USAID
CIA
US Dept. of the Army
US Dept of Commerce (inc. AGOA)
OPIC
US Dept. of Defense
(inc. AFRICOM & IDA)
United States Government Agencies
- USAID: United States Agency for International Development on Africa (Compiled by Columbia University Libraries.)
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency (Washington, DC)
- Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members of African Governments (World Leaders) (Washington, DC: The Agency) -- Selected by Columbia University Libraries.
- World Factbook. (Online) (Washington, DC: The Agency)Select "Country Listing" to view all individual country files.
- CIA Home Page (General)
- US Congress: Public Law No. 106-200 "Trade and Development Act of 2000" (Originally "H.R. 434 and related bills"): United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act and the African Growth and Opportunity Act. (via THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet, The Library of Congress, Washington, DC)
- US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute on Sub-Saharan Africa Research & Publications (Carlisle, Pennsylvania)A small selection of publications (in downloadable PDF) by security analysts since 1993; plus links to the rest of the SSI website.
- US Department of the Army / Library of Congress, Federal Research Division: African Country Studies [Area Handbooks], 1987-1996
- US Department of Commerce (Washington, DC)
- AGOA--African Growth and Opportunity Act Website, 2010-
This site includes links to documents and current news relating to U.S. trade and investment issues on Sub-Saharan Africa.-- See also: AGOA Website, 2001-2009 - 9th AGOA Forum, 2-6 August 2010, Washington, DC and Kansas City, Missouri
- 8th AGOA Forum, 4-6 August 2009, Nairobi, Kenya
- 6th AGOA Forum, July 18-19, 2007, Accra, Ghana (via Export.Gov)The official documents of the United States government's "African Growth and Opportunity Act" 2007 forum and links to previous forums.
- International Trade Administration: US-African Trade Profile 2009 17 pages in PDF format (via AGOA.Gov)
- For recent documents on economy (and trade), see also: US Export.Gov below.
- AGOA--African Growth and Opportunity Act Website, 2010-
- OPIC--Overseas Private Investment Corporation (Washington, DC)
- "OPIC is an independent U.S. government agency whose mission is to mobilize and facilitate the participation of U.S. private capital and skills in the economic and social development of less developed countries and areas, and countries in transition from nonmarket to market economies...OPIC assists U.S. companies by providing financing (from large structured finance to small business loans), political risk insurance, and investment funds."
- OPIC project descriptions
- Search current OPIC projects by country
- US Department of Defense (Washington, DC )
- AFRICOM--US Africa Command (Washington, DC; Stuttgart-Moehringen, Germany)Launched in 2008, an internal reorganization of the U.S. military command structure, creating one administrative headquarters that is responsible to the Secretary of Defense for U.S. military relations with 53 African countries.
- Africa Center for Strategic Studies = Centre d'Etudes Stratégiques de l'Afrique
(Fort McNair, National Defense University) - Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)
- "...a non-profit corporation that operates three federally funded research and development centers to provide objective analyses of national security issues..."
- IDA research notes: "Security in Africa" (Summer 2012) -- Washington, DC: IDA, 1998-
40 pages in PDF format
- AFRICOM--US Africa Command (Washington, DC; Stuttgart-Moehringen, Germany)
- US Department of State
- Bureau of African Affairs, 2009-
- Country Information for AfricaPress releases, embassy information, and links to reports.
- U.S. Mission to the United Nations (New York)
- Millennium Challenge Corporation -- Countries"The MCC is a United States Government corporation designed to work with some of the poorest countries in the world. Established in January 2004, MCC is based on the principle that aid is most effective when it reinforces good governance, economic freedom and investments in people."
--MCC Home Page - United States Embassies and Other Diplomatic Missions (Africa and elsewhere)
- US Travel Advisories for Africa (incl. North Africa)
- Bureau of African Affairs -- Bush Administration (Archive)-- Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism. Country Reports on Terrorism: Africa Overview (2006)
-- "Powell Goes to Africa: A Human Rights Agenda." (May 2001) Human Rights Watch Backgrounder. - Bureau of African Affairs -- Clinton Administration (Archive)-- Press Statements, 2000/2001 (plus links to earlier years -- under Clinton Administration)
-- Remarks, 2000 (plus links to earlier years -- under Clinton Administration)
-- "The Trade and Development Act of 2000: Strengthening Our Economic Partnership With Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean Basin," May 18, 2000A brief "fact sheet". The full congressional document is available from the US Trade Representative. See also: The United States and Africa: A New Partnership -- The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, 2000 (An official history of the act and related links.)-- "U.S. - Africa Ministerial: Partnership for the 21st Century," March 16-18, 1999, Washington, D.C. - For documents on commerce (economy and trade, etc.) since 2001, see: US Export.Gov below
- Country Commercial Guides and Other Country Information for "Sub-Saharan Africa": 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997
- Country Commercial Guides and Other Country Information: Middle East & North Africa--Current | Morocco, Tunisia, & ME countries, 2001 | Egypt, Tunisia, & ME countries, 2000 | Egypt & ME countries, 1999
- Country Commercial Guides for North Africa & The Middle East: 1998 | 1997--ME countries only
- Country Commercial Guides for the World: 1996
- Economic Policy and Trade Practices Reports for Ghana, Nigeria, & South Africa: 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996
- Economic Policy and Trade Practices Reports for Angola, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, & South Africa: 1995
- Economic Policy and Trade Practices Reports for "North Africa & the Middle East": 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995--Algeria & ME countries
- Economic Policy and Trade Practices Report: 1994--All Countries
- Human Rights Reports on Africa: 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004| 2005| 2006| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 (Search by country)
- Human Rights Reports on Near East & North Africa: 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004| 2005| 2006| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 (Search by country)
- Advancing Freedom and Democracy Reports: Africa, 2010 -and- Near East and North Africa, 2010
- International Religious Freedom Reports--Africa: 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005| 2006 | 2007 | 2008| 2009 | 2010
- International Religious Freedom Reports--Near East & North Africa: 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005| 2006 | 2007 | 2008| 2009 | 2010
- US Dept. of State on Trafficking in Persons Reports, 2001 to present
- US Dept. of State on "The National Summit on Africa", February 2000
- Background Notes on "Sub-Saharan Africa", 1992-2000
- Background Notes on "North Africa and the Near East", 1991-98
- Bureau of Intelligence and Research: Arms and Conflict in Africa, July 1999
- US Dept. of State: International Information Programs on Africa
- America.Gov on Africa---News
- "Remembering the Embassy Bombings of August 7, 1998" (August 1999) (in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
- America.Gov on Africa---News
- US Dept. of State, Office of the Historian: Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952-1976: selected documents
- Bureau of African Affairs, 2009-
- US Department of Energy
- Open EI--Open Energy Info -- Region and Country InformationSponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory:
"A knowledge sharing online community dedicated to connecting people with the latest energy information and data." - US Energy Information Administration on Africa (Selected by Columbia University Libraries.)
- "Country analysis briefs" on energy production (oil, gas, electricity, etc.), imports, and exports for only a handful of African countries. Plus, world data sheets (1980-98) -- with some African data.
- See also: EIA on the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
- Open EI--Open Energy Info -- Region and Country Information
- US Executive Branch
- The White House: Foreign Policy, 2009-These web pages offer current news, press releases, and links to documents relating to African policy initiatives of the US President, in addition to the activities of the US State Department
- President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)--Countries
- President Obama in Ghana, July 10-11, 2009 (via America.gov, Washington, DC)
- United States Trade and Development Agency on Sub-Saharan Africa (Washington, DC)Lists of projects in the region and related links. "The TDA, an independent U.S. Government agency under the Executive Branch, promotes economic development in developing countries by funding feasibility studies, consultancies, training programs and other project planning services. In Africa, TDA assists U.S. firms by identifying major development projects which offer large export potential and by funding U.S. private sector involvement in project planning."
- The White House: Foreign Policy, 2009-
- US Export.Gov
- US Geological Survey: Earthquake Information (via Earthquake Hazards Program, Reston, Virginia ; and National Earthquake Information Center, Denver, Colorado)
- US Geological Survey, EROS Data Center (USGS, Earth Resources Observation Systems Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
- USGS-EROS Data Center: EarthshotsSatellite photographs of environmental change in Africa and elsewhere; explanatory notes and useful links to other information sites.
-- Home Page (General)
-- Nile River Delta, Egypt (1973-1987)
-- Lake Chad, West Africa (1972-2007)
-- Lake Turkana, East Africa (1973-1995)
-- Mozambique (1973-1995)
- USGS-EROS Data Center: Earthshots
- US House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa... (Washington, DC)
- US Institute of Peace on Africa (via Columbia University Libraries)
- US Peace Corps in Africa (Washington, DC)General information about Peace Corps programs in African countries and call for volunteers.
- US Mission to the United Nations on Africa (New York)
- US Mission to the UN Home Page (General ; search for "Africa" policy statements)
- US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations--Subcommittee on African Affairs
-- Chairman: U.S. Senator Chirstopher Coons - US Trade Representative Reports on Africa - A Comprehensive Trade and Development Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa: An annual report submitted by the President of the United States to the Congress. (USTR, Washington, DC)
- Reports of the President on US Trade and Investment Policy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa, 2001-- (AGOA reports--African Growth and Opportunity Act [HR 434]; Southern African Customs Union Act; Trade and Investment Framework Agreements, etc.)
- USTR General Home Page