Country Research Suggested Web Sites

	Africa Geography, Politics and Issues
Barrington High School Databases (Home access requires password found on page 20 of the Student Planner)
Barrington High School Library Page 1-Search 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