West Africa

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Wodaabe women of Niger

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Region of Africa; for the purposes of this site, West Africa refers to the region south of the Maghrib, west of the Rift Valley, and north of South Africa.

Contents 1 Resources at this site 2 External Links 2.1 Governmental 2.2 Multilateral 2.3 News & Media 2.4 NGO/University: Current Info 2.5 NGO/University: History

Resources at this site

Lusaphonic colonies
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External Links

Governmental

• Gov't & Ref Sites (Gunnar Anzinger)
• US AID | Sub-Saharan Africa
• CIA World Factbook
• Country Analysis Briefs, Department of Energy (US)
• Country Studies, Library of Congress (US)

Multilateral

• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• Datafinder, courtesy *Population Reference Bureau
• Labor Statistics, International Labor Organization
• United Nations agencies & bureaux
  • Social & Economic Data (ECOSOC)
  • Econ. Commission-Africa (ECA)
  • UNHCR: Congo-Kinshassa | Côte d'Ivoire
  • World Health Organization
  • Environment Program
  • Settlements Program

News & Media

• Accra Daily Mail (Ghana)
• Africa Confidential (London) (Short summaries available to non-subscribers)
• Afrol
• Al-Jazeera.Net English - Home Page
• Angola Press (Parastatal)
• Mail & Guardian Online (RSA)
• AllAfrica.com
• IRIN news
• This Day (Nigeria)

NGO/University: Current Info

• Africa Action (scholarly resource on Africa)
• African Online Digital Library
• Internet Resources on Africa
  Columbia University | West African Studies
• African Studies | Country Page, University of Pennsylvania
• Africa Data Dissimination Service
• Centre for Policy Studies (RSA)
• Africa South of the Sahara, Stanford Online Catalog
• Amnesty International | Africa
• Human Rights Watch | Africa
• Behind the Mask (Gay/Lesbian Issues in Africa)
• Human Rights Watch | Africa
• International Crisis Group | Africa

NGO/University: History

• Amistad Research Center, Tulane University
• African Studies, Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), Bergen, Norway
• Comparative Studies of S. Asia, Africa & the Middle East, Duke University
• African History Internet Sourcebook, Fordham University
• Frank E Smith | World History
• Crisis States Research, London School of Economics
• Stanford University | African History
  • Historical Photographs
  • Electronic Books
  • Environmental History
  • Census Data

Repositories of Primary Sources, University of Idaho