Acacia: The Internet: Out
of Africa (http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-1-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html)
“The Acacia initiative is an international program to empower sub-Saharan communities with the ability to apply information and communication technologies (ICT’s) to their own social and economic development.” Includes a newsletter, a 2001-2005 prospectus, a map of the digital divide, and more. Text in English and in French.
The African Conservation Foundation from African websites.net (http://www.africanconservation.com/)
“The portal for the Conservation of Africa's Flora and Fauna... provides in-depth information from our project network as well as conservation databases, interactive knowledge base & discussion forums and many other resources.”
Convention on Biological Diversity (http://www.biodiv.org/default.asp)
Promotes conservation, sustainable use and equitable benefit sharing.
EnviroLink (http://www.envirolink.org/)
“The EnviroLink Network is a non-profit organization which has been providing access to thousands of online environmental resources since 1991.”
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.
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.”
International Rivers Network: Linking human rights and environmental protection (http://www.irn.org/programs/lesotho/)
Links to projects in Lesotho, Uganda, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Kenya Ghana, and Tanzania.
Leo Internet Services (http://www.co.ls/)
Lesotho sites: government, banks, businesses, organizations, and schools.
Lesotho Highlands Water Project (http://www.lhwp.org.ls/)
“The bi-national, Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), between the Kingdom of Lesotho (KOL) and the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is one of the most comprehensive engineering projects of its kind in the world, aimed at harnessing the water resources of the highlands of Lesotho to the mutual advantage of South Africa and Lesotho.”
Lesotho Meteorological Service (http://www.lesmet.org.ls/)
Provides information on forecasting and weather and climate products and services.
Lesotho Web Sites (http://www.lesotho.gov.ls/websites.htm)
Lists web sites for the government, businesses, organizations, educational institutions and associations, and radio within Lesotho.
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.
Omni Resources (http://www.omnimap.com/catalog/int/safrica.htm)
Burlington, North Carolina commercial site; sells wide variety of maps of South Africa and many of its cities, including geological, topographic, provincial, road maps, and street guides.
SAfAIDS--Southern
Africa Aids Information Dissemination Service (http://www.safaids.org)
SAfAIDS is a regional HIV/AIDS resource (RHR) established in 1994 and based in Zimbabwe. The organization's goal is to disseminate HIV/AIDS information in order to promote, inform and support appropriate responses to the epidemic in the fields of HIV prevention, care, long-term planning and coping with the impact. Site covers all of Southern Africa. Lists NGOs and government departments in Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
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 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.
United States. Energy Information Administration (EIA)--Country Analysis Briefs (CAB): Sub-Saharan Africa. (http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/cabsaf.html)
Provides an overview of the energy situation for all countries that are of current interest to energy analysts and policy makers. Provides data on oil, natural gas, electricity, coal, synthetic fuels; export, consumption, exploration and production; includes economic, energy, and environmental overview; also gives information on various factors affecting the energy sector. Links to important U.S. government and worldwide sites. Country briefs for 2001 and 2002 provided for: Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Rep. of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Great Lakes, Horn, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan and the SADC countries.
United States. Energy Information Administration. Energy Data (http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/contents.html)
Annual energy, energy balance and other energy-related data for the period 1980-2000; presented by fuel category; includes forecasts.
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.
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.
Welcome
to Lesotho-A Kingdom in the Sky (http://www.africa-insites.com/)
This travel guide to Lesotho presents photographs, general country data, an activity index and tourist news and advice.
World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/home-page/)
The official site of the WHO offers text in English, French or Spanish on its mission and health initiatives, programs and warnings world wide.
World Species List-- Animals Plants Microbes. (http://species.enviroweb.org/)
Includes endangered species.
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