For Library of Congress contact information and materials,
consult the Botswana
Country page of the African Section of the African and Middle
Eastern Division. The Library of Congress Online Catalog is available
at http://catalog.loc.gov .
To track bills and other Congressional materials having to do
with the topic, consult the Library’s Thomas Legislative Information
page at: http://thomas.loc.gov .
AdmiNet - Africa (http://www.adminet.com/africa/)
Links to: government, business, culture, etc.
Africa In Sight (http://www.africainsight.org)
Useful homework and ready reference site for basic information, statistical
data, and highlights about a country. Provides a quiz, articles, news, etc.
Africa
South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources, Stanford
University (http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide.html)
One of the best sites for finding links to helpful documents and web pages
about African studies. Searchable by many subjects and by country.
African
Studies Internet Resources. Columbia University (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/)
"Columbia University's collection of African Studies Internet Resources
is an on-going compilation of electronic bibliographic resources and research
materials on Africa available on the global Internet, created under the purview
of the African Studies Department of Columbia University Libraries. Electronic
resources from Africa are organized by region and country. All materials
are arranged to encourage an awareness of authorship, type of information, and
subject. The scope of the collection is research-oriented, but it
also provides access to other web sites with different or broader missions."
Afrol News (http://www.afrol.com/)
A portal link to vast resources for sub-Saharan African countries.
Botswana Gazette (http://www.gazette.bw)
Weekly on-line newspaper, published every Wednesday.
British Council. (http://www.britcoun.org/)
Offices in Africa are in Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra
Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and
Zimbabwe.
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.
CNN Interactive -- Africa (http://www.cnn.com/)
Current information on weather, business, science, tourism, etc.
Country Reports about ... (http://www.countryreports.org/)
Offers links to sites about many countries by such subjects as government, the
military, economy, the weather, etc.
CountryWatch (http://www.countrywatch.com/)
Useful site for general data.
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.
The Government of Botswana
Web Site (http://www.gov.bw/home.html)
Site offer information of tourism, government, business and the economy.
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.
Links To Essential
Web Sites for International Organizations (http://www.usemb.org.zm/wwwhint.htm)
Site of the Information Resource Center in Lusaka, Zambia. Links to
parastatals such as Red Cross, Red Crescent, ICRC, IMF, NATO, OAS, OECD, World
Bank, WHO, WTO, International Studies Association, and International
Communications Union.
Lonely
Planet - Destinations (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/)
Search by country to find information on travel, attractions, history, culture, and
environment. of that location.
Mbendi, Information for
Africa (http://www.mbendi.co.za)
"Africa's leading business website and one of the world's top
mining, energy and international trade websites. The site has been designed
to assist business-people to identify and research business opportunities
in the country and industry sectors of their choice." Provides the
economic profile, investment and information, such as visa requirements
and currency exchange rates.
Mmegi (http://www.mmegi.bw)
"Mmegi is the biggest independent newspaper in Botswana." Weekly
on-line newspapers, published every Friday."
OneWorld.net (http://www.oneworld.net/)
Searchable by country, regions and topics. Includes current headlines
and special reports.
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.
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.
U.S. Department of State (http://state.gov/)
Numerous documents concerning diplomatic and international relations, travel
advice and warnings relating to the countries of the world are available on
the State Department's official site by searching under a particular
country's name.
U.S. Department
of State - Background Notes (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/)
Background Notes are factual publications that contain information on all the
countries of the world with which the United States has relations. They
include facts on the country's land, people, history, government, political
conditions, economy, and its relations with other countries and the
United States.
US-Africa.org (http://us-africa.tripod.com/index.html)
"Open Window to Africa for business, travel and education...provides -country
files, photo albums, an impressive collection of pan African links, an
event calendar and extensive information about economy, history, and
culture."
United Nations (http://www.un.org)
The official site of the United Nations provides articles, reports, etc. in
several languages on all aspects of the initiatives and mission of that organization
as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international
relations, etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.
United
Nations ReliefWeb (http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/ByCountry/)
"ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)... serving the information
needs of the humanitarian relief community" Offers news updates to crisis
situations around the world and includes information about refugee camps and
other relief efforts.
United States. Agency for
International Development. Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) (http://www.dec.org)
"The purpose of the DEC is to strengthen USAID's development projects, activities, and
programs by making ... development experience documents available
to USAID offices and mission staff, PVO's, NGO's, universities
and research institutions, developing countries, and the public worldwide."
United States. Department
of State (http://www.state.gov)
Numerous documents concerning diplomatic and international relations, travel
advice and warnings relating to the countries of the world are available on
the State Department's official site by searching under a particular
country's name.
United
States. Library of Congress. Virtual Reference Shelf (http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html)
The Library of Congress has mounted this useful site on its home page to give
scholars and researchers access to common online sources which are excellent
for initial stages of research. These online tools are organized by subject
and format, e.g., "Almanacs and Fast Facts," "Directories," "Libraries," etc.
Websites of U.S. embassies
and consulates (http://usembassy.state.gov/)
The U.S. State Department offers a directory featuring links to its
embassies and consulates worldwide. The directory is divided by geographic
area, such as Africa, the Americas, Europe and Eurasia, East
Asia and the Pacific, the Near East and North Africa, and South Asia.
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 Desk Reference (http://uk.dk.com/)
Searchable by country, this is the online version of the handbook with
more than 5000 illustrations and maps.
World News Network - WN.com (http://www.wn.com)
Useful site for general data for all of Africa. |