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Sudan
General Resources, Economic Development, and the Internet
***Comprehensive Peace Agreement (2005)
***Darfur Crisis and Peace Agreement (2006)
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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)
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Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): Sudan Home Page (Lusaka, Zambia)
Basic country information, banking infrastructure, investment guidelines, and other major economic indicators.
- 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
- 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.
- Africa Action Campaign to Stop Genocide in Darfur: Resources & Analysis (Washington, DC)
- African Union -- The Situation in the Darfur Region of The Sudan (2005-2007) (Abuja, Nigeria; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- BBC News In-Depth on Darfur and The Sudan: "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)
- 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."
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Darfur Information Center (Dr. Ali Dinar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
The site offers background history and summaries, as well as links to current news on the situation in the Darfur region of the Sudan.
- Darfur Peace Agreement (May 2006) (via United Nations Mission in Sudan--UNMIS, New York and Khartoum)
- Human Rights First on China, The Sudan & Darfur (via Columbia University Libraries)
- Human Rights Watch: Crisis in Darfur (New York)
- Institute for Security Studies: Darfur Conflict -- Key Documentation
(Johannesburg, South Africa)
- International Crisis Group: Crisis in Darfur (Washington, DC ; Brussels, Belgium)
-- See also: Darfur's New Security Reality (November 2007)
- 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.
- 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)
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: Darfur Humanitarian Needs Profile. Part of UNOCHA Sudan (Khartoum, Sudan; Geneva, Switzerland)
- 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 (2006) (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
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FAO Aquastat Programme -- Search: 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."
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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 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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