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Botswana SearchesHere a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Botswana when you search their database on the word "Botswana": UNIONS is the United Nations International Organizations Network Search. Here you can search within all the UN-system, including sub-organizations. Expect to find too much documents, reports, articles, etc. about Botswana. ECA-search - (UN.org.) In the database of the Economic Commission for Africa you might find some country-specific information about development. They also are quite good on gender issues. FAO-search - (UN-org.) Their database gives you lots of articles and reports about livestock and agriculture in Botswana. Tons of free information! ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Botswana, although there is little African country-specific information. Infonation is a UN statistics service. Choose country specific data from their huge and updated database. All countries are represented with data from the fields geography, economy, population and social indicators. You can compare data from up to seven countries. Excellent tool! UNDP-search - (UN-org.) You will find a solid amount of documents and reports about development in Botswana in their database. UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Botswana. WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Botswana and the region doing a search in their database. WTO-search - In the database of the World Trade Organization you'll find quit a few country-specific documents about trade, subsidies, development, etc. in Botswana. Write "Botswana" in the "Document Title" bar. WoYaa! is a search engine in French and English with links to quite a few sites in French-speaking Africa. Not updated since 1998 (?) and many bad connections. Yahoo-search - Yahoo helps you find websites related to Botswana, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...
Newspapers & PressHere, you'll find links to Motswana and non-Motswana newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Botswana, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Botswana.
The Press in BotswanaThe Botswana Gazette is an every Wednesday and Friday updated media with some news about Botswana. Good coverage on sport and policy. English. Latest News from Botswana from the Botswana government server brings you daily news from Monday to Friday. All news stories are supplied by the Botswana Press Agency. Mmegi Online is the Botswana largest independent weekly. Here you'll find a professional news service here, with special interesting in culture and education. Also you can go directly to its Arts & Culture Review.
Press reporting about BotswanaAfrica Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Botswana of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about Botswana. Afrol's Botswana News Archive features all the latest news articles published on afrol.com with relevance to Botswana. AllAfrica (former AfricaNews) is a commercial network handling the distribution of reporting from more than 40 African news organizations and provides daily news from the African continent. You can also go directly to their Botswana page, listing the latest news stories. IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Network) is a UN humanitarian information unit, covering news from all Africa. You can also go directly into their Botswana archive, where articles from the last months about Botswana figure. NewAfrica, Botswana offers interesting information about Motswana infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for Botswana. In English, but not too regularly updated. PANA (PanAfrican News Agency) has an expanding pool of correspondents continent wide and partnerships with 48 national news agencies and the largest news-gathering operation in Africa. No country pages, but daily updated news from all over Africa. Weather.com has a page about the weather in Botswana.
International pressLe Monde, the leading French newspaper, has an ample international coverage (all in French). You can also go directly to their Africa page. The Africa and Middle East site of the BBC World Services offers updated news, articles and other media services on Africa. The Financial Times is one of the world's leading business newspapers with a global outlook. You can also go directly to their Middle East and Africa page. The Independent is an excellent British newspaper with a wide international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page, where the latest articles about the continent are listed. The International Herald Tribune is a daily newspaper edited in Paris with a focus on news from all over the world. Published with The New York Times & The Washington Post. Times Internet Edition (UK) is the internet edition of the world's oldest daily newspaper. The sister paper, the Sunday Times Internet Edition has its own website. Relatively good international coverage. The New York Times is one of the most important US newspapers, having a relatively good international coverage, including an Africa page. Most international articles, however, are by AP or Reuters. The Washington Post is a prestigious US newspaper with an ample international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page or Botswana page, were the last articles from WP are listed.
News & Discussion GroupsAfrica Online Botswana offers services like e-mail, chat, newsgroups. A lot of news too, and only in English. eDumela.com is a Setswana site with free email, free chat, forums and much more It also is good on information about AIDS in Africa and how it can be prevented, more info being added everyday. Includes chats and forums on AIDS and other topics. Recommended! L'Afrique sur Internet is a website in French about everything what's happening on Internet in francophone Africa. List of links, forums, etc. NewAfrica has chats, besides offering lots of other services.
Government OfficesThe Government of Botswana Website offers links with its ministries, news, information on tourism, economy and business in Benin. Relatively updated. The Ministry of Education: Curriculum Development & Evaluation Department About Motswana government, see also Politics and General Information, below.
OtherCities & TownsWeather.com offers dates on the weather in Gaborone City.
Companies
CultureAfromix' web page to Motswana music, groups and artists, with special pages on some Motswana musicians. French and Spanish versions. The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families and countries. Mmegi Online is the Botswana largest independent weekly, with special interesting in culture and education. Also you can go directly to its Arts & Culture Review.
EconomyBotswana Economic Development and Indicators is an annual NewAfrica country profile on their pages about African economy. They use the IMF as their primary source, which should guarantee for their quality. The Botswana Federation of Trade Unions does not have a website yet, but can be e-mailed at bot.ftu@info.bw. The European Commission: Botswana - Development is a page with some articles about statistics on external trade in Botswana in the last years and some more. English. Mbendi Consultants' country profile on Botswana concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc. Planet Business-Botswana offers interesting data of the country's economic situation for importers, exporters, distributors and traders. In the website of Union-Transport you'll find well structured information about transportat, logistics, brokerage, consulting and documentation in Botswana.
Education
Environment/NatureFerti World is a online journal about to the fertilizer industry from around the world. Here you'll find some news (but not updated), special reports, a job center, chat room, message board and other links. NewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Botswana.
General Information/Read about BotswanaThe U.S.
government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in
the world, including Botswana, being regularly updated. Big
resources are used to produce and maintain these pages. The CIA.
annual Factbook 2000 is probably
the best and most updated collection of data on the web. The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families and countries. The Spanish spoken website of the Basque publishing house Ikuska has pages on all African countries with relatively good statistical data and fuller information on ethnic groups. Infoplease.com contains a page about Botswana with basic data of the country: history, geography, etc. New-Africa-Botswana offers a very interesting information about Motswana infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. You can order books about Botswana on amazon.com's web page.
HealtheDumela.com is a Setswana site that has information on AIDS in Africa and how it can be prevented, more info being added everyday. Includes chats and forums on AIDS and other topics.
Human RightsThe Committee to Protect Journalists has a small, but interesting rapport about the situation of the press in Botswana in 1997. The most informative site about human rights in Botswana is the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Big, elaborated report about the state of human rights in Botswana. In the annual World Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168 countries, like Botswana, documenting press freedom violations. 1999.
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