GENERAL LINKS ON AFRICA:
This online World Factbook is kept by the CIA, aka the Central Intelligence
Agency, which coordinates foreign intelligence activities on a government-
wide basis. This website will have a wealth of info on your country.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
You can select a profile of your country from this BBC webpage.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
Do a search of news stories from the BBC News Service website on Africa.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/default.stm
Freedom in the World is an institutional effort by Freedom House to monitor
the progress and decline of political rights and civil liberties in 192
nations and 18 related and disputed territories. You can find info on your
country using the dropdown menu
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=15
Visit the PBS Online NewsHour website for a sampling of recent news coverage
of Africa, including recent information on Africa's HIV/AIDS epidemic, the
famine in Niger, the crisis in Sudan, the newly elected president of
Liberia, Egypt's push for democracy, and elections in Nigeria.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/africa.html
This BBC website tells the history of the continent from an African
perspective.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index.shtml
AllAfrica Global Media is a multi-media content service provider, systems
technology developer and the largest electronic distributor of African news
and information worldwide.
http://allafrica.com/
The Human Rights Watch page on Africa
http://www.hrw.org/doc/?t=africa
GENOCIDE IN SUDAN:
This BBC News Q & A on Sudan's Darfur conflict should prove helpful in
understanding the issue.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3496731.stm
PBS NewsHour provides in-depth coverage of what is going on in Sudan,
including the origins of the conflict, Darfur's past, the groups in involved
in the conflict, and efforts on behalf of the African Union and the United
States to end the fighting.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/africa/darfur/index.html
Frontline's webpage on the Darfur region and the roots of what many
consider to be an ongoing genocide.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/sudan/facts.html
The Library of Congress (which is the library for our U.S. Congress) has a
website with information on Sudan. You'll find both history and current info
here.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/sdtoc.html
FAMINE IN NIGER:
Read this PBS NewsHour Extra on the efforts to save the lives on nearly 1
million starving children in Niger.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/july-dec05/niger_8-01.html#
The transcript of an August 4, 2005 program on famine in Niger.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/july-dec05/niger_8-04.html
This NPR news article also has additional links at the bottom of the page to
news stories on Nigeria's famine crisis.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4982368
The United Nation's Dep't of Public Information's news article on "Niger: A
Famine Foretold."
http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol19no3/193niger-famine.html
Tufts University e-news article on the famine in Niger.
http://enews.tufts.edu/stories/081505WidespreadFaminePlaguesNiger.htm
DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA & LIBERIA:
The Library of Congress (which is the library for our U.S. Congress) has a
website with information on Nigeria. You'll find both history and current
info here.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ngtoc.html
A PBS News Hour story on Nigeria's 2003 elections.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-june03/nigeria_4-23.html
An article from Voice of America, a multimedia international broadcasting
service funded by the U.S. government, on Liberia's step towards democracy.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-12-14-voa41.cfm
BBC news article on Liberia's newly-elected female head of state.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4462032.stm
A history of Liberia and other links from PBS Global Connections.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/liberia/essays/history/index.html
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/africa/darfur/index.html
APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA:
This webpage from the BBC describes apartheid's origin in South Africa, the
law, and its collapse.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/12chapter6.shtml
The Smithsonian Natural History Museum has information on the end of
apartheid in South Africa.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/
A brief history and photos from the United Nations archive collection on
apartheid in South Africa.
http://www.un.org/av/photo/subjects/apartheid.htm
The Library of Congress (which is the library for our U.S. Congress) has a
website with information on South Africa. You'll find both history and
current info here.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/zatoc.html
This five-part series recounts South Africa's half-century-long struggle for
democracy through rare sound recordings.
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/mandela/
DESERTIFICATION:
The official website of the UN's celebration of the 2003 Int'l Year of
Freshwater contains basic information on desertification.
http://www.wateryear2003.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=5137&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Young People's Trust for the Environment Fact Sheet on Desertification.
http://www.yptenc.org.uk/docs/factsheets/env_facts/desertification.html
This Eden Foundation website explains the threat of desertification facing
parts of Africa.
http://www.eden-foundation.org/project/desertif.html
An explanation of the issue of desertification from the website of the
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
http://www.unccd.int/publicinfo/menu.php
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs
looks at the issue of desertification.
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/desertific/
A press release from the US Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the World Day to
Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June 2003.
http://www.mindfully.org/Heritage/2003/Desertification-Poverty-Annan12jun03.htm
AIDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA:
This BBC website contains a special report, with correspondents' dispatches,
key facts, audio, video and interviews, about the AIDS crisis in Africa.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/africa/2000/aids_in_africa/default.stm
AVERT is an international HIV and AIDS charity based in the United Kingdom,
with the aim of averting HIV and AIDS worldwide.
http://www.avert.org/aidsinafrica.htm
AIDS articles from Voice of America, a multimedia international broadcasting
service funded by the U.S. government.
http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/aidsinafrica.cfm
Wikipedia's article on AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa -- but keep in mind the
potential "problems" with using Wikipedia! ;-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS_in_Africa
The website of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, the main
advocate for global action on the epidemic.
http://www.unaids.org/en/Regions_Countries/Regions/SubSaharanAfrica.asp
One of 10 stories the United Nations has designated that "the world should
hear more about."
http://www.un.org/events/tenstories/story.asp?storyID=400
CONFLICT DIAMONDS:
United Nations Dep't of Public Affairs
http://www.un.org/peace/africa/Diamond.html
Global Policy Forum website on Diamonds in Conflict
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/diamond/index.htm
American Radio Works: Following the Int'l Diamond Trail
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/diamonds/index.html
CHILDREN IN NORTHERN UGANDA:
Invisible Children
http://www.invisiblechildren.com/home.php
Human Rights Watch on the Crisis in Uganda
http://hrw.org/campaigns/uganda/
World Vision on Children at War in Northern Uganda
http://www.worldvision.org/worldvision/wvususfo.nsf/stable/globalissues_uganda?Open&lid=northern_uganda&lpos=leftnav
GENOCIDE IN RWANDA:
PBS Frontline website on the Rwanda genocide
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/evil/
BBC News webpage on Rwanda genocide
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1288230.stm
CHILD LABOR IN WEST & CENTRAL AFRICA:
International Labor Rights Fund: ILRF is an advocacy organization dedicated to
achieving just and humane treatment for workers worldwide.
http://www.laborrights.org/
U.N./International Labor Organization
Website contains reports, statistics, and information about international
conventions and programs to combat child labor. It also contains suggestions
for action, as well as news and events information.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/index.htm
Understanding Children's Work
Cooperation project on child labor information between UNICEF, the ILO,
and the World Bank Group. Websites contains bibliographies, statistics, and
reports on child labor.
http://www.ucw-project.org/
Dep't of Labor's Office of Child Labor
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/iclp/
Global March Against Child Labor
http://globalmarch.org/
Int'l Confederation of Free Trade Unions
http://www.icftu.org/focus.asp?Issue=childlabour&Language=EN
ANCIENT KUSH:
Africa: The Cradle of Civilization website. This page is on Nubia (Kush).
http://library.thinkquest.org/C002739/AfricaSite/LMNubIntro.htm
A series of slides from ancient Sudan (Kush).
http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/um/uml.html
Odyssey Online: Ancient Africa
http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/AFRICA/ahomepg.html
PBS's Black Kingdoms of the Nile
http://www.pbs.org/wonders/Episodes/Epi1/1_wondr2.htm
Early history of the Kush from the Library of Congress Country Studies website.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+sd0014)
MALARIA:
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has called for "a global commitment to
eradicating malaria, which kills more than one million people -- most of them
African children -- every year." Explore the many links on this pages for
add'l info.
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalHealth/Pri_Diseases/Malaria/Related+Info/MalariaForum.htm
Explore the information on the World Health Organization's page on malaria.
http://www.who.int/topics/malaria/en/
Website for the Malaria Foundation International
http://www.malaria.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
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ZIMBABWE
Explore the New York Times webpage on Robert Mugabe.
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/robert_mugabe/index.html
The Council on Foreign Relations background information on Mugabe from 2003.
http://www.cfr.org/publication/7723/