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Rwanda SearchesHere a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Rwanda when you search their database on the word "Rwanda": 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 Rwanda. 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 Rwanda. Tons of free information! ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Rwanda, 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 Rwanda in their database. UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Rwanda. WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Rwanda 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 Rwanda. Write "Rwanda" 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 Rwanda, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...
Newspapers & PressHere, you'll find links to Rwandese and non-Rwandese newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Rwanda, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Rwanda.
The Press in RwandaOfficial news from Rwanda can be obtained from the Press Office of the Office of the President. The site is almost daily updated and features some news updates and press releases, but the point of views is significantly official.
Press reporting about RwandaAfrica Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Rwanda of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about Rwanda. afrol Rwanda News features news hadines and anlyses about Rwanda published by afrol News. Regularly updated English news. See also afrol Rwanda, our portal service to Rwanda, with news, background presentations, documentation and afrol services. AllAfrica (former AfricaNews) is an 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 Rwanda page, listing the latest news stories. Internews covers the War Crimes Tribunal proceedings in Arusha, Tanzania, and sends regular reports to news agencies and individuals throughout the world. Internews also covers other news in the region, including the Burundi Peace Talks. IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Network) is a UN humanitarian information unit, covering news from all Africa. You can also go directly into their Rwanda archive, where articles from the last months about Rwanda figure. NewAfrica, Rwanda offers interesting information about Rwandese infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for Rwanda. 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 Rwanda.
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 Rwanda 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 Rwanda 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 Officesthe official site of the Government of The Republic of Rwanda is pretty new and well-done. Site is informative and has links to some ministries, tourist information, basic facts, official opinions, and a site managed by the president himself. Also some news from Rwanda. The official site of the President of the Republic of Rwanda, Major General Paul Kagame contains speeches, interviews, a personal profile of the president and news updates. The Embassy of Rwanda in Washington, United States of America has a updated list of articles on different themes. economy, culture, etc in Rwanda. It offers too basic facts, events and news relatively updated. About Rwandese government, see also Politics and General Information, below.
OtherCities & TownsWeather.com has a page about the weather in Namibia, with special information about some cities, like Kigali.
Companies
CultureAfromix' web page to Rwandese music, groups and artists, with special pages on some Rwandese 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 Rwanda Page. The European Commission: Rwanda - Development is a page with some articles about statistics on external trade in Rwanda in the last years and some more. English. Mbendi Consultants' country profile on Rwanda concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc. Planet Business-Rwanda offers interesting data of the country's economic situation for importers, exporters, distributors and traders. Rwanda 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. In the website of Union-Transport you'll find well structured information about transports, logistics, brokerage, consulting and documentation in Rwanda.
Education
Environment/NatureNewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Rwanda.
General Information/Read about RwandaThe U.S.
government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in
the world, including Rwanda, 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 Rwanda 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 Rwanda and other countries. NewAfrica Rwanda offers interesting information about Rwandese infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. You can order books about Rwanda 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 Rwanda in 1997. The most informative site about human rights in Rwanda 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 Rwanda. In the annual World Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168 countries, like Rwanda, documenting press freedom violations. 1999.
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