Sahelian Government Websites (PLUS GUinea and Kenya)
- Burkina Faso
- Chad
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Guinea
- Kenya
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
Sahelian Governmental and nongovernmental bodies working on food security
Websites on Islam in Africa, the Sahel, and the Horn
Shari’a Debates in Africa – Documents on Shari’a in Northern Nigeria, Sudan, and elsewhere
West African Arabic Manuscript Project – Database of texts from Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, etc.
University Centers and Programs on Islamic Africa, the Sahel, and the Horn
The Future of Shari’a – Emory University School of Law/Professor Abdullahi Ahmed an-Na’im
Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) – Northwestern University
West African Research Center (WARC)
Websites on the Niger Delta
Niger Delta Economies of Violence Project – University of California at Berkeley
Think Tanks and NGOs Covering Africa
International Crisis Group Africa Reports
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
Institute for Security Studies (based in South Africa)
Center for Conflict Resolution (based in South Africa)
Council on Foreign Relations Africa Program
UN World Food Program – Crisis in the Horn of Africa
REPORTS ON ISLAM IN AFRICA
ICG:
- “Islamist Terrorism in the Sahel: Fact or Fiction?” (March 31 2005)
- “Somalia’s Islamists” (December 12 2005)
Washington Institute for Near East Policy:
- “Islamist Terrorism in Northwestern Africa: A ‘Thorn in the Neck’ of the United States?” (February 2007)
International Alert:
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