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.
Center for Strategic and International Studies (http://www.csis.org/)
A Washington, DC based think-tank which sponsors seminars and conferences and issues reports on terrorism, United States foreign policy, and several regions of the world including the Middle East and Africa.
Council for Peace in the Great Lakes Region -- Conseil pour la Paix dans la Région des Grands Lacs Africains (CPRGLA) (http://www.chez.com/cprgla/)
Based in Canada, this organization's web sire offers news articles on the current economic, political and social environment of Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democrative Republic of the Congo. In French.
Council for Peace in the Great Lakes Region -- Conseil pour la Paix dans la Région des Grands Lacs Africains (CPRGLA) (http://www.chez.com/cprgla/)
Based in Canada, this organization's web site offers news articles on the current economic, political and social environment of Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In French.
Evidence of Inaction: A National Security Archive Briefing Book
(http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/)
Edited by William Ferroggiaro and published by the National Security Archive at George Washington University, August 20, 2001, the report presents “sixteen declassified US government documents detailing how US policymakers chose to be bystanders during the genocide that decimated Rwanda in 1994.”
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.
France. Assemblée Nationale (http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/)
Searchable by country in French, presents documents issued by the French National Assembly, including reports of commissions such as that to Rwanda.
Global Information Networks in Education (http://www.ginie.org/)
National Security
“The Ginie project creates on-line learning communities for education professionals working internationally on the front lines of civilization ...” offering information on a variety of topics such as: “Child and Young Adult Soldiers ...Education and Democracy ... Education and Psychological Distress in Countries in Crisis ... Education for Peace and Reconciliation ...Land Mine Awareness Education ... Programme for Education for Emergencies and Reconstruction ... Rapid Education for Victims of War, Forced Migrants and Displaced Populations.”
Inshuti (http://www2.minorisa.es/inshuti/)
Available in Catalan, French, Spanish and English versions. Offers a number of documents and links to organizations working on Central African human rights issues.
International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty. The Responsibility to Protect (Canada)
(http://www.iciss.ca/menu-en.asp)
Searchable by keyword, the bibliography of over 2000 references is particularly helpful.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (Arusha, Tanzania) (http://65.18.216.88/)
“The Tribunal was established by a United Nations Security Council Resolution in 1994 to prosecute the organizers and leaders of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. This web site is designed to help you find all the information you may need about the organization and work of the Tribunal, whatever your degree of interest.” Available in French and English version. Some documents also available in Kinyarwanda.
International Crisis Group - Central Africa (http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?)
"The International Crisis Group (ICG) is a private, multinational organisation, with over 80 staff members on five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict." The page for Central Africa has links to reports specifically about Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda.
International Documentation Network on the Great African Lakes Region (http://www.grandslacs.net/home.html)
Offering documents in English and French, searchable by key word, this site states its objective "is to disseminate as widely as possible a large amount of "grey litterature," i.e. unpublished or scarcely distributed written documents. It tries as well to organise meetings, and to develop points of consultation in the region."
Memorandum of the Union of Rwandese Democratic Forces (UFDR) to the Heads of State and Government at the XX th France - Africa Summit on CONDITIONS FOR DURABLE PEACE in the Great Lakes region
(http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/3643/ufdra.html)
Issued by the Union des Forces Democratiques Rwandaises (UFDR) in Brussels, Belgium, by Faustin Twagiramungu, Chairman of the UFDR, Novermber 23, 1998.
Rwanda 1994 Genocide (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/rwanda94/)
UNRISD On-Line (U.N. Research Institute for Social Development) (http://www.unrisd.org/)
“UNRISD carries out research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development. Through its research, UNRISD stimulates dialogue and contributes to policy debates within and outside the United Nations system."
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