Published by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
A non-profit organisation that promotes debate and knowledge sharing on poverty reduction processes and experiences in Southern Africa.
Research institute for development in Mozambique. Research on poverty, rural development, land issues and technology. (In Portuguese)
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).
A free resource of information on armed conflicts of the world, by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program, Uppsala University.
Lists of IMF reports and publications arranged by country. Information on economic conditions and unemployment.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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/
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.
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.
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.
Full text documents and more within the areas of development, policy, practice and research in Africa south of Sahara.
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.
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.
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.
A brief overview of each country’s people, agriculture and FAO’s major in-country development activities.
Country specific information, data and statistics, information about development topics, regional initiatives and projects and programs for Africa south of the Sahara.
Resource guide to development organizations and the internet. Download a pdf for Africa or an individual country.
The DHS program provides data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition. Country specific surveys
In-depth country reports evaluating various criteria important for a country’s political and economic development from Bertelsmann Stiftung, Germany.
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.
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)
The Committee of Central Bank Governors was established in August 1995 as part of the Finance and Investment Sector of SADC.
A multinational development bank that promotes economic and social development through loans, equity investments, and technical assistance to its Regional Member Countries.
(In Portuguese)
Information on the government and the parliament includes the constitution of Mozambique.
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.
An online directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments published and updated by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Listings of political sites sorted by country, with links to parties, organisations, governments, media and more.
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.
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.
Information on the government, the president, prime minister and more. (In Portuguese)
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
A list of African rulers in the years of independence in the Zárate's Political Collections (ZPC).
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.
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.
Contains country-specific background briefings, commentaries, country reports, and press releases published by Human Rights Watch and others.
A worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. The library online documentation archive, sorted by region/country.
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.
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.
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.
Latest news from IRIN Africa, part of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Its news service is editorially independent.
A gateway to information (documents and maps) on humanitarian emergencies and disasters. Administered by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
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.
Latest news from IRIN Africa, part of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Its news service is editorially independent.
The Mozambique News Agency with the English language edition of the AIM Reports, published fortnightly.
Latest news from WN Network.
Mozambique News continually updated from thousands of sources, provided by the news site topix.net.
News from Lusophone Africa. (In Portuguese)
News from Lusophone Africa. (In Portuguese)
News from Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Moçambique and Sao Tomé and Príncipe. (In Portuguese)
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) is a voluntary, non-profit organisation of independent media in the SADC member states.
News from Lusophone Africa. (In Portuguese)
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.
News from Southern Africa provided by afrol News.
A comprehensive global collection of political participation statistics. Voter turnout figures for national presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945 are presented country by country.
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.
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.
Listings of political sites sorted by country, with links to parties, organisations, governments, media and more.
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.
Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries; socio-economic statistics of the member states.
Social and economic statistics on Mozambique. (In Portuguese/English)
A comprehensive global collection of political participation statistics. Voter turnout figures for national presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945 are presented country by country.
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.
Includes monitoring and measuring poverty, as well as the Household Survey Bank provided by the World Bank Group.
Afrobarometer is an independent, nonpartisan research project that measures the social, political and economic atmosphere in Africa. Incl. full text documents for downloading.
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.
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.
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.