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In September 2009, the West Africa Rice Development Association was renamed "Africa Rice Center".

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..

"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

PDF file : case studies on Tanzania and Uganda.

"...initiated in 1999 as a response to the El-Niño related mass bleaching and mortality of corals in the Indian Ocean in 1998. It is a non-profit research organization."
--See especially: Outputs and Results (Publications)

Research on Somali, Eritrean, and Ethiopian diasporas. "...a multi-disciplinary research project that seeks to generate evidence-based and policy-relevant knowledge about the ways in which diasporas play into the dynamics of conflict and peace in their countries of origin."
-- See also: PRIO--Peace Research Institute Oslo: Diasporas for Peace (DIASPEACE) Project (Norway)

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.

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.

"...EACO was established in 2012, as a regional autonomous organization with international legal personality...brings together national ICT regulators, operators, services providers (in the telecommunication, broadcasting and postal sub-sectors), ICT training institutions and other stakeholders in the communication sector within Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda."

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.

[Launched in March 1999] "FECCLAHA...is a regional ecumenical organization seeking to provide a platform for sharing perspectives on issues of common concern, particularly regarding peace building and conflict transformation in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa region."
--See especially: FECCLAHA Reports

The website features news and reports from various projects and major conferences on water resource management in the four major regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. "The Global Water Partnership [headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden] is a working partnership among all those involved in water management: government agencies, public institutions, private companies, professional organizations, multilateral development agencies and others committed to the Dublin-Rio principles."

H-Horn is a discussion list and a WWW site which focus on the history and culture of the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea region.

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 non-profit, applied research, and policy think-do tank."
--See especially: Publications

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.

The newsletter of the Institute, whose parent body is The Christian Council of Sweden. The Institute "runs conflict transformation programmes in the Horn of Africa and Great Lakes regions in partnership with local civil society organisations and universities in Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and the DRC."
--See also: Horn of Africa Bulletin, 1994-1995 Archive -- via University of Pennsylvania, African Studies Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

"HESPI is an independent, non-profit think tank and consultancy firm established in 2006 for the member countries of the Horn of Africa in particular and developing countries at large."
--See especially: HESPI Publications, including...The COVID-19 pandemic in the IGAD region: impact on the health and economy, vol. 1 -and- Country case studies of the impact of COVID-19 in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Sudan. vol. 2

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

"[Founded in 2007] ...to offer quality education and capacity-enhancement training in the specialised field of peace and security to students and other clients in Ethiopia, the Horn of Africa, and across Africa."

--See especially: IPSS Blog--"African solutions for Africa"

--Plus:  All IPSS Publications

"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."
---See also: "The Horn" Podcast series (September 2019 to present)

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

[Founded in 1980 and incorporated in 2009 into the East African Community operational framework] the IUCEA has many goals; among the most important are to: enhance university support systems by developing, promoting and supporting student and staff exchange programmes; enhance curriculum development strategies and university leadership skills and competences; mainstream ICT into institutional core functions and general support operations; strengthen research support to universities; strengthen higher education quality assurance processes; and, establish a regional education research repository..."

"...with the aim of producing a critical and comprehensive picture of the Islamic literary history of the Horn of Africa. The project has been funded by the European Research Council."
--See especially: Beta Version of the Database: "...allows the users to make a general search in both Arabic and Latin script. Results will be displayed according to the three main entities of the database: Texts, People and Manuscripts."

This site includes the word list from "Kamusi Project: Online English-Swahili/Swahili-English Dictionary," formerly at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

"...a digital museum and library that allows users to encounter the written, visual, and material legacies of the famous Victorian explorer David Livingstone (1813-73). The site draws on recent scholarship and international collaboration...an academic resource for the study of African history, the British Empire, nineteenth-century intercultural encounters, and digital humanities practice."
--See especially: Resources, including: In His Own Words -and- David Livingstone: A Bibliography (2017)

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)

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

See also, the African Union Home Page.

An e-book version of the 1992 book of translated interviews from Sahelian inhabitants across West and Eastern Africa during the 1980s.

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."
--See especially: "Baseline Summary" [Research notes; no. 33 (August 2013)]

The countries covered by surveys and reports include Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, 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."

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.
--SCECSAL XXIV Conference--"Inclusive Lbraries and Information Services Toward Achieving Prosperity for Sustainable Development in Africa," April 20-24, 2020, Windhoek, Namibia

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."

An environmental and human rights NGO advocates for the people of Uganda and other neighboring countries in East and Central Africa...[and for] the clean renewable energy of the future and all the benefits that come with it."
--See especially: Publications

"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."

 

[Since 2009] "...It is a ten year citizen-centered initiative, focusing on large-scale change in East Africa...works to provide practical information to everyone, to foster quality independent media and citizen monitoring services."
--See especially: Publications -and- Videos.

Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern Africa Region: "[First signed in 1985, entered into force in 1996]...a partnership between governments, civil society and the private sector, working towards a prosperous Western Indian Ocean Region with healthy rivers, coasts and oceans."
--See also: Nairobi Convention COP Decisions (June 2015)

Basic information, statistics, maps, & indicators.

Call for Papers--The deadline for proposals is August 15, 2015.

Research and project news, with links to open access journal articles and reports. "...to generate science-based knowledge about the diverse roles that trees play in agricultural landscapes, and to use its research to advance policies and practices, and their implementation, that benefit the poor and the environment."

"...bringing together diverse artists and audiences and building appreciation for East African music...The 16th edition will take place in Stone Town, Zanzibar from 7th -- 10th February 2019...According to festival director Yusuf Mahmoud the theme for this year’s edition targets to fight corruption because they believe artists can use their voices to fight this vice as they celebrate the wealth and diversity of African music."

General information on a wide variety of events and links to related websites. Plus, information from past festivals. "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."