Resources:

The HRHS Library has many books about Africa and many African countries. Most of these have been pulled and placed on the reserve cart for use during your class time.

You will also find some of the Facts on File databases useful during your research:

World Geography and Culture: Look up African country and click on Society link. Under that link there is another link to a discussion of Human Rights in that country.

Also in Facts on File: Use Issues and Controversies – Search Africa.

Health Reference Center will give information and statistics about specific diseases.

Internet Resources:

Amnesty International
http://www.amnestyusa.org/all-countries/page.do?id=1041024

African Human Rights
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/About_African/ww_hwr.html

Africafiles
http://www.africafiles.org/

Conflicts in Africa
http://www.globalissues.org/issue/83/conflicts-in-africa

UN Economic Report on Africa
http://www.uneca.org/era2011

UN
http://www.un.org/av/unfamily/21stcentury.html
http://www.unmultimedia.org/
http://www.un.org/apps/news/html/multimedia.shtml

Unicef
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/index.html

Social Issues in Africa
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001913.shtml

Avert: Aids in Africa
http://www.avert.org/aidsinafrica.htm

Africa Action
http://www.africaaction.org/

All Africa
http://allafrica.com/
Site for African news and information.

African Country Studies: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/continent_africa.html
Information on selected countries in Africa.
 

Specific Topics:

Starvation in Sudan:

http://www.wfp.org/countries/sudan

Genocide in Rwanda:

http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_rwanda.html

http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/Genocide/genocide_in_rwanda.htm  

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1288230.stm

Deforestation in Tunisia: 

 http://rainforests.mongabay.com/deforestation/2000/Tunisia.htm

http://www.afrol.com/features/10278

Deforestation in Mozambique: 

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2000/03/0316_mozam.html

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0402/p20s01-woaf.html

http://rainforests.mongabay.com/deforestation/2000/Mozambique.htm

http://bcb706.blogspot.com/2007/03/consequences-of-deforestation.html

 

Overcrowding/Pollution in Cairo:

http://www.arabworldbooks.com/articles1.html

http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/65852/living_in_cairo_is_the_same_as_smoking_a_pack_a_day/

Child Soldiers:

in Uganda:

http://www.childsoldiersglobalreport.org/content/uganda

in Sudan:

http://www.childsoldiersglobalreport.org/content/sudan-0

Child Soldiers/ Conflict Diamonds in Sierra Leone:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/childrensrights/childrenofconflict/soldier.shtml  

http://www.un.org/works/goingon/soldiers/goingon_soldiers.html

http://www.childsoldiersglobalreport.org/content/sierra-leone

Landmines in Mozambique:

http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/banmines/schools/background.asp

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4002521.stm 

Border Conflict in Eritrea

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/eritrea.htm

http://www.eritrea.be/old/eritrea-ethiopia.htm

All links checked and updated April 3, 2011