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Central African Republic SearchesHere a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about the Central African Republic when you search their database on the word "Central African Republic": 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 the CAR. 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 the CAR. Tons of free information! ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in the CAR, 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 the CAR in their database. UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in the CAR. WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in the CAR 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 the CAR. Write "Central African Republic" 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 the CAR, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...
Newspapers & PressHere, you'll find links to Central African and non-Central African newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about the Central African Republic, international press in general and other facilitators of news about the CAR.
The Press in the Central African Republic
Press reporting about the Central African RepublicAFP - Centrafrique (French news agency) is probably the most regular provider of news from Central African Republic, mostly with several articles a day. All in French but still recommended. Africa Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Central African Republic of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about CAR. AllAfrica (former AfricaNews) is a commercial network handling the distribution of reporting from more than 40 African news organizations and provides daily news the African continent. You can also go directly to their Central African Republic 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 Central African Republic archive, where articles from the last months about the CAR figure. NewAfrica, Central African Republic offers interesting information about Central African infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for the CAR. 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 the Central African Republic.
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 Central African Republic 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 Central African Republic 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 OfficesNational Institutions:
OtherCities & TownsWeather.com has a page about the weather in CAR, with special information about some cities, like Bangui and Bimbo.
Companies
CultureAfromix' web page to Central African music, groups and artists, with special pages on some Central African 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.
EconomyThe CAR 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 the CAR concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc. Planet Business-the CAR offers interesting data of the country's economic situation for importers, exporters, distributors and traders.
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 Central Africa.
General Information/Read about the Central African RepublicThe Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families. Geography of Central Africa Republic, from ABC Country Book, offers only basic dates on the geography in this country. The U.S.
government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in
the world, including the CAR, 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 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 CAR with basic data of the country: history, geography, etc. The International Crisis Group is a organisation with special interest in Africa. In its page about Central Africa you'll find lots of reports about the general situation in Central Africa and other countries New-Africa-Central African Republic offers interesting information about Central African infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. You can order books about the CAR on amazon.com's web page.
Human RightsThe most informative site about human rights in the CAR 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 the CAR. In the annual World Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168 countries, like the CAR, documenting press freedom violations. 1999.
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