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Namibia
General Resources, Politics, and Human Rights

• Amnesty International on Namibia--Brief Profile (Washington, DC and New York)
  
  
• Basler Afrika Bibliographien (BAB) - Namibia Resource Center & Southern Africa Library (Basel, Switzerland)
  • "The BAB houses the only Namibia Resource Centre in Europe and the only Southern Africa library in Switzerland. Est. in 1971 ... collects a wide range of published and unpublished materials and publishes scholarly works on Africa ... regularly invites researchers for lectures." The web site includes:
  • BAB library catalogue
  • BAB periodicals list
  • Antiquarian Bookshop
  
  
• Constitution of Namibia (1990) and Notes (Axel Tschentscher, International Constitutional Law, Universität Bern, Switzerland)
  
  
• Institute for Public Policy Research (Windhoek, Namibia)
  • This site offers information about various projects of the IPPR and downloadable publications (in PDF). "The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) was launched in April 2001 as a not-for-profit organisation with a mission to deliver independent, analytical, critical yet constructive research into social, political and economic issues that affect development in Namibia."
  • IPPR Publications
  
  
• Kalahari Peoples Fund (KPF) (Austin, Texas)
  The site offers a list of KPF projects and brief information concerning this non-profit organization (est. in 1973) for the benefit of the San and other rural peoples of the Kalahari desert region in southern Africa.
  
  
• Legal Assistance Centre (Windhoek, Namibia)
  The site offers information about activities in legal counseling, human rights advocacy, and civil education. See especially:
  -- LAC Projects
  -- List of LAC Publications: most are in PDF format
  
  
• Mapping Namibia -- Detailed Tourist Map of Namibia (Philip M. Ford, Orusovo.Com's "Namibian Connection", Windhoek)
  
  
• Namibia Institute for Democracy (Windhoek)
  • This site offers general information about the civic programmes and other activities of the institute and a selection of downloadable publications (in PDF). "The Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID) was founded on December 6th, 1991 with the aim of educating Namibians in democracy. The founders of the NID have declared their commitment to a multi-party democracy which they consider to be the only viable form of governance for the Republic of Namibia."
  • NID Publications
  
  
• Namibia Web Page (University of Pennsylvania)
  
  
• National Society for Human Rights (Namibia) (Windhoek, Namibia)
  This NGO site offers downloadable human rights monitoring reports, information on human rights education and advocacy, and related news for Namibia.
  
  
• Online Library Catalogs of Namibia (via Columbia University's "Library Catalogs of Southern Africa.")
  
  
• Republic of Namibia Web Pages
  • Government of Namibia Home Page
  • Office of the Prime Minister
  • Ministry of Basic Education and Culture, National Institute for Educational Development
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Information, & Broadcasting
  • Ministry of Mines and Energy
  • Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Directorate of Environmental Affairs
  • Permanent Mission of Namibia to the United Nations, New York
  
  
• SADC Parliamentary Forum (Southern African Development Community--PF, Windhoek, Namibia)
  This site offers recent election news, information about election observations, other documents and reports, and member profiles. "The SADC Parliamentary Forum [launched in July 1996] is a regional organisation that brings together 12 parliaments of the southern Africa region and represents 1800 Members of Parliament. Among the Forum's critical issues of concern in the 21st century is the support of the growing democracy in the region."
  
  
• United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and Observer Missions: UNTAG -- UN Transition Assistance Group in Namibia, April 1989-March 1990 (New York)
  
  
• United States Agencies on Namibia (Washington, DC)
  • United States. Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook: Namibia (2009)
    
    
  • United States. Department of State.
    • Namibia Country Report on Human Rights Practices: 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
      
    • U.S. Embassy in Windhoek, Namibia