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.
Afro1 Index and Links (http://www.afrol.com/netscape%5Findex.htm)
A portal link to vast resources for sub-Saharan African countries.
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.
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.
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.
Government of Namibia (http://www.grnnet.gov.na/)
Official government site.
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.
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.
OneWorld.net (http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/2124)
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 theworld 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/)
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.
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.
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