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Portals

  • Africana.com Portal containing a wide variety of content and services, including daily and archived news and feature stories from a variety of sources, interactive discussion, music, book and movie reviews.
  • Contemporary Africa Database Aims at providing information concerning prominent Africans, African organisations, and dates in the African calendar.
  • Directory of development organizations: Africa Nine categories : (1) international organizations; (2) government institutions; (3) private sector support organizations (including fairtrade); (4) finance institutions; (5) training and research centres; (6) civil society organizations; (7) development consulting firms (including references to job opportunities and vacancy announcements); (8) information providers (development newsletters/journals); and, (9) grantmakers.
  • Eldis: Africa Portal with country profiles.
  • Stanford: Africa portal
  • Rwanda Online News & media portal.
  • Woyaa African portal & search engine.
  • The University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center General resources about the continent as well as country specific pages with general information and other internet resources.
  • Index on Africa General purpose resource on the continent.
  • Africanet Detailed information on 9 countries and bits about the others.
  • Travelinfo South Africa Remarkable resource for all the countries of Southern Africa.

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Blogs

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News (internet)

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Newspapers

  • International Guardian Houston based newspapers covering Africa's events and primarily aimed at African- American community.

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News Agencies

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Broadcast Media

  • Channel Africa Broadcasts African news via shortwave, satellite and internet radio.

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In addition to major international relations journals :

Africa, African Affairs, Journal of Modern African Studies, Politique Africaine, Review of African Political Economy.

Magazines, bulletins and websites:

Africa Analysis, Le Nouvel Afrique-Asie, Africa Confidential, African Business, BBC Summary of World Broadcast Africa, Business in Africa, Indian Ocean Newsletter, Jeune Afrique/L’Intelligent, L’Autre Afrique, New African, News Africa, West Africa

The Africa research bulletin, the Economist and the Economist Intelligence Unit’s country reports, Keesing’s Contemporary Archives, Le Monde Diplomatique and Strategic Survey (International Institute for Strategic Studies, London).

Essential Background to African Studies

Bayart, J-F., ‘ Africa in the World: A History of Extraversion’, African Affairs, No. 99, April 2000.

Cooper, F., ‘What is the concept of globalization good for? An African historian’s perspective.’ African Affairs, Vol. 100, No. 399, April 2001. Offprint P8058A

Harbeson, J. and D Rothchild (eds), Africa in World Politics: The African State System in Flux, 3 rd Edition, Westview Press, 2000. DT 30.5 A25

Joseph, R., ‘The reconfiguration of Power in Late Twentieth-Century Africa,’ in: Joseph, R. (ed.), State, Conflict, and Democracy in Africa, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999. JQ 1879. A15 S79

Tordoff, W., Government and Politics in Africa, 3 rd ed., Macmillan, 1997. JQ1872 T67

 

* Recommended for purchase: Clapham, C., Africa and the International System, Cambridge University Press, 1996. JX 1582 C58

ECOMOG

For a story on the failure of this organisation »

ECOMOG: the story of an heroic failure by L. Gberie in African Affairs, 1 January 2003, vol. 102, no. 406, pp. 147-154(8).

European Union

Check the Development Policy Statement was agreed in December 2005 by the European Commission, the Council and the Parliament. It provides useful information on EU strategy towards African development in particular.

State & Political Organisations

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Politics (Journals)

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Politics (Magazines)

  • East African Business-oriented regional weekly from the Nation Group, Nairobi .
  • Focus On Africa Magazine Magazine published quarterly by the BBC World Service. Covers the latest political, economic, social, cultural, and sporting developments.
  • North Africa Journal Weekly analysis on North Africa's economy, business and politics. Based in Boston, USA.
  • Polity Policy and Law news from South Africa.
  • United Nations: Africa Renewal News and analysis on the economic and development challenges.

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Politics (Institutes/ Centres)

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