AsylumLaw.org (http://www.asylumlaw.org)
“Run by an international consortium of agencies that help asylum seekers in Australia, Canada, the United States, and several countries in Europe. Over 95% of the content on this site is open to the public, including asylum seekers from any country and the lawyers or advocates who represent them.”
Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR) (http://www.ciir.org/ciir.asp)
Areas of work, HIVAIDS, children, primary health work in the African countries of Namibia, Somalia, and Zimbabwe.
Catholic Internet and E-mail Directory of Southern Africa (CIDSA) (http://www.smom-za.org/cidsa/cidsa.htm)
Provides names, e-mail addresses; information on the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference, Dioceses and Parishes, Religious Orders and Congregations, Catholic Organisations, Catholic Schools, Catholic Health Care, Catholic Bookshops & Repositories, Catholic Publications, personal homepages and E-Mail addresses of Catholics.
Christian Network Links for Africa (http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/cecilian/777/safrica.htm)
Extensive list of sites for Southern African religious (Christian) organizations.
Civnet (New York, NY) (http://civnet.org/)
Website of Civitas International. An online resource and service for civic education practitioners
(teachers, teacher trainers, curriculum designers), as well as scholars, policymakers, civic-minded journalists, and non-governmental organizations promoting civic education....Presents excerpts from numerous documents, articles and reports on civic education, civil society; in English and French.
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.
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) (http://www.comesa.int/)
Official site which offers business, economic and statistical documents. Member states are Angola, Burundi, Comoros, DRC, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Development Gateway Country Overview (http://www.developmentgateway.org/)
“The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals build partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty.” Search by development projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites and documents.
Directory of Development Organizations (http://www.devdir.org/)
“The Directory is a compilation of contact data of the main sources of assistance available for private sector development (micro, small an medium-sized enterprises) and poverty reduction. A wide range of organizations is included in the Directory: international organizations, government ministries, private sector institutions, development agencies, universities, research and training institutes,
NGOs/PDOs, grantmakers, banks, microfinance institutions, and development consulting firms.” Searchable by keyword.
Human Sciences Research Council, HSRC (http://www.hsrc.ac.za/)
Supports programs in education, human resources (health, youth, etc.), science development, social dynamics; provides such databases as South African Data Archive. A Modern Constitutions Database enables comparison and analysis of constitutions from, for example, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
International Committee of the Red Cross (http://www.icrc.org/eng)
A search of this English language version of the ICRC site provides reports on the current humanitarian initiatives of this organization in any given country.
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.
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 Center for Cooperation in Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Training (SACCAR) (http://www.info.bw/%7Esaccar/sacca.htm)
“Was established in 1984 by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to coordinate and monitor agricultural and natural resources research and training activities in the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Sector of SADC, and to promote cooperation between member states."
Southern African
Centre for Defence Information (SACDI) (http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/)
Links to defense-related working papers and briefs.
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.
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.
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.
The World Conservation Union (http://www.iucn.org)
Founded in 1948, and with 980 members in 140 countries. “The World Conservation Union brings together States, government agencies and a diverse range of non-governmental organizations in a unique world partnership.”
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