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General Resources, Politics, and Human Rights

• Amnesty International on Ghana--Brief Profile (New York and Washington, DC)
  
  
• Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative on Ghana, 2001-2005 (New Delhi, India; London, UK; Accra, Ghana)
  CHRI reports and excerpts from Ghanaian news media. "The CHRI is a non-partisan independent international non-governmental organisation. Human rights education and advocacy are at the core of all CHRI's activities, and the aims and ends of its reports and investigations."
  
  
• Constitution of the Republic of Ghana
  • Ghana Review International: Constitution of Ghana (1992), 2002 (London, UK)
  • Government of Ghana--Official Website: Constitution of Ghana (1992) (Accra)
  
  
• Elections 2004 and 2000 in Ghana (via Ghana: Online News and The Internet, Columbia University Libraries)
  
  
• Ghana Center for Democratic Development (Accra, Ghana)
  The website offers general and contact information about the center's research programme; plus abstracts and order information on CDD working papers and briefs. "The Center is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit organization ... dedicated to the promotion of society and government based on the rule of law, appropriate checks on the power of the state, and integrity in public administration."
  
  
• Ghana: a country study. (Online) Area handbook. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress; US Department of the Army, 1994)
  The electronic version of the handbook, with chapters on history, geography, economy, society & culture, and a bibliography.
  
  
• Ghana at 50: Official Website for the 50th Independence Anniversary Celebration of Ghana (Accra, Ghana)
  The web site includes brief history of Ghana, biographical information on leaders, news on events around the country, etc.
  
  
• Ghana Home Page (Francis Kojo Awuku Akoto, Finland; Rob Bellaart, GhanaWeb.Com, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  A well-developed site, with information for research, business, and travel.
  
  
• Ghana National Coalition Against Privatization of Water (Accra, Ghana)
  A concerned citizens group in Ghana critical of the current Ghanaian government's policy decision to privatize urban water services, in collaboration with the World Bank. Since 2000, efforts have included mobilizing foreign NGO support to pressure foreign companies. The website includes key documents, action alerts, and contact information.
  
  
• Ghana Today -- Information Gateway to Ghana (The Hague, The Netherlands; Accra, Ghana)
  A portal site with extensive links for a wide variety of interests, including current news highlights from the Ghanaian media.
  
  
• Ghana Web Page (University of Pennsylvania)
  
  
• Government of Ghana -- Official Website (Accra, Ghana)
  The site features current news, speeches delivered by the President and ministers, press releases, links to other government information, etc.
  
  
• Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (Accra, Ghana)
  Since 2003, the centre has been offering training programs and support for policy research and publications on peacekeeping and conflict resolution in Africa. See especially, research publications on "Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution."
  
  
• The Parliament of Ghana -- Official Website (Accra)
  This site features current news and detailed information on the activities of the Parliament, including listing of standing and select committee members, sample issues from The Hansard, legal business of The Parliament of the Fourth Republic (2007), sample legal instruments (2001), The Constitution, press releases, etc.
  
  
• The politics of reform in Ghana, 1982-1991. By Jeffrey Herbst. -- Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press ; California Digital Library eScholarship program, 2003 (1993).
  
  
• Official Home Page of the Government of the Republic of Ghana (See above)
  
  
• United States. Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook: Ghana (2008)
  
  
• United States. Department of State (Washington, DC)
  • Ghana Country Report on Human Rights Practices: 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007
  • U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Ghana -- Accra
  
  
• United States President Clinton's Visit to Ghana, March 1998:
  • CNN Interactive on Clinton's Visit to Ghana
  
  
• West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) (Accra, Ghana)
  The site --in English or in French-- includes recent news, policy reports (PDF format), and information on the organization's activities. "Work began in 1990 to establish a regional network of peacebuilding initiatives in West Africa. This arose as a result of the Liberia civil war, which necessitated the creation of a regional peace intervention force. Religious and civil society groups were mobilized to collectively participate in active peacebuilding."