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 International Organizations

• ACP: African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States -- General Secretariat (Brussels, Belgium)
  • This site -- in English or in French -- offers current news, press releases, and documents pertaining to the activities of the ACP and its relations with other organizations.
  • Cotonou Agreement (between the ACP and the EU), 2000 (via European Union in South Africa, Pretoria)
  • List of ACP countries and maps
  
  
• ActionAid on Africa (London, UK)
  • Reports and campaigns in various African countries, including: Burkina Faso, Burundi, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda. See especially:
  • ActionAid News (General)
  • ActionAid work in Africa
  • The African Commission for Britain: Ten actions Britain must take to support Africa's development (March 2005). PDF format.
  • ActionAid Resources -- many other downloadable publications on several themes.
  
  
• AFARD -- AAWORD: Association des Femmes Africaines pour la Recherche et le Développement = Association of African Women for Research and Development (Dakar, Sénégal)
  Ce site -- en construction -- offre les renseignements sur l'association et quelques exemplaires des publications. "Créée en 1977 par un petit groupe de femmes chercheuses africaines, l'Association a progressivement pris de l'importance et couvre actuellement presque tous les pays du continent..."
  
  
• Africa's 100 Best Books (Zimbabwe International Book Fair, Harare; via Columbia University)
  • General announcement and contact information. All nominations have been received, a short list drawn up by a jury, and the 100 titles were announced on February 18, 2002. See a official list...or view a copy of the list of 100.
  • H-Africa Discussion Forum, March 2002 (H-Net, Humanities and Social Sciences Online, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
  
  
• African Conservation Foundation (Africawebsites.Net, UK)
  • A portal site of information about conservation organizations working all over Africa. The site is organized by country, or:
  • Search by organization, information, or category
  
  
• AfricanCrops.Net: A Website on Genetic Improvement of African Crops and Seed Systems (Nairobi, Kenya)
  The website features news about biotech and crop research projects and conferences in and about Africa.
  -- 8th African Crop Science Society Conference, October 27-31, 2007, El-Minia, Egypt
  
  
  
• African Development Bank Group Home Page (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
  General information about the ADB institutions, including a telephone and fax directory. "The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is a multinational development bank supported by 77 nations from Africa, North and South America, Europe and Asia. Headquartered in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, the Bank Group consists of three institutions: The African Development Bank (ADB); The African Development Fund (ADF); and, The Nigeria Trust Fund (NTF). Established in 1964, its mission is to promote economic and social development through loans, equity investments, and technical assistance."
  
  
• African Forum & Network on Debt & Development (AFRODAD) (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  • This site offers information about research, country debt profiles, and publications, with some downloadable reports and the AFRODAD newsletter: Debt & Development in Africa.
  • Country Debt Profiles
  • AFRODAD Publications
  • Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: Burkina Faso, Tanzania, Mozambique, Uganda, and Mauritania.
  
  
• AFFORD: African Foundation for Development (London, UK)
  A web portal for the African diaspora in the United Kingdom, with news and information on opportunities in education and investment.
  
  
• African Population & Health Research Center, Inc. (Nairobi, Kenya)
  This website includes downloadable publications--newsletter, research reports, working papers, etc. "The Center was established in 1995 as a Population Policy Research Fellowship program of the Population Council, with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation. In 2001, it became an autonomous institution with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya."
  -- APHRC newsletter
  -- APHRC research reports
  -- APHRC working papers
  
  
• African Publishers Network (APNET) (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
  "The African Publishers Network, established in 1992, brings together national publishers associations and publishing communities to strengthen indigenous publishing throughout Africa. APNET is a pan-African, non-profit making network with a Secretariat in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. APNET now has membership of 47 countries."
  
  
• African Social Forum = Forum social africain (Dakar, Sénégal)
  • The African Social Forum assists in the debates and the organization of the African delegations to the World Social Forum usually held at Porto Alegre, Brazil. The website features general information on activities, contact information, selected documents, and a few newsletters.
  • 4th African Social Forum, December 1-5, 2005, Conakry, Guinea
  • 3rd African Social Forum, 10-14 December 2004, Lusaka, Zambia
  • World Social Forum = Fórum Social Mundial below.
  
  
• African Union = Union Africaine (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Formerly the Organization of African Unity
  • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) -- Press Releases and Documents, 2004 to present.
    
    
  • 10th African Union Summit, 25 January--2 February 2008, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    
    
  • 9th African Union Summit, 25 June--6 July 2007, Accra, Ghana
    
    
  • 8th African Union Summit, January 22-30, 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    
    
  • African Union Banjul Summit: 7th Session of Assembly of African Heads of State & Government, July 1-2, 2006 -- Banjul, The Gambia
    --See also: 7th AU Summit -- Official Site
    
    
  • 2nd African Union Meeting of Experts on the Revitalization of African Higher Education, 27-28 February 2006, Accra, Ghana (Reports, list of participants, etc.)
    
    
  • 6th AU Summit, January 11-24, 2006, Khartoum, Sudan
    
    
  • African Union -- The Situation in the Darfur Region of The Sudan (Abuja, Nigeria; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
    News and documents on Darfur; plus links.
  • 5th AU Summit, June 28--July 5, 2005, Tripoli/Sirte, Libya
    
  • 4th African Union Summit, 24-31 January 2005, Abuja, Nigeria = 4ème Sommet de l'Union Africaine
    
  • Le mouvement panafricaniste du vingtième siècle, textes de référence, Dakar, du 7 au 9 octobre 2004. Edité par l'Organisation internationale de la francophonie. Conférence des Intellectuels d'Afrique et de la Diaspora, Dakar, Sénégal, octobre 2004. Format PDF
    
  • 3rd AU Summit, 6-8 July 2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    
  • African Union Summit, June 28 - July 10, 2002, Durban, South Africa (via The Government of South Africa, Pretoria)
    This is the official English language web site for the OAU/AU Summit....inaugurating the new "African Union" and discussions on "Peace, Development and Prosperity: The African Century".
  • The Centre for Conflict Resolution Seminar: "Building an African Union for the 21st Century: Relations with Regional Economic Communities (RECs), NEPAD and Civil Society", 20-22 August 2005 (Cape Town, South Africa) A 66 page report in PDF format.
    
  • OAU Summit/Council of Ministers: Documents, July 1999--March 2001.
  • For other documents and a web site about the OAU, see below.
  
  
• African Virtual University (Nairobi, Kenya ; The World Bank, Washington, DC)
  • The web site includes information for the public about the programs. Note: User registration is required to access curriculum materials. "The African Virtual University (AVU) is a first-of-its-kind interactive-instructional telecommunications network established to serve the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The mission of AVU is to use the power of modern information technologies to increase access to educational resources throughout Sub-Saharan Africa ... training world-class scientists, technicians, engineers, business managers, health care providers, and other professionals."
  • Université virtuelle africaine
  
  
• African Virtual University: "L'Université virtuelle africaine, histoire d'une mise en scène" (2005). Mémoire par Pierre-Jean Loiret, Université de Rouen, France, Faculté de psychologie, sociologie et sciences de l'éducation. (via OSIRIS--Observatoire des Systèmes d'Information, des Réseaux et des Inforoutes au Sénégal, Dakar, Sénégal) 228 pages en format PDF.
  -- Voir aussi: le résumé de cette recherche.
  
  
• AfricAvenir: pour le développement, la coopération internationale et la paix
  (Prof. Kum'a Ndumbe III et al., Douala, Cameroun; via Berlin, Germany)
  • Ce site -- en anglais -- offre beaucoup de liens aux textes choisis en anglais, en français, ou en allemand (publications occasionelles, travaux et documents), des autres ouvrages sur divers thèmes, et aux médias d'Afrique. Voir surtout:
  • AfricAvenir E-Library
  • "African Renaissance"
  
  
• Afrique XX1. (Online): revue des alternatives africaines. -- Paris, France: Afrique XX1, 2003-
  La version électronique d'un trimestriel français, avec une rubrique pour les actualités et un recueil des liens. "Afrique XX1 est une revue à but non lucratif réalisée par des bénévoles. Elle a pour objectif de se faire l'écho d'analyses, d'informations et d'initiatives d'organisations associatives et syndicales qui luttent afin d'obtenir une réelle alternative pour les peuples africains."
  
  
• AFRISTAT: Observatoire économique et statistique d'Afrique Subsaharienne (Bamako, Mali)
  Sur ce site, on peut trouver les données statistiques sur les états membres de l'organisation: démographie, education, activités économiques, échanges extérieurs, prix, transports, tourisme et environnement, etc. 'AFRISTAT est une organisation internationale créée par un traité signé le 21 septembre 1993 à Abidjan par les pays de la Zone Franc.'
  
  
• AFRODAD--African Forum & Network on Debt and Development
  
  
• Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie (Paris, France)
  • Institut de l'Energie et de l'Environnement de la Francophonie: Profils Energétiques, 1998-2001 (Paris, France)
    Choisissez un pays ou une région. Voir aussi, la page d'accueil de l'Institut.
    
    
  • Journal de l'Agence de la Francophonie. (Online). No. 31, janvier-mars 2003: à propos de la langue française en Afrique. Format PDF. -- Paris, France: AIF, 2003.
  
  
• Agence universitaire de la Francophonie
  • A ces sites, on peut lire les actualités sur l'éducation dans les régions de l'Afrique Centrale et l'Afrique de l'Ouest et suivre les liens aux autres sites.
  • Bureau Afrique Centrale (Yaoundé, Cameroun; via Refer)
  • Bureau Afrique de l'Ouest (Dakar, Sénégal)
  
  
• AIACC--Assessment of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors (Washington, DC ; Nairobi, Kenya)
  • Eleven of the AIACC projects and a substantial number of reports are on Africa. "AIACC is a global initiative developed in collaboration with the UNEP/WMO Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and funded by the Global Environment Facility to advance scientific understanding of climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation options in developing countries."
  • AIACC Regional Studies -- project summaries
  • AIACC Publications: Final Reports & Working Papers
  
  
• ALIN: Arid Lands Information Network -- Eastern Africa (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • "ALIN--Eastern Africa is a network of Community Development Workers who are involved in drylands development...ALIN members are drawn from government departments, non-governmental organisations and community-based organisations."
  • Publications of ALIN-EA
  
  
• ARID-L: Le réseau sur la petite irrigation de l'Association Régionale sur l'Irrigation et le Drainage en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
  • "L'ARID est une association à but non lucratif créée en 1996 pour répondre à la demande des professionnels de l'irrigation du drainage et de la maîtrise des crues, en attendant que des comités nationaux de la Commission Internationale des Irrigations et du Drainage se mettent en place. En effect, elle couvre géographiquement 23 pays qui n'étaient pas représentés sur la scène internationale à la création de l'association."
  • Voir aussi, le site en anglais.
  
  
• Association for the Development of Education in Africa = L'association pour le développement de l'éducation en Afrique (Paris, France)
  • "The ADEA was established at the initiative of the World Bank in 1988. Its objective was to foster collaboration and coordination between development agencies in support of education in Africa. ADEA now focuses on developing partnerships between Ministers of Education and funding agencies..."
  • Under construction: PRISME: Program and Project Information System on Education
    In English or French: a proposed searchable database on education projects in Africa.
  
  
• Association of African Universities (AAU) = Association des Universités Africaines (Accra, Ghana)
  "AAU was formed by 34 universities which adopted its constitution and formally inaugurated its association at a founding conference in Rabat, Morocco. It now has 140 members from 42 African countries. The secretariat in Accra is the permanent executive organ of the Association and operates under the direction of the Secretary-General. There is also an executive board consisting of a president, three vice-presidents and nine other members, all of whom are chosen at the quadrennial general conference."
  
  
• Association Avenir Nepad International (Paris, France)
  "Avenir Nepad mobilise pour l'appropriation citoyenne et la critique constructive du NEPAD : sans citoyens actifs, pas de bonne gouvernance, ni de développements économique, social, culturel et politique dignes de ce nom. ...totalement indépendante du Nepad. Plus qu'une simple association Avenir Nepad est un réseau, qui regroupe des associations dans le monde entier, et notamment en Afrique."
  
  
• Associations - O.N.G. Annuaire international africain via PlaneteAfrique.Com (Niamey, Niger)
  
  
• Banque de France: La Zone Franc, 2003-- (Paris, France)
  • Voir aussi: France. Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances, et de l'Industrie ci-dessous.
  
  
• BCEAO: Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (Dakar, Senegal)
  Sur ce site, on peut trouver les actualités de la banque et de l'Union Monétaire Ouest Africaine (UMOA). Voir aussi, le site en     anglais.
  
  
• BOAD: Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (Lomé, Togo)
  "BOAD est l'institution commune de financement du développement des Etats de l'Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA)." Sur ce site << officiel >> de la banque, on peut lire les actualités et les     publications. Voir aussi, le site de l'UEMOA ci-dessous.
  
  
• Bellagio Publishing Network (Oxford, UK)
  "BPN is an international solidarity network for publishing and book development in the south. For over a decade...a key information and knowledge provider, an enabling collaborative network, and a forum for discussion on issues of indigenous publishing, with special emphasis on Africa and the Caribbean."
  
  
• BREDA: Bureau régional de l'UNESCO pour l'éducation en Afrique (UNESCO, Dakar, Sénégal)
  A ce site, on peut lire les actualités sur la planification et le développement de l'éducation en Afrique au Sud du Sahara. Le BREDA aussi assume le rôle de représentation de l'Unesco auprè de six pays de l'Afrique de l'Ouest: le Cap Vert, la Gambie, la Guinée-Bissau, le Liberia, le Sénégal et la Sierra Leone.
  
  
• CAMES: Conseil Africain et Malgache pour l'Enseignement Supérieur (2003) (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
  
  
• CAPAF--Programme de Renforcement des Capacités des Institutions de Microfinance en Afrique Francophone (Dakar, Sénégal)
  Ce programme de formation [lancé en janvier 2000] est une initiative conjointe du Groupe consultatif d’assistance aux pauvres (CGAP) et du Ministère des Affaires étrangères français (MAE)....pour couvrir 14 pays d’Afrique francophone et Haïti.'
  
  
• Centre for Higher Education Research and Information, Open University: The Role of Universities in the Transformation of Societies (London, UK)
  See 2003 reports on Nigeria, Senegal, and South Africa (in PDF format).
  
  
• CEPED--Centre Population et développement (Paris, France)
  • << Créé en 1988, le CEPED consacre, depuis l’automne 2002, ses activités à stimuler la collaboration scientifique entre des équipes de recherche du Nord et du Sud dans le domaine de la population et du développement...conjointement soutenu par l’Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques (INED), l’Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) et les laboratoires de démographie de trois universités de Paris I, Paris V, Paris X. Il est soutenu par le Ministère des Affaires étrangères.>>
  • Publications en ligne du CEPED Remarque: il y a beaucoup de titres et même de livres entiers en texte intégral sur l'Afrique.
  • Catalogues en ligne des documents consultables au centres de documentation des partenaires du réseau à Paris (CEPED), à Yaoundé (POPCAM), à Lomé (URD), à Abidjan (ENSEA), et à Ouagadougou (UERD) ; voir aussi: IFORD à Yaoundé.
  • L'avortement en Afrique: une revue de la littérature des années 1990 à nos jours = Abortion in Africa. Par Agnès Guillaume, avec la collaboration de William Molmy. -- Paris: CEPED, 2004. La version Internet.
    << Une base de données bibliographique contenant environ 600 références, interrogeables à partir de mots-clés...>>
  
  
• "China in Africa" Web Dossier (April 2008) -- Leiden, The Netherlands: African Studies Centre and Leiden University Library, Documentation and Information Department, 2008.
  
  
• Chinafrique. (Online) -- Beijing, République populaire de Chine : Beijing Review, 2001-
  Un mensuel électronique qui offre les actualités officielles sur les relations sino-africaines--en français, avec une petite archive des vieux articles depuis 2001. De plus, il y a des liens au site plus général de Beijing Review en anglais, en chinois, et en autres langues.
  
  
• Climate & Environment in Africa (via Columbia University Libraries)
  Selected annotated links to web sites and documents of international and US organizations involved in climate and environmental research in Africa.
  
  
• Club du Sahel et de l'Afrique de l'Ouest = Sahel and West Africa Club (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development on West Africa = Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques; Paris, France)
  • "Le Club du Sahel: c'est un réseau informel mais structuré au sein duquel les donateurs et les administrations sahéliennes ont pris l'habitude de communiquer, afin d'augmenter l'efficacité de leurs actions communes. La fondation du Club fut entérinée par les hauts représentants des donateurs et, au même moment, par les ministres sahéliens réunis à Dakar en 1976. Dès lors que ce regroupement incluait tout aussi bien les donateurs que les Sahéliens eux-mêmes, on ne parla plus que du "Club du Sahel". La résolution portant création du Club prévoyait que celui-ci devrait sensibiliser la communauté internationale sur les besoins et les perspectives de développement du Sahel, et faciliter la mobilisation de ressources."
  • SWAC Publications
  • Coton en Afrique de l'Ouest
    Voir aussi:
    -- Oxfam International on US cotton subsidies and the impact on Africa (2002) below.
    --     abcBurkina -- Actualités sur le coton (SEDELAN--Le Service d'Edition en Langues Nationales, Koudougou, Burkina Faso)
    -- European Union--Africa Cotton Forum, July 2004 below.
    -- International Cotton Advisory Committee (Washington, DC)
    
  
  
• Commission de l'Océan Indien (Port Louis, Mauritius)
  • << La COI (créé en 1984) est une organisation originale qui regroupe quatre Etats ACP (Comores, Madagascar, Maurice, Seychelles) et une région ultrapériphérique européenne (La Réunion). >>
  • Bulletin. [Commission de l'Océan indien] (Online).
  
  
• Commission for Africa (London, UK)
  • "The Commission for Africa was launched by the British Prime Minister Tony Blair in February 2004...Five formal objectives were established to guide the Commission's work...to respond to positive changes taking place on the continent, such as the leadership shown by the AU and NEPAD...to generate new ideas and action; to support the best of existing work; to help deliver implementation of existing international commitments; to offer a fresh and positive perspective; to understand and help fulfil African aspirations..."
  • Commission for Africa Report, March 11, 2005 (PDF format)
  • See: United Kingdom web sites for: Foreign & Commonwealth Office ; and, Commonwealth Secretariat
  • See also: United Kingdom, Department for International Development (below)
  
  
• 16th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers, Cape Town, South Africa--Communiqué: December 11-14, 2006 (The Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK)
  
  
• COMESA--Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Lusaka, Zambia)
  This site includes links to country profiles, information on banking, online trade directories for some countries, and many other links with an emphasis on business and economic information. "COMESA exists 'as an organisation of free independent sovereign states which have agreed to co-operate in developing their natural and human resources for the good of all their people'. With its 19 member states and population of 300 million it forms a major integrated trading block."
  
  
• Communauté Economique des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale = Economic Community of Central African States (Libreville, Gabon ; via Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria, South Africa)
  • La CEEAC a été crée en octobre 1983 par les membres de l'Union Douanière et Economique de l'Afrique Centrale et les membres de la Communauté Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs, ainsi que Sao Tomé et Principe. En 1999, l'Angola est devenu membre.
  • Documentations
  
  
• Communauté des Etats Sahélo-Sahariens = Community of Sahel-Saharan States (Tripoli, Libye ; via UN Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  An organization originally founded in Tripoli in February 1998 primarily committed to the goals of economic cooperation and development in the Sahelo-Saharan region.
  
  
• Conseil Ouest et Centre Africain Pour la Recherche et le Développement Agricole = West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (Dakar, Sénégal)
  "[CORAF, qui a été créé en 1987 à l'origine sous une autre dénomination]...regroupe actuellement les Systèmes nationaux de recherche agricoles de 21 pays francophones, anglophones et lusophones de l’Afrique de l’ouest et du Centre." Voir surtout: la Documentation et l'Agenda (des événements)
  
  
• Courrants de Femmes: Les Associations en Afrique de l'Ouest (Paris, France)
  Un répertoire des associations locales de promotion féminine: plus de 100 associations africaines partenaires.
  
  
• Demographic & Health Surveys (DHS) (Macro International, Calverton, MD)
  Search especially under "Obtaining Data" for reports on individual countries or the Sub Saharan Africa region.
  
  
• Development Gateway -- Country Overviews (Washington, DC)
  • A reference clearinghouse of links to a wide variety of organizational websites with economic data for 160 countries. For African countries, select from the pull-down menu. Originally founded by The World Bank, the DG has been an "independent", donor-funded organization since 2001.
  • See also, the Links to the Contributing Organizations
  
  
• Networking: Directory of African NGOs = Réseau d'interconnexions: annuaire des ONG africaines. 2nd ed. -- New York: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2003. HTML format. [Questionnaire in PDF format.]
  
  
• Directory of Development Organizations 2006: Africa (Bert Wesselink, The Netherlands?)
  A compilation of contact information and list of web links in PDF format. Search by individual country.
  
  
• EarthLife Africa
  An activist organization in South Africa & elsewhere.
  
  
• Earth Summit 2002, Johannesburg, South Africa (See "Johannesburg Summit 2002" below)
  
  
• East African Community = Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki (Arusha, Tanzania)
  • This is the official website of the regional intergovernmental organization (encompassing Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) which was (re)established in 1999. The site includes information about the EAC, current news, and related links.
  • EAC News
  • EAC Treaty (2000)
  • EAC Reports and Publications
  
  
• ECONDAD: ECOWAS Network on Debt and Development (Benin City, Nigeria)
  The website features --in English or in French-- features news briefs and reports; plus links to African NGOs and other related organizations. ECONDAD was established as a regional African NGO network at the West Africa HIPC/ESAF conference in August 1998.
  
  
• Economic Commission for Africa -- See UNECA: UN Economic Commission for Africa (Part of United Nations Agencies on Africa, compiled by Columbia University Libraries)
  
  
• ECOWAS: Economic Community of West African States = Communauté Economique des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest
  • Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Official Website (Abuja, Nigeria; via Community Computer Centre, Lomé, Togo)
    This site -- in English or in French -- offers information on the ECOWAS Secretariat, member states, activities, and current news on the West Africa region.
  
  
• Enda Tiers-Monde (environnement et développement du tiers-monde) (Dakar, Sénégal)
  • Page d'accueil en français ou anglais
  • Programme Energie, Environnement et Développement
    "...[c'est] un espace où toutes les parties prenantes (chercheurs, décideurs, développeurs de projets, société civile) peuvent s'imprégner des aspects multidimensionnels de la problématique et, comme repris dans notre Initiative << Energie-Pauvreté >>, proposer des alternatives..."
  • ENDA-SYNFEV
    "Synergie Genre et Développement - est une équipe de ENDA Tiers-Monde, organisation internationale à but non lucratif et à caractère associatif dont le siège est à Dakar, Sénégal. L'équipe ENDA-SYNFEV a été mise sur pied en 1987, pour dynamiser la composante 'femme' au sein des activités de ENDA et d'associations ou groupes partenaires, et oeuvrer en coopération avec ces actions, notamment sous forme de réseau souple."
  • Enfants et jeunes en action
    "Fondée à Dakar en 1985, l'équipe jeunesse action est logée à Guédiawaye dans la périphérie de Dakar. Elle accompagne les Enfants en Situation Difficile (ESD) pour une amélioration de leurs conditions de vie et de travail. ...[ENDA Jeunesse Action] facilite l'échange, la formation, et la communication entre les organisations et institutions d'appui aux Enfants en Situation Difficile (ESD) de plus de 50 villes de 20 pays africains et entretient des relations internationales dans un réseau intercontinental."
  
  
• Environmental Law Institute: African Environmental Law & Policy (Washington, DC)
  This site offers downloadable research papers and project reports on various African countries, plus country-specific links to environmental law and general information. "...Partnering with activist African NGOs, ELI drafts and advances pragmatic and effective environmental laws and policies, analyzes and identifies options to improve the implementation of existing environmental law, and builds the capacity of local institutions and citizens in Africa to carry out these tasks independently."
  
  
• European Centre for Development Policy Management - ECDPM (Maastricht, The Netherlands; via Euforic)
  Current news, publications and press releases in French, English, and Portuguese on European-African Union and bilateral African-European relations. "ECDPM aims to improve international cooperation between Europe and countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific (ACP). It does this through capacity building for policy management, the promotion of policy dialogue between ACP countries and Europe, and the provision of information and facilities for knowledge exchange."
  
  
• The European Union/Commission on African Development and Environment (Brussels, Belgium)
  • EC on Development (General)
    
    
  • EU-Africa Summit 2007, December 8-9, 2007, Lisbon, Portugal
    
    
  • EU-Africa Relationships
    Reports, country profiles, and press releases on EU-Africa relations...including the former Lomé Convention (EC Bilateral & Development Cooperation Relations with Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) States.)
    
    
  • EU--Africa Cotton Forum, July 2004
    Documents and resources for the EU-Africa Cotton Forum on 5-6 July 2004 held in Paris, France.
    
    
  • ECOFAC: Conservation et utilisation rationnelle des Ecosystèmes Forestiers d'Afrique Centrale (Programme régional de l'Union européenne, Bruxelles, Belgique)
    "ECOFAC intervient actuellement dans six pays (Cameroun, Congo, Gabon, Guinée Equatoriale, Republique Centrafricaine São Tomé et Principé). Dans chacune de ses composantes, le programme contribue à la gestion d'une ou de plusieurs aire(s) protégée(s)."
    - Canopée: bulletin sur l'enivronnement en Afrique centrale. (Online) -- Bruxelles : ECOFAC, 1994--
    - Librairie

    On peut télécharger quelques fichiers de la librairie.
  
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Selected by Columbia University Libraries)
  
  
• 2ème Sommet des Chefs d'Etat sur les Forêts d'Afrique Centrale, Brazzaville, Congo, du 4 au 5 février 2005 (via République du Congo, Brazzaville)
  • Déclaration du deuxième Sommet des Chiefs d'Etat d'Afrique Centrale sur le Bassin du Congo, le 5 février 2004
  • Voir aussi: le site de la COMIFAC--Commission des Ministres en charge des Forêts d'Afrique Centrale (Belgique)
  
  
• Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • General information about FAWE and its activities, plus contact information for national chapters. "The Forum for African Women [FAWE] ... brings together African women ministers in charge of national education systems, women vice chancellors of universities and other senior women policy makers in education in Africa. Founded in 1992, and registered in Kenya as a pan-African NGO in 1993, FAWE has 56 full members drawn from 30 African countries, 25 associate members comprising male ministers of education and permanent secretaries ... to stimulate broad policy reform and create a conducive environment for increasing parental demand for girls' education."
  • FEMSA Project: Female Education in Mathematics and Science in Africa
  
  
• Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) (Accra, Ghana)
  The website features news on activities, conferences, and programmes. "[Founded in 2002, hosted by the FAO Regional Office for Africa] FARA is...an umbrella organization bringing together and forming coalitions of major stakeholders in agricultural research and development in Africa." See especially: FARA document Library: annual reports, newsletter, & other publications (in English or in French).
  
  
• France. Agence française de développement: Afrique de l'Ouest et Afrique centrale, orientale, australe et Océan indien: Projets et publications. (Paris)
  
  
• Sommet Afrique-France 2007: 24ème Conférence des chefs d'Etat d'Afrique et de France, 15-16 février 2007, Cannes, France (via France. Ministère des Affaires étrangères, Paris)
  Voir aussi: 23ème Sommet des Chefs d'Etat d'Afrique et de France, du 3 au 4 décembre 2005, Bamako, Mali.
  
  
• France. Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances et de l'Industrie: Marchés Extérieurs -- Afrique sub-saharienne et océan indien (Ambassade de France, Mission économique; Paris)
  
  
• G8 Summit Meetings at Gleneagles, Scotland, UK -- July 2005
  • G8 Summit 2005, Gleneagles, Scotland -- Official Site
  • G8 Information Centre (University of Toronto Library, Toronto, Canada)
  
  
• Global Development Research Center: Microfinance and Migrant Remittances (Africa) (Microcredit and Microfinance WWW Virtual Library, Kobe, Japan)
  A selection of links to a bibliography and online reports from academic and organizational websites.
  
  
• Global Water Partnership -- Southern Africa. (2003-2004) In association with the IUCN--The World Conservation Union, Regional Office for Southern Africa. (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  The website features news and reports from various projects and major conferences on water resource management in the member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), plus the Democratic Republic of Congo. "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."
  
  
• Le Hub Rural: Appui au développement rural en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre =
  The Hub: Supporting rural development in Western and Central Africa (Dakar, Sénégal)
  • Ce site met à la disposition du public des bases de donnés sur le développement rural--en format PDF; un annuaire des agences gouvernementales, des organismes privés, et des centres de recherche; en plus, un recueil des liens aux sites Web.
    << Le Hub Rural a pour vocation d’aider les acteurs d’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre à mettre en cohérence les programmes menés en direction du monde rural.>>
  • Ressources en ligne = Resources online
    
  
  
• id21 - Communicating Development Research
  (UK Government Department for International Development and the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK)
  This site offers news from development agencies and researchers based in the UK about projects and recent publications; many of the news reports are on Africa. There are also many web links to research organizations and agencies.
  
  
• Intergovernmental Authority on Development = Autorité intergouvernementale pour le développement (IGAD, Djibouti)
  "IGAD is the new name of the Authority superseding the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD) which was created in 1986 by the six drought stricken countries of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda to co-ordinate development in the Horn of Africa. The State of Eritrea became the seventh member of IGADD in September 1993 after its independence."
  
  
• International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (Nairobi, Kenya)
  The site offers information about on-going research by this international organization in human, animal, plant, and environmental health; plus a list of publications. "[Founded in 1970]...ICIPE is a tropical organisation: tropical insect science for development."
  
  
• International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development: Africa Documents and Current News (Geneva, Switzerland)
  This site offers selected documents on trade negotiations and related matters -- in English or in French, in PDF format. "With a wide network of governmental, non-governmental and inter-governmental partners, ICTSD [since 1996] plays a unique systemic role as a provider of original, non-partisan reporting and facilitation services at the intersection of international trade and sustainable development."
  
  
• International Development Research Centre (Ottawa, Canada)
  • IDRC Home Page
  • IDRC Regional Office for West and Central Africa, Dakar, Senegal
  • IDRC Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
  • IDRC Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa, Cairo, Egypt
  • Acacia Initiative : Communities and the Information Society in Africa
    • "The Acacia Initiative is an international effort led by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to empower Sub-Saharan African communities with the ability to apply information and communication technologies to their own social and economic development." The web site is in both English and French.
    • There are many individual Acacia projects: Pan-African, Benin, Eastern Africa, Mali, Mozambique, Sénégal, South Africa, Southern Africa Region and West African Region.
    • Acacia studies and reports
    
    
  • IDRC Publications (General)
    
    
  • SISERA: Secretariat for Institutional Support for Economic Research in Africa
    • SISERA Working papers: including titles on Côte d'Ivoire, Sénégal, Cameroon, Gabon, & Uganda.
    
    
  • IDRC Focus Collection--Online Books:
    -- Full list of online books (General)
    -- "African voices on structural adjustment": a companion to Our continent, our future (2002) By Thandika Mkandawire and Charles C. Soludo.
    -- "Language of instruction...Africa," Oct. 1997: Working Group on Educational Research & Policy Analysis, Association for the Development of Education in Africa.
    -- "Management of water demand in Africa & the Middle East," Oct. 1997: by D.B. Brooks et al.(eds.)
    -- "Communicating with adolescents about AIDS...eastern & southern Africa," March 1997: by R. Nduati et al. (eds.)
    -- "Politiques sociales en Afrique de l'Ouest et de Centre," mars 1997: par H. Konate
    -- "Telecommunications & universal service...South African effort," Sept. 1996: by S.O Siochru
    -- "Water management in Africa & the Middle East," May 1996: by E. Rached et al.
    -- "La communication participative pour le développement: un agenda ouest-africain," juin 1996: par G. Bessette et C.V. Rajasunderam. (Or, see the English version.)
    -- "Grassroots indicators for desertification...eastern & southern Africa," Feb. 1996 by H. Hambly & T. Onweng Angura (eds.)
    -- "Farming systems of the African savanna," Nov. 1995: by Andrew Ker.
    -- "Technology policy & practice in Africa," Oct. 1995: by O.M. Ogbu et al. (eds.)
    -- "L'intégration régionale en l'Afrique de l'Ouest: Résultats de la conférence...janvier 1993," septembre 1995: par M.-C. Diop et R. Lavergne (eds.)
  
  
• International Finance Corporation on Sub-Saharan Africa (Washington, DC)
  The IFC is a member of the World Bank Group. The site includes country information and general investment advice for Africa. See The World Bank below.
  • IFC on the Middle East & North Africa
  
  
• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (Washington, DC)

  "Through its policy analyses, which is of broad relevance to the developing world, IFPRI directly supports developing-country policymakers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and civil society in their efforts to help the poor."

  • IFPRI Home Page (General)
  • IFPRI Publications -- Full List
  • Search the IFPRI online bibliographic database
    
    Selected reports on Africa in PDF format, with order information:
    -- "Managing resources in erratic environments...Ethiopia, Niger, and Burkina Faso," by Nancy McCarthy ...[et al.] (2004). Research report ; 135.
    --"Human capital, household welfare, and children's schooling in Mozambique," by Sudhanshu Handa ...[et al.] (2004). Research report ; 134.
    --"Strategies for sustainable land management and poverty reduction in Uganda," by Ephraim Nkonya ...[et al.] (2004). Research report ; 133.
    -- "Rebuilding after war: micro-level determinants of poverty reduction in Mozambique," by Kenneth R. Simler ...[et al.] (2003). Research report ; 132.
    -- "Macroeconomic policy reforms and agriculture...Zimbabwe," by Romeo M. Bautista ...[et al.] (2002). Research report ; 128.
    -- "Market institutions, transaction costs, and social capital in the Ethiopian grain market," by Eleni Z. Gabre-Madhin (2001). Research report ; 124.
    -- "The Egyptian food subsidy system...options for reform," by Akhter U. Ahmed ...[et al.] (2001). Research report ; 119.
    -- "Seasonal undernutrition in rural Ethiopia...functional significance," by Anna Ferro-Luzzi ...[et al.] (2001). Research report ; 118.
    - "Structural adjustment and intersectoral shifts in Tanzania...equilibirum analysis," by Peter Wobst (2001). Research report ; 117.
    -- "Access to credit and its impact on welfare in Malawi," by Aliou Diagne, Manfred Zeller (2001). Research report ; 116.
    -- "Wheat policy reform in Egypt...future reforms," by Mylène Kherallah ...[et al.] (2000). Research report ; 115.
    -- "Urban livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Greater Accra, Ghana," by Daniel Maxwell ...[et al.] (2000). Research report ; 112.
    -- "Agricultural growth linkages in Sub-Saharan Africa," by Christopher L. Delgado ...[et al.] (1998) Research report ; 107.
  
  
• International Institute for Environment and Development on Africa (London, UK)

  General information and reports on various projects are available from this site; plus order information. "IIED is an independent, non-profit organization promoting sustainable patterns of world development through collaborative research, policy studies, networking and knowledge dissemination ... [Founded in 1971 in the United States] the institute comprises a multicultural, multilingual staff of over 70 people from 18 countries ... with offices in Edinburgh, Scotland and Dakar, Senegal."

  • IIED Home Page (General)
  • Haramata. (Online) -- London: IIED, 2001- PDF format
    The official bulletin of the IIED Drylands Programme--in English or in French.
  • Drylands Programme (Special focus on West Africa/Sahel zone)
  • Drylands issue papers (292+ papers in PDF format)
  • Environment and Urbanization Research -- Selected reports (2000--)
  • Forestry and Land Use
  • Regoverning Markets Program (IIED, in association with International Farming Systems Research Methodology Network, and the Royal Tropical Institute--The Netherlands)
    "This collaborative research project analyses the growing concentration in the processing and retail sectors of national and regional agri-food systems and its impacts and implications on rural livelihoods and communities. The project also examines the role of primary producers and their economic organisations in negotiating market access and improving terms of trade in specific agricultural supply chains. The aim is to analyse and improve the strategies..."
    -- Regoverning Markets in East Africa
    -- Regoverning Markets in Southern Africa
    
    
  • Africa: up in smoke?. The Second Report from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development (June 2005). By Andrew Simms, with support from Hannah Reid. via Practical Action--Intermediate Technology Development Group (UK). 44 pages in PDF format.
  
  
• The International Monetary Fund on Africa (Washington, DC)
  • General Home Page
  • Country Info (All countries in alphabetical order.)
  • JOLIS: Joint World Bank - IMF Library Network