African International Relations, Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping

AccessAsia: Search their Specialist Database to locate scholars on African-Asian relations. Maintained by The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) and the Asia Society. http://www.accessasia.org/

Africa Action (Washington, D.C.): Formerly Washington Office on Africa, combines the American Committee on Africa, The Africa Fund, and Africa Policy Information Center (APIC). "a national organization that works for political, economic and social justice in Africa." "We monitor Congressional legislation and executive policies and actions and issue action alerts to advance progressive legislation and policy." Has full text briefing papers, statements on issues. Has a directory, Key Congressional committees and administration officials related to Africa, 1999-2000. http://www.africaaction.org/index.php

Africa and Europe in 2015 [Online conference, Feb. - Oct./Nov. 2000]: In English, French, Dutch. "virtual conference which is organized by the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA, Partij van de Arbeid) and the Evert Vermeer Foundation (a Dutch NGO for development cooperation). The PvdA is thinking about the future of Africa and Europe. What will Africa look like in the year 2015 and what role can Europe play?" "...the commission needs visions and opinions of Africans and Europeans." http://www.pvda.nl/

Africa Centre for Strategic Studies /: The Africa Center for Strategic Studies is located within the U.S. Department of Defense’s National Defense University. It "fosters professional development of Africa’s civilian and military leaders, supports democratic governance in Africa, and facilitates long-term, continuing dialogue with and among leaders from Africa, Europe, and the United States." Has highlights from a roundtable discussion on "September 11: Terrorism from an African Perspective." [KF] http://www.africacenter.org/

Africa Faith and Justice Network (Washington, D.C.): "a Catholic network of individual and group members focused on Africa and the experience of its people. AFJN is committed in faith to collaborate in the task of transforming United States mentality and policy on Africa. It seeks to be an instrument of education and advocacy on behalf of justice for Africa. http://afjn.cua.edu/

Africa Focus: "a free independent electronic publication providing reposted commentary and analysis on African issues, with a particular focus on U.S. and international policies. AfricaFocus Bulletin is edited by William Minter. http://www.africafocus.org/

Africa Matters: Discussion forum on "policies, programs, resources, news and strategies of common interest to the people of the United States and the people of Africa." The forum arose out of the National Summit on Africa Feb. 2000 conference. http://www.egroups.com/group/us-afr-network/info.html

Africa Policy Information Center - International Policies, African Realities: An Electronic Roundtable: 111-page report from the roundtables on Economy and Development, Democracy and Human Rights, Peace and Security, Education and Culture, Lessons Learned. http://www.africapolicy.org/rtable

Africa Reparations Movement: Information on the movement to obtain reparations for the enslavement and colonisation of African people in Africa and the African Diaspora. Also to secure the return of African artefacts taken from Africa. Includes paper by Chinweizu on "Reparations and a New Global Order", speech by British Prime Minister William Gladstone in 1871 on looted Ethiopian artefacts, a discussion list, ARM Talk, and a chronology of slavery. http://the.arc.co.uk/arm/home.html

African and African-American Summit, Fifth, May 15 - 22, 1999, Accra Ghana: International meeting of African heads of state and African-American leaders initiated by the Rev. Leon H. Sullivan. Promotes projects in education, health, debt relief, training for bankers, etc. Includes histories of the Summits since the first in 1991. http://www.aaas-ghana.org

African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes, ACCORD (Durban, South Africa): "organisation involved in Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Preventive Diplomacy throughout the continent of Africa." Has the full text of some Occasional Papers on topics such as peacekeeping, conflict management, Sierra Leone, Lesotho, SADC. Has full text of articles from its journal, Conflict Trends. http://www.accord.org.za/

African Commission on Human & Peoples' Rights (Banjul, The Gambia): In English and French. Established by the former Organization of African Unity. "is charged with ensuring the promotion and protection of Human and Peoples' Rights throughout the African Continent." Has a directory of NGOs with observer status, the full text of Basic Instruments, the Mauritius Plan of Action 1996-2001 etc. Email: achpr@achpr.gm http://www.achpr.org

African Development Bank: The ADB is a multinational development bank supported by 77 nations
(member countries) from Africa, North and South America, Europe and Asia, headquartered in Abidjan. Has speeches, press releases re loans and grants, information on each member country, a chart comparing basic indicators for all countries, resolutions and annual meeting records in MS Word 7.0, projects approved, selected publications.[KF] http://www.afdb.org/

African Development Forum III (U.N. Economic Commission for Africa, March 3-8, 2002, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): "Defining Priorities for Regional Integration." "an initiative led by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to establish an African-driven development agenda that reflects consensus among major partners and that leads to specific programmes for country implementation." Has full text papers on African economic integration, the African Union, peace and security, refugees, ECOMOG, etc. Has a database of African regional organizations, documents on NEPAD, New Partnership for African Development (includes the Omega Plan), an 11 page historical background on political and economic unity. http://www.uneca.org/adfiii/

African Development Forum - AllAfrica.com: The news site AllAfrica.com's special section on the March 2002, African Development Forum, III, hosted by the United Nations' Economic Commission for Africa. Information on the transition of the OAU to the African Union. http://allafrica.com/specials/adf/

African Journal of International Affairs (Dakar, Senegal): A bi-annual publication of CODESRIA, Dakar, Senegal. Has the tables of contents and abstracts of article. Photocopies of articles can be ordered. Pay by check or money order. From International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (London). http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/journals/ajia/index.html

African Journal of International Affairs and Development (Ile-Ife, Nigeria): Published by College Press Ltd. Has the table of contents and abstracts of articles. One can order photocopies of articles; $20 for up to two articles Pay by cheque or money order in £sterling or US$. Libraries pay $40 per year. http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/journals/ajiad/vol5no1.html

African Leadership and Progress Network: Reports, papers, articles on Governance, Transparency, Corruption, Natural Resource Management, The Resource Curse. "ALPN is a network of African and non-African professionals who are strongly dedicated to utilizing innovative and entrepreneurial approaches for fostering rapid progress in Africa." Promotes "private sector-driven economic growth and poverty alleviation in African countries..." Articles on the brain drain, sources ranking African countries, the U.S. Millenium Challenge Account, a directory of Washington, D.C. events. A nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., and Abuja, Nigeria. [KF] http://www.africanprogress.net/

African Press Organization - APO Source: In English and French. Database of press releases related to Africa. Includes the situation of journalists, the media, press freedom; relations with the US;relations with France;relations with China; the European Union; etc. Has a mailing list and a RSS feed. Organizes press videoconferences. Has a mailing list on companies in Africa. Based in Lausanne, Switzerland. http://www.apo-opa.org/

africanrealities-L (International Policies - African Realities, January 8 - May 8, 2000): "... an electronic roundtable co-sponsored by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Africa Policy Information Center (APIC), Washington, D.C. ....[to] discuss what policy perspectives and understandings of African reality should shape international engagement with Africa." http://www.africapolicy.org/rtable/

African Security Dialogue and Research: "independent, non-governmental institute based in Accra, Ghana , specializing in issues of security and their relationship with democratic consolidation." Has a report on its Roundtable on Strengthening Regional Capacity for Conflict Resolution in West Africa: A Respond to NEPAD. http://www.africansecurity.org/

African Security Review (Pretoria): Quarterly journal of the Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria, South Africa. Has the table of contents for recent issues and some full text articles from older issues. http://www.iss.co.za/

African Union: In English and French. The Organization of African Unity heads of state summit in Lusaka, July 2001 approved tranforming the OAU into an African Union along the lines of the European Union. A clickable map provides facts (capital, population, etc.). News, reports, speeches, communiques, decisions, links to related sites. http://www.africa-union.org/; See also; Essy, Amara
In French and English. Essy is Secretary General of the African Union and former Cote d'Ivoire Minister of Foreign Affairs. Biography, C.V., commentary and speeches by Essy, questions / answers about the African Union, news articles about Essy, photographs. http://www.amaraessy.com/index.htm

African Union. Constitutive Act: Text of the 2002 Act, signed in Lome, Togo, to establish the African Union. 15 pages in PDF. http://www.au2002.gov.za/docs/key_oau/au_act.htm

African Union Summit, Durban, South Africa 2002, 28 June - 20 July: Official web site of the South African Chairmanship of the African Union.Full text Summit documents, speeches, communiques, OAU documents from 1999-2001, background on the African Union, key South African documents, etc. http://www.au2002.gov.za/

African Union - BBC Articles: Background articles. Pages take a while to load.:; July 13, 2001, Cautious Welcome....: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1437000/1437156.stm; July 11, 2001, Conflicts cloud....: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1433000/1433908.stm; OAU Gives Way to African Union, May 25, 2001 and The Future of African Unity, May 25, 2001

African Union: a Dream Under Construction - by Ernest Harsch: "Planners of new continental organization ponder design, encounter scepticism." From Africa Recovery (United Nations Department of Public Information), Vol.16, #1, April 2002, page 1. http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol16no1/161afrun.htm

American Assembly - "Africa and U.S. National Interests": The American Assembly, affiliated with Columbia Univ., convened a March 13-16, 1997 meeting chaired by Donald McHenry. 69 U.S. leaders met to formulate policy recommendations regarding Africa. The final report, including preface and a list of participants, is in one 12 page document. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/amassembly/programs/africaus_TOC.htm

American Diplomacy: Electronic journal with a "focus on foreign policy, diplomatic history, military affairs and military history, and issues of national security," Has articles such as "Safirka, Envoy to Somalia" by Peter Bridges, "Burundi" by J. R. Bullington. Published with the cooperation of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (T.I.S.S.) based at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/

Americans for African Adoptions, Inc.: Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, promotes adoption of African children. Most of the links on this page do not work. http://www.africanadoptions.org/

Annan, Kofi - United Nations Secretary-General: Internet and print resources about U. N. Secretary-General, Kofi Annan. From Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/kofiannan.html

The Arms Trade Revealed: a Guide for Investigators and Analysts - by Lora Lumpe and Jeff Donarkski: On the United States' role in the arms trade. One mention of military training for Senegal. Has a guide on how to follow legislation/bills in the U.S. Congress. Published by the Federation of American Scientists Arms Sales Monitoring Project (Washington, DC). http://www.fas.org/asmp/library/handbook/cover.html

Association of Concerned Africa Scholars: ACAS is an organization of scholars concerned with the policies of the U.S. govt. towards Africa, developing action networks with African scholars, and mobilizing support in the U.S. on issues related to Africa. Their web site includes addresses for key Senate and House members. http://www.prairienet.org/acas/

Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies (Philadelphia, PA): A specialized library and museum devoted to the history of immigration and migrations in America. Has an African Immigrants Project, an online African Immigrants Directory covering the Greater Philadelphia area (44 p, in Adobe PDF), an online catalog and a guide to their 60,000 vol. Research Library's manuscript and microfilm collections.http://www.balchinstitute.org/

Barnes, Sandra - Global Flows: Terror, Oil and Strategic Philanthropy: Full text, in PDF, 20 pages. Presidential address to the African Studies Association, New Orleans, November 12, 2004 by Professor Barnes of the University of Pennsylvania. Concerns oil and U.S. national security, U.S. military operations in Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Global Capitalism and Corporate Philanthropy, the U.S. media reporting on Africa. Has a bibliography. [KF] http://www.umass.edu/anthro/asr/pres_lecture.pdf

Booker, Salih - "The Coming Apathy: Africa Policy Under a Bush Administration": Full text of the article, from Foreign Policy In Focus. Published by Interhemispheric Resource Center, Albuquerque, NM. Salih Booker is the director of The Africa Fund, New York and the Africa Policy Information Center, Washington, D.C. http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/commentary/0012africa.html

Booker, Salih and William Minter - "Aid--Let's Get Real": Article in The Nation (New York), July 8, 2002. "For a real partnership, the concept of "aid" should be replaced by a common obligation to finance international public investment for common needs. Rich countries should pay their fair share based on their privileged place in the world economy." http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020708&s=booker

Brookings Institution: A private, independent, nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.C. "Brookings... addresses current and emerging policy challenges and offers practical recommendations for dealing with them." One can search the site by keyword to retrieve descriptions of their books and a few short articles. Scholars working on Africa are Francis M. Deng, Howard Wolpe, and others. http://www.brook.edu

Bundu, Abass - Democracy by Force?: A study of international military intervention in the conflict in Sierra Leone from 1991-2000: Book available for sale in print or online (in Adobe PDF). One can see the first 25 pages free (in Adobe PDF). 330 p. Published by Universal Publishers/uPUBLISH.com, 2000. http://www.upublish.com/books/bundu.htm

[Bush] President George W. Bush's Africa Trip, July 7-12, 2003: News stories, photographs, audio clips on Bush's 2003 trip to Senegal, South Africa, Botswana, Uganda, Nigeria. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/georgebushafricatrip2003.html

Canada. Foreign Affairs - Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa: Canadian Government site. Canada's relations with Africa. Embassies and Consulates in Africa. http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/africa/menu-en.asp

Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict: Established 1994, co-chaired by David A. Hamburg and Cyrus R. Vance. Has the full text of its final report pub. 1997, the full text of "A House No Longer Divided: Progress and Prospects for Democratic Peace in South Africa" by John Stremlau with Helen Zille, "Essays on Leadership" by Boutros Boutros-Ghali, George Bush, Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Desmond Tutu, and "Preventing Genocide: How the Early Use of Force Might Have Succeeded in Rwanda" by Scott R. Feil (with Foreword by Lieutenant-General Romeo A. Dallaire). Includes high school and university curriculum guides. http://www.ccpdc.org/

Cato Institute: Public policy institute, supports "limited government, free markets, individual liberty, and peace". Has the full text of Setting a Dangerous Precedent in Somalia,, by Ted G. Carpenter (Foreign Policy Briefing No. 20, 1992), the Somali Crisis: Time for an African Solution, by George Ayittey, Better Now Than Never: Economic and Social Reforms in South Africa (1987), by Peter Spiro, Bureaucratic Corruption in Africa, by John M. Mbaku, the Continuing Failure of Foreign Aid, by James Bovard, a New Aid Policy for a New World, by Doug Bandow, U.S. Aid to Anti-Communist Rebels (1986), by Ted Carpenter, the World Bank vs. the World's Poor (1987 re Tanzania, Ethiopia, etc.), by James Bovard, Can Foreign Aid Prevent International Crises?, by Doug Bandow, What's Wrong with Trade Sanctions (1985 re South Africa), by Bruce Bartlett and abstracts of books by George Ayittey and Walter E. Williams on Africa and South Africa respectively. Has a keyword search for the site. http://www.cato.org/

Center for Defense Information, CDI: A small amount of Africa-related material can be found using the Search CDI feature. Search results can bring up citations fomr the Peace Keeping Citation List maintained by Ret. U.S. Army Col. Dan Smith. CDI, founded in 1972 as an independent monitor of the military, is a private research org. It is funded exclusively by public donations and foundation support and does not accept government funding. [KF]
http://www.cdi.org/

Center for Global Development. Commission on Weak States and U.S. National Security - On the Brink: Weak States and U.S. National Security: Full report, in Adobe pdf. "a successful response to addressing the challenges of weak states combines security and development policies. Weak states are the “sleeping giant” threat to national security, receiving extremely limited attention within the highest levels of government." Stuart E. Eizenstat, Co-Chair; Congressman John Edward Porter, Co-Chair; Jeremy Weinstein, Project Director. http://www.cgdev.org/

China-Africa Business Council, CABC: In Chinese. Promotes Chinese investment in Africa. The "(CABC) is jointly founded by the China Society for Promotion of the Guangcai Program, the United Nations Development Programme and the Ministry of Commerce/China International Center for Economic & Technical Exchanges. It is a non-governmental organization." Members list, China's Africa policy, news. Based in BeiJing, China. http://www.cabc.org.cn/

China Africa Forum

Promotes economic / trade cooperation between China and Africa. See related sites:

Embassy of China in Zimbabwe. Brief Introduction to the China Africa Forum on Cooperation: http://www.chinaembassy.org.zw/eng/zt/zflt/t150400.htm

People's Daily, Nov. 28, 2003 on the 2003 Forum: http://english1.people.com.cn/200311/28/eng20031128_129210.shtml

Embassy of China in Canada on the 2003 Forum (December 2003): http://www.chinaembassycanada.org/eng/xwdt/t56423.htm

China.org.cn on the 2003 Forum: http://www.china.org.cn/english/international/80679.htm

China. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: In English and Chinese. Extensive information on China's relations with individiual African countries. Pages may take a while to load. Contains a history of relations with each country, information on trade, exchanges, important agreements, full text communiques between China and African countries, a directory of African diplomatic missions in China and Chinese embassies and consulates in Africa. http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/

China Monitor (Stellenbosch, South Africa): Monthly publication of the Centre for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Full text articles on-line in PDF. No. 21, August 2007 is on The Chinese Community in South Africa (27 p. in PDF). No. 17, April 2007 is on China's involvement in African Infrastructure (20 p. in PDF). http://www.ccs.org.za/publications.html

Chinafrique: In French and Chinese. Site for the magazine on China's relations with Africa. From the publishers of the Beijing Review, a Chinese government magazine. [KF] http://www.chinafrique.com/

China's Trade Safari in Africa: May 2005 article, in Le Monde diplomatique, by Jean-Christophe Servant, on China's relations with Africa. Inlcudes footnotes. "60% of the 4m cubic metres of undressed timber exported from Africa every year go to Asia, almost all of that to China." "in 2004 it [China] contributed more than 1,500 troops to the UN presence..." http://mondediplo.com/2005/05/11chinafrica

Chinaview - Xinhuanet.com: In English, French, Chinese, Arabic, etc. News from Xinhua News Agency, the state and worldwide news agency in China. Use the Search box to find news about African countries. http://www.chinaview.cn/

[Clinton] President Bill Clinton's Africa Trip (March 22 - April 2, 1998): Internet resources on President Bill Clinton's Africa trip. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/clinton.html

[Clinton] President Bill Clinton's Africa Trip (August 26-29, 2000): News stories, photographs, audio clips on Clinton's trip to Nigeria, Tanzania, Egypt. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/clinton2000.html

Club de Bruxelles: Based in Brussels, "organizer of conferences and publisher of studies on the European union and its relations with the rest of the world." Has a list of their 1989-1996 publications (which are very expensive, though prices are not given on their web site). http://ibase139.eunet.be/clubdebruxelles/index.html

Cold War International History Project (Washington, D.C.)

Established at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, supports the release of historical materials by governments, seeks to disseminate new perspectives on Cold War history. http://cwihp.si.edu

Has full text reports - New Evidence on the Cold War in Southern Africa

Havana's Policy in Africa, 1959-76: New Evidence from Cuban Archives, by Piero Gleijeses
Fidel Castro's 1977 Southern Africa Tour: A Report to Honecker
Moscow and the Angolan Crisis, by Odd Arne Westad
Soviet Documents on Angola and Southern Africa, 1975-1979

Anatomy of a Third World Cold War Crisis: New East-bloc Evidence on the Horn of Africa, 1977-1978.

The Horn, the Cold War, and New Documents from the Former East-bloc: An Ethiopian View, by Ermias Abebe
Moscow, Mengistu, and the Horn, by Paul B. Henze
East Germany and the Horn Crisis: Documents on SED Afrikapolitik, by Christian F. Ostermann
Russian and East German Documents on the Horn of Africa, 1977-1978

Colgan, Ann-Louise - "Walter Kansteiner, Assistant Secretary of State for Africa": Full text article on Walter Kansteiner, President Bush's nominee for Assistant Secretary of State for Africa. Part of the Foreign Policy in Focus series pub. by the Interhemispheric Resource Center, Albuquerque, NM http://fpif.org/commentary/0104kansteiner.html

Columbia International Affairs Online: Subscription only; some universities subscribe. Use their Search to locate many full text articles, reports, conference papers, books, briefings, by keyword, author, date, institution. Has an events section.
: Full text books include: Anthropology of Anger: Civil Society and Democracy in Africa, (1996) by Celestin Monga and Linda Fleck and Hemmed In: Responses to Africa's Economic Decline (1993) by John Ravenhill and Thomas M. Callaghy. http://www.ciaonet.org/

COMESA, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa: "COMESA [formerly the PTA] exists as an organisation of free independent sovereign states which have agreed to co-operate in developing their natural and human resources for the good of all their people'. With its 19 member states and population of 300 million it forms a major integrated trading block." Information on customs tariffs by country, road/transport including road distances, economic profiles for each country (Angola, Burundi, Comoros, D.R. Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe) etc. Has the text of Doing Business with COMESA: the Handbook, legal guides to establishing business, etc. http://www.comesa.int/

Commission for Africa: "launched by Prime Minister Tony Blair on 26 February 2004 to generate action for a strong and prosperous Africa." Includes press releases, the initial Consultation Document, Action for a Strong and Prosperous Africa (Nov. 2004. 16 p.), reports, photographs of meetings. [KF] http://213.225.140.43/

Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa: http://www.prairienet.org/acas/cafa.html

The Commonwealth: http://www.thecommonwealth.org/

Commonwealth African Investment Almanac: Has a wealth of information on the African Commonwealth countries, key economic indicators, etc. Published for the Commonwealth Business Council by Hanson Cooke Ltd (London) and the Commonwealth Secretariat. Based on the print publication. http://www.tcol.co.uk/caia/index.htm

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, 2002 March 2-4, Coolum Australia: Includes decision, comments re Zimbabwe, comments by Tanzania, Nigeria, Zimbabwe. http://www.chogm2002.org/

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, October 6-9, 2001: http://www.chogm2001.net/

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Durban (Nov. 12-15) 1999: Has the full text of the Durban Communique, a daily CHOGM Bulletin, photographs, official statements, abstracts of reports, background briefing papers. Nigeria rejoined the Commonwealth. http://www.chogm99.org/

Community of Sahel-Saharan States / Communauté des Etats Sahélo-Sahariens, CEN-SAD: In French and English. An economic union of 21 African states, established 1998. Press releases. Established the Banque Sahélo-Saharienne pour l'Investissement et Commerce. Based in Tripoli, Libya. http://www.cen-sad.org/

Conference on "Blacks and Asians: Encounters Through Time and Space" Boston University, April 12-14, 2002.: http://www.bu.edu/afam/conf/

Conference on Conflict in Africa, February 5-6, 1999, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Triangle Institute for Security Studies: The conference is co-sponsored by the electronic journal, American Diplomacy, and the University Center for International Studies, http://www.unc.edu/depts/tiss/Africa.htm

Conflict Management Group: Offers conflict management programs in Africa. "...founded in 1984 by Professor Roger Fisher to place into...practice an innovative approach to negotiation developed at Harvard Law School. CMG retains a close working relationship with ....the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School." Based in Cambridge, MA. http://www.cmgroup.org/


Conflict Watch Africa- Inter Press Service: IPS news stories, NGO reports. Produced by IPS in collaboration with Third World Network in Ghana. Dates of the articles are not given. http://ips.org/Critical/Watch/Watch.htm

Contemporary Conflicts in Africa: Links to internet information on the prevention, management, and resolution of violent conflicts in Africa. Has a section on the Great Lakes Region, Eastern Zaire crisis of fall 1996. Links to a report "Ethnic Fears and Global Engagement" by David Lake and Donald Rothchild, U.N. Peace-keeping Operations, the Canadian Forces College Contemporary Conflicts page. Maintained by Yves Contamine.
Great Lakes Crisis: http://www.synapse.net/~acdi20/country/greatla1.htm
Main page: http://www.synapse.net/~acdi20/welcome.htm

Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité / International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity (CIDSE) (Brussels, Belgium): In French and English. "CIDSE is an alliance of 14 Catholic development organisations from Europe and North America." Has an Africa Continental Platform (CACP) which brings together personnel from the member organisations working on Africa; its focus is on peacebuilding, reconciliation and conflict resolution. Has the full text of "Towards True Partnership: EU - Africa Summit" (2000). Is concerned with intellectual property rights such as the patenting of plants, biopatenting. http://www.cidse.org/en/index.html

Corporate Council on Africa: Formed in 1992 is "a non-profit, non-partisan, membership organization of American corporations and individuals that are committed to developing the African private sector and strengthening the commercial relationship between the United States and Africa." Has information on its 1999 April Summit (participants include heads of state, prime ministers, high-level U.S. officials), various speeches, etc. http://www.africacncl.org/

Corporate Watch: "...an online magazine and resource center ...to investigate and analyze corporate activity. We are committed to exposing corporate greed by documenting the social, political, economic and environmental impacts of these transnational giants." Use their keyword search to locate, for ex., information on the Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline. Based in San Francisco, CA. http://www.corpwatch.org/

Council of Europe: Statements by the Council of Europe on events in the DRC (Congo-Kinshasa), Comoros, Burundi, Cote d'Ivoire, Cotonou Agreement, etc. (click on the rel to see related statements). Use the Search, select Explicit. http://ue.eu.int/en/summ.htm

Council on Foreign Relations: Describes their Africa program. Has full-text reports on U.S. economic relations with Africa, "Thinking Regionally About Africa" by Salih Booker, Booker's Nov. 1997 and March 1998 statements to the U.S. Congress on U.S.-Congo (Kinshasa) relations. There is a list of Africa-related articles in its journal, Foreign Affairs. The Council, based in New York, is a think tank founded in 1921 whose mission is " to foster America's understanding of other nations,..." [KF] http://www.foreignrelations.org/

Courier (formerly ACP-EU Courier): Full text articles from the print journal of the European Commission on relations with Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific countries of the Lomé Convention. Topics include energy, relations with China, company profiles, interviews, etc. Section for younger readers (approx. pre-teen + ) http://www.acp-eucourier.info/

Creation of the OAU (Organization of African Unity) - Makonnen Ketema: Site by Makonnen Ketema whose father, the late Ketema Yifruwas was former foreign minister of Ethiopia and closely involved in the OAU's creation. Includes a biography and photographs of K. Yifru. Also photographs of Kwame Nkrumah, Modibo Kieta of Mali, Seku Toure of Guinea, Emperor Haile Selassie, Jomo Kenyatta, William Tubman, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Diallo Telli, Tafewa Balewa, Salim Ahmed Salim and others. http://www.oau-creation.com

Crocker, Chester - "What Role for the U.S. in African Conflict Management?": Summary of a March 29, 2001 lecture. On the site of the Africa-America Institute. [KF] http://www.aaionline.org/bp/africa_thursday/march2001crocker.htm

Cuban Armed Forces Review: "This site is an unofficial resource compiled from public sources and it is not affiliated with nor sanctioned by the Cuban government or its armed forces." Has statistics on the Cuban Presence in Africa (1983-1984), an account from "Radio Martí - Cuban Situation Reports (May-August 1989, No.2, Vol. 5), The Ochoa Affair: A Majority Faction in the Revolutionary Armed Forces?" which includes General Ochoa in Angola. Has Biographies of Cuban Military Commanders. Based in Flushing, New York.[KF] http://www.cubapolidata.com/

Cummings, Robert J.: Articles by Professor Cummings (Howard University) from HUArchivesNet, e-journal of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard Univeresity, Washington, D.C. [KF] http://www.huarchivesnet.howard.edu/
2000 (Nov) - Africa's Case For Economic Integration: Arguing for an "Institute on African Regional Integration."
2000 (Feb.) - African Regional Integration and Economic Cooperation - An Introduction. http://www.huarchivesnet.howard.edu/0002huarnet/cummings.htm
1999 (Nov) - Fair Trade or Free Trade? : Establishing a Position.
Discusses the regional impact of the EU-South Africa free trade area agreement. http://www.huarchivesnet.howard.edu/9911huarnet/fairtrade.htm
1999 (Aug) - Accelerating and Sustaining African Development: Continuing the Search for a Dynamic Economic Strategy. http://www.huarchivesnet.howard.edu/9908huarnet/cummings1.htm

Cummings, Robert and Louis Sangare - "Shaping Future Relations between Africa and the United States of America: a New Agenda": Article in a Houston, Texas newspaper, USAfrica. Dr. Cummings of Howard Univ. is a contributing editor. The newspaper's web site also has a few articles on other topics. The paper's founder and publisher is Chido Nwangwu.
http://www.usafricaonline.com

DANIDA, Danish International Development Assistance Reports: Many reports (full report and a summary) on Danish development assistance. Includes Cape Verde, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Zimbabwe and the African National Congress (South Africa). http://www.ingenioeren.dk/danida/danida.html

Darwin's Nightmare: Documentary film directed by Hubert Sauper. 107 minutes. "an extraordinary work of visual journalism" - New York Times Aug. 3, 2005. Best Documentary 2004 - European Film Awards. "cargo planes come daily to collect the latest catch [of fish] in exchange for their southbound cargo… Kalashnikovs and ammunitions for the uncounted wars in the dark center of the continent." Filmed in Tanzania. http://www.coop99.at/darwins-nightmare/

Deng, Francis and Terrence Lyons, editors - African Reckoning: A Quest for Good Governance: Full tex of the book. The entire book is keyword searchable. (Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c1998. 185 p.) http://brookings.nap.edu/books/0815717830/html/index.html

Denmark. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Has full text reports on development co-operation with African countries (Angola, Benin (in Danish), Eritrea, Ghana (in Danish) Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.) Has some statements on disposal of pesticides in Mozambique. http://www.um.dk/english/udenrigspolitik/udviklingspolitik/landestrategier/

Digital National Security Archives: Full text primary sources, some in Adobe PDF format, on U.S. foreign relations. Mainly one page each. Includes memos, cables re Angola, military training by South Africa for the Contras, African reaction to the Cuban missile crisis, Zambia, Mozambique, etc. "The National Security Archive is a non-profit research institute and library in Washington, D.C., which provides unprecedented public access to declassified government documents obtained through extensive use of the US Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)." http://nsarchive.chadwyck.com/

East African Community: Site takes a while to load. "The East African Community (EAC) is the regional intergovernmental organisation of the Republics of Kenya, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania..." Has the full text of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community, press releases, speeches, statistics databases, staff directory. Based in Arusha, Tanzania. http://www.eachq.org/

East African Co-operation: The EAC is "an inter-governmental organization with the mandate to promote regional integration and development among the Republics of Kenya, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania." Has the full text of the draft Treaty, of the Strategy Document, historical background, etc. http://www.usa.twiga.com/users/eac/

ECOWAS, Economic Community of West African States: In English, French, Portuguese. ECOWAS created in 1975, promotes "economic integration in 'all fields of economic activity, particularly industry, transport, telecommunications, energy, agriculture, natural resources, commerce, monetary and financial questions, social and cultural matters ....." The 16 member countries are: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. Statistics & financial information. See also ECOWAS Parliament. http://www.ecowas.int/ and http://www.sec.ecowas.int/

Related : Ecowas.info is a private commercial travel site with information about individual countries.

Electronic Embassy: Has the street address, phone, fax of embassies in Washington D.C. Also links to the web pages of embassies. http://www.embassy.org/embassies/eep-1100.html

Essy, Amara - Secretary General, African Union: In French and English. Biography, writings, speeches, articles, photographs, information about the African Union. Includes audio files, guest book. http://www.amaraessy.com/

Ethiopian International Institute for Peace and Development, EIIPD: An autonomous training and research institute established in 1996. Publishes books, occasional papers and the Peace and Development Bulletin. Has links to Ethiopian government organizations, Ethiopian embassies, Ethiopian universities. Based in Addis Ababa. [KF] http://www.eiipd.org/
Has full text Occasional Papers:
Regional Security in North-east Africa, by Peter Woodward
Arid Land and the Role of Pastoral Nomads in the Economic and Political Integration of the Horn of Africa with Particular Reference to Ethiopia, by Dr. Fecadu Gadamu
Challenges and Prospects of Pan-African Economic Integration, by Dr. Kinfe Abraham

European Centre for Conflict Prevention - "Conflict Prevention and Peace Building in Africa": Full text. Includes role of South Africa, the Netherlands. Report of the Conference organised by the European Centre for Conflict Prevention hosted by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Hague, the Netherlands, October 15, 1999. http://www.oneworld.org/euconflict/publicat/repafr/page0.html

European Commission and Africa: http://europa.eu.int/comm/development/body/eu_africa/eu_africa_en.htm

Executive Outcomes: "...established in 1989 as a wholly owned and registered South African company." Supplies mercenaries who have fought in Angola, Sierra Leone, etc. Announced in Dec. 1998 that it was closing business in South Africa. http://www.eo.com/

Footsteps (Peterborough, NH): Print magazine on African & African American history for middle school children (ages 10-14). Has a full text article on Africans in the United States, by Harvard Prof. J. Lorand Matory. Each issue of the magazine focuses on a different theme. Published by Cobblestone Publishing, Peterborough, NH. http://www.footstepsmagazine.com


Foreign Military Studies Office (Fort Leavenworth, Kansas): "FMSO [est. in 1986] provides direct support to the senior U.S. Army and Department of Defense leadership and general support to the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center." Its publications on Africa include "Building Military Relations in Africa," by LTC Karl E. Prinslow, U.S. Army, FMSO,1997 and "An African Rapid-Deployment Force for Peace Operations on the African Continent," by Colonel McGill Alexander, South African Army, with commentary by MAJ Mark Mills, U.S. Army, 1995. Also has "Key Issues Confronting France, French Foreign Policy, Franco-US Relations, and French Defense Policy by Dr. Jacob W. Kipp. http://leav-www.army.mil/fmso/fmso.htm

Foreign Policy Association: Many full text reports on Africa. Use the Site Search. The FPA is a non-profit, non partisan NGO founded in 1918. Has a link to World Affairs Councils throughout the US. Based in New York city. http://www.fpa.org/

Foreign Policy in Focus: Policy briefs on foreign policy issues pub. by the Institute for Policy Studies (Washington, D.C.) and the Interhemispheric Resource Center (Albuquerque, NM). Has In Focus briefs on Africa (U.S. economic policy & Africa, Burundi, Congo-K, Eritrea, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Western Sahara) which "offer recommendations for alternative policy directions [to] make the United States a more responsible global partner." Publishes The Progressive Response on new issues in U.S. foreign policy. http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961-1963, Volume 9: Foreign Economic Policy. Editors: Evans Gerakas and others. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Historia, U.S. Dept. of State, 1995.: Full text. From the print volume. Covers aid to Africa, German-U.S. coordination regarding aid, relations with South Africa with regard to U.S. Strategic Materials and Commodities Policy during the administration of President John F. Kennedy. (Dept. of State Publication, 10229) [KF] http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/frus/frus61-63ix/index.html

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968. Volume 24, Africa. Editors, Nina Davis Howland, David S. Patterson.Washington, D.C. : Office of the Historian, U.S. Dept. of State, 1999.: Full text primary documents (letters, telegrams, memoranda, etc.) regarding U.S. relations with Africa. Includes (Dept. of State Publication 10627). http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/vol_xxiv/index.html

France. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The French Ministere des Affaires etrangeres' web site includes the addresses of its embassies and consulates in Africa. It's Bulletin d'information are official texts such as speeches and interviews by the foreign minister and France's UN Representative over approx. the past month and Press Conferences (including ambassadorial appointment notices) over the past month.
Bulletin d'information: http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/cgi-bin/go_doc.pl?type=bull&cible=du_jour.html
Embassies: http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/infopra/bd/amb_fr/liste.html
Press conferences: http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/cgi-bin/go_doc.pl?type=pp&cible=du_jour.html
The Ministry: http://www.france.diplomatie.fr

French Foreign Legion: Pages prepared by a French engineer, Laurent-Cyril Vedel. Brief information on each of the 10 regiments such as those based in Djibouti and Mayotte, information on the music of the Legion, address of Kepi Blanc, the Legion's journal, contact addresses for those wishing to join the Legon.http://www.mygale.org/05/vedel/

G8 2005 Summit: Official site: "The UK assumes the Presidency of the G8 on 1 January 2005 with the annual Summit, taking place at Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland from 6-8 July." Prme Minister Blair - "I really want to focus on the challenges of Africa and climate change during our Presidency." http://www.g8.gov.uk/
University of Toronto site: Links to past summits. http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/
Canadian Government site: http://www.g8.gc.ca/

GeorgetownUniversity - Foreign Service Officers Oral Histories: Georgetown's Special Collections Division, Lauinger Library houses the Foreign Affairs Oral History Project with transcripts of interviews with over 500 diplomatic officers. The library also holds collections such as the David Abshire and Jeane Kirkpatrick Papers. None of the transcripts are online however. A cd-rom for the oral history project is being prepared. http://gulib.lausun.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/diplo.htm

Global Issues That Affect Everyone: "looks into global issues....and aims to show how most issues are inter-related." Links to related articles, reports. The Conflict in Africa section compares the response to conflicts in Africa to the response on Kosovo, examines corporate interests in Nigeria and oil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and Eritrea, AIDS in Africa. Other topics: Aid is a lever to impose Structural Adjustment policies on the Third World, Myths about Aid, use of children in the military, globalization, corporations, environmental issues, population, and other issues. Maintained by Anup Shah who is based in England. [KF] http://www.globalissues.org/

GoodWorks International (Atlanta, GA): Business consulting firm facilitating business in Africa and the Caribbean. Its Chairman is Andrew Young, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and former Mayor of Atlanta. http://www.goodworksintl.com/index.htm

Great Britain. Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Africa Command: Information on UK relations with Africa. Includes country profiles with a paragraph on bilateral relations, British diplomatic missions in Africa, travel advisories, the Minister of State Peter Hain's visit to Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, etc. Has links sto the Dept. of International Development. http://www.fco.gov.uk/news/keythemehome.asp?16

Great Britian. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. "Private Military Companies: Options for Regulation 2001-02": Full text, in Adobe pdf, of a Green Paper issued Feb. 12, 2002. HC 577. (London: The Stationery Office, 2002). Discusses Angola, Sierra Leone, Congo (Kinshasa), other African countries, Executive Outcomes, Sandline International, etc. Concerns options for regulating private military companies (mercenaries). It describes the extent of the private military company sector. http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/page4423.asp

Great Britain. House of Commons: Locate Debates in Parliament, reports of House Select Committees such as Foreign Affairs. http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm/cmpubns.htm

Heinz III, H. John - Archives: Heinz was a Congressman (1971-1976) and U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1977-1991). Portions of his archival papers are keyword searchable and available in full text from Carnegie Mellon University Library. Included is information on international trade, Rhodesia, South Africa, articles from newspapers, journals, his correspondence, etc. http://www.library.cmu.edu/Guide/Heinz/

INCORE Guides to Sources on Conflict and Ethnicity: The Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity (INCORE), is a joint initiative of the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland and the United Nations University. INCORE has annotated guides to internet sources on conflict and ethnicity in Algeria, Angola, Burundi, DRC / Congo-Kinshasa, Cote d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda.. http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html

Independent Commission for Africa - African Millennium Project: "The Commission will develop Proposals for Africa in the Third Millennium." Includes full text presentations such as the speech of Pres. Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria. Has proposed creation of a Nyerere Prize For Exemplary Ethical Conduct In Public Service. Based in Cotonou, Benin. http://www.milafrica.org/

Institut de recherche pour le développement (Paris): In French. "L'IRD est un établissement public à caractère scientifique et technologique, placé sous la tutelle des [French] ministres chargés de la Recherche et de la Coopération. Depuis cinquante ans [formerly ORSTOM], il conduit des recherches sur les milieux intertropicaux." Has offices in Africa. Has a journal citation database, HORIZON, photo images in their INDIGO database, a database of the map library holdings (maps from the early 1900s), database of mosquito viruses, a database of fish, the Observatoire de la Pêche dans le Delta Intérieur du Niger (Mali). http://www.ird.fr/

InterGovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD): "....the Authority superseding the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD) which was created in 1986 by the six drought stricken countries of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda to co-ordinate development in the Horn of Africa.....Eritrea became the seventh member of IGADD in September 1993 after its independence. IGAD headquarters is in Djibouti." Has communiques and resolutions of Summit meetings, press releases (esp. on Somalia), the Regional Household Energy Programme, the Market Information System. [KF] http://www.igadregion.org/

International Action Network on Small Arms, IANSA (London): A global network of NGOs concerned with the proliferation and unlawful use of small arms. Has a wealth of full text documents from different organizations, includes information on the 2001 United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, a directory of its over 40 African participants, events list. [KF] http://iansa.org/

International Boundaries Reseach Unit, University of Durham: Founded 1989 at the Univ. of Durham (UK). Has a keyword searchable News Database which retrieves articles from the BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, West Africa, Keesings, and other sources. Has the tables of contents for their Boundary & Security Bulletin (1993- ), a discussion list, int-boundaries, and links to related net resources. [KF] http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dgg0www1/

International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty. The Responsibility to Protect: Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty. Co-chairs were Gareth Evans and Mohamed Sahnoun. Full text. (Pub. Ottawa, Canada: IDRC, 2001. 110 p. plus cd-rom) "The report's central theme is "The Responsibility to Protect", the idea that sovereign states have a responsibility to protect their own citizens from avoidable catastrophe, but that when they are unwilling or unable to do so, that responsibility must be borne by the broader community of states." Commission was established partly in response to the genocide in Rwanda. http://www.iciss-ciise.gc.ca/report-e.asp

International Court of Justice (The Hague, Netherlands): The principal judicial organ of the United Nations. The Court's role is to settle in accordance with international law the legal disputes submitted to it by States, and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by duly authorized international organs and agencies. Has a huge collection of ful text documents on cases submitted. Recent cases - Cameroon / Nigeria boundary dispute, Kasikili / Sedudu Island (Botswana/Namibia) boundary dispute, Guinea-Bissau / Senegal case, and the Libya / Chad dispute.
Main site: http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/icj002.htm
Main site (in French): http://www.icj-cij.org/cijwww/cijhome.htm
U.S. mirror site: http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/cijwww/icjwww/icj002.htm

International Criminal Court: "the first ever permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to promote the rule of law and ensure that the gravest international crimes [genocide, war crimes, etc.] do not go unpunished." Crimes committed after July 1, 2002 are liable for prosecution by the Court. Has a Newsletter. The first two cases concern the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Based in the Hague, Netherlands. http://www.icc-cpi.int/

See also
Coalition for the International Criminal Court
"a network of over 2,000 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) advocating for a fair, effective and independent International Criminal Court (ICC)." http://www.iccnow.org/

International Crisis Group - CrisisWeb (Brussels): Current full text reports and analysis of events for Central Africa (Burundi, Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. ICG is a private organization with offices in Bruxelles and Washington, D.C. [KF] http://www.intl-crisis-group.org/

International Law Institute: Has a Uganda Legal Centre of Excellence which offers continuing education and research for lawyers, finance officials, and other professionals from all nations of sub-Saharan Africa. The Austrian government is the primary sponsor of training activities for the Centre. Course presentations and materials are oriented towards African conditions. The Centre provides "internships to students interested in international trade and development issues in the sub-Saharan region." http://www.ili.org/index.htm

International Organization for Migration (IOM) - Africa Programs: IOM's Return and Reintegration of Qualified African Nationals
Programme (RQAN), with funds from the European Union and in cooperation with participating African governments, offers to eligible candidates assistance in returning to employment or self-employment in target or non-target African countries, in sectors of priority to the recipient country’s development." The IOM also works in Angola and has assisted Rwandans returning to Kigali from Kinshasa. http://www.iom.int/iom/rqan/index.htm

International Organizations on the Web - Africa: Links to Africa-related inter-governmental organizations and NGOs on the web site of the Union of International Associations founded 1907 in Brussels. http://www.uia.org/webints/websy10.htm

International Resource Group on Disarmament and Security in the Horn of Africa (IRG): "an effort to engage civil society groups and individuals in exploring alternative approaches to security policy." Has full text reports on the Horn of Africa, Kenya, Somalia, Somaliland, Sudan, Uganda. From Project Ploughshares, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Waterloo, Canada. http://www.ploughshares.ca/content/BUILD%20PEACE/IRG.html

Internet Archive - September 11, 2001 Web Archive: The Internet Archive hosts preserved web sites regarding the September 11, 2001 events (World Trade Center, Pentagon). Use the Search to find comments from Africa regarding September 11. Archives old pages from AllAfrica.com for example. A project of the Pew Research Center, Library of Congress, Internet Archive (Brewster Kahle and others), and WebArchivist.org. http://150.156.112.3/main.plx

For a print article, see "Everyone's Catastrophe. The Slaughter in the USA Creates More Economic and Political Problems for Africans" in Africa Confidential (London), Sept. 28, 2001, V. 42, No. 19.

Interstate Online: A journal of political affairs produced by International Relations undergraduates at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Has a few articles on Africa. including - Issue No. 50 "International NGOs and the New Humanitarian Agenda." by Babu Rahman and "The Western Media and Africa: Issues of Information and Images" by Ama Biney (using Somalia and Rwanda as examples). http://www.aber.ac.uk/~scty34/index.html

Israel. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Information on relations with African countries. http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa

Jane's Defence (Coulsdon, Surrey, U.K.): Use their Search to locate articles.. Has Risk Pointers (country risk assessments), some free interviews, see articles listed in large type (such as interviews with African military / defence offiicals, former Deputy Commander U.N. Assistance Mission to Rwanda (Brigadier-General Henry Kwani Anyidoho of Ghana), Chairman of Armscor, the South African Defence Minister, the Chief of the South African Air Force, the Chief of the South African Army, etc.). From the Jane's Information Group. http://www.janes.com/defence/

Japan and Africa: Links to Africa-Japan related web sites - the Japan International Cooperation Agency and its aid projects in Africa, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (its embassies, cooperation projects), the Export-Import Bank of Japan and it's lending programs, and other resources. The pages are in English and Japanese. http://www.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/

Japan Documentation Center, Library of Congress: Operated by the U.S. Library of Congress to acquire publications from Japan on its commerce, politics, and other topics. One can search their database for citations to publications on, for example, Japanese relations with Africa. Most documents are in Japanese. Documents may be requested from the JDC. http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/jdc/

Japan. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Country by country descriptions of Japan's relations with Africa. http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/africa/

Japan - South Africa Network: The network fosters cooperation (business, science and technology, etc.) between Japana and South Africa. Linked to the Embassy of South Africa in Tokyo. http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/embassy/jasanet/

Johnson (Lyndon B.) Library and Museum: Has full text oral history interviews in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format. Use the Acrobat Find (the binoculars) for keyword searches. Walt Rostow talks about a meeting with President Kennedy and President Keita of Mali reassuring Kennedy that Africa would not become communist. Has an interview with Dean Rusk on the US dropping paratroopers in Stanleyville, Congo and sending transport planes to show support for the Congo govt. against mercenaries, on U.S. policy in the Nigerian civil war. [KF] http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/

Journal of Humanitarian Assistance: A free e-journal based at the University of Bradford, Bradford, U.K.. Has full text articleson Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire. Also articles on Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. http://www.jha.ac/

LANDMINES: Adopt a Minefield. "The Adopt-A-Minefield® Campaign engages individuals, community groups, and businesses in the United Nations effort to remove landmines around the world." Includes Mozambique. http://www.landmines.org/; Africa Policy Information Center - earlier documents (1997 + ) on landmines in Africa.
http://www.africapolicy.org/action/lmine.htm; Ban Anti-Personnel Landmines Project.
Large no. of links from 1994-1997. Includes report on Angola. http://www.web.apc.org/~pgs/pages/ldmn0.html
International Campaign to Ban Landmines - http://www.icbl.org/; Landmines - One World Online
http://www.oneworld.org/landmines/index.html; Mines Action Canada (Ottawa) - includes a chart of African countries' positions on the land mine ban treaty. http://www.minesactioncanada.com/
Mines Action Southern Africa - http://www.gem.org.za/DDPWeb/MasaIntro.htm; Oslo NGO Conference on Landmines, Sept. 1-19, 1997
Official conference site. http://www.interpost.no/folkehjelp/ngoforum/; Pacific Talk Virtual Library - Landmines
Has 1995 issues of the Newsletter of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. http://www.pactok.net.au/docs/landmine/landmine.htm
Physicians Against Landmines (Chicago) http://www.banmines.org/index.html; U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines
Site by the Vietnam Veterans of American Foundation. http://www.vvaf.org/landmine/uscbl.htm

Lessons Learned from U.S. Humanitarian Interventions Abroad. Edited by Thomas S. Blanton (May 9, 2000): (National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 30 ). "report from inside the U.S. government on the successes and failures of the most recent U.S. humanitarian interventions abroad, including Kosovo, Sudan,..." On the site of the National Security Archive, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB30/index.html

Los Angeles Times - "Relief Camps for Africans and Kosovars: Worlds Apart": May 21, 1999 article by T. Christian Miller and Ann M. Simmons, Times Staff Writers. "Aid Workers are struck by contrasts in food, shelter and health care.They cite culture, race as reasons." Article reprinted on the site of Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research, Lund, Sweden. http://www.transnational.org/features/contrasts.html

Matchafa: pour comprendre le monde: In French. Blog on Europe and the West's relations with Africa, present and past. Covers all continents. http://matchafa.quebecblogue.com/category/afrique-africa/

Mathaba Network - United States of Africa: Information on Libya, a BBC video about bombing of a Sudan school, account by Louis Istvan Szondy, a British and Australian citizen, of torture and detention in the Sudan, the Western Sahara situation, plus a vareity of human rights sites (not annotated). Based in London. http://www.mathaba.net/index1.htm

McKinney, Cynthia - Roundtable on "Covert Action in Africa: a Smoking Gun in Washington, D.C.": Statements presented at a roundtable discussion, April 6, 2001, of international investigative journalists convened by Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, U.S. House of Representatives. Concerns U.S. foreign policy in the Great Lakes Region (Rwanda, Congo), the role of Maurice Tempelsman, the De Beers diamond business, etc. http://www.house.gov/mckinney/news/pr010416.htm

Migration Policy Institute - Migration Information Source: "an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think-tank in Washington, D.C. dedicated to the study of the movement of people worldwide." On immigration, migration, refugee policy in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, United States.
Statistics for immigration to the U.S. from Africa as a whole and by individual countries. Data is from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Urban Institute. Statistics of foreign-born by state. For example California in 2000, 113,255 Califorians were born in Africa. 11,818 were from Ethiopia, 13,939 were from Nigeria. 14,359 were from South Africa. Profiles of selected countries (Botswana, Cape Verde, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, South Africa.) Find statistics, from 1980 to 2002, on numbers of asylum seekers from individual countries to countries of asylum. The Institute is based in Washington, D.C. http://www.migrationinformation.org

Nasreddin, Ibrahim - African Studies: an Egyptian Perspective: Includes Egyptian-African relations; Arab-African issues; and Israeli-African relations. Article from the journal, Al-Siyassa al-Dawliya / International Politics Journal (Cairo), No. 161, July 2005. http://www.siyassa.org.eg/ESiyassa/ahram/2005/7/1/REPO8.HTM

National Security Archive, (George Washington University): An independent research institute and library in Washington, D.C. which collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act, FOIA. Their holdings include press clippings on Africa and a Horn of Africa refugees (1979-1984) collection. Their microfiche collection, South Africa: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1962-1989 (2,500 documents on 439 microfiche, cost U.S. $3,900). The collection is held by at least 23 U.S. libraries and Oxford U.; check RLIN or the OCLC World Catalog for a list of these. The site provides information on how to use the FOIA. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/; Their Digital National Security Archives has full text documents, mainly one page each, in Adobe PDF format, on U.S. foreign relations. Includes memos, cables re Angola, military training by South Africa for the Contras, African reaction to the Cuban missile crisis, Zambia, Mozambique, etc. "The National Security Archive is a non-profit research institute and library in Washington, D.C., which provides .... public access to declassified government documents obtained through extensive use of the US Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)." http://nsarchive.chadwyck.com/

National Summit on Africa, Africa Society of the: The Summit was a two-year initiative to improve public understanding about Africa and U.S.-Africa relations. It seeks to create "an expanded and broad-based constituency for Africa; enabling a diverse coalition of organizations and individuals to develop a shared Agenda for Action for U.S.relations with the countries of Africa".Has their newsletter, Palaver. http://www.africasummit.org/

See also:
Audio Recording Services for audio tapes of the National Summit for purchase.
Pacific West Coast Regional Summit on Africa: Has a 157 report in Adobe .pdf format of the California Delegation's Response to the National Draft Policy Plan of Action.. http://www.win-cawa.org/summit/
Foreign Policy In Focus. Policy Report: Africa Activism: What Direction Now? By Jim Lobe and Jim Cason. A critique of the Summit. http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/papers/africapr/index.html
Progressive Response, Special on the Summit, March 17, 2000. http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/progresp/volume4/v4n11.html

New Partnership for Africa's Development: In English and French. Site only works in MS Internet Explorer. "This initiative was endorsed by the OAU summit of Heads of State and Governments in Lusaka, Zambia on the 11 July 2001." http://www.nepad.org/

New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD): Full text document, in Adobe pdf, 63 pages. NEPAD is "a pledge by African leaders...that they have a pressing duty to eradicate poverty..." "African peoples have begun to demonstrate their refusal to accept poor economic and political leadership." On the site of South Africa's Dept. of Foreign Affairs. http://www.dfa.gov.za/events/nepad.pdf

[New Partnership...... ] Partnership with the Private Sector for financing Africa's growth through NEPAD'' Dakar, on April 15 - 17, 2002: "The Dakar Conference will be an opportunity for participants to review concrete projects in 10 priority areas, including those dealing with Infrastructure, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Energy and Agriculture." http://www.nepadsn.org/

See also regarding NEPAD:: Joseph, Richard - "Smart Partnerships for African Development"; Concerns the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD). Dr. Joseph "proposes a strategic framework of developmental partnerships based on the realities of contemporary Africa...." A United States Institute of Peace, Special Report. http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr88.html; UNESCO. "Forward-looking Approaches and Innovative Strategies to Promote the Development of Africa in the Twenty-first Century" - International Seminar on NEPAD, New Partnership for Africa's Development. Has press release on the seminar, background documents (Omega Plan, etc.), Workshop Recommendations, and the Final Report, Paris 8-9 November 2001 (55 p). The report is in Adobe pdf. http://www.unesco.org/africa/seminar/index.html

Niane, Aliou B. - Ma Vision du Japon: In French. Commentary by, Aliou B. Niane, a Guinean national living in Japan, on Japanese-African relations, perceptions. Includes a directory of African embassies in Tokyo and links to web pages of other Guineans. http://www2.gol.com/users/niane/

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD): In English and Norwegian. "a directorate under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs." Describes Norway's development assistance to African countries (statistics, projects). Includes an annotated bibliography with Africa-related citations, "Corruption - A selected and annotated bibliography." http://www.norad.no/

Norwegian Council for Africa: Was the Norwegian Council for Southern Africa. Now covers Sub-Saharan Africa. Is a member of the Norwegian Nigeria Campaign for an oil boycott of Nigeria. Has a list of net resources on Africa, "Index on Africa".
Index on Africa: http://www.fellesraadet.africainfo.no/africaindex/index.html
Nigeria Campaign: http://www.fellesraadet.africainfo.no/campaigns/nigeria.html
http://www.fellesraadet.africainfo.no/engindex.html

Open Democracy: Site for the non-profit, Open Democracy Ltd, funded by the Open Trust, a registered UK charity. Articles on China - U.S. relations, Liberia in transition (2007), the DR Congo’s political opportunity by
Gérard Prunier (2007), Ghana: fifty years of independence, What future for Zimbabwe (2007) by Wilf Mbanga, Zimbabwe between past and future (2006), by Andrew Meldrum, Africa and democracy, etc.
Based in London. http://www.opendemocracy.net/

Organisation internationale de la Francophonie: Extensive information on Francophone Africa. Formerly Agence de cooperation Culturelle et Technique, ACCT, an inter-governmental organization for French-speaking countries created in Niamey in 1970 by Leopold S. Senghor, Habib Bourguiba, and Hamani Diori. Information on African members. http://www.francophonie.org

Organization of African Unity. See its successor, the African Union: Site has closed. Was the official site. Has press releases, speeches of the OAU Secretary General, the OAU Charter, a biography of the Secretary General, maps and basic facts, the African Charter on Human & Peoples' Rights (1981), Rules of Procedure of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (1995), a history of the OAU African Economic Community, etc. [KF] http://www.oau-oua.org/

[OAU] First OAU Ministerial Conference on Human Rights in Africa, 12-16 April 1999.: In English and French. The "Declaration and Plan of Action," full text speeches and statements. On the site of the Mauritius, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Trade. http://ncb.intnet.mu/mfa/oau.htm

Organization of African Unity, Researching the - Boston University Law Library: A guide to OAU documents on the web by Stephanie Burke. http://www.bu.edu/lawlibrary/research/int/guides/guide_oau.htm

Partnership Africa Canada: "created in 1986 with the support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and Canadian and African non-governmental organizations (NGOs)." Topics include blood diamonds, the African Peer Review Mechanism, NEPAD and development. Links to African civil society organizations. Based in Ottawa, Canada. http://www.pacweb.org/

Policy.com: Public policy resource owned and founded by A2S2 Digital Projects, Inc. Has a selection of links to Africa-U.S. foreign relations issues.

Power and Interest News Report, PINR: PINR is "an independent organization that utilizes open source intelligence to provide conflict analysis services in the context of international relations." Reports on Africa include "Somalia's Fluid Politics Move Toward Polarization" ( July 07 2006); "Somaliland and the Issue of International Recognition;" "China and Angola Strengthen Bilateral Relationship" (June 23 2006); "Nigeria Avoids a Governance Crisis" (June 21 2006); " "Rebel Attack Threatens Deby's Government in Chad;" "Elections Approach in Democratic Republic of Congo.'' Based in Chicago, Ilinois. http://www.pinr.com/

Program on Security and Development, SAND: "focuses on documenting, investigating and consulting..." regarding the proliferation and indiscriminate use of small arms and light weapons. Hosts the Geneva 2001 database an electronic collection of official statements made and actions taken by governments regarding the proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons. Includes actions by South Africa and Liberia's decision to destroy surplus weapons in 1999. Full text documents (in Adobe .pdf) are available such as the Tools for Arms Project in Mozambique by the Christian Council of Mozambique (1999). Affiliated with the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, Calif. http://pacdc.miis.edu/

Project Muse: Full text articles, for subscribers only, to titles such as Human Rights Quarterly, Journal of Democracy, World Politics. Search thru all journals or selected ones only. A important resource for subscribers. From Johns Hopkins University Press. http://muse.jhu.edu/muse.html

Project Ploughshares: "promotes disarmament and demilitarization, the peaceful resolution of political conflict..." Has full text articles from its newsletter, Ploughshares Monitor, the full text of its annual Armed Conflicts Report on the state of war around the world (which has maps of deaths in conflicts, a human development map, child soldiers map, landmines map). Projects include International Resource Group on Disarmament and Security in the Horn of Africa and the Sudan Track II Diplomacy Project (includes Military Profiles of Horn of Africa countries). Based at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Conrad Grebel College, Waterloo, Canada. http://www.ploughshares.ca/index.html

Public Citizen. Global Trade Watch: Information on why the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act should be opposed and the HOPE for Africa Act. "Public Citizen is a national consumer and environmental organization founded by Ralph Nader in 1971." http://www.citizen.org/pctrade/Africa/africahome.html

RAND: RAND is a nonprofit public policy research institute in Santa Monica, California. Its site has a subject index to abstracts of its publications on Africa. Robert Klitgaard is Dean of its Graduate School of Policy Studies.
Subject Index: http://www.rand.org/areas/AFRI.Toc.html
Main Page: http://www.rand.org/

Refugees International - Must Boys Be Boys? Ending Sexual Exploitation & Abuse in UN Peacekeeping Missions: Full text on-line. 44 p. in PDF. "argues that a hyper-masculine culture has evolved within UN peacekeeping missions that breeds a tolerance for such extreme behaviors. The report calls on the UN to insure that the necessary funding and resources are made available to fully address the problem." Based in Washington, D.C. http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/publication/detail/6976/

Rothchild, Donald - Managing Ethnic Conflict in Africa: Pressures and Incentives for Cooperation: Full text of the book, includes chapters on Angola, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe. The entire book is keyword searchable. (Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c1997. 343 p.) http://brookings.nap.edu/books/0815775938/html/index.html

Also at the Brookings site is the full text of Mixed Messages: American Politics and International Organization 1919-1999 by Edward C. Luck. (Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c1999. 374 p.)

SADC. Southern African Development Community: In English, French, Portuguese. Members are Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Has full text reports, including statistics, on these sectors: Culture, Information and Sport, Regional Drug Control Programme, Gender, Health, Human Resources, Development, Employment and Labour, Transport, Communications, Meteorology, Tourism. Also links to other SADC units/organizations, full text issues (in Adobe pdf) of its magazine, SADC Today. Based in Gaborone, Botswana. http://www.sadc.int

SADC Youth Movement: "To provide platform for young people to engage in constructive dialogue and share experiences with regard to youth development in the SADC Region." The Secretariat is in Pretoria, South Africa. http://sadcym.tripod.com/

SALIGAD: "project dealing with small arms issues in the Horn of Africa"; "promotes dialogue and non-violent conflict resolution. Projects are implemented by the Bonn International Center for Conversion - BICC and the International Resource Group on Disarmament and Security in the Horn of Africa (IRG). Does field work in Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan. Has report of a 2000 Workshop on Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Garissa District (Kenya), a report of a workshop on the Control and Managment of Arms on Inter-communal, Domestic and Business Violence (Kenya). Has text of intergovernment declarations on small arms (Nairobi, Bamako), a link to a 42 p. report, Curbing the Demand for Small Arms - Lessons in East Africa and the Horn of Africa and a directory of peace related organizations in the Horn. http://www.saligad.org

Sandline International: "a Private Military Company (PMC) focusing on conflict resolution. The company operates worldwide and is resourced by professionals with many years of operational experience at senior rank within first world armies. Sandline maintains representative offices in the UK and USA." Has newspaper articles, papers by Sandline stating its position on private armies. It worked for the Sierra Leone govt. in 1998. http://www.sandline.com/site/index.html

SD Development Newsletter (U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.): Articles on USAID's projects in Africa on governance, economic growth, agriculture, information technology, the environment, education, health, humanitarian assistance. Quarterly published by the Office of Sustainable Development, Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development. http://www.usaid.gov/regions/afr/abic/sdindex.htm

Sister Cities International: Find which African cities and U.S. cities have Sister City ties. Find all the Sister City relationships by state, then by city. Find cities / local government bodies in Africa seeking Sister City ties. Toolkits, etc. Based in Washington, D.C. http://www.sister-cities.org/

Al-Siyassa al-Dawliya / International Politics Journal (Cairo, Egypt): Published by the Al-Ahram Foundation. Selected articles online include -
African Studies: an Egyptian Perspective, by Dr. Ibrahim Nasreddin (2005)
China Rediscovers Africa, by Ambassador Ahmed Haggag (2006)
China's Economic and Political Presence in Africa, by Reda Mohammed Helal (2006)
US Policy towards Africa: Changing Visions and Tools, by Khaled Hanafi Ali (2006)
A New European Strategy in Africa, by George Tharwat Fahmi (2006)
Moroccan-Algerian Relations and the Western Sahara Issue, by Khaled Al-Sergani (2006)
The External Role in Sudan's Crisis, by Dr Amani Al-Tawil (2006)

Social Science Research Council. After Sept. 11: Essays on the events of Sept. 11. Includes "Good Muslim, Bad Muslim – An African Perspective"
by Mahmood Mamdani, Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Anthropology, Columbia University.
http://www.ssrc.org/sept11/index.htm

South African Institute of International Affairs: A research institute at the Univ. of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Describes their research (landmines, drug trade, etc.), fellowships, publications. Includes the full text of

Southern Africa Information Access, Inc. - Africa in Washington: SAIA has a directory of U.S. government Africa-related programs and activities, a directory of Africa-related agencies and activities in Washington, D.C., and parliamentary/legislative information, edited by Ray Cop