In September 2009, the West Africa Rice Development Association was renamed "Africa Rice Center".
[The Center]...is a leading pan-African research organization with a mission to contribute to poverty alleviation and food security in Africa through research, development and partnership activities. It is one of the 15 international agricultural research Centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)...created in 1971 by 11 African countries. Today its membership comprises 24 countries, covering West, Central, East and North African regions..."
--Bibliography of AfricaRice publications, 1991-2009 ; conference proceedings ; technical reports

A searchable portal for news, documents, and event announcements, with regional and country sections for the African continent.

News summaries in English based on reports from the Pan African News Agency (PANA), East African newspapers and news agencies, and other sources. See also individual country sections.

A regional organization of African parliamentarians which tries to monitor conflict resolution cases in the Eastern Africa and offer training, with national chapters in 7 countries. The site includes news and reports from workshops and meetings.

"Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is one of two centres established under the Catalysing Access to Information and Communications Technologies in Africa (CATIA) initiative, which was funded by the UK’s Department for International Development (DfID)."
-- CIPESA publications and other resources

An organization originally founded in February 1998 in Tripoli primarily committed to the goals of economic cooperation and development in the Sahelo-Saharan region.

PDF file : case studies on Tanzania and Uganda.

Un portail bilingue (français et anglais) avec beaucoup des informations concernant la Corne de l'Afrique (Djibouti, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea), y compris les actualités brèves, les arts, les économies, et les pages personnelles.

Basic information on five East African countries summarized and organized under broad subject headings, some teaching ideas, and internet links. "Teaching & Learning about East Africa Project (TLEAP) is a 'living library'--a work in progress--of resources for teaching and learning about East Africa and about Swahili, the most widely spoken language of that region. The educational resources are provided or recommended by East Africa experts on the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr College, and Delaware State University, and by Master Teachers of the School District of Philadelphia."

The electronic version of a weekly newspaper covering news mostly for Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, sometimes for neighboring countries. Several weeks of reports are readily available on the web site.

The electronic version of a weekly newspaper covering business news mostly for Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, sometimes for neighboring countries. Several weeks of reports are readily available on the web site; use "search" feature to find reports from back issues since October 2005.

A small archive of digitized documents furnished by the World Bank, FAO, UNDP, and other UN agencies on East African development.

Articles and discographies on the popular music of Kenya, Tanzania, and the Congo. The author of this site is a cultural anthropologist, who also has a radio program in the Seattle area.

Country profiles on crop situation and food consumption.

This website offers information --in French, English, German, & Italian-- about the activities of an international media support organization and includes special reports and links to news agencies in so-called crisis areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, especially in the Great African Lakes region."
-- See for example: Hirondelle News Agency: information, documentation and training agency covering Rwandan genocide trials, Arusha, Tanzania...in English, French, Kinyarwanda or Swahili

A blog site --in German and in English-- offering commentary, web links, and a selection of audio files of contemporary music from Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, and Sudan, with brief descriptions, a bibliography on the literature about music from the Horn of Africa.

This site offers general and contact information about the network and its participants. '[Established in 1997] HANND is a collaboration of some 40 indigenous organizations and civil society leaders in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, and Uganda'.

This site provides links to a variety of sources on the Horn of Africa and the "Great Lakes" region. "The Hornet, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is a free computer networking service established in early 1994 to promote the exchange of information in and on the Horn of Africa using electronic communications."

A forum for scholars -- in English and in Swahili, with the archive of e-mail discussions and information on how to subscribe.

"The images displayed here are one woman's view, mostly of Kenya, at the beginning of the twentieth century, probably before 1914. They depict the country's society, customs, economics, and geography, as well as its growing Christian church, the missionary community assisting in that endeavor, and Collins herself. Also included are some photographs from Cameroon, the Belgian Congo and Uganda."

The electronic version of a weekly news magazine for Uganda, East Africa, and the world, with back issue articles since December 2008.

"The ICG is a private, multinational organisation committed to strengthening the capacity of the international community to understand and respond to impending crises. ICG's approach is grounded in field research ... and advocacy."

The web site offers general information about programs, fellowships, and news.

An "alternative news agency" providing current reports for the region and Africa in general, with selected news stories in Swahili.

See below.

The web site offers a description of the project in Kenya and a set of texts on the history and major features of the Maa language spoken in both Kenya and Tanzania.

A selection of audio files of contemporary music from Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, and Sudan, with brief descriptions, a bibliography on the literature about music from the Horn of Africa, and links to other sites.

General information about the programme and its committees. "[Launched in Dar es Salaam in February 1999] ... The NBI is a regional partnership within which countries of the Nile basin have united in common pursuit of the sustainable development and management of Nile waters. ... supersedes the disbanded 'Technical Co-operation Committee for the Promotion of the Development & Environmental Protection of the Nile Basin.'" See also, The Nile River Basin -- Maps Nile Basin Water Resources Management)

Currently, a web site offering links to major news reports and analyses on events -- with a focus on relief and development efforts -- in the Horn of Africa...especially Somalia and The Sudan. The webmaster is promising broader African coverage in the year 2000.

An inventory and description of the collection of 7,610 photographs and sample images.

Le site Web du journal bimestriel d'informations générales dédié à l'Ethiopie et à la corne de l'Afrique. Le site offre les depêches des médias et une archive des articles depuis 2002 sur l'Ethiopie et la région de l'Afrique de l'Est...en plus des actualités culturelles pour la diaspora surtout en Amérique et en France.

This website outlines various programs of the ODINAFRICA--a project involving about 20 African countries. The site includes current and recent news, conference information, and other data about Africa's oceanic resources.

See also, the African Union Home Page.

Students and faculty from the U.K. and Uganda, assisted by staff from Makerere University, Mount Elgon National Park, and local people, carried out studies in 1996 in and around Mt. Elgon. This website is a compilation of basic information on the people, the wildlife, and the environment of the region, online papers from the project team, images, and useful links.

The web site includes current news and publications, such as RECSA Bulletin, RECSA annual reports, and related documents. "RECSA is an institutional framework arising from the Nairobi Declaration [2000] to coordinate the joint effort by National Focal Points in Member States to prevent, combat and eradicate stockpiling and illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons in the Great Lakes Region and Horn of Africa."

The countries covered in this survey include Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

This searchable database offers free access to full plain text versions of selected high court judgements and legal case reports. "...includes superior court judgments from Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, --Tanzania, Uganda-- Zambia and Zimbabwe. Our recent additions include a full consolidated collection of --Uganda legislation-- and Lesotho caselaw. Currently in preparation: Lesotho, Zambia, Namibia and Uganda judgments, as well as Uganda subsidiary legislation."

"The SSA is a body of scholars with common interests, associated with the African Studies Association of the United States [formed in November 1992]." The association produces a downloadable scholarly newsletter (twice a year) since 1993.

SWCS is issued by the FAO/GIEWS every month throughout the growing season (June to October). The report 'describes weather conditions, pest infestations and crop prospects in the Sahel, a drought-prone zone'. Current and back issues.

The website by this major European scholar whose fieldwork and publications span three decades on religion, social anthropology, history, and philosophy in and about Africa---esp. east-central and southern Africa.

SSRC news analysis forum on Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Sudan.
-- See also: Making Sense of Darfur

General information on the organization, member contact information, resolutions, call for conference papers, and links to conference proceedings.
-- XIX SCECSAL Conference, Gaborone, Botswana, 3-9 December 2010

The full text of the online version of this book. "Luise White presents and interprets vampire stories from East and Central Africa as a way of understanding the world as the storytellers did. Using gossip and rumor as historical sources in their own right, she assesses the place of such evidence, oral and written, in historical reconstruction."

"Offered here is an English translation of the Sudan portion of Theodoro Krump's book (Augsburg: Georg Schulter & Martin Happach, 1710). The present version is adapted with minor modifications from the Hambata edition of 1979, in turn derived from the copyrighted text of 1974."

See also: The Kamusi Project: Online English-Swahili/Swahili-English dictionary above.

Basic information, statistics, maps, & indicators.

General information on a wide variety of events and links to related websites. "ZIFF is a non-profit organisation based in Zanzibar [founded in 1997] which aims to promote film, music and arts from the Dhow Countries (African Continent, Gulf States, Iran, India, Pakistan and the islands of the Indian Ocean). The organisation is working throughout the year and seeks to include people from all sectors of society, with special programmes for women, children and people in rural areas."