Africa Confidential
http://www.africa-confidential.com/
Africa Confidential has been published fortnightly since 1960. It provides independent news and analysis of African economics and politics. It website provides access to a browsable index of articles. It is possible to access book reviews and some special reports free of charge. Full text articles are offered to subscribers only. All aspects of African politics are covered including: elections in individual African Nations, international security, war, civil war, relations with Europe and the USA, economic and trade relations.
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Africa Governance, Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP)
http://www.afrimap.org
Africa Governance, Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP)is a special project of the Open Society Institute which is working in conjunction with NGOs to promote democracy and the rule of law in African nations. Its website provides access to information about the aims of the project and its activities. It includes access to the full-text of a library of online press releases, articles, papers and reports published by its partners since 2000. Key areas of concern are political participation, election monitoring reports, government accountability and delivery of public services in Africa, civil justice systems. Although many African nations are covered principle areas of research are: South Africa, Senegal, Mozambique and Ghana.
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Africa Policy Journal
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/kssgorg/apj/
The Africa Policy Journal is a free open access electronic journal which is published by John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. It contains scholarly articles, research, comment , interviews and book and film reviews about issues relating to social, economic and political policy in Africa and individual African nations. Key topics include issues facing economic, social and political development in health policy and HIV; foreign policy, international security and governance. All issues from 2006 onwards may be downloaded.
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Africa Resources: Chatham House
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/research/africa/
This site is maintained by Chatham House (formerly Royal Institute of International Affairs), one of the world's leading organizations on international affairs. It provides access to a collection of resources relating to Africa. These focus on US and UK relations with Africa, humanitarian aid, development, elections in Africa, foreign policy, and international security. They include audiofiles and transcripts of conferences, online discussion papers and commentary. There are also selected articles from journals published by Chatham House which are offered in full-text to subscribers only
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Africa South of the Sahara: politics & government
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/poli1.html
An annotated guide to Internet sites relating to politics and government in Africa. This is part a larger Web guide to Africa-related sites called "Africa South of the Sahara", produced by Stanford University (USA). It is designed for students, faculty, librarians, and others. it includes links to sites covering African elections, political parties and political events.
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Africabib: Bibliography of Africana Periodical Literature 
http://www.africabib.org/
This site provides free access to an index of journal articles maintained by Davis Bullwinkle. They indexd over 500 English language periodicals covering African studies some dating from the 19th Century to the present day. All aspects of African history, culture, politics and society are covered. It is possible to browse the database by geographical area or search by key word. Abstracts are not provided. Countries covered include: Algeria, Angola, Benin; South Africa, Libya, Egypt, Sudan; Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe; DR Congo; Lesotho; Namibia; Malawi; Nigeria, Ivory Coast; Mali; Liberia; Chad; Rwanda; Burundi.
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AfricaFiles
http://www.africafiles.org/
AfricaFiles is a network of people committed to Africa through its promotion of human rights, economic justice, African perspectives and alternative analyses. It was formed in 2002 from Economic Rights in Southern Africa group of the Inter-Church Coalition on Africa (ICCAF), which is now a part of KAIROS-Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives, and the Toronto Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa (TCLSAC) . Its website provides information on the aims of the network; its membership and activities. It includes free access to articles from its eZine; access to Africa InfoServ a free e-mail information service. which contains reports on African events, issues and people, drawn from a variety of sources, including News From Africa, All Africa News Agency, IRIN. Other features of the site include a large directory of links to research materials about all aspects of African economics and politics. Topics covered include:social injustice; political and economic corruption; international trade and international conflict.
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African Democracy Forum
http://www.africandemocracyforum.org/
The African Democracy Forum is a network of over 100 organisations and individuals who seek to promote democratic government and human rights in Africa. its website provides information on its aims and activities. It includes newsletters; a calendar of events and online discussion forums. Topics covered include African politics; post-conflict democracy building and human rights.
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African Elections Project
http://www.africanelections.org/
The West African Elections Project is co-ordinated by the International Institute for ICT Journalism in association with other partners and funding from Open Society Initiative for West Africa. It is particularly concerned with developing the use of ICT for elections in West Africa. The main case studies cover presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana, Cote d lvoire, and Guinea from 2008/9. The website provides information on the aims, methods and activities of the project. Each country section contains the full election results, plus access to examples of selected blogs, online videos and websites developed to cover the election campaigns.
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African Journal of Political Science and International Relations (AJPSIR)
http://www.academicjournals.org/AJPSIR/index.htm
The African Journal of Political Science and International Relations (AJPSIR) is an open access peer reviewed journal. It has been published monthly by Academic Press from 2007 onwards. Each issue continues articles and reviews covering a wide range of issues relating to African politics and international relations. This includes coverage of the global political economy; Africa's relations with the global world; comparative politics and African political systems. All archived issues may be accessed free of charge on the website.
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African Journals Online (AJOL)
http://ajol.info/
African Journals Online (AJOL) is a non profit organisation based in South Africa, which seeks to provide access to research materials by African scholars, published in Africa. It offers free access to contents pages( and an increasing amount of full text )of over 340 scholarly journals covering all areas of the sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities which have been published in 26 African nations. Particular specialisms are health and agriculture.Other topics include African studies, anthropology, sociology, politics, psychology, economics and development. Users may browse or search the database. Many full text articles can be downloaded free of charge.
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African politics web archive
http://webarchives.cdlib.org/a/AfricaWebArchive
This site contains a database of a small number of archived African politics websites They have been selected by Stanford University and archived by the California Digital Library web archiving service. They include sites from key newspapers and organisations. Each entry has snapshots of the site from different dates which capture news stories. The collection may be searched or browsed. A key topic are elections and politics in Ghana from 2008 onwards. Copyright and technical information is provided on the website.
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African Studies Abstracts Online
http://www.ascleiden.nl/Library/Abstracts/Asa-online/
African Studies Abstracts Online (ASA) is an online journal published quarterly by the African Studies centre University of Leiden. It indexes over 250 journals covering African studies. Each issue includes over 400 abstracts of key articles arranged by geographical area and subject. Key social science subjects include: economic development, trade, human rights, politics, political development, elections and international security. Users may access all issues from vol.1, 2003 via the website. They can also sign up to receive email updates. ASA Online succeeds the printed abstracts journal of the African Studies Centre Leiden, published since 1968.
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African Studies Centre, University of Leiden
http://www.ascleiden.nl/Default800.aspx
The African Studies Centre is the largest based Africana research and documentation centre in the Netherlands. It conducts research into issues relating to the economy, politics, international security and social transformations of African nations. Key countries include: South Africa Zimbabwe, Sudan. Its website provides information on the aims of the Centre, its teaching, research and publications. It includes access to the Library website, with its searchbale catalogue and directory of links to websites covering African studies. Also accessible are a growing collection of online working papers. The topics covered include peace and conflict in Africa, land reform in Africa and the place of Africa in the World economy.
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Africana Conference Paper Index
http://nucat.library.northwestern.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?PAGE=dbPage&SEQ
This site provides access to a searchable catalogue of references to papers and Africana Conference Proceedings which are held by Northwestern University Library. They cover economic, political and social studies of Africa and African nations. Key topics include elections and demcoracy in Africa, colonialism and colonial administration, slavery, the slave trade and emancipation, Africa and international trade, economic development and famine. All materials are in Western languages. They include useful examples of grey literature. Full bibliographic references are provided. Users should note that the database forms part of NUCAT. They therefore need to select the correct option to restrict searches to it.
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Afrobarometer
http://www.afrobarometer.org/
Afrobarometer is an independent research project which conducts regular public opinion surveys on social, political and economic conditions and attitudes in African nations. Its website provides information on the aims of the surveys, their methodology and findings. It includes access to full-text working papers, briefing papers and some statistical data. Users should however, note that some of the full data is only offered via the Inter-University Consortium for political and Social research. Topics covered include: political attitudes, levels of political participation, national identity, livelihoods, income and economic conditions, social attitudes, fear of crime and confidence in the political structure. It is possible to sign up to an email newsletter.
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AFRORA: news and blogs from Africa
http://www.afrora.com/
Afrora.com is a news and blog aggregator for Africa. Its supporting partners include: AllAfrica.com and a number of well known African news services. It is a good starting point for locating up to date news coverage of African nations and issues, many of which are written by Africans and therefore offer an African perspective on world and local events. All aspects of social, economic and political life are covered with a strong emphasis on the latest current affairs. Users may browse blog postings and news stories by country or subject category. The latter include NGOs, politics, diasporas, economy, society and culture. Sections on politics include coverage of international security, conflict, political corruption, wars and elections in Africa. It is possible to view popular and recent blogs and sign up to receive RSS news feeds.
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AllAfrica.com
http://allafrica.com/
One of the largest internet distributors of African news online. It aggregates on average over 1,000 stories daily from a variety of international and African sources. It is possible to search current and historical articles free of charge. The historical section contains materials from approximately 1997 onwards. These cover all aspects of the economics, politics, social life and current events in Africa - including coverage of security crises, elections and wars. It is possible to sign up to receive RSS newsfeeds of the latest headlines.
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Aluka : a digital library of scholarly resources on and about Africa
http://www.aluka.org/
Aluka aims to provide access to online scholarly resources from and about African for researchers and scholars worldwide. It includes documents, images, photographs, books, journal articles and government reports and writings. Access requires a subscription however, due to its close affiliation with JSTOR many UK HE institutions will be able to participate in access arrangements.It is intended that the digital library will expand to cover many areas of African history, culture and society. At present large online collections include: materials relating to African cultural heritage sites, scientific and reference data on African plants, as well as, the struggle for freedom in Southern African countries. The latter includes many materials relating to struggles against apartheid, African independence movements and colonialism and decolonialism. The online library also includes regional and country studies materials. There are large collections for South Africa, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
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Angus Reid Global Scan Polls and Research Archive
http://www.angus-reid.com/
Angus Reid Global Scan is a component of Angus Reid Consultants (ARC)-an international partnership dedicated to exploring and understanding public opinion at the regional, national and global level. Since 2003 it has provided free access to public opinion polls and election tracking from nations worldwide. Topics covered include parliamentary and presidential elections, political and voting intentions, and studies of public viewpoints on global issues. The election tracking section contains polls and brief analysis for a large number of elections held since 2003.
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Aswat
http://www.aswat.com/en
Aswat is an online portal which was founded with support from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. It aims to promote dialogue about political reform, democracy and reform in the Middle East and North Africa. The site includes links to news stories from these regions, supports online discussion forums and blogs. It also has a resource library of online training manuals and papers, many supplied by political activists and the NDI. Topics covered include civil society and political reform, elections and electoral reform, political participation, women and politics, Islam and democracy.
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Auslandsbüro Mosambik/Malawi Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
http://www.kas.de/proj/home/home/34/2/index.html
This is the official website of the office of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in Mozambique / Malawi. It seeks to strengthen the economic, social and political system and promote human rights in the region. The website provides information in German about the aims and activities of the centre. It includes access to the full text of recent press releases, programme reports and other publications. These include papers discussing parliamentary and presidential elections in Mozambique and Malawi, including assessments of the state of democracy, the political system and conduct of elections. Materials are available from approximately 2003 onwards.
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AWEPA: European Parliamentarians for Africa
http://www.awepa.org/
AWEPA is an organisation which seeks to support democracy and good governance in Africa and to keep African politics on the agenda in the national parliaments of European nations. Its website provides information on the aims of the organisation, its membership and activities. It includes access to the full-text of its press releases, quarterly bulletins from 2000 to date and selected programme documents and occasional papers. Topics covered by these include: democracy and democratic governance in Africa, debt relief and political aid programmes. Users may also access the full-text of the Mozambique political process bulletin from 1994 onwards from the website. This contains discussion of conflict and human rights in Mozambique.
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BBC News: Africa
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/default.stm
This site provides access to news and current affairs stories relating to nations of Africa which have been compiled by the BBC World Service. They cover all aspects of current political, social and economic news, including elections, political and economic crises, conflicts, civil wars and foreign affairs. Key countries are: Algeria, Angola, Chad, Burundi, Benin, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Niger, Sudan, Senegal, Somalia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Swaziland, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. The site also includes articles and commentary from columnists, background country profiles and links to BBC world service programmes.
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Beating your opposition: torture during the 2002 presidential campaign in Zimbabwe
http://www.cvt.org/file.php?ID=300
This site provides free access to the full text of a report Mashonaland Programme of the AMANI Trust. The 27 page report documents evidence of political violence, human rights abuses and torture committed under the government of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. It also examines evidence of political violence during the 2002 Zimbabwe presidential elections.
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