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Lesson Plans

1. Africa Lessons (School Discovery)Provides lesson plans on Africa, with a special emphasis on Zimbabwe. 1-02

Lists

1. Africa - East African News (AfricaNews Online)
   Provides news directly from each country in Eastern Africa, including Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
2. Africa - North African News (AfricaNews Online)
   Provides news directly from each country in Eastern Africa, including Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara.
3. Africa - Okavango
4. Africa - Travel Information by Location (Excite.Travel.com)
   Provides information on dining, where to stay, and interesting things to see. Search by city, state, or country. Includes Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros and Mayotte, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. 3-02
5. Africa - West African News (AfricaNews Online)
   Provides news directly from each country in Eastern Africa, including Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea, Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
6. African Countries (Dinar)
   Provides a comprehensive and excellent description of all African countries.
7. African Countries (Dinar)
   Provides a comprehensive and excellent description of all African countries.
8. African Languages (Dinar)
9. African Wildlife Foundation
   Provides descriptions and pictures of African animals. 1-01
10. Central African Republic (Dinar)
11. Health and Safety for Travelers to Africa (About.com - Venter)
    Provides sources of information for travelers to maintain their health. 11-01

News

1. -African News (AfricaNews Online)
   Provides news directly from each country.
2. Africa News (AllAfrica.com)
3. African News (AfricaNews Online)
   Provides news directly from each country in Central Africa, including Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Equatorial, Guinea, Gabon, Saotome and Zambia.
4. Central African Republic News (AfricaNews Online)
   Provides news directly from each country in Central Africa, including Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Equatorial, Guinea, Gabon, Saotome and Zambia.
5. HIV and AIDS - Child Activist Dies (CNN)
   Provides news of the death of 12-year-old Nkosi, who has provided world leadership in the fight to stop discrimination against children who have contracted the disease. 2-01
6. HIV and AIDS in Africa News (Washington Post)
   Provides news of developments to treat and prevent the spread of AIDS in Africa. 2-01

Papers

1. African Culture (LifeinAfrica.com)
   "The Life in Africa Foundation was founded in Uganda in 1999, in order to harness the power of the Internet to foster an increased international understanding of Africa and African people, and to make a lasting impact - through supporting microfinance in Africa - on the lives of ordinary African people who face extraordinary life challenges every single day." 2-01
2. HIV and AIDS in Africa (NetNomad.com)
   Provides news and articles on the epidemic in Africa. "Wars in Africa killed 200,000 people in 1998. AIDS killed 2 million people that year in Africa. AIDS is the leading killer in sub-Saharan Africa. HIV/AIDS accounts for one-third of all deaths from infectious disease in Africa." 2-02
3. HIV and AIDS in Africa (PBS.org - NOW)
   Provides basic facts on HIV and AIDS with an emphasis on Africa. 5-02