African Studies Internet Portal 

Homepage of the United Nations

Also known as the United Nations Cyber Schoolbus. Allows the user to create statistical tables comparing countries.

GPO Access, a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office. Provides free electronic access to official, published versions of important information products produced by the Federal Government. Can be used without restriction, unless specifically noted.

A database of guides. Search in "region" for Africa or for African regions. Search in "country" for African countries.

Delivers general information about governmental authorities, public services, and cultural and civic projects and organizations.

From the Open Society Initiative.

Includes information on national and local governments, political parties and other country-specific political information. Not updated in over 5 years, but has many valuable links.

Once a comprehensive database on elections, now integrated into Wikipedia.

Focuses on materials deposited by government offices/ministries of ECA member states as well as African intergovernmental and non-governmental institutions as part of existing depository library arrangements.

Northwestern University Library

Contains government information for foreign countries. Has sections for Middle East/North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Links to specific United Nations organizations and other international organizations.