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Sudan
General Resources, Economic Development, and the Internet
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African Development Bank Group on Sudan (Abidjan,
Côte d'Ivoire)
Basic economic indicators and links to other "country operations" reports.
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ArabNet on Sudan (ArabNet Technology, Saudi Arabia)
An extensive web site with links to general information about the Sudan, its history and contemporary cultures, news, politics, and economy; and
links to related sites.
- Bank of Sudan (Khartoum, The Sudan)
- Comprehensive Peace Agreement (2005) (via UN Mission in the Sudan)
- Conciliation Resources: Peace by Piece: Addressing Sudan's Conflict (2006) by Mark Simmons and Peter Dixon. Accord: an international review of peace initiatives. (Online) (London, UK)
- Country Profile: Sudan (2005) (United States, Library of Congress, Federal Research Division, Washington, DC) PDF format
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Darfur Crisis
- Africa Action Campaign to Stop Genocide in Darfur: Resources & Analysis (Washington, DC)
- African Union Mission in the Sudan, 2004-2007 (Abuja, Nigeria; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- BBC News In-Depth on Darfur and The Sudan: "Sudan elections put back to 2010" (April 2, 2009) -- "Warning of Darfur Arab rebellion" (November 26, 2007) -- "Civilians killed in Darfur attack" (December 10, 2006)...plus previous stories, background reports since 2004, and maps of conflict zones. (London, UK)
- Columbia University: Exhibition of Children's Drawings from the Darfur Crisis (Columbia University Libraries and Human Rights Watch, New York)
- Conference on "Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan," Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 21-22, 2008. Co-sponsored by Cornell University Africana Studies and Research Center and the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University.
- Darfur Consortium -- An African and International Civil Society Action for Darfur (Kampala, Uganda)
This website includes action statements from African NGOs and links to documents, press releases, and other websites.
"[The consortium] is a coalition of more than thirty Africa-based and Africa-focused NGOs
dedicated to the working together to promote a just, peaceful and sustainable end to the ongoing humanitarian and human rights crisis in Darfur."
- Darfur-Darfur Dialogue & Consultation (DDDC)
Still under construction: The site offers general information about the DDDC, reports, and news on Darfur peace process and related issues. "The Darfur Peace Agreement, established the DDDC, an autonomous and non-politicized process, mandated to enable Darfurians to voice their opinions and views to achieve sustainable peace and reconciliation in Darfur."
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Darfur Information Center (1989-2005) (Dr. Ali Dinar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
The site offers background history, summaries, reports, editorials, and interviews up to 2005, as well as links to current news and humanitarian web sites on the situation in the Darfur region of the Sudan.
- Darfur Peace Agreement, May 2006 (via African Union Mission in Sudan, Abuja, Nigeria and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- Enough: The project to end genocide and crimes against humanity
(Center for American Progress, Washington, DC)
-- See especially: Darfur and Southern Sudan
- Human Rights First on China, The Sudan & Darfur (via Columbia University Libraries)
- Human Rights Watch: Failing Darfur: Five Years On (2008) (New York)
- Institute for Security Studies: Darfur Conflict -- Key Documentation (Pretoria, South Africa)
- International Center for Transitional Justice: Reparation and the Darfur Peace Process: Ensuring Victims' Rights. (November 2007) By Suliman Baldo and Lisa Magarrell. (Reparative justice series)
-- [New York]: ICTJ, 2007. 53 pages in PDF format
- International Crisis Group: Crisis in Darfur (2009) (Washington, DC ; Brussels, Belgium)
- International Criminal Court on Darfur (The Hague, The Netherlands)
- London Review of Books. (Online): "The Politics of Naming: Genocide, Civil War, Insurgency" by Mahmood Mamdani (March 8, 2007). Vol. 29, no. 5.
-- Letters from Gérard Prunier and others in response (April 5, 2007) Vol. 29, no. 7
-- Mahmood Mamdani responds (April 26, 2007) Vol. 29, no. 8.
-- "I will not sign: Alex de Waal writes about the Darfur peace negotiations" (November 30, 2006)
Vol. 28, no. 23.
- O'Fahey's "Darfur Website Documents" The Centre Studies Research Seminars, The Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Bergen. (Professor Rex Sean O'Fahey, Dept. of History, University of Bergen, Norway)
- Radio Dabanga (via Press Now, Hilversum, The Netherlands)
This web site features current news briefs (in English and Arabic) and selected downloads from radio broadcasts in Arabic. "...reports from inside Sudan as well as abroad, producing independent news and relevant information for all Darfuri: city folk, villagers and herdsman, IDP's, Refugees, Darfuri abroad and in Sudan...a project of the Radio Darfur Network, a coalition of Sudanese Journalists and international (media) development organizations..."
- Save Darfur Coalition (Washington, DC)
"[The coalition is] an alliance of over 100 faith-based, humanitarian and human rights organizations [in the United States]. Our mission is to raise public awareness and to mobilize an effective unified response to the atrocities that threaten the lives of two million people in the Darfur region."
- Sidney Morning Herald. (Online): Drawings from the Killing Fields of Darfur. A multimedia exhibit in FLASH, featuring childrens artwork. (Sidney, Australia)
- Social Science Research Council Blog: Making Sense of Darfur by Alex de Waal et al.
(New York)
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: Darfur Humanitarian Needs Profile. Part of UNOCHA Sudan (Khartoum, Sudan; Geneva, Switzerland)
- University of California: Understanding the Human Catastrophe in Darfur (2008) Understanding Sudan, A Teaching and Learning Resource (Berkeley, California)
- Development Gateway Country Overview on Sudan (Washington, DC)
A clearinghouse of links to a wide variety of organizational websites with economic data. Originally founded by The World Bank, the DG has been an "independent", donor-funded organization since 2001.
- Directory of Development Organizations: Sudan (2008) (Bert Wesselink, The
Netherlands?) PDF format.
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Food and Agriculture Organization on the Sudan (Rome, Italy)
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FAO Global Information and Early Warning System: FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply
Assessment Mission Special Report, December 2002
- For other documents, see: Sudan in the FAO Document Repository
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FAO Aquastat Programme -- Sudan, 2005
A profile on water resources in The Sudan. "The 'thirst' for water data is ever increasing and there is indeed considerable demand
for data on rural water use from national governments and development agencies. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
initiated an activity in 1993 to meet this demand with particular focus on irrigation. This resulted in the AQUASTAT Programme, the objective of
which is to generate rural water use data at country level in a systematic manner."
- Global Witness on Sudan (London, UK)
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The International Monetary Fund: Sudan Country Info (Washington,
DC)
Summaries, full length reports, and recent news. Note: Some documents are in PDF format, requiring
Adobe Acrobat.
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Maps and Datas on The Sudan (Sudan Tribune, Agence des Médias Numérique, Paris, France)
Five maps on the Sudan in HTML and in printable versions; plus links to basic information about the Sudan and current news in English.
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National Information and Communications Infrastructure for Sustainable Development in Africa:
Sudan, 1999 (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
General background, Internet connectivity data, and project information.
- Sudan-L Discussion Forum (via Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia)
A searchable archive of listserv messages from Sudanese and others mostly on politics in The Sudan since 2002 and related matters.
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Sudan.Net (Muaz M. Ataalsid, Norcross, Georgia)
This site in frames contains a wealth of links, including current news, government information, maps, weekly music features, and a long list of
Sudanese home pages; plus links to other Sudan sites.
- Sudan Open Archive (Rift Valley Institute, London, UK & Nairobi, Kenya)
"The first phase of the Archive involved the digitisation of technical reports on aid and development from Operation Lifeline Sudan (1989-2005). A library of contemporary and historical literature on environmental issues was added in 2006; a collection of reports on local peace processes in 2007. They will be followed by further ethnographic writing, grammars and dictionaries of Sudanese languages, and collections of documents in Arabic."
-- Includes an archive of e-books & documents and an extensive list of web sites
- Sudan Web Page (University of
Pennsylvania)
- Sudan Web Page (The Center for Middle Eastern Studies,
University of Texas, Austin)
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United Nations on The Sudan -- Economy
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United States Agencies on The Sudan (Washington, DC)
- University of California: Understanding Sudan: A Teaching and Learning Resource (Berkeley, California)
An extensive list of links and fact sheets for teacher and classroom use. "This portal will be developed over three years (2005-2008), and will portray the variety of Sudanese experiences, showcase not only empirical facts of the country's history, political economy, ecology, societies and cultures, but also its literatures in indigenous and colonial languages, arts and music, and scholarly work."
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The World Bank on Sudan (Washington, DC)
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