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Africa: Resource Library The Africa Resource Library is part of the Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center. MSFRIC, founded in 1946, is the premier library in the Department of Defense (DOD). The Library contains general information on African economics, foreign relations, history, etc., as well as content on each country.
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African Studies- Conferences Conferences and Other Events on Africa posted by Columbia University. World wide in scope.
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Boston U. African Studies Center Founded in 1953, the African Studies Center has provided a strong foundation in African studies to generations of university professors, economists, health workers, government officials, development personnel, diplomats, and others.
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African Studies Association Main Page The African Studies Association represents a diverse group of people interested in Africa and its people. The Association has a long history of commitment to fostering the study of Africa, to supporting research by Africans, and of promoting collaboration among Africanists.
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African Approaches to Building Peace and Social Solidarity African Approaches to Building Peace and Social Solidarity is an article by Tim Murithi that can be accessed online at AJOL. The paper examines African indigenous approaches to building peace and promoting social solidarity.
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Worldpress Worldpress is a nonpartisan magazine whose mission is to foster the international exchange of perspectives and information on social justice, politics around the globe, including Africa. It contains articles reprinted from the press outside the United States, as well as originally written material.
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IMF Country Reports The IMF Country Reports are the reports prepared for each country in Africa and includes information on poverty reduction strategies, press releases, and IMF loans.
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OneWorld Africa OneWorld Africa is part of OneWorld, one of the fastest-growing civil society networks online, which supports people’s media to help build a more just global society. OneWorld Africa posts news on Africa and links to projects dealing with education, poverty, human rights, HIV/AIDS and information and communications technology.
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New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) is the vision and strategic framework adopted by African leaders to address poverty and underdevelopment throughout the African continent. The United Nations is committed to supporting the New Partnership or Africa's Development (NEPAD). The UN system's diverse funds, programs, agencies and departments are actively supporting NEPAD priorities and Millennium Development goals in line with their particular areas of expertise.
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World Bank Documents and Reports The World Bank Documents and Reports section provides information on World Bank programs and economics in Africa in general, as well as specific country reports.
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Fahamu Fahamu comprises a small core of highly skilled and experienced staff based in Nairobi, Kenya; Cape Town, South Africa; Dakar, Senegal and Oxford, UK. Fahamu has a vision of the world where people organize to emancipate themselves from all forms of oppression, recognize their social responsibilities, respect each other’s differences, and realize their full potential. Fahamu has a Pambazuka Press which publishes a growing list of book titles on human rights, social justice, politics and advocacy in Africa, written by well-known African academics, public intellectuals and activists.
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African Books Collective African Books Collective, founded, owned and governed by African publishers, seeks to strengthen indigenous African publishing through collective action and to increase the visibility and accessibility of the wealth of African scholarship and culture
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Ethnologue: Africa Ethnologue: Africa provides information on the languages spoken in each African country as well as a breakdown of the percentage of the population that speaks each language, and where in the country a particular language is spoken.
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Centre for Citizens’ Participation on the African Union (CCP-AU) The Centre for Citizens’ Participation on the African Union (CCP-AU) was established with the mandate of coordinating and facilitating the activities of participating civil society organisations and to encourage that of others around the continent in their engagement with the AU. CCP-AU seeks to support citizens, state and non-state actors to popularise and integrate key African Union (AU) policy standards and legal instruments in national laws, policies and programmes that promote good governance, gender equality, and the realisation of basic economic, political, social and cultural rights, as well as the rights of marginalised groups.
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African Traditional Religion African Traditional Religion is a webpage that provides information on religion in Africa, African religious traditions, and African creation myths, among others, as well as links to information on religion in other sites.
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African Development Work Bank (AfDB) AfDB staff work with governments across the continent, helping them in critical areas of development, from policy advice to the identification, preparation, appraisal and supervision of development projects. Activities include, among others, infrastructure, private sector development, policy advice, gender equality, climate change and regional integration. The Bank Group is deeply committed to anti-corruption initiatives with a view to improving the continent’s investment climate. The website provides news and documents about their projects in various African countries.
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Brookings Institution The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. The Brookings Institution provides research and commentary on Africa in general and related topics such as development, internal displacement, and poverty.