African Studies
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Academy for Educational Development (AED)
Founded in 1961, AED is an NGO that is "...one of the world’s foremost human and social development organizations. Independent and nonprofit, AED is committed to solving critical social problems through education, research, training, and social marketing. Major areas of focus include health, education, youth development, the environment, and leadership development..."(website)Africa Action
"...Africa Action is the oldest organization in the U.S. working on African affairs. Our mission is to change U.S. Africa relations to promote political, economic and social justice in Africa. We provide accessible information and analysis and we mobilize popular support for campaigns to achieve this mission..."(website)Africa Summit
"...The mission of The Africa Society, a direct outgrowth of the National Summit on Africa, is to educate all Americans about Africa and its people, to build bridges of understanding and partnership, and to facilitate the Continent's social development and political transition to more open, democratic societies..."(website)African National Congress
South Africa's National Liberation Movement websiteAfrican Union
"... The AU is Africa’s premier institution and principal organization for the promotion of accelerated socio-economic integration of the continent, which will lead to greater unity and solidarity between African countries and peoples...."(vision statement, African Union)AfriCare
Founded in 1970, Africare was created by Africans and Americans, working as partners, and receives its financial support from one of the most diverse donor bases in the charitable world. (website)Economic Commission on Africa
Established in 1958, ECA is one of five regional commissions under the administrative direction of United Nations (UN) headquarters. The Commission is organized around six substantive programme divisions: Development Policy and Management; Economic and Social Policy; Gender and Development; Information for Development; Sustainable Development; and Trade and Regional Integration. (website)Ethno-Net Africa
"...Ethno-Net Africa is a UNESCO-MOST network of African social scientists engaged in comparative research, monitoring and evaluation of ethnic conflicts and social change in Africa. It attempts to address ethnic issues in a more constructive, comparative and regional perspective, identifying common denominators and drawing lessons from experiences in specific countries and regions..."(Home page)International Monetary Fund
Do a search under any African country and you will have access to a variety of IMF documents available in PDF files.The Migration Information Source provides useful tools, vital data, and essential facts on the movement of people worldwide.
NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development)
"...The New Partnership for Africa's Development is a strategic framework, (sponsored at least in part through the World Bank). The NEPAD strategic framework document arises from a mandate given to the five initiating Heads of State (Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa) by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) to develop an integrated socio-economic development framework for Africa..."(NEPAD website)SARDC Southern African Research and Documentation Centre
SARDC is an independent regional information resource centre which seeks to enhance the effectiveness of key development processes in the SADC region...SARDC's objective is to improve the base of knowledge about economic, political, cultural and social developments, and their implications, by making information accessible to governments and policy makers, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, regional and international organizations, development agencies, parliaments, and media. (website)
TransAfrica Forum
"...TransAfrica Forum is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the general public – particularly African Americans – on the economic, political and moral ramifications of U.S. foreign policy as it affects Africa and the Diaspora in the Caribbean and Latin America..."(website)U.S. Department of State. Bureau of African Affairs
The Bureau of African Affairs, headed by Charles R. Snyder, advises the Secretary and guides the operation of the U.S. diplomatic establishment in the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.World Bank, Sub-Saharan Africa
The World Bank is the largest external funder of Africa's development and works with the whole development community to cofinance, coordinate, and implement development assistance. (website)
