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• 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
  
  
• African Union = Union Africaine (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Formerly the Organization of African Unity
  • Audit of the African Union (December 18, 2007) Unofficial copy, 33 pages in WORD format --via Pambazuka news. (Online). (Oxford, UK)
    --See also: AU monitor. (Online) -- Oxford, UK: Fahamu, 2006-
    
    
  • African Statistical Yearbook 2009 -- Tunis, Tunisia: African Development Bank ; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: African Union Commission, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, 2009. 389 pages in PDF format
    
    
  • ASA Venezuela 2009: Africa-South America Summit, Margarita Island, Venezuela, September 22-27, 2009
    --See also: Africa-South America Summit 2006, November 26-30, 2006, Abuja, Nigeria
    
    
  • 13th AU Summit, "Investing in Agriculture for Economic Growth and Food Security," 24 June--3 July 2009, Sirte, Libya
    
    
  • 12th AU Summit -- "Infrastructure Development in Africa," January 26-February 3, 2009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    
  • 11th AU Summit -- "Meeting the Millennium Development Goals on Water and Sanitation," 24 June--1 July 2008, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
    
  • 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.
  
  
• Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie: 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.
  • Voir aussi, le site de l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie ci-dessous.
  
  
• Associations - O.N.G. Annuaire international africain via PlaneteAfrique.Com (Niamey, Niger)
  
  
• "China in Africa" Web Dossier (April 2008) -- Leiden, The Netherlands: African Studies Centre and Leiden University Library, Documentation and Information Department, 2008.
  
  
• China. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of African Affairs. (See Peoples' Republic of China below)
  
  
• 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). >>
  • Publications en ligne
  
  
• 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 also: United Kingdom web pages for: Foreign & Commonwealth Office (below) ; Department for International Development --or-- The Commonwealth Secretariat.
  
  
• 16th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers, Cape Town, South Africa--Communiqué: December 11-14, 2006 (The Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK)
  
  
• The Commonwealth Secretariat -- General Home Page (London, UK)
  • CS Statements and Reports (General)
  • Kampala Declaration on Transforming Societies to Achieve Political, Economic and Human Development, November 2007
  • Aso Rock Commonwealth Declaration on Development and Democracy, December 2003
  
  
• Symposium sur les Etats Unis d'Afrique, suivi du Forum sur le Rôle et la Place de l'Afrique dans la Gouvernance Mondiale, du 27 au 30 juillet 2009, Dakar, Sénégal Sous le patronage du Président Abdoulaye Wade, la Ministère des Affaires étangères, et l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop. (via Convergence FM, La Radio Panafricaine, Dakar)
  En plus du programme, des photos, et des discours des intervenants au symposium, ce site comprend une recueil des entrées biographiques sur les "grands panafricanistes."
  
  
• European Union and Africa (Brussels, Belgium)
  • The Africa-EU strategic partnership: a joint Africa-EU strategy (2007)
    
    
  • Europafrica.net : news and resources on the Joint Africa-EU Strategy
    "The Joint Strategy, adopted during the second Africa-EU Summit in Lisbon in December 2007, outlines a long term shared vision of the future of Africa-EU relations in a globalized world."
    
    
  • European Commission on 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.)
  
  
• Femmes Africa Solidarité (Geneva, Switzerland ; New York, USA ; Dakar, Senegal)
  • FAS is a non governmental development organisation founded in 1996.
  • FAS Publications (2004--)
  • Human Rights Documentation
  
  
• 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
  
  
• France. Ministère des Affaires étrangères sur l'Afrique (via France Diplomatie, Paris)
  • Ce site officiel offre les dernières actualités et les documents sur les relations françaises-africaines.
    
    
  • Voir aussi: 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)
    En plus: 23ème Sommet des Chefs d'Etat d'Afrique et de France, du 3 au 4 décembre 2005, Bamako, Mali.
  
  
• 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)
  
  
• Gouvernance en Afrique (Paris)
  Le site comprend un annuaire des alliés (la plupart des organisations-participants se sont basée aux pays francophones en Afrique de l'Ouest), toutes les informations sur les activités de l'alliance et leur réunions, et une archive des documents en français et quelques-uns qui sont en anglais. "L'Alliance pour refonder la gouvernance en Afrique relie des acteurs africains et non-africains engagés dans l'action et la réflexion, soucieux de promouvoir à la fois au niveau des citoyens africains et du monde, un dialogue sur la gestion des affaires publiques en Afrique."
  
  
• International Conference on the Great Lakes Region = Conférence international sur la région des Grands Lacs (Bujumbura, Burundi)
  • "In November 2004, the eleven Heads of State and Government of the member countries of the International Conference on the Great Lakes region (IC/GLR) unanimously adopted the Dar es Salaam Declaration on Peace, Security and Development in the Great Lakes region in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania." Since then, the conference has met in 2006 and 2007.
  • ICGLR Document Center
  
  
• International Court of Justice = Cour internationale de Justice (The Hague, The Netherlands)
  • The legal arguments, judgements, and discussion surrounding the cases before the court.
  • ICJ Home Page = CIJ Page d'accueil.
  • Bénin vs. Niger, 2003-
    Frontier Dispute, 2003-
  • Democratic Republic of Congo vs. Rwanda, 2002-
    Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (2002-)
  • Republic of Congo vs. France, 2002-
    Criminal Proceedings in France, 2002-
  • Republic of Guinea vs. Democratic Republic of Congo, 1999-
    Ahmadou Sadio Diallo case, 1999-
  • Cameroon v. Nigeria, 1994-
    -- Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria = "Frontière terrestre et maritime entre le Cameroun et le Nigéria."
    -- Dec. 1998 Application Request for an Interpretation on June 11, 1998 Judgement = Demande en interprétation de l'arrêt du 11 juin 1998
  • Botswana / Namibia, 1998- : Kasikili/Sedudu Island
  
  
• International Peace Academy on Africa (New York)
  • "International Peace Academy (IPA) is an independent, non-partisan, international organization dedicated to promoting the peaceful settlement of armed conflicts between and within states."
  • IPA Home Page
  • IPA Research & Policy Development
  • IPA Publications (Newsletter, occasional papers, reports, etc.)
  
  
• International Women's Media Foundation on Africa (Washington, DC)
  • IWMF Home Page
  • Stats and Studies--Africa and elsewhere
    
  • Writing for our lives: how the Maisha Yetu Project changed health coverage in Africa (2005) 124 pages in PDF format
    
  • Deadline for health: the media's response to covering HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria in Africa (2004) 36 pages in PDF format
    
  • Reporting on HIV/AIDS in Africa: a manual (2002) 39 pages in PDF format
    
  
  
• Interpol -- Africa Activities (Lyon, France)
  General annual reports, legal materials, contacts, and African regional conference highlights (since 2001) are provided on this site. "Interpol is the world's largest international police organization with 181 member countries. ...established in 1923...receives, stores, analyses and circulates criminal data in co-operation with its member countries...deals only with international crimes; that is, crimes that involve two or more member countries."
  
  
• Kabissa - Space on the Internet for the African Non-Profit Sector (Washington, DC)
  • An extensive clearinghouse and website provider, with news reports on "social justice" from various online news services, opinions, and links to information about African NGOs, as well as general Africa links.
  • Pambazuka newsletter. (Online) -- Oxford, UK; Cape Town, South Africa: Pambazuka, 2000-
    Formerly Kabissa-Fahamu Newsletter: Current weekly issue and back issues since December 2000. "Pambazuka News is a free weekly electronic newsletter covering news, commentary and analysis, and a range of other resources on African human rights and sustainable development. Pambazuka News is produced by Fahamu, Kabissa and Sangonet. The newsletter includes links to news reports from various online news services and organizations, and a catalogue of back issues."
  
  
• 'New Partnership for African Development', 'New African Initiative' & Related Documents, 2001-- (via United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  
  
• Observatoire des Fonctions Publiques Africaines (OFPA) (Cotonou, Bénin)
  << OFPA est une mise en commun des expériences de restructuration des fonctions publiques africaines: collecte des informations, appréciation des problèmes communs...lors de sa création en 1991... Il comprend actuellement vingt-six Etats membres.>>
  
  
• OHADA.com: Le Portail du Droit des Affaires en Afrique (Centre d'affaire La Défense, Paris, France)
  Une archive de publications en français sur le droit en Afrique. Il faut s'incrire pour avoir accés aux textes intégrals et aux autres services du site.
  
  
• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (Paris, France)
  • Page d'accueil de l'OIF
  • Accords de coopération avec d'autres organisations internationales
  • Actes des colloques et des conférences
  
  
• The Organization of African Unity (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) For more information, see the new "African Union" website above.
  • Actions taken by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU, 1992- (via African Human Rights Resource Center, University of Minnesota, Human Rights Library)
    Includes a link to the University of Cincinnati-College of Law, DIANA Collections, with online documents from the early years of the OAU.
  • The "Creation of the OAU" Web Site (Makonnen Ketema, USA)
    An unofficial site offering a historical summary on the OAU, with many photographs -- based on interviews with and the personal papers of Ketema Yifru, who served as Foreign Minister of Ethiopia during the Haile Selassie years.
  
  
• People's Republic of China. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Departments of African Affairs -and- West Asian and North African Affairs (Beijing)
  
  
• REPAOC--Réseau des Plates-formes nationales d'ONG d'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre (Dakar, Sénégal)
  
  
• Third World Network Africa (Accra, Ghana)
  The site features news analysis, some downloadable reports, and related links. "TWN Africa is a Non Governmental Organisation which carries out Research and Advocacy on issues of social and economic policy that advances the needs and interests of peoples of African and other third world countries (especially marginalized social groups), a fair distribution of world's resources, and forms of development which are sustainable and fulfil human needs."
  
  
• United Kingdom. Foreign and Commonwealth Office on Sub Saharan Africa -and- Middle East & North Africa (London)
  
  
• United Nations agencies



• Volunteer, Research, and Work Opportunities in Africa (via National Consortium for Study in Africa, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)