Africa
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AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA, SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES FROM STANFORD
UNIVERSITY
AFRICA POLITICAL
CORNER: Essential information about every country in Africa. Be
sure to scroll to bottom of page for interesting links.
AFRICA SEARCH ENGINES:
Possibly the widest portal to and easiest way to browse through the
continent.
BBC AFRICAN NEWS SERVICE
THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE CONGO: From the departure of the
Belgians in 1960 to the advent of Joseph Désiré Mobutu in 1965. A very
useful background paper by Keith Kyle.
CONGO AFTER MOBUTU:
The Rwandan and Congolese Tutsi forces which overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko,
his successor Laurent Kabila. Delve deeper with OUT THERE NEWS Megastory,
'CONGO AFTER MOBUTU'. What's the Kinshasa French for "I want a bribe"?
LATEST NEWS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP on Central
Africa
AFRICA POLICY
INFORMATION CENTER: The primary objective of the Africa Policy
Information Center (APIC) is to widen the policy debate in the United
States around African issues and the US role in Africa, by providing
accessible policy-relevant information and analysis usable by a wide
range of groups and individuals.
AFRICA NEWS ONLINE: Africa news on the World Wide web from
Africa's leading newspapers, magazines and news agencies.
U.S. Information Agency fact sheet on
THE
AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT
AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT COALITION: The African Growth
and Opportunity Act Coalition is a group of America's largest companies
that support the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
AT ISSUE: U.S. Foreign
Policy toward Africa
"The
Wilsonian Conception of Democracy and Human Rights: a Retrospective and
Prospective" by Korwa G. Adar. Korwa G. Adar teaches
International Relations at the International Studies Unit, Political
Studies Department, Rhodes University, South Africa. His articles have
appeared in many internationally refereed journals. His recent books
include Kenyan Foreign Policy Behaviour Towards Somalia, 1963-1983
(Lanham: University Press of America, 1994) and a co-edited volume,
The United States and Africa: From Independence to the End of the Cold
War (Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers, 1995) with J.D.
Olewe-Nyunya and M. Munene.
WASHINGTON OFFICE ON AFRICA'S QUESTIONS FOR CONGRESS: Questions
on Africa Policy for the 106th Congress.
THE AFRICAN
RENAISSANCE, SOUTH AFRICA AND THE WORLD: South African President
Thabo MBEKI's address at the United Nations University on 9 April 1998.
TALKING ABOUT TRIBE:
Moving from stereotypes to analysis. An excellent background paper
published in November 1997.
ETHNICITY,
AN AFRICAN PREDICAMENT: A paper by Francis M. Deng of the
Brookings Institution which describes one of the continent's most
serious problems. While at that site, you may click on to two other
scholarly papers on Africa by Francis M. Deng: "War of Visions" and
"Sovereignty as Responsibility."
WOMEN'S HUMAN
RIGHTS IN AFRICA: BEYOND THE DEBATE OVER UNIVERSALITY OR RELATIVITY
OF HUMAN RIGHTS. By Diana J. Fox
THE CHALLENGE OF
ETHNICITY AND CONFLICTS IN AFRICA: THE NEED FOR A NEW PARADIGM
by Sam G. Amoo, Senior Adviser, Emergency Response Division, United
Nations Development Program. "The purpose of this paper is to suggest
such an inclusive paradigm, one which relates realistically to the
prevalent socio-political condition of the societies in the Africa
region. This paradigm essentially argues that conflicts arise from
dysfunctional governance or socio-political systems that deny or
suppress the satisfaction of a group’s ontological needs, such as the
universal needs for identity, recognition, security, dignity and
participation. This denial generates conflict which can only be resolved
through alterations in norms, structures, institutions and policies. The
causes and remedies of conflicts in Africa therefore essentially relate
to the socio-political structures of the particular state."
FROM INTERPRESS SERVICE:
EDUCATION FOR PEACE
IN AFRICA, a paper by Horace Campbell, Professor at Syracuse
University.
BUREAUCRATIC
CORRUPTION IN AFRICA: The futility of cleanups. By John Mukum
Mbaku, Professor of Economics at Weber State University and President of
the African National Foundation.
AFRICASIA, New African Magazine. A good monthly source of
information from Africa. Written by Africans for Africans.
AFRICA CONFIDENTIAL:
A newsletter out of London. Reporting the Africa that other papers don't
reach. Subscription required.
JEUNE AFRIQUE: Respected French language African weekly
newsmagazine.
THE SOMALI CRISIS:
TIME FOR AN AFRICAN SOLUTION: by Geo. B.N. Ayittey, associate
professor of Economics at American University in Washington, D.C. His
most recent book, Africa Betrayed, won the Mencken Award for Best
Book of 1992.
THE CONFLICT IN
EASTERN ZAIRE, RWANDA, BURUNDI, UGANDA AND TANZANIA: Three
papers by Dr. Richard Griggs, Research Director for Independent Projects
Trust--a non-governmental organization in Durban, South Africa.
Professor Griggs is also Coordinator for the Center for World Indigenous
Studies, Fourth World Atlas Project.
CONTEMPORARY
CONFLICTS IN AFRICA: This page contains a random sampling of
Internet resources on the prevention, management and resolution of
violent conflicts in Africa.
AFRICAN LIVES: A series of occasional articles which chronicles
the joys and struggles in the everyday lives of African peoples.
ADDITIONAL
AFRICAN LINKS: There may be some duplication here, but this has
to be the single most complete list of AFRICAN links.
