A Guide to Africa on the Internet

Mozambique

General information

• World Factbook Mozambique

  Published by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 

  
  https://www.cia.gov/

• Southern Africa Regional Poverty Network (SARPN)

  A non-profit organisation that promotes debate and knowledge sharing on poverty reduction processes and experiences in Southern Africa.

  
  http://www.sarpn.org.za/

• Cruzeiro do Sul. Instituto de Investigação para o Desenvolvimento (IID)

  Research institute for development in Mozambique. Research on poverty, rural development, land issues and technology. (In Portuguese)

  
  http://www.iid.org.mz/

• Peace Agreements Digital Collection

  Full-text of agreements signed by the major contending parties ending inter- and intra-state conflicts worldwide since 1989. Developed by the Jeannette Rankin Library Program (United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Washington, D.C., USA).

  
  http://www.usip.org/

• Uppsala Conflict Database / UCDP Database

  A free resource of information on armed conflicts of the world, by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program, Uppsala University. 

  
  http://www.pcr.uu.se/

• International Monetary Fund (IMF) : Country Page

  Lists of IMF reports and publications arranged by country. Information on economic conditions and unemployment.

  
  http://www.imf.org/

• Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP)

  Description of a country's macroeconomic, structural and social policies and programs to promote growth and reduce poverty. By the member country in collaboration with the World Bank and the IMF.

  
  http://www.imf.org/

• Southern African Development Community (SADC)

  Works for sovereign equality of member states; solidarity, peace and security; human rights, democracy, and the rule of law; equity, balance and mutual benefits; peaceful settlement of disputes.

  
  http://www.sadc.int/

• The Department for International Development (DFID), UK

  Part of the UK Government and manages Britain's aid to poor countries. The countries listed receive funding from DFID - either directly or through multilateral agencies.

  
  http://www.dfid.gov.uk/

• Country Profiles - Sub Saharan Africa

  Headline facts and figures about the population, capital city, currency and so on. Then briefly outline the geography and recent history, current politics and economic trends, and the country's commercial and political relations with the UK. Prepared by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), UK.

  
  http://www.fco.gov.uk/

• The International Peacebuilding Alliance, Interpeace

  Interpeace assists societies torn by war to overcome conflict and to build lasting peace by promoting processes of consultation, research and analysis with all sectors of society.

  
  http://www.interpeace.org/

• StreetNet International

  An alliance of street vendors whose aim is to promote the exchange of information and ideas on critical issues facing street vendors, market vendors and hawkers (i.e. mobile vendors) and on practical organizing and advocacy strategies. http://www.streetnet.org.za/

  

• Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) - Africa

  The GRB is government planning, programming and budgeting that contributes to the advancement of gender equality and the fulfillment of women's rights. It entails identifying and reflecting needed interventions to address gender gaps in sector and local government policies, plans and budgets.

  
  http://www.gender-budgets.org/

• Africa - explore the regions

  Guide by the Public Broadcasting Service to Africa's regions with facts about ethnic groups, language, climate and animals. The website also contains general information about the countries and regions.

  
  http://www.pbs.org/

• SNV Netherlands Development Organization

  SNV is an international development organisation that supports national and local actors within government, civil society and the private sector to find and implement local solutions to social and economic development challenges.  

  
  http://www.snvworld.org/

• Eldis - Country and Region Profiles

  Full text documents and more within  the areas of development, policy, practice and research in Africa south of Sahara.

  
  http://www.eldis.org/

• The Africa Programme at Chatham House

  Aims to develop foreign policy-orientated research on issues affecting individual states of Africa, the African continent as a whole and relations with the outside world. 

  
  http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/

• The World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII)

  The World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII) is a free, independent and non-profit global legal research facility that provides links to law-related web sites in African countries.

  
  http://www.worldlii.org/

• AfricanEconomicOutlook.org

  An evolution of African Economic Outlook report produced by the African Development Bank, the OECD Development Centre, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and others. The website provides comprehensive and comparable data and analysis of 47 African economies.

  
  http://www.africaneconomicoutlook.org/

• FAO Country briefs

  A brief overview of each country’s people, agriculture and FAO’s major in-country development activities.

  
  http://www.fao.org/

• The World Bank : Africa

  Country specific information, data and statistics, information about development topics, regional initiatives and projects and programs for Africa south of the Sahara.

  http://go.worldbank.org/VJ7PSXVTP0

  

• Directory of development organizations

  Resource guide to development organizations and the internet. Download a pdf for Africa or an individual country.

  
  http://www.devdir.org/

• Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)

  The DHS program provides data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition. Country specific surveys

  
  http://www.measuredhs.com/

• Transformation: Country Reports

  In-depth country reports evaluating various criteria important for a country’s political and economic development from Bertelsmann Stiftung, Germany.

  
  http://www.bertelsmann-transformation-index.de/

• PeaceWomen - Women's International League for Peace and freedom

  The PeaceWomen Project promotes the role of women in preventing conflict, and the equal and full participation of women in all efforts to create and maintain international peace and security.

  
  http://www.peacewomen.org/

• The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Africa, south of Sahara

  The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung is committed to social justice, democracy, peace and international solidarity in Africa. In long-standing partnership relations with political parties, parliaments, trade unions, media, civil society groups and interested publics, it promotes the political exchanges between Africa, Europe and Germany. (In German)

  
  http://www.fes.de/

• Banks

• SADC Central Banks

  The Committee of Central Bank Governors was established in August 1995 as part of the Finance and Investment Sector of SADC.

  
  http://www.sadcbankers.org/

• African Development Bank

  A multinational development bank that promotes economic and social development through loans, equity investments, and technical assistance to its Regional Member Countries.

  
  http://www.afdb.org/

• Banco de Moçambique

  (In Portuguese) 

  
  http://www.bancomoc.mz/

• Government

• República de Moçambique

  Information on the government and the parliament includes the constitution of Mozambique.

  
  http://www.mozambique.mz/

• World Political Leaders in the Zárate's Political Collections (ZPC)

  Chronological lists of leaders from countries since 1945: heads of State and Government, party leaderships, senior ministers and other relevant officials. Suitable for reference queries, research or documentation works.

  
  http://www.terra.es/

• World leaders / Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Government

  An online directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments published and updated by the Central Intelligence Agency.

  
  https://www.cia.gov/

• African Political Resources

  Listings of political sites sorted by country, with links to parties, organisations, governments, media and more.

  
  http://www.politicalresources.net/

• IFES Election Guide Region Profile Africa

  ElectionGuide is provided by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), an international nonprofit dedicated to strengthening electoral democracy. Funded by the USAID, A comprehensive and timely source of verified election information available online.

  
  http://www.electionguide.org/

• PARLINE database on national parliaments

  The PARLINE database contains information on the structure and working methods of 261 parliamentary chambers in all of the 186 countries where a national legislature exists.

  
  http://www.ipu.org/

• Portal do Governo de Moçambique

  Information on the government, the president, prime minister and more. (In Portuguese) 

  
  http://www.portaldogoverno.gov.mz/

• African elections database

  The purpose of the African Elections Database is to provide a comprehensive archive of past and present election results for the 48 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.

  
  http://africanelections.tripod.com/

• Planipolis - International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)

  A portal of education plans and policies from UNESCO Member States providing a single entry to documents from various official sources. Planipolis is maintained by the IIEP Documentation Centre and is partly funded by EPDF (Education Programme Development Fund).

  
  http://planipolis.iiep.unesco.org/

• History

• The History of Southern Africa

  World History Archive. Documents to support the study of world history from a working-class and non-Eurocentric perspective. Most of the documents come from on-line distribution lists or newsgroups.

  
  http://www.hartford-hwp.com/

• Nordic Documentation on the Liberation Struggle in Southern Africa

  A reference source for everyone interested in the late 20th century history of national liberation in Southern Africa, incl. Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, and the role of the Nordic countries. 

  
  http://www.liberationafrica.se/

• African Activist Archive Project (AAAP)

  AAAP preserves for history the record of activities of the US organizations and individuals that supported African struggles for freedom and had an on U.S. policy during the period 1950-1994. Compiled by the African Studies Centre at Michigan State University, USA.

  
  http://africanactivist.msu.edu/

• First African rulers

  A list of African rulers in the years of independence in the Zárate's Political Collections (ZPC).

  
  http://www.terra.es/

• Mozambique history net

  The purpose of the Mozambique History Net (MHN) website is to make available selected newspaper clippings and some other resources dealing with contemporary Mozambican history and presented in a thematically organised form.

  
  http://www.mozambiquehistory.net/

• Human rights

• FIDH.org - Networking Human Rights Defenders

  The aim of the FIDH is to obtain effective improvements in the protection of victims, the prevention of Human Rights abuse and the prosecution of those responsible.

  
  http://www.fidh.org/

• Human Rights Watch - Africa south of Sahara

  Contains country-specific background briefings, commentaries, country reports, and press releases published by Human Rights Watch and others.

  
  http://www.hrw.org/

• Amnesty International (AI)

  A worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. The library online documentation archive, sorted by region/country.

  
  http://www.amnesty.org/

• Open Society Justice Initiative

  The Open Society Justice Initiative works on important challenges in Africa including the denial of citizenship, natural resource corruption, the balance between peace and justice, and pretrial detention.   

  
  http://www.soros.org/

• The Carter Center

  The Carter Center is committed to advancing human rights and alleviating unnecessary human suffering. Offers programs on peace and conflicts, health, human rights and democracy, as well as information by country.

  
  http://www.cartercenter.org/

• African Human Rights Document Database - Mozambique

  Find documents on national legislation (Constitution) and resolutions from the OAU Council of Ministers as well as UN documents. Provided by Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

  
  http://www.chr.up.ac.za/

• Humanitarian assistance

• IRINnews.org

  Latest news from IRIN Africa, part of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Its news service is editorially independent.

  
  http://www.irinnews.org/

• ReliefWeb

  A gateway to information (documents and maps) on humanitarian emergencies and disasters. Administered by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

  
  http://reliefweb.int/

• Oxfam in action

  Oxfam is a vibrant global movement of passionate, dedicated people fighting poverty together. Oxfam concentrates on three interlinked areas of work: Emergency response, Development work, and Campaigning for change.

  
  http://www.oxfam.org.uk/

• News and Media

• IRINnews.org

  Latest news from IRIN Africa, part of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Its news service is editorially independent.

  
  http://www.irinnews.org/

• Agência de Informação de Moçambique (AIM) - Mozambique

  The Mozambique News Agency with the English language edition of the AIM Reports, published fortnightly.

  
  http://www.poptel.org.uk/

• Mozambique News

  Latest news from WN Network. 

  
  http://www.mozambiquenews.com/

• Mozambique News

  Mozambique News continually updated from thousands of sources, provided by the news site topix.net.

  
  http://www.topix.net/

• Africanidade

  News from Lusophone Africa. (In Portuguese) 

  
  http://www.africanidade.com/

• VisãoNews

  News from Lusophone Africa. (In Portuguese) 

  
  http://www.visaonews.com/

• Espresso África

  News from Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Moçambique and Sao Tomé and Príncipe. (In Portuguese)

  
  http://clix.expresso.pt/

• The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)

  The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) is a voluntary, non-profit organisation of independent media in the SADC member states.

  
  http://www.misa.org/

• Notícias Lusófonas

  News from Lusophone Africa. (In Portuguese)

  
  http://www.noticiaslusofonas.com/

• Reporters without borders - Africa

  Defends imprisoned journalists, fights against censorship and laws that undermine press freedom, gives financial aid to journalists or media outlets in difficulty and works to improve the safety of journalists.

  
  http://en.rsf.org/

• afrol News Southern Africa

  News from Southern Africa provided by afrol News. 

  
  http://www.afrol.com/

• Politics

• International IDEA: Voter Turnout

  A comprehensive global collection of political participation statistics. Voter turnout figures for national presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945 are presented country by country.

  
  http://www.idea.int/

• World Political Leaders in the Zárate's Political Collections (ZPC)

  Chronological lists of leaders from countries since 1945: heads of State and Government, party leaderships, senior ministers and other relevant officials. Suitable for reference queries, research or documentation works.

  
  http://www.terra.es/

• IFES ElectionGuide : Africa

  Provided by IFES, an international nonprofit dedicated to the building of democratic societies. A comprehensive and timely source of verified election information and results available online.

  
  http://www.electionguide.org/

• African Political Resources

  Listings of political sites sorted by country, with links to parties, organisations, governments, media and more.

  
  http://www.politicalresources.net/

• iKNOW Politics - International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics

  Each regional pages from iKNOW Politics describe the background and status of women in politics across that geographic area as well as highlights resources, event updates and news pertaining to the specific region.

  
  http://iknowpolitics.org/

• Statistics

• SESRIC Statistics & databases

  Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries; socio-economic statistics of the member states.  

  
  http://www.sesric.org/

• Instituto Nacional de Estatística - Mozambique

  Social and economic statistics on Mozambique. (In Portuguese/English)

  
  http://www.ine.gov.mz/

• International IDEA: Voter Turnout

  A comprehensive global collection of political participation statistics. Voter turnout figures for national presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945 are presented country by country.

  
  http://www.idea.int/

• Country Analysis Briefs (CABs) : Africa

  An overview of policy-independent data, forecasts, and analyses on energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment. Provided by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), a statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Energy.

  
  http://www.eia.doe.gov/

• Poverty in Africa

  Includes monitoring and measuring poverty, as well as the Household Survey Bank provided by the World Bank Group.

  
  http://www4.worldbank.org/

• Afrobarometer - Africa Public Opinion Research

  Afrobarometer is an independent, nonpartisan research project that measures the social, political and economic atmosphere in Africa. Incl. full text documents for downloading.

  
  http://www.afrobarometer.org/

• Statistics of the Human Development Report (HDR) by UNDP

  Access statistical data from the Human Development Report (HDR) by UNDP, incl. helpful information about the human development index (HDI) and other indices, links to other background materials, data resources and on-going debates and discussions on human development statistics.

  
  http://hdr.undp.org/

• Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP)

  PRSPs are prepared by the member countries; a process involving domestic stakeholders as well as external development partners, incl. the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. PRSPs describe the country's macroeconomic, structural and social policies and programs promote broad-based growth and reduce poverty, as well as associated external financing needs and major sources of financing.

  
  http://www.imf.org/

• Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Online (MBS)

  The MBS Online presents current economic and social statistics for more than 200 countries. It contains data on a variety of subjects illustrating important economic trends and developments. The Monthly Bulletin of Statistics has been published by the United Nations Statistics Division and previously by the League of Nations.

  
  http://unstats.un.org/