Horn of Africa Web Links
Below are links by topical categories to resources primarily in English providing information generally on conflict in the Horn of Africa. For related web links, see Eritrea Web Links, Ethiopia Web Links, Sudan Conflict Web Links and Regional Resources: Africa.
These links complement the Special Report: Building for Peace in the Horn of Africa: Diplomacy and Beyond.
General Resources
The sites below collect links to other Internet resources which describe the background, history and current events in the Horn of Africa.
- Africa
South of the Sahara
An extensive collection of well-annotated links compiled by Karen
Fung at Stanford University for the African Studies Association.
Includes links to email lists, special projects, databases and archives,
articles and documents, NGOs, news and general sources. Organized
alphabetically within country (Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Somalia,
Sudan,
Uganda),
region (Eastern Africa, Horn
of Africa) or topic. The web site also has topical
categories of links, as well as a site searching capability.
- African
Studies WWW, University of Pennsylvania
Annotated links from the African Studies Center at the University
of Pennsylvania, organized by topic and by African country. Country
links vary according to individual country but generally include
a flag image, map, documents, language resources, regional resources,
etc.
- INCORE
guides to Internet sources on conflict and ethnicity
A selective list of annotated links to news sources, articles and
documents, NGOs, maps, general sources, etc. from the Initiative
on Conflict Resolution & Ethnicity, a joint project of the University
of Ulster and the United Nations University. Includes a general
guide on Africa and the Horn countries of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda
and Sudan.
- Index on Africa
The web site for Index on
Africa, a project of the Norwegian Council for Africa, contains
extensive annotated links, organized by news
pages, subject
pages and country
pages. Within each individual country page, links are organized
by subject category. Interesting features include the number of
links listed for each category, the tabulation of hits on a specific
link since it was added to the web page, as well as the opportunity
to rate the link. Search
capability is available for the web site.
- International
Cultural Center (ICC) Library--East Africa Links
From Texas Tech University, a selection of mostly annotated links
for East Africa to internet search tools (with automatic searches
from three search engines) and other useful general resources.
Government Agencies and International Organizations
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Organization for African Unity (OAU)
United Nations
- Integrated
Regional Information Network (IRIN): Horn of Africa
IRIN, a
unit of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA), provides a clearinghouse of information for humanitarian
and international communities on the crises in sub-Saharan Africa.
Its web site contains special reports and news briefs organized
by country and region. Links
to related web sites include the Global
IDP Project on internally displaced persons. An e-mail
subscription for IRIN reports is also available.
- Reliefweb
Sponsored by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs, this site provides extensive current news and information
on a broad range of humanitarian relief issues in Eritrea and worldwide.
The web site includes maps, a archive of documents, links to related
sites and a search engine. It has the latest news and information
on complex
emergencies, including Eritrea/Ethiopia,
Somalia,
Sudan
and Horn
of Africa Drought.
- Task
Force on Long-Term Strategy for the Horn of Africa
Web site created under the auspices of the UN Administrative Committee
on Coordination (ACC) to coordinate the work of UN
agency members and partners on the "UN Response to Long-Term
Food Security, Agricultural Development and Related Aspects in the
Horn of Africa." Includes links to agencies, partners, country information,
and a final
report.
- United Nations Economic Commission
for Africa (ECA)
Web site of the UN organization based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Includes links to reports, statements, news sources, a database
of meetings and events on Africa (part of the UN Special Initiative
on Africa), a list
of member states, ECA partners and other organizational
information.
- UNHCR Country
Profiles
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) details
the assistance offered to refugees in each country, lists links
to documents and articles on UNHCR operations and provides a tabular
statistical fact sheet on refugee information for each country.
United States
- Africa:
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2000
Index to reports for individual countries from the Bureau of Democracy,
Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State. Reports for previous
years are available online from 1993.
- U.S. Agency for
International Development: USAID in Africa
Web site of USAID contains information on activities in Africa,
regional initiatives such as the Greater
Horn of Africa Initiative (GHAI), country information, testimony,
speeches, press releases and publications, and links to related
web sites. Also included is a special section on the Greater
Horn of Africa Peace Building Project (GHA), which includes
PDF files of a report, executive summary, overview of the project
and case studies. (PDF files (require Adobe®
Acrobat® Reader to view.) Search
capability available.
- U.S.
Department of State - Bureau of African Affairs
Archived web site of the U.S. Department of State includes links
to official statements, press briefings, fact sheets, and links
to other related Internet sites. Includes an index for individual
country profiles.
Maps and Guides
- CIA
World Factbook
Country information for each country, including those in the Horn
of Africa, covering the geography, people, economy, government,
and infrastructure. Includes a map of each country.
- Horn
of Africa Dynamic Mapping Site
Web site "contains imagery and geospatial data provided by the National
Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Imagery
and Mapping Agency (NIMA)." Allows customizable maps with the make
a map feature.
- Maps
of Africa
Maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection of the
University of Texas at Austin for the Horn of Africa countries include:
Horn
of Africa and Horn
of Africa: Ethnic Groups and maps for individual countries.
These maps were produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
- ReliefWeb
Map Centre: Africa
Regional maps from the ReliefWeb
Map Centre include situational maps of refugees, population
density, rainfall, drought, HIV/AIDS, for all areas of Africa, including
the Horn. A special section has maps related to the Horn
of Africa Drought with links to maps for individual countries.
Also links to the Horn of Africa.
- U.S. Geological
Survey: EROS Data Center: Greater Horn of Africa Project
Maps that "analyze factors affecting food security in the Greater
Horn of Africa region," include maps detailng natural resources,
population, climate variability and vegetation.
- Your Nation
An interactive database with information derived from the CIA
World Factbook, Your Nation allows the user to compare or rank
statistics for any two countries or display a statistical summary
for an individual country. Settings are customizable.
Media and News Sources
Political Resources
- African
Governments on the WWW
This web site, part of a world-wide governments on the web site
compiled by Gunnar Anziger, collects links of all aspects of a country's
official representation on the Web, including internal and external
ministries, embassies, missions to the United Nations and related
web sites.
- Dinka-Nuer
Peace Process and Reconciliation
Documents associated with the March 31, 1999 agreement between the
Dinka and Nuer peoples in southern Sudan, posted on the Sudan Infonet
web site, "an education and information service on Sudan provided
by the Sudan Working Group (USA)" and funded by the Presbyterian
Church, USA.
- Peace
Agreements Digital Collection: Africa
Includes the full text of peace agreements related to the conflicts
in Eritrea-Ethiopia
and Sudan-Uganda.
Part of the USIP Library's Peace Agreements Digital Collection.
- Political
Resources on the Net: Africa
Links to information on elections, various political parties and
organizations, news and general resources for each individual country
(Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Somalia,
Somaliland,
Sudan,
Uganda).
Also includes links to other web sites for resources on Africa.
Updated: September 6 2001
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