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Comoros SearchesHere a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Comoros when you search their database on the word "Comoros": 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 Comoros. 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 Comoros. Tons of free information! ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Comoros, 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 Comoros in their database. UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Comoros. WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Comoros 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 Comoros. Write "Comoros" 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 Comoros, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...
Newspapers & PressHere, you'll find links to Comoran and non-Comoran newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Comoros, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Comoros.
The Press in ComorosComoros Online (or MweziNet) is an Internet portal with monthly updated news from the Comoros. Includes press review and articles from the newspaper Al-Watwan. Also features lots of backrgound information on the Comoros. Service in french and English, although the English version does not get updated.
Press reporting about ComorosAfrica Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Comoros of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about Comoros. Afrol Comoros News Archive gives you a presentation of the news articles and features published about Comoros in afrol.com. AllAfrica.com is a commercial network handling the distribution of reporting from more than 40 African news organizations and provides news from across the African continent. You can also go directly to their Comoros page, listing the latest news stories, which usually not are too frequently updated. IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Network) is a UN humanitarian information unit, covering news from all Africa. You can also go directly into their Comoros archive, where articles from the last months about Comoros figure. NewAfrica, Comoros offers interesting information about Comoran infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for Comoros. 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.
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. 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 Comoros page, were the last articles from WP are listed. 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.
News & Discussion GroupsAfrica Online Comoros offers services like e-mail, chat, newsgroups. Some news too, in English. 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 Offices
About Comoran government, see also Politics and General Information, below.
OtherCities & Towns
Companies
CultureAfromix' web page to Comoran music, groups and artists, with special pages on some Comoran 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.
EconomyCommon Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is an organisation of free independent states cooperating. With its 21 member states and population of 385 million it forms a major integrated trading block. Very informative and ample site about the regional economy. There also exists a Comoros Page. Comoros 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. Mbendi Consultants' country profile on Comoros concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc. Planet Business-Comoros offers interesting data of the country's economic situation for importers, exporters, distributors and traders.
Education
Environment/NatureNewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Comoros.
General Information/Read about ComorosThe U.S.
government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in
the world, including Comoros, 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. 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 Comoros with basic data of the country: history, geography, etc. New-Africa-Comoros offers interesting information about Comoran infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. You can order books about Comoros on amazon.com's web page.
Human RightsThe most informative site about human rights in Comoros is the annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Big, elaborated report about the state of human rights in Comoros. In the annual World Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168 countries, like Comoros, documenting press freedom violations. 1999.
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