Some useful websites.Africa News OnlineThis service collects and maintains news items from the All Africa News Service and other newspapers throughout the continent, and is updated regularly. http://www.africanews.org Amnesty International Amnesty International (AI,) human-rights organization founded in 1961 by Englishman Peter Benenson; it campaigns internationally against the detention of prisoners of conscience, for the fair trial of political prisoners, to abolish the death penalty and torture of Amnesty International has a lot of material on the theme of conflict and human rights in Africa. http://www.amnesty.org/ Canadian International Development Agency The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is a Canadian government agency which administers foreign aid programs in developing countries. CIDA operates in partnership with other Canadian organizations in the public and private sectors as well as other Information on Official Development Assistance (ODA ODA - Open Document Architecture (formerly Office Document Architecture). ) and development projects. http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/INDEX-E.HTM HTM HyperText Markup (file extension) HTM Hand To Mouth HTM harmful-to-minors HTM Held-to-Maturity HTM High Tide Mark HTM Hazlo tú mismo (Spanish: do it yourself) HTM Hierarchical Temporal Memory Cold War International History Project Established at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, supports the release of historical materials by governments, seeks to disseminate new perspectives on Cold War history. http://cwihp.si.edu Department of Foreign Affairs foreign affairs pl.n. Affairs concerning international relations and national interests in foreign countries. and International Trade Information on Canada's political involvement and diplomatic relations with nations in Africa. http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/menu-e.asp Doctors Without Borders Doctors Without Borders, Fr. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), international organization that provides emergency medical assistance to people suffering from a natural or societal disaster, such as an earthquake or war. This site gives coverage of humanitarian assistance provided by volunteer health care providers. http://www.msf.org/ Global Witness "Works to expose the link between environmental exploitation and human rights abuses." http://www.oneworld.org/globalwitness/ Human Rights Watch The organization produces annual reports on the situation within each African country. These are all available to view on their website. http://www.hrw.org/africa/index.php Inter-Church Coalition on Africa "... A coordinated response by Canadian Churches to promote social and economic justice in Sub-Saharan Africa ... Three over-arching themes permeate ICCAF's work: Human Rights, Economic Justice, and the Media Image of Africans." http://www.web.net/~iccaf/ Internally Displaced People The web pages of the Global IDP Project provide an original summary of the situation faced by the displaced, as well as excerpts of key documents and links to original sources. http://www.idpproject.org/ International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development An independent non-partisan centre established by an Act of the Parliament of Canada The Parliament of Canada is Canada's legislative branch, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. According to Section 17 of the Constitution Act, 1867, Parliament consists of three components: the Sovereign, the Senate, and the House of Commons. in 1988. http://www.ichrdd.ca/ International Crisis Group The International Crisis Group, as part of its Central Africa Project, has compiled a series of extensive reports. http://www.crisisweb.org/ Minorities at Risk A university-based project, which focusses on a variety of ethnic groups and their current concerns. http://www.bsos.umd.edu/cidcm/mar/ Oneworld Online A UK-based news service in partnership with numerous NGOs, has a number of recent reports on Africa. http://www.oneworld.org/news/africa Search for Common Ground This site has details of the work that the Search for Common Grounds This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. does in Africa http://www.sfcg.org/ United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) formerly (1972–92) Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator, (1992–98) United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Provides situation reports and press releases on the situation in several African countries and the OCHA response. |
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