Africa

Geography, Politics and Issues

Barrington High School Databases

(Home access requires password found on page 20 of the Student Planner)

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Results from 20 databases and the Library catalog with one search term!
CountryWatch  emphasis on economics/politics of countries World Geography - select country and then topic from left column
CultureGrams    emphasis on cultures of countries Global Issues in Context   Select issue or type "Rwanda genocide" in search box
World Conflicts Today  Database of background information and current status of conflicts Student Resource Center   Select topic and type of resource
Virtural Reference Library-GALE
Over 250 Reference books at your fingertips! Type in your country name or do an advanced search with multiple terms.
NewsBank InfoWeb - newspapers from around the world
netTrekker - connect to educator-approved sites World Book Online - Spanish language also available
   
Websites for general country research
CIA - The World Factbook

Background Notes - from the U.S. Dept of State

GlobalSecurity.org - Reliable Security Information DataFinder - Population Reference Bureau
Destination Africa - African Countries info

WHO | World Health Organization

Africa: Country Studies - Federal Research Division, Library of Congress BBC NEWS | Country Profiles
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Languages of Africa country index
NationMaster - World Statistics, Country Comparisons Worldstats: Providing Information about our world!
Portals to the World from the Library of Congress Country information from Michigan State University - search by variety of categories
Foreign & Commonwealth Office Travel Advice by Country Statistics in Africa - Africa Region Sources of Data - choose 'series' to change map or 'country' to change data
World Tourism Organization - Facts & Figures Current Travel Advisories/Warnings from the U.S. Dept of State
Travelers' Health | Center for Disease Control - choose country for health and travel data AIDS and HIV statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa
   
Maps
Africa - maps of countries Africa Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection
  Maps of the World
Rwanda

Global Issues in Context Database

Type "Rwanda genocide" in search box

(Home access password on page 20 of Student Planner)      

Official Website of the Government of Rwanda  - Click on 'Genocide' tab in lower right corner of page for a detailed description BBC NEWS Rwanda: How the genocide happened
United Nations

Frontline: the triumph of evil

Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda (Human Rights Watch Report, March 1999) The History Place - Genocide in the 20th Century
BBC NEWS Country profiles | Rwanda

Frontline: ghosts of Rwanda: | PBS

American RadioWorks:Timeline of Events in Rwanda Timeline Rwanda
Hutu-Tutsi conflict

The Rwandan Patriotic Front

African Studies Center | Rwanda Page with links to other sites UNICEF Rwanda: Ten years after the genocide
Rwanda Information Exchange  
   
Somalia
Frontline: the lost American: intervention in Somalia Frontline: ambush in Mogadishu
Humanitarian Intervention The Long and Hidden History of the U.S in Somalia
   

Uganda

Friends for Peace in Africa - Northern Uganda Genocide

The Acholi of Uganda Face Starvation and Genocide

   
Sudan

World Geography Database: Social Studies: Analyze: Crisis in Darfur

(Home access password page 20 in Planner for ABC-CLIO World Geography database, then click on Analyze)

World Conflicts Database

Select 'Darfur' for a full overview of the situation

(Home access password on page 20 of Planner)

Images of Genocide Haunt Darfur Refugees U.S. Calls Killings In Sudan Genocide (washingtonpost.com)

Africa's Future - Sudan - Genocide

Darfur Eyewitness: Brian Steidle
South Africa
The History of Apartheid in South Africa Apartheid and South Africa - historical images

Timeline of South African Apartheid

 
Algeria
Fighting Terrorism: Lessons From Egypt and Algeria Armed Islamic Group (Algeria, Islamists)
 
Last update 03/09/09   CB