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Uganda SearchesHere a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Uganda when you search their database on the word "Uganda": 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 Uganda. 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 Uganda. Tons of free information! ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Uganda, 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 Uganda in their database. UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Uganda. WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Uganda 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 Uganda. Write "Uganda" 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 Uganda, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...
Newspapers & PressHere, you'll find links to Ugandan and non-Ugandan newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Uganda, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Uganda.
The Press in UgandaThe Monitor is a daily newspaper with some large articles and an ample list of news. Constantly updated and independent point of view.
Press reporting about UgandaAfrica Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Uganda of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about Uganda. AllAfrica (former AfricaNews) 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 Uganda page, listing the latest news stories. Recommended. IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Network) is a UN humanitarian information unit, covering news from all Africa. You can also go directly into their Uganda archive, where articles from the last months about Uganda figure. NewAfrica, Uganda offers interesting information about Ugandan infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for Uganda. 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. Uganda Globe is powered by WorldNews.com. This news site brings you daily news about Uganda, 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 Uganda.
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 Uganda 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 Uganda 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. The Uganda Pages Chat Line have a big variety of chat rooms, including a business forum, sports, culture and politics.
Government OfficesNational Institutions: The National AIDS Documentation and Information Centre, NADIC The National Environment Management Authority, NEMA The Office of the Inspector General of Government The Office of the Vice President The Parliament of Uganda The Uganda National Year 2000 Task Force The Uganda Revenue Authority, URA The Uganda Tourist Board, UTB Municipal Institutions: Transnational Institutions: The East African Co-operation (EAC) is an inter-governmental organization with the mandate to promote regional integration and development among the Republics of Kenya, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania.
About Ugandan government, see also Politics and General Information, below.
OtherCities & TownsWeather.com has a page about the weather in Uganda, with special information about some cities, like Kampala.
CompaniesThe Bank of Uganda
CultureAfromix' web page to Ugandan music, groups and artists, with special pages on some Ugandan 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 Bank of Uganda Common 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 Uganda Page. The European Commission: Uganda - Development is a page with some articles about statistics on external trade in Uganda in the last years and some more. English. Mbendi Consultants' country profile on Uganda concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc. Planet Business-Uganda offers interesting data of the country's economic situation for importers, exporters, distributors and traders. Uganda 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/NatureThe National Environment Management Authority, NEMA NewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Uganda.
General Information/Read about UgandaThe U.S.
government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in
the world, including Uganda, 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 Uganda 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 Uganda and other countries. NewAfrica Uganda offers interesting information about Ugandan infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc.
The Norwegian Refugee Council has a very ample country profile of Uganda. 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 Uganda on amazon.com's web page.
Human RightsThe most informative site about human rights in Uganda 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 Uganda. In the annual World Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168 countries, like Uganda, documenting press freedom violations. 1999. The Committee to Protect Journalists has a small, but interesting rapport about the situation of the press in Uganda in 1997.
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