For Library of Congress contact information and research and
bibliographic materials on Senegal, consult the Senegal
Country page of the African Section of the African and Middle
Eastern Division, see also the Library's online catalog available
at http://catalog.loc.gov for
books, and materials in other formats held by the Library, and
the Library's Thomas Legislative Information at: http://thomas.loc.gov for
legislative materials (bills, hearings, acts, etc.) relating to
relations between the United States and the Republic of Senegal,
as well as to the interests of the Senegalese-American community.
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.
The Corporate Council on Africa--Useful Links (http://www.africacncl.org/Links/index.asp)
Information on the composition of the government and business activities with American companies available in French and English.
Elections World (http://www.electionworld.org/)
Names of political persons.
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.
Federation of American Scientists (http://www.fas.org)
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) “is the oldest organization dedicated to ending the worldwide arms race, achieving complete nuclear disarmament, and avoiding the use of nuclear weapons for any purpose.” Whatever one’s views are on its goals, a search of the site yields valuable information on a country’s armament found only with difficulty elsewhere.
Gouvernement du Senegal (http://www.gouv.sn)
Important Senegalaise source on names of national institutions, political parties, municipal institutions and political leaders.
Governments on the WWW: Senegal (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/sn.html)
Governmental organizations and references to more online sources.
Le Ministere de la Jeunesse (Senegal) (http://www.jeunesse.gouv.sn/)
Provides information on government involvement with youth activities.
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.
Senegal (http://www.washlaw.edu/forint/africa/senegal.htm)
Legal information on the country included is the constitution.
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.
Worldwide Governments on the WWW (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/world.html)
Provides links to governmental institutions and political parties around the
world.
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