Here
a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about
society when you search their database on a word like
"racism" or the name of a country. You should try to
narrow your search, and preferably use narrow categories.
Subcategories
Allocation
F.M.A.C, Freight
Management and allocation Company is a service freight consulting
company, with 30 years of experience. FMAC is able to provide the service, knowledge, and efficiency essential in today's hectic business environment.
The Office of
Economic Analyses for the American state of Oregon contains
some interesting categories in its information, like Highway
Cost Allocation Study.
Crime
Crime, Justice & Race in South Africa
is an Internet guide to crime, criminal justice, and human rights in South Africa as the former apartheid state makes a transition to democracy.
South
Africa: A crime is getting organized, Article from February 13, 1998:
Mandela claims crime is waning, but criminal syndicates could be gaining strength, writes David Beresford.
The site South
Africa Crime Situation, by Jason Mayfield, offers some interesting
articles about this theme.
South
Africa, "A country in anarchy" analyzes the crime, the violence
and the tourist in this country.
Democracy
The Foundation for Democracy in Africa
offers some information like the 1999 Conference Report. Gregory B.
The Parliament of South Africa - Making Democracy Work,
offers information to enable the citizens of South Africa to participate in law-making and other parliamentary processes.
USAfricaonline
, First African-owned, U.S.-based professional newspaper to be published on the internet. USAfricaonline is the primary news medium for Africans and Americans.
Africa,
Out of Despair, Hope is a site from Hearts and Minds. In this site,
Dave Peterson analyses the democratic situation in Africa.
The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights, wages peace by bringing warring parties to the negotiating table, monitoring elections, safeguarding human rights, and building strong democracies through economic development.
Power to the people: The
Role of Electronic Media in Promoting Democratic in Africa is an analysis of the role of electronic media in promoting the formation of democratic political regimes in Africa.
Kudirat Initiative for Democracy,
KIND, is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting democracy by strengthening civil society in Africa.
BBC
News works with a lot information about Africa and its political
situation. You'll find analyses about it in articles like, for example, Africa:
democracy returns or Africa:
On the threshold of democracy.
Human Rights
Amnesty International (AI) has an extent and excellent web site with news
releases, the well known and respected annual reports, and very much more.
Amnesty is the world leading organisation working to protect human rights
worldwide. Certain parts of the site can also be seen in French,
Spanish and Arab.
You might want to see AI's reports on a specific country; here's a link to their
Country List.
Anti-Slavery International -
ESAM is an NGO working against the still-existing practice of
slavery. This London based organisation leads the fight against slavery.
Informative, "take-action-based" site.
The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights, wages peace by bringing warring parties to the negotiating table, monitoring elections, safeguarding human rights, and building strong democracies through economic development.
Human Rights Watch is an NGO dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.
It stands with victims and activists to uphold political
freedom, investigates and exposes human rights violations and holds abusers accountable.
Very informative site, with updated
news, publications
and more! Good design. Site also available in French,
Portuguese, Arab,
Spanish, etc.
Their Africa
pages have links to all African countries, news,
publications and more.
The most informative site about human rights in Africa 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 African
countries.
In the annual World
Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168
countries, documenting press freedom violations. 1999.
The Committee
to Protect Journalists has a small, but interesting rapport about
the situation of the press in some African countries in 1998.
Crime, Justice & Race in South Africa
is an Internet guide to crime, criminal justice, and human rights in South Africa as the former apartheid state makes a transition to democracy.
Parties
Algeria
Harakat Moudjtamaa Silm (HMS)
Front des Forces Socialistes (FFS) [Front of Socialist Forces]
Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie (RCD) [Movement for the Culture and the Democracy]
Front Islamique du Salud (FIS) [Islamic Front for Salvation]
Mouvement Démocratique et Social (MDS) [Democratic and Social Movement]
Angola
The National Union for the
Total Independence of Angola (União Nacional para a Independência
Total de Angola, UNITA) is the terrorist guerilla in Angola. Its
political wing has a web site presenting itself as a political party.
The National Front for the Liberation of
Angola (Frente National de Libertacão de Angola, FNLA) has a web
site in French from its Paris headquarters. Informative.
The Republican
Party of Angola (Partido Republicano de Angola, P.RE.A.)
The Angolan Republican
Youth Organization (Organização Republicana da Juventude Angolana,
ORJA)
Burundi
Conseil
National pour la Défense de la Démocratie, CNDD (National Council
for the Defence of Democracy)
Cameroon
The Social Democratic Front, SDF;
from Cameroon, offers in their website newsflash, press releases, documents and
resolutions.
Cape Verde
Partido Africano da Independência
de Cabo Verde, PAICV, African Party for the Independence of Cape
Verde is the main opposition party in Cape Verde. The PAICV has a good
and informative site which is regularly update. News and articles. In
Portuguese, but with a translation service.
Central Africa Republic
Mouvement pour
la Démocratie, l'Indépendance et le Progrès Social, MDI-PS,
(Movement for the Democracy, the Independence and the Social Progress)
Comoros
Parti Républicain des
Comores, PRC, Republican Party of the Comoros.
Congo Brazzaville
Front Uni des Républicains
Congolais, FURC
Congo Kinshasa
Alliance pour le Congo,
AFDL, (Alliance for the Congo)
Rassemblement pour une Nouvelle
Société, RNS, (Rally for a New Society)
Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès
Social, UDPS, (Union for Democracy and Social Progress)
Congolese Rally for Democracy,
RCD
Convention des Institutions
Democratiques et Sociales, CIDES
Egypt
Al-Wafd Party
The Group for Democratic Development,
the GDD, from Egypt, offers their political program here.
Ethiopia
All Amhara People's
Organization
Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Party
Tigrian
Alliance for National Democracy
Western Somali Liberation Front
Gambia
United Democratic Party
(UDP), The Gambia's main opposition party, has an informative web site,
presenting political news, their manifesto and information about their
representants.
Kenya
National Development
Party, NDP.
Libya
National Front for the
Salvation of Libya
Malawi
United Democratic Front,
UDF
Mauritania
Union des Forces Démocratiques
/ Ère Nouvelle, UFD/EN (Union of Democratic Forces / New Era)
Mauritius
Mauritius Labour Party
Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM)
Socialist Workers Party
Morocco
The Moroccans website Partis
Politiques contains a list with all political parties in Morocco and
some links.
Union
Constitutionelle, UC (The Constitutional Union)
Union Socialiste des Forces
Populaires, USFP, (Socialist Union of the Popular Forces)
Mozambique
The Partido Frelimo is
The Liberation Front of Mozambique.
Namibia
South West Africa
People's Organisation (SWAPO)
Congress of Democrats (CoD
Nigeria
United Democratic Front of
Nigeria
Rwanda
Rally for the Return
of Refugees and Democracy in Rwanda (Rassemblement pour le
Retour des Réfugiés et la Démocratie au Rwanda, RDR) (Ihuliro
Liharanira Itahuka ry'Impunzi na Demokarasi mu Rwanda)
Senegal
Parti Socialiste
du Sénégal (Socialist Party of Senegal)
Parti Africain pour la Démocratie
et le Socialisme (Sénégal) (AJ-PADS)
South Africa
The African Christian Democratic Party
(ACDP)
The Africa Moral Party (AMP)
The
African National Congress, The ANC, is the majority party in South Africa's Government of National Unity. Write to President Mandela, Members of Parliament and other ANC office-holders.
The ANC Youth League (ANCYL)
The Conservative Party of South Africa (CP) / Konserwatiewe Party van Suid Afrika
(KP)
The
Democratic Party of South Africa (DP)
The DP East Gauteng Region
The
Federal Alliance
The
Freedom Front (FF) / Vryheidsfront (VF)
The
Future Party / Toekomsparty
The
Green Party of South Africa (GP)
The
Herstigte Nasionale Party van Suid-Afrika
(HNP)
Inkatha Freedom Party, The
IFP, from South Africa. Welcome to the Inkatha Freedom Party's Home Page.
The
New National Party (NP) / Nuwe
Nasionale Party (NP)
The NP Western Cape
The
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC)
The South African Communist Party
,SACP, was founded in 1921 and has always been in the forefront of the struggle against imperialism and racist domination.
The United Democratic Movement (UDM)
Sudan
National
Democratic Alliance, NDA, that includes other members: Democratic
Unionist Part, DUP and Umma
Party
Sudan Alliance Forces, SAF
Swaziland
People's
United Democratic Movement, PUDEMO
Tanzania
Chama
Cha Wananchi (The Civic United Front)
Togo
Union
des Forces de Changement, UFC, (Union of the Forces of Change)
Tunisia
Annahdha
Party (The Renaissance Party)
Rassemblement Constitutionnel Démocratique,
RCD, (The Democratic Constitutional Movement)
Uganda
Uganda
Peoples Congress, UPC
Zimbabwe
Forum
Party of Zimbabwe
The Movement for
Democratic Change, MDC, is the symbol of opposition in Zimbabwe.
In its website you'll find the latest news, among information about
the party and others important themes like the human rights
situation in Zimbabwe, etc. One of the best sites to understand the
present and future of Zimbabwe. Recommended.
Zimbabwe Labour Party
Peace & War
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Antiwar.com is a well organized
site with constantly updated news, viewpoints and activities about the
international situation.
The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights, wages peace by bringing warring parties to the negotiating table, monitoring elections, safeguarding human rights, and building strong democracies through economic development.
International Peace Research Institute,
Oslo (PRIO) was one of the first centres of peace research
worldwide. PRIO is an independent, international institute in staff,
audience and perspective. Informative site in English and Norwegian.
The Center for the Peace, War and
the News Media is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to supporting journalists and news organizations in their efforts to sustain an informed and engaged citizenry.
PeaceNet
(hosted by IGC) has a great number of member organisations - of great
variance - which are presented on IGC's
directory of this network. Hundreds of links!
Sudanese
Civil War: 'a new round of peace negotiations' is a article from
Arabicnews, who has some previous articles about it.
Political Science
The British Library of Political & Economic Science
at London School of Economics and Political Science offers news,
services, catalogue, electronic library and information about
their collections.
Political
Science Resources on the Web is a site from the University
of Michigan, which offers nearly all information about
this theme on Internet.
The London School of Economic and
Political Science offers information about their programs, events
and jobs opportunities.
Poverty
The Economic Commission for Africa,
by United Nations, offers the last economic news about Africa, among their
publications, reports, forums and more.
FAO,
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has a press
releases page with articles about agriculture in Africa.
Food
and Agriculture in Ethiopia, by the FAO, is an special
website with statistics, reports, satellite images and other
information.
Food
and Agriculture in Ruanda, by FAO, is an special website with
statistics, reports, satellite images and other information.
Food
and Agriculture in Zimbabwe, by FAO, is an special website with
statistics, reports, satellite images and other information.
The International Save the Children
Alliance is the coordinating organ of the national Save the Children
organisations. The alliance currently comprises 26 organisations around the world. Working in over 100 countries, Save the Children is the
worlds largest independent movement for children. The site has some info about
the organisation and its work. An even more informative site is Save the Children UK.
Racism
Anti-RacismNet
(hosted by IGC) has several member organisations - of great variance
- which are presented on IGC's directory of this network.
Crime, Justice & Race in South Africa
is an Internet guide to crime, criminal justice, and human rights in South Africa as the former apartheid state makes a transition to democracy.
The Ascent of
Racism, by Institute for Creation Research, offers an
interesting interesting report about the situation of racism in the
society.
Conference against Racism
is an Internet report from the Information Technology Section Department of Public Information
at the United Nations.
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