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Sudan SearchesHere a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Sudan when you search their database on the word "Sudan": 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 Sudan. 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 Sudan. Tons of free information! ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Sudan, 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 Sudan in their database. UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Sudan. WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Sudan 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 Sudan. Write "Sudan" 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 Sudan, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...
Newspapers & PressHere, you'll find links to Sudanese and non-Sudanese newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Sudan, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Sudan.
The Press in SudanSudan Net News offers daily news about the most important events in sudan. The site, Sudan Net, offers also links to others sites on the web, which inform about Sudan. English. Sudan News Agency offers a news service, but not regularly updated. English.
Press reporting about SudanAfrica Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Sudan of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about Sudan. afrol Sudan is afrol's own news and background service on Sudan. afrol's Sudan News provides regular news from a variety of sources, while the afrol Sudan homepage provides an updated entry to afrol's and other Sudan resources. AllAfrica is a commercial network reporting on the hour from across the African continent. You can also go directly to their Sudan 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 Sudan archive, where articles from the last months about Sudan figure. NewAfrica, Sudan offers interesting information about Sudanese infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for Sudan. 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. Sudan Globe is powered by WorldNews.com. This news site brings you daily news about Sudan, provided by the world's leading newspapers and press agencies. It's not really a newspaper itself, more a very efficient search engine, giving you headlines made all over the world. In English. Weather.com has a page about the weather in Sudan.
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 Sudan 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 Sudan offers services like e-mail, chat, newsgroups. A lot of news too, and only 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 OfficesMinistries: Embassies: About Sudanese government, see also Politics and General Information, below.
OtherCities & TownsWeather.com has a page about the weather in South Africa, with special information about some cities, like Khartoum.
Companies
CultureAfromix' web page to Sudanese music, groups and artists, with special pages on some Sudanese 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 Sudan Page. Mbendi Consultants' country profile on Sudan concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc. Planet Business-Sudan offers interesting data of the country's economic situation for importers, exporters, distributors and traders. Sudan 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.
Education
Environment/NatureNewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Sudan.
General Information/Read about SudanThe U.S.
government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in
the world, including Sudan, being regularly updated. Big
resources are used to produce and maintain these pages. The CIA 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 Sudan with basic data of the country: history, geography, etc. NewAfrica Sudan offers interesting information about Sudanese infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc.
The Norwegian Refugee Council has a very ample country profile of Sudan. Includes lots of humanitarian information, especially about internally displaced people ("IDPs") and links to other resources (maps, etc). Very informative! You can order books about Sudan on amazon.com's web page.
Human RightsThe Committee to Protect Journalists has a small, but interesting rapport about the situation of the press in Sudan in 1997. The most informative site about human rights in Sudan 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 Sudan. Human Rights Watch (HRW) is a reknown US human rights group with a special focus on Sudan. Relatively objective to be based in the US. HRW's Sudan page keeps you updated on Sudanse human rights issues, including the civil war in the south. The US Committee on Refugees is also especially comitted to the human rights situation in Southern Sudan, where it has been strongly presented for a long time. The USCR is more biased against the Khartoum regime, but is in general a very reliable watchdog.
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