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• Africa ICT Policy Monitor [Search]
  Primary objective is the collection and interpretation of policy information in Africa to build civil society awareness of ICT policy issues in the context of other basic human rights, and to provide a means to monitor and engage ICT policy issues in the interests of social justice and human development. Issues covered include access, censorship, communication rights, eCommerce, eDemocracy, gender and minorities, Internet governance, local content, media, open source, privacy, science and technology, security and telecommunications (Association for Progressive Communications (APC)project)
• Africa Legal Aid Journal [Search]
  Quarterly journal published by Africa Legal Aid (Subscription only - on Maastricht University site)
• Africa Policy Information Center - APIC [Search]
  Provides information and analysis in order to promote U.S. and international policies toward Africa that advance economic, political and social justice and human rights
• Africa: Law
  Africa Web Links :An Annotated List (African Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania)
• African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies [Search]
  A Pan-African and independent international organistaion that promotes the human rights of the African people
• African Centre for Legal Excellence (ILl-Uganda) [Search]
  Offers legal training programs and research to lawyers and other professionals from Uganda and sub-Saharan nations (on International Law Institute - ILI)
• African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights [Search]
  Promotes and protects Human and Peoples' Rights throughout the African Continent
• African Development Law Institute (ILI Nigeria) [Search]
  Provides training programs in development, competition, international trade, procurement and other related issues (on International Law Institute - ILI)
• African Human Rights Resource Center [Search]
  Includes African international human rights instruments, Africa related links, Organization ofAfrican Unity, African Commisson on Human and Peoples' Rights, Human Rights Committee Information on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, bibliographies, NGOs in Sub-Saharan Africa and general economic, social, and cultural rights in Africa
• Amnesty International Library [Search]
  Browse or search reports, news releases and other documents since 1996 by country, region and sub-region or by theme. In English, Spanish and French
• Association of African Election Authorities (AAEA) [Search]
  Includes the Charter, member countries, reports, news and information, and a Newsletter (English and French)
• Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest - BCEAO [Search]
  Site of the Central Bank of West African States, the common central bank of the eight member states which form the West African Monetary Union (WAMU)
• Bibliothèque électronique de Droit Africain (BeDA) [Search]
  Provides access to legal texts relevant to Africa. African legal materials include treaties, laws, cases, articles and links
• Committee of Central Bank Governors in the Southern African Development Community - SADC [Search]
  A specialised body in SADC to promote and achieve closer co-operation among central banks within the Community
• Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) [Search]
  Official website
• Droit-Afrique.com [Search]
  Provides business, banking and investment laws, decrees and conventions, as well as the tax codes for countries of French-speaking Africa and links to legal and tax sites specific to each country. Also provides background information, full text documents and links to sites related to intergovernment organisations across the region (in French)
• Global Coalition for Africa - GCA [Search]
  An intergovernment forum dedicated to forging policy consensus on development priorities among African governments, their northern partners, and non-governmental groups working in and on Africa (In English and French)
• Lex Africa [Search]
  A network of law firms in Africa. Includes a Business Guide of Lex Africa member countries (On Werksmans Attorneys)
• MBendi - Information for Africa [Search]
  Provides comprehensive information on African business, mining, energy and international trade
• PBS Resource on Rwandan Genocide
• SOSIG Law Gateway: Africa [Search]
  Internet resources on Africa (Social Science Information Gateway - SOSIG)
• Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community [Search]
  A treaty between the United Republic of Tanzania,the Republic of Kenya and the Republic of Uganda (on East African Community)
• Union Interafricaine des Droits de l'Homme (UIDH) [Search]
  Official website of the Interafrican Union for Human Rights (IUHR). In English and French.
• United Nations Regional Centre For Peace and Disarmament in Africa [Search]
  Official website
• World Legal Materials from Africa [Search]
  Links to constitutional, government and parliamentary sites - Legal Information Institute (LII) (Cornell University)