African Distance Learning Association (ADLA) http://unicorn.ncat.edu:80/~michael/adla/
ADLA's goals are to serve as a catalyst for the formation of partnerships between education and business, as well as between African Educators, Professionals and Students abroad and in Africa Leadership. Also to provide leadership in the field of distance learning in Africa and the African Community and to be the first and best source of information on distance learning in Africa.

African Educational Research Network (AERN) http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/aern/INDEX.HTML
(AERN) seeks to enhance and expand research activities to other universities at regional levels to produce a multiplier effect aimed at addressing the central problem of deteriorating research capacity in African Universities. The project proposed by AERN is the establishment of a coordinating structure designed to strengthen the capacity of universities in Africa and in "northern" nations to improve the research dimensions of African educational development. This website is loaded with International linkages on African Education.

Africa Liaison Project http://www.interaction.org/development/africal.html
Africa Liaison Project fosters communication, cooperation and collaboration on development initiatives in Africa among US PVOs, African NGOs and AID. Through case-study workshops and briefings, it addresses issues such as: PVO and NGO capacity building, gender analysis, program design and evaluation, PVO/NGO-private sector partnerships and the impact of AIDS on sustainable development. Annually, 15-20 leaders of African NGO consortia and networks are invited to Washington, DC for one week to participate in the InterAction Forum. For more information, contact Mr. Evariste Karangwa, Africa Liaison Project program officer, at Interaction, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 801, Washington, DC 20036; Ph. (202) 667-8227 x131; Fax: (202) 667-8236; e-mail: ekarangwa@interaction.org.

African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) http://www.amref.org/index.html
AMREF's mission, in partnership with communities, governments and donors, is to improve health care for the underserved in Africa through service delivery, training and research. AMREF is a field-orientated organization that implements programmes. Here is information on the programmes we run, projects administered by our Headquarters and African Country Offices, and activities of our National Offices in Europe and North America. Our Flying Doctors' Service provides emergency care to remote areas, and assists numerous clinical facilities. We publish medical research, teaching materials and health advice for travelers. We campaign for improved health policies.

African National Congress http://www.anc.org.za/sanet.html
The ANC is the majority party in South Africa's Government of National Unity. ANC press statements and the South African government and daily news briefing. E-mail: info@anc.org.za

Africa News On-line http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/ASA_Menu.html
AFRICA NEWS is the one-stop source for up-to-date information on all of Africa. E-mail: newsdesk@afnews.org.

Africa Policy Information Center (APIC) http://www.africapolicy.org/index.shtml
The primary objective of the Africa Policy Information Center (APIC) is to widen the policy debate in the United States around African issues and the U.S. role in Africa, by providing accessible policy-relevant information and analysis usable by a wide range of groups and individuals. APIC is the educational affiliate of the Washington Office on Africa (WOA), a not-for-profit church, trade union and civil rights group supported organization that works with Congress on Africa-related legislation.

African Studies Association http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/ASA_Menu.html
110 Maryland Ave. NE #509, Washington, DC 20002, USA Tel: (202) 546-7961 The African Studies Association (ASA) was founded in 1957 as a nonprofit organization open to all individuals and institutions interested in African affairs. Its mission is to bring together people with a scholarly and professional interest in Africa. The ASA also provides useful services to the Africanist community. Currently four periodicals and several occasional publications are produced annually. With 3,000 individual and 600 institutional members, the Association is the leading North American organization which promotes African Studies.

African Studies Quarterly - The Online Journal of African Studies http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/
African Studies Quarterly is an interdisciplinary, fully-refereed, indexed publication. It is the first journal of its kind in the US and just the second internationally (after the University of Bradford, UK, International Journal of African Studies). It is accessible to a growing number of scholars and institutions around the world with World Wide Web access. Many scholars and institutions cannot afford the exorbitant subscription rates of most journals. The electronic format allows for a very rapid turnaround. ASQ intends only a three month lag from submission, to review, to publication. This means that the journal can carry scholarly writing of a time-sensitive nature.. What’s more, the readers themselves need not be African Studies scholars.

Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC) http://www.citycom.com/ascac/ascac.html
ASCAC provides a body of knowledge that continuously contributes to the rescue, reconstruction, and restoration of African history and culture. ASCAC's purpose is to promote the study of African civilizations for the development of an African world view. ASCAC's aim is to build African centered study groups and strengthen existing institutions. ASCAC ON-LINE will foster dialogue pertaining to topics and events of vital interest to Africans on the continent and in the Diaspora.

Association of Concerned African Scholars http://www.prairienet.org/acas
(ACAS) is a group of scholars and students of Africa dedicated to: formulating alternative analyses of Africa & U.S. government policy. e-mail: ACAS@prairienet.org

Association Friends of Africa (AFA) http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/4191/index_afa.html
AFA has been organized to promote unity, cooperation and understanding; to affirm and define the legacy of African Civilizations; to advocate policies aimed at promoting economic self-reliance and increasing the quality of life of Africans; to encourage and promote institutions that respect human dignity and the ideals of a civil society; to rescue and promote the African art, culture and value system; to provide humanitarian aid, to identify the needs of Africans and the resources available to fulfill those needs. The organization Association Friends of Africa (AFA) is a self-regulating, non-governmental and non-political international social organization.

Association of Nigerian Scholars for Dialogue http://NigerianScholars.AfricanQueen.com
The Association was founded by expatriate Nigerian scholars who are currently resident in North America. The objective is to provide some platform for Nigerian intellectuals, many of whom have been compelled to leave their home universities, to make some meaningful contribution towards resolving Nigeria's difficult problems of governance. We hope to sponsor a range of discussions and debates on Nigerian public affairs in a manner that will add some analytic depth to the understanding of Nigeria's engaging problems.

Bureau of African Affairs - U.S. State Department http://www.state.gov/www/regions/africa/index.html
The Bureau of African Affairs, headed by Assistant Secretary of State Susan E. Rice, advises the Secretary and guides the operation of the U.S. diplomatic establishment in the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.

California Newsreel http://www.newsreel.org
149 Ninth Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 Ph: (415) 621-6196
Major U.S. distributor of African video & film

Center for Economic Research on Africa http://www.montclair.edu/pages/business/CERAF/CERAF.html
The Center for Economic Research on Africa works to foster closer understanding of economic relationships between the United States and Africa. Its research program is devoted to examining the scope and consequences of economic policies in Africa, U.S. policies toward Africa, and how specific policy alternatives bear on international relationships between the two regions. It does so through the organization of periodic conferences designed to bring together policy experts involved with major issues facing African decision-makers, through the publication of research monographs designed to examine in depth particular aspects of economic issues involving Africa's economic policies within a global context, and through the provision of specific technical services to meet the needs of selected institutions consistent with the overall mission of the Center.

Constituency For Africa http://www.cfanet.org/
The Constituency For Africa is a nonprofit organization founded in 1990 as a project of the highly respected relief and development agency Africare. CFA became an independent organization in April 1994, with Andrew Young heading the Board of Directors. Our Mission is to mobilize and foster increased cooperation and coordination among a broad based coalition of American, African, and international organizations, institutions, and individuals committed to the progress and empowerment of Africa and African peoples. The Constituency For Africa is located at 1629 K Street, NW, Suite 1010, Washington, DC 20006, Ph: (202) 371-0588, or fax (202) 371-9017.

Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) (Dakar) http://wsi.cso.uiuc.edu/CAS/newcodesria/codesria.htm
CODESRIA's principal objectives are facilitating research, promoting research-based publishing and creating multiple forum's geared towards the exchange of views and information among African researchers. E-mail: CODESRIA@sonatel.senet.net

The German-African Association (DAFRIG) http://www.serve.com/dafrig/
German-African Association (SA), PO Box 93956, 2198 Yeoville, Johannesburg, South Africa
E-mail: dafrig@mail.serve.com. The DAFRIG work includes: Project work in Africa for improving living conditions, Information in Germany on Africa, Statements to current political developments in Africa, Cultural exchange, Newsletter Der DAFRIGaner: Online-Archive (in German)

Electronic Weekly Mail and Guardian http://www.mg.co.za/mg/
Weekly South African on-line, electronic newspaper with lots of links to other sites. The GHIE, a no-fee resource accessible via email, telnet, gopher, and the WWW, is catalyzing the sharing of site reports, fact sheets, activity summaries, data sets, scientific papers and analyses. The system is growing very quickly and already includes many geographic and thematic maps, situation reports, and datasets derived from FAO, WFP and UNICEF. Field operations guides, disaster histories, and activity summaries are being added. Through an exciting tool called Interactive Data Rendering, GHIE users can select data to create application.

Enda Third Worlde http://www.enda.sn/indexuk.htm
Enda third world is an international organization with diplomatic status based in Dakar, Senegal. Enda is concerned with environmental development action in the third world. The organization consists of a group of teams and programmes working in synergy. By carrying out, on the basis of grassroots development actions and the struggle of the peoples of the Third World, a permanent search for a methodology which will cater for their need and desire for independence.

Ghana Studies Council (GSC) http://people.tamu.edu/~yarak/gsc.html
The Ghana Studies Council (GSC) is an organization of scholars based in Africa, the United States, Europe, and Asia, whose research interests focus on the peoples of the West African state of Ghana. It is an associate organization of the African Studies Association (ASA) of the USA. General membership meetings are held on the occasion of the annual gathering of the ASA.

The Greater Horn Information Exchange (GHIE) http://www.info.usaid.gov/HORN/
The GHIE, a no-fee resource accessible via e-mail, telnet, gopher, and the WWW, is catalyzing the sharing of site reports, fact sheets, activity summaries, data sets, scientific papers and analyses. The system is growing very quickly and already includes many geographic and thematic maps, situation reports, and datasets derived from FAO, WFP and UNICEF. Field operations guides, disaster histories, and activity summaries are being added. Through an exciting tool called Interactive Data Rendering.

International African Institute (IAI) http://193.128.6.150/iai/
SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG, UK. Ph: +44 (0)171 323 6035 Fax: +44 (0)171 323 6118. E-mail: iai@soas.ac.uk
The IAI's aim is "to promote the education of the public in the study of Africa and its languages and cultures". Activities range from supporting seminars and other means of disseminating knowledge about Africa, to publications, which include an international journal, monographs by distinguished authorities on aspects of African society and peoples, and edited volumes.

International Development Agencies and Institutes http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/links.htm
Important Food Security related links.

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies' Africa Program http://www.jointcenter.org/africa.htm
The Joint Center is a national, nonprofit research organization that specializes in issues of concern to African Americans. It has undertaken projects in Africa since the 1980s, participating in projects in Benin, Botswana, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda. We have been fully engaged in the African democratization process since 1993, beginning in South Africa, on the eve of that countries first democratic elections, and then expanding our democracy work to include Benin in 1994. Presently, the Joint Center has a democracy and governance program and an economic policy support program in South Africa.

Lawyers for Human Rights - African Desk http://www.lhr.org.za/africa/africanav.htm
The Africa Desk was established this year (1997) in order to respond to human rights developments within the SADC sub-region and sub-Saharan African which were becoming increasingly relevant at regional levels. It is further a reflection of the need for South African NGOs to play a direct and positive role in the international community. The Africa Desk is coordinated from LHR’s National Office in Pretoria.

Netherlands Assoc. for African Studies http://www.nufficcs.nl/africanists
Searchable database containing over 300 academics & their Africa expertise

Swiss Society of African Studies (SSAS) http://www-sagw.unine.ch/members2/sag-ssea/sag_e/home_e.htm
The Swiss Society of African Studies (SSAS) was founded in 1974. It serves the aim of promoting research on Africa in the context of specific disciplines and encouraging pluridisciplinary exchanges at the same time.

TransAfrica Forum http://www.igc.org/transafrica/
TransAfrica Forum, an African-American foreign policy institution, was founded in 1981 to provide a forum for the collection, analysis and dissemination of information about Africa and the Caribbean and about the United States' policies affecting these regions. TransAfrica Forum is dedicated to promoting such issues as human rights, democracy, and sustained economic development. One program is the Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. Foreign Policy Library -- A premiere repository of books, periodicals, audio and video cassettes on Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and U.S. foreign policies regarding this region. TransAfrica Forum 1744 R Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 797-2301 phone (202) 797-2382 fax, , E-mail: transforum@transafricaforum.org

USAID in Africa http://www.info.usaid.gov/regions/afr/
Although Africa faces the greatest development challenges in the world, positive political and economic changes are enhancing opportunities for peace and prosperity throughout the continent. USAID is committed to working with our African partners to give the continent's people opportunities to make a better life, to prevent costly crises, and to fuel growth. U.S. Agency for International Development, Information Center, Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC 20523-0016, Tel. (202) 712-4810 Fax: (202) 216-3524, E-mail: pinquiries@usaid.gov

Washington Office on Africa (WOA) http://www.africapolicy.org/woainfo.htm
The Washington Office on Africa (WOA) is a church-sponsored advocacy organization. WOA was founded in 1972 to support the movement for freedom from white-minority rule in southern Africa. Today, WOA has an expanded mission which seeks to address issues affecting grassroots African interests throughout the continent.

Women in International Development (WID) http://www.isp.msu.edu/WID/wwwresources/wwwafrica.html
The Women and International Development Program at Michigan State University (MSU-WID) is recognized nationally and internationally for its unique program in publishing papers, sponsoring speaker series, and providing resources relating to women and international development.