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Zimbabwe SearchesHere a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Zimbabwe when you search their database on the word "Zimbabwe": 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 Zimbabwe. 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 Zimbabwe. Tons of free information! ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Zimbabwe, 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 Zimbabwe in their database. UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Zimbabwe. WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe. Write "Zimbabwe" 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 Zimbabwe, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...
Newspapers & PressHere, you'll find links to Zimbabwean and non-Zimbabwean newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Zimbabwe, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Zimbabwe.
The Press in ZimbabweOn the Afrol Zimbabwe News Page, you'll find regularly updated news articles and a list of previous stories. See also the Zimbabwe Archive (for an overview of all publications relevant to Zimbabwe) and the afrol Zimbabwe Home Page - your entry to Zimbabwe. AllZimbabwe is Zimbabwe's leading Internet portal, featuring daily news, classifieds, weather, polls, chat, mail, etc. A good starting point to the Zimbabwean Internet world and recommended as a portal. News somewhat apolitical. Headlines Zimbabwe News offers daily news on all what's happening in Zimbabwe. Professional and serious features. English. The Daily News, published by the Associated Newspaper of Zimbabwe doesn't have the world's fastest service, but contains professional and rigorous information on Zimbabwe. Updated daily. The Financial Gazette claims to be the largest economic magazine in Southern Africa. Here you'll find interesting features and articles about the economic situation in Zimbabwe. English. The Insider, until recently a monthly journal, is on a new website, "producing a daily bulletin which will be updated every hour, depending on the availability of breaking news article." Its new motto: "Bringing you tomorrow's news today". It is also linked to a search engine that seeks Zimbabwe stories as they break. English. Recommended. Sportcity is Zimbabwe's only comprehensive sports site, mostly focusing on sports news. Articles mainly cover national rugby and soccer events, but also other sports and major international sports events. The Zimbabwe Independent is a weekly newspaper that offers serious articles and news with a critical point of view. More deep-plowing analyses than spectacular headlines. Updated every Friday. Recommended. The Zimbabwe Mirror, established in 1997, contains interesting articles and analyses of the national news. Not daily updated. The Zimbabwe Standard is an online journal, not daily updated, but with thorough reports about the national situation.
Press reporting about ZimbabweAfrica News Online is an electronic network handling the distribution of reporting from more than 40 African news organizations and provides a showcase for journalism from across the African continent. You can also go directly to their Zimbabwe page, listing the latest news stories. Recommended. Africa Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database of previous headlines about Zimbabwe, which has some basic facts and news about Zimbabwe. IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Network) is a UN humanitarian information unit, covering news from all Africa. You can also go directly into their Zimbabwe archive, where articles from the last months about Zimbabwe figure. NewAfrica, Zimbabwe offers interesting information about Zimbabwean infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for Zimbabwe. 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 Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Post is powered by WorldNews.com. This news site brings you daily news about Zimbabwe, 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.
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 Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe offers services like e-mail, chat, newsgroups. A lot of news too, and only in English. NewAfrica has chats, besides offering lots of other services. ZimWeb Interactive offers you some services like discussions, etc.
Government OfficesNational Institutions
Embassies in Foreign Countries Transnational Institutions: Southern African Development Community (SADC) is a regional, transnational organisation. The working languages of SADC are English, French and Portuguese. Site mostly in English and informative. You can also go directly to their Zimbabwe Country Profile.
About Zimbabwean government, see also Politics and General Information, below.
OtherCities & TownsWeather.com has a page about the weather in Zimbabwe, with special information about some cities, like Bulawayo, Chegutu, Chitungwiza and Harare.
CompaniesThe Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, RBZ
CultureAfromix' web page to Zimbabwean music, groups and artists, with special pages on some Zimbabwean 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. The page History of Zimbabwe, by Zim Web, is a short introduction to the Zimbabwean history. The National Archives of Zimbabwe
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 Zimbabwe Page. The European Commission: Zimbabwe - Development is a page with some articles about statistics on external trade in Zimbabwe in the last years and some more. English. Mbendi Consultants' country profile on Zimbabwe concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc. Planet Business-Zimbabwe offers interesting data of the country's economic situation for importers, exporters, distributors and traders. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, RBZ Zimbabwe 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. Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has an informative site on labour struggle and issues in Zimbabwe, also bringing you the latest news.
EducationThe page of Education, by ZimWeb contains the best education information on Zimbabwe on the web: data, centers, colleges, poetry, history...
Environment/NatureNewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Zimbabwe.
General Information/Read about ZimbabweThe U.S.
government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in
the world, including Zimbabwe, 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 Zimbabwe with basic data of the country: history, geography, etc. NewAfrica Zimbabwe offers interesting information about Zimbabwean infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc.
ZimWeb offers lots of data and information about people, education, travel, etc. in Zimbabwe. Has links to other interesting sites. You can order books about Zimbabwe on amazon.com's web page.
Human RightsThe Committee to Protect Journalists has a short, but interesting rapport about the situation of the press in Zimbabwe in 1997. The most informative site about human rights in Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe. The annual World Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168 countries, like Zimbabwe, documenting press freedom violations. 1999 version.
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