association, from 1967 to date. Has the
tables of contents and abstracts of article. Photocopies of articles can be ordered.
Pay by check or money order. From International Network for the Availability
of Scientific Publications (London). Association members also receive the Transactions
of the Zimbabwe Scientific Association.
Zimbabwe Standard Online (http://www.mweb.co.zw/standard/)
Weekly independent
Zimbabwe newspaper. Has selected articles - news, sports, letters to the editor,
restaurant reviews.
Zimmedia (http://www.zimmedia.com/)
An independent film and video production
company based in Harare. Its film, Flame, about a woman soldier in the War
of Liberation, was selected for the Cannes Film
Festival and won the Human Rights Watch Nestor Almendros Award.
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