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http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/Multilateral/africa/oau.htm

Although not the office site of the African Union (Organization of African Unity), this site contains a summary of information about it.

http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/Multilateral/africa/oau.htm

The Department of Foreign Affairs of South Africa hosts the latest information about the Organization of African Unity, based on the Abuja Treaty of 1994. This treaty also established the African Economic Community, making the complete name OAU/AEC.

http://www.worldwildlife.org/

The World Wildlife Fund supports research and protection programs in Africa. At the bottom of the opening page under "Places" are links to these programs.

http://www.africaaction.org/

Africa Action, which grew out of earlier organizations, advocates for political, economic, and social justice in Africa and U.S. foreign policy toward that end.

http://www.fao.org/giews/english/af/index.htm

The Global Information and Early Warning System of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization monitors soil and weather conditions that impact food supplies in Africa.

http://www.avert.org/

AVERT is an international organization, based in the United Kingdom, to avert HIV/AIDS through education, treatment, and care. Its Web site has comprehensive information on the situation in Africa.

http://mondediplo.com/1998/04/02africa

Le Monde Diplomatique, published in France and available in many languages, published a summary of the slave trade’s impact on Africa for the 150th anniversary of its abolition in France.

http://www.statssa.gov.za/

The official Web site of Statistics South Africa shows official data collected by the census and other agencies. It includes interactive maps of some of the socioeconomic indicators.

http://data.worldbank.org/region/sub-saharan-africa

This World Bank site compiles indicators of economic and social well-being for all sub-Saharan African countries.  Data regarding external debt, health, the environment, and education are included.

http://www.cfr.org/africa/water-stress-sub-saharan-africa/p11240

The Council on Foreign Relations provides a summary of water stress in sub-Saharan Africa, and its role in economic development within the region.

http://www.information.go.ke/

The official Web site of the Kenyan government includes information for citizens but also the work of various ministries, state corporations, health care, and other material of general interest.

http://www.tanzania.go.tz/

The official Web site of Tanzania has information about the country and its government ministries. It also displays population data and the text of important speeches by government leaders.

http://www.nnpcgroup.com/

Nigeria is an important oil producer. This Web site of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation describes its operations.

http://www.aphrc.org/

Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the African Population and Health Resources Center conducts research on population and health-related issues facing Sub-Saharan Africa.

http://www.uneca.org/

The Web site of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa has links to the agency’s major and wide-ranging reports as well as information about its initiatives.