Catholic Hierarchy: Country List (http://catholic-hierarchy.org/country/)
Current and historical information about the bishops and dioceses.
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.
Infoplease (http://www.infoplease.com/)
Part of the electronic Learning Network, this homepage allows searches by country which yield articles in almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical works, etc. Additional reference links are provided as well.
MSN Encarta (http://encarta.msn.com)
“Posts facts about this country's geography and history along with images, maps, and news updates.” Search e-library for periodical articles.
Peace Agreements Digital Collection (http://www.usip.org/library/pa.html)
The Peace Agreements Digital Collection in the Jeannette Rankin Library of the United States Institute of Peace strives to contain the full text of agreements signed by the major contending parties ending inter- and intra-state conflicts worldwide since 1989. Agreements are held of the following African countries: Angola, Burundi, Cote d’Ivoire, DRC, DRC-Rwanda, Eritrea-Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau. Liberia, Mozambique, Congo, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Sudan-Uganda.
Southern African Military Webring (http://lib.sun.ac.za/SAMIL/)
Central page linking numerous Southern African military web pages; links to over 80 military sites including South African military history; provides brief annotations as to content and quality of each site.
Welcome to the Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique (http://www.embamoc-usa.org/)
Provides information on US policy and services.
World History Archive (http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/)
Provides documents on the teaching and learning of world history from a non-Eurocentric perspective.
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.
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