information on Congo

Information on Congo Kinshasa

ABC Nightline - Heart of Darkness: Site for the five-part TV series hosted by Ted Koppel. Program transcripts, a journal by the producer of life in the Eastern Congo, people profiles, relief efforts, the link between coltan, cell phones and the DRC. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/nightline/

Academie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-mer (Bruxelles, Belgium): In French, English, Dutch. "The Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences was founded in 1928 with the aim of promoting scientific knowledge in overseas regions" [esp. Congo-Kinshasa]. "The Academy is divided into three Sections: the Section of Moral and Political Sciences, the Section of Natural and Medical Sciences and the Section of Technical Sciences." Publishes Biographie belge d'Outre-Mer (first pub. in 1941, formerly la Biographie Coloniale Belge). Publishes three series of Mémoires. http://users.skynet.be/kaowarsom/

Aequatoria Archives Research Project: Based at the Research Center of the International Pragmatics Association, University of Antwerp, and works with the Centre Æquatoria, Mbandaka, Congo (DRC). "Its goal is to make extensively annotated editions as well as systematic interpretive analyses of documents from the archives of the Centre Æquatoria — in particular those documents that are relevant to the historiographic study of linguistics and ethnology in colonial times." The Archives have, on microfiche, the proceedings of the Conférence Nationale Souveraine. Has an online Catalogue. The Archives holdings, on microfiche, are available in several locations worldwide (CAMP, Univ. of Wisconsin, etc.). The microfiche can also be purchased from the Archives in Antwerp.

Has the full text, in French, of: Témoignagesafricains de l'arrivée des premiers Blancs aux bords des rivières de l'Equateur(RD Congo) -- African testimonies of the arrivals of the first Whites on the river banks in the Congolese Equateur region (± 253pp) http://www.aequatoria.be/archives_project/

Africa Inter Mennonite Mission: "Organized as the Congo Inland Mission in 1912, AIMM currently has missionaries in six areas of Africa working among various ethnic and language groups." Based in Elkhart, Indiana. Describes their work in Botswana, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire), Lesotho, Senegal, South Africa. Has full text articles from their journal, Messenger. http://www.aimmintl.org/home.htm
Has an e-mail list. For other Mennonite sources see: MennoLink - Mennonite Information Center - http://www.MennoLink.org/mic/menno.html

Africa Talks - Africat: "Africa Talks (AfricaT@egroups.com), a discussion group for exchange of views on Africa by Africans, friends, and foes. Discussions are centered in Central Africa in general and on Congo (ex Zaire) in particular." http://www.egroups.com/group/africat

Africa -Today or Africa-T: Discussion, in French, on Congo-Kinshasa and related issues, based at City University of New York. The list owner is Jean Kadima-Schipa. To subscribe send email to: LISTSERV@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
In the Message area put: SUBSCRIBE AFRICA-TODAY
For problems contact: AFRICA-TODAY-request@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU

Africa Update: The Fall 1997 newsletter of Central Connecticut State University's African Studies Program has articles on Congo-K - The Congo Region by Dr. Gloria Emeagwali, Will Kabila be a Dictator? by Prof. S. N. Sangmpam, The Civil War in Zaire by Dr. Aderemi Ajibewa. http://www.ccsu.edu/afstudy/archive.html

African Rights (London): "Any solution to Africa's problems...must be sought primarily among Africans. International organizations should see their principal role as facilitating and supporting attempts by Africans to address their own problems." Publishes a journal, Witness to Genocide. Has the full text of a 1998 open letter to Nelson Mandela re the Congo (DRC ) war. The Director is Rakiya Omaar. http://www.unimondo.org/AfricanRights/

American Mineral Fields: Mining company operating in Congo-Kinshasa, Angola, Zambia and Madagascar. Has press releases on its operations in Africa. See also Mineral Properties. http://www.am-min.com/96/news/mar23-98.html

American Museum of Natural History. Congo Expedition, May 1909-November 1915

"In 1909,...Herbert Lang and James Chapin set sail for the Belgian Congo....By the time they sailed home five and one-half years later, they had collected tons of precious zoological and anthropological specimens..." http://diglib1.amnh.org/

Contents:
an introductory, multimedia slide show.

diaries of James Chapin ("At age 19, in 1909, James Chapin left New York for northeastern Congo where he served as Herbert Lang's assistant for the next five years. Chapin was interested in many aspects of Africa's natural history. Birds, however, were his passion, a fact borne out by these diaries.")

biographies of James Paul Chapin and Herbert Lang, photographs (villages, primates), the watercolors of James Chapin including Congo mural paintings, birds, fish, reptiles, mammels,

excerpts from "African Reflections: Art from Northeastern Zaire," by Enid Schildkrout and Curtis A. Keim (AMNH and University of Washington Press, 1990) including their photographs of Congo musical instruments

excerpts from "King Leopold's Ghost" by Adam Hochschild (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998)

"160 publications including 120 American Museum of Natural History publications based on the material collected by the 1909-1915 Congo Expedition, 12 British Museum publications by Barry Bolton on Congo ants, 11 publications on African ants by the South African Museum and affiliated organizations, and 17 Congo-related World Conservation Union (IUCN) publications."

a central African map with layers. Select which features will appear on the map: lakes, cities, roads, railroads, forest, mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, etc., a map of Chapin and Lang's travels

historic maps reflecting the "development of European knowledge of African geography from 1562 through 1940." Reproduced with permission of the New York Public Library and the British Library.

audio (requires sound card, headset or speakers) and video clips of the Belgian Congo Records made by the "adventurer and filmmaker Armand Denis during his 1934-35 cross-Africa expedition. They were among the first recordings made of the sounds of the central Congo. The Babiara people, whose songs may be heard..... are one of the four main tribal groups who occupy the Ituri Forest." The video clip shows a traditional Mangbetu dance.

a database on specimens collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition

a bibliographic essay on sources by Paula Willey, specially prepared bibliographies on Congo Conservation (314 citations), Description & Travel (1218 citations), Maps & Atlases (220 citations).

Newspaper Headlines, 1880-1916 about the Congo from the New York Times and the New York Herald

American School of Kinshasa: Information for alumni and faculty. Has a discussion forum, alumni directory, photographs. http://www.tasok.org/

American University of Kinshasa: Private organization. The President is Dimandja Kasongo.
http://www.auk-congo.edu/

Amnesty International - Killing Human Decency: 30 page report ( 31 May 2000) on killings executions, torture by forces in the DRC civil war, child soldiers, arms suppliers, military training, etc. AFR 62/07/00. http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aipub/2000/AFR/16200700.htm

ANACCO, All North America Conference on the Congo: "a non-profit organization that brings together Citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as friends of Congo, living in North America and everywhere abroad ..." Formerly ANACOZA, The All North American Conference On Zaire. ANACCO arose from the discussion list, Congo-L. Based in Baltimore, Maryland. Site maintained by John N. Malala. http://www.anacco.org

ANB-BIA Weekly News: African News Bulletin - Bulletin d'Information Africaine- articles on Africa, mainly in French, from various sources - Le Monde, Human Rights Watch, Marches Tropicaux, Internatl. Com. Red Cross, Reuters, Agence France Presse, Belgian publications. To subscribe to the free e-bulletin, write: paco@innet.be
ANB-BIA, Avenue Ch. Woeste 184, Brussels, Belgium http://www.peacelink.it/anb-bia/week.html

AsylumLaw.org: Helps individuals win asylum. Has the legal requirements for asylum in countries around the world and full text documents to aid in seeking asylum. Examples -

Democratic Republic of Congo Assessment. Version 4 September 1999" prepared by the U. K. Immigration & Nationality Directorate, Home Office, Country Information and Policy Unit. 35 pages. Includes a history since independence, a detailed account of the human rights situation, a list of prominent people, a chronology (1885 to August 1999), a "glossary" of important organizations and terms, address directory of asylum related, organizations, reasons for granting asylum, etc. [KF] http://www.asylumlaw.org/

Bateke: In French. The Bateke live in Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville) and Congo (Kinshasa). Describes social organization, history, geography, language, music (with audio clips), etc. Has maps, photographs. http://www.citeweb.net/bateke/

Batundi, Didier Kamundu: "The 1999-2000 Oak Human Rights Fellow is Didier Kamundu Batundi from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mr. Kamundu is the founder of APREDECI [Action Paysanne pour le Reconstruction et le Developpement Communitaire Integral], a rural developement and human rights organization based in Goma, in the North Kivu province near the Congolese border with Rwanda. He was also a 1998 recipient of the Reebok Human Rights Award for his work in protecting the basic rights of victims of war across ethnic lines and in documenting abuses by the national army and local militias." Sponsored by the Oak Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Colby College, Waterville, Maine. http://www.colby.edu/oak/fellows/didier.html

Belgium. Chamber of Representatives. Enquête Parlementaire visant à déterminer les circonstances exactes de l'assassinat de Patrice Lumumba et l'implication éventuelle des responsables politiques belges: In Dutch and French. Site has the "...final conclusions [of the Nov. 16, 2001 report (20 pages), in Adobe PDF] of the Belgian "Parliamentary commission of inquiry charged to investigate the exact circumstances of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba and the potential complicity of Belgian politicians...."
Dutch: http://www.dekamer.be/commissions/LMB/indexN.html
French: http://www.dekamer.be/commissions/LMB/indexF.html

Berkeley, Bill, "Zaire, an African Horror Story": Article originally published in The Atlantic Monthly, August 1993. "Observers search for a suitable analogy -- the next Bosnia, another Somalia -- to the shaky,
predatory despotism of Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku wa za Banga.
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/rwanda/zaire.htm

Bockie, Simon - "The Kongolese Saint Anthony: Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita and the Antonian movement, 1684-1706" by John K. Thornton. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998): Review by Dr. Simon Bockie of Thornton's book. Dona Beatriz, "a 17th-century Kongo woman of the ruling elite, who claimed to be possessed by the spirit of St. Anthony, has been called a Kongolese Joan of Arc because of her prophetically inspired crusade to throw off foreign influences and restore both spiritually and politically the fragmented Kingdom of Kongo." http://195.157.131.156/reviews/thornthornto1.htm

Bourne, Mike - "Conflict Diamonds: Roles, Responsibilities and Responses": Full text paper published Jan. 2001. 20 pages in Adobe pdf. (University of Bradford, Dept. of Peace Studies. Working Paper, 2.1) Concerns Angola, Sierra Leone, Congo (Kinshasa). The University is in Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K. http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/peace/pubs/pubs.htm

Canada's Department of National Defence: Canada led the international peacekeeping forces in the 1996 crisis in Zaire and Rwanda. Use the Search to find information on Canadian forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, and Somalia. http://www.dnd.ca/

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The Congo Wasted Promise: In English and French. Report by CBC journalists visiting the Congo Dec. 2002. Includes audio accounts (requires soundcard, speakers or headset). Topics: Kinshasa nuclear reactor, Radio Okapi, cholera, the musician Papa Wemba, Tabu Ley Rochereau, etc. http://www.cbc.ca/webone/congo/

Carleton University. Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (CIFP): Provides country rankings, on-line presentations and a mapping component, risk assessments, regional conflict analysis, early warning research, and open-source data, measures of domestic armed conflict, governance and political instability, militarization, religious and ethnic diversity, demographic stress, economic performance, human development, environmental stress, and international linkages. "Our database currently includes statistical data measures for over hundred performance indicators for 196 countries, spanning fifteen years. These indicators are drawn from a variety of open sources." Statistics for African countries are sometimes not available. Has, in Adobe pdf, the ful text of Conflict Risk Assessment Report: West Africa: Mano River Union and Senegambia (01/04/2002) 369K; Democratic Republic of Congo: A Risk Assessment Brief (01/02/2002) 25K; Sierra Leone: A Risk Assessment Brief (01/02/2002) 35K. http://www.carleton.ca/cifp/

Carrefour Congolais des Multimédias, CCM: In French. "La promotion du parténariat en journalisme." Selected articles on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (youth, women political developments, the situation resulting from the eruption of le Volcan Nyiragongo à Goma). http://congopolis.com/habari/default.asp

Carter Center: Has a keyword search facility to retrieve references to Democratic Republic of the Congo / Zaire.
http://www.cartercenter.org/

Ceeba Publications: In German and French. Has an extensive publications list in ethnology, religion, linguistics of Congo (Kinshasa). Publishes the "Encyclopedia of Ritual Symbolics." Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Hermann Hochegger. Based in Bandundu, Congo (DRC) and Modling, Austria. E-mail: ceeba@steyler.at
http://www.steyler.at/ceeba

Centre Aequatoria, Centre de Recherches Culturelles Africanistes: "...a research center, library, and collection of archives, ...specialized in the languages, cultures, and the (pre-colonial and colonial) history of sub-Saharan Africa, with special emphasis on the peoples of the central Congo basin." Publishes Annales Aequatoria. The Centre is "located on the premises of the Catholic mission station of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (Missionnaires du Sacre-Coeur, MSC)" near Mbandaka. Lists titles in their Etudes Aequatoria series. http://www.aequatoria.be; See also the Aequatoria Archives Research Project

Centre d'Espoir pour Filles et Femmes (Lubumbashi, Congo): In French, English, German. An NGO based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (former Zaire) which seeks to improve the living conditions of young unmarried mothers (14-25 years). E-mail: ceffemmes-avenir@africamail.com http://pages.ivillage.com/ceffemmes/ or http://www.ceffemmes.fr.st

Centre for Policy Studies (Johannesburg): "an independent policy research institution...." Has online executive summaries of recent CPS research reports ("Whither the DRC? Causes of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the way forward" by Claude Kabemba) and the complete texts of their most recent policy briefs ("From dilemma to détente: Pretoria's policy options on the DRC and Great Lakes" by Francis Kornegay and Chris Landsberg. April 1999 and "Good guys and spoilers? The Lusaka accord and prospects for peace in the DRC" by Claude Kabemba. Sept. 1999). Topics include foreign workers, the DRC and Great Lakes, foreign policy-making, xenophobia, etc. Publishes Synopsis, Newsletter of the Governance programme. http://www.cps.org.za

COMESA, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa: "COMESA [formerly the PTA] exists as an organisation of free independent sovereign states which have agreed to co-operate in developing their natural and human resources for the good of all their people'. With its 19 member states and population of 300 million it forms a major integrated trading block." Information on customs tariffs by country, road/transport including road distances, economic profiles for each country (Angola, Burundi, Comoros, D.R. Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe) etc. Has the text of Doing Business with COMESA: the Handbook, legal guides to establishing business, etc. http://www.comesa.int/

Comité de Soutien Moïse Tshombe: In French. "L’association a pour objet de conserver la mémoire de M. Moïse Tshombe , ancien Président du Katanga et ancien premier ministre élu de la République du Congo, de son œuvre et de l’action katangaise en général . Elle a entre autres pour action la récolte de documents, d’informations, de films et d’objets concernant le Katanga, en particulier la période de l’indépendance du Katanga..." "L’association a également dans son objet la demande d’ouverture d’une commission d’enquête parlementaire sur l’enlèvement et la mort (assassinat) de M. Moïse Tshombe." Historical background, photographs, biographies of key figures. http://www.indepkatanga.org/

Community Aid Abroad (CAA) Links: Extensive links to the fall 1996 crisis in Eastern Zaire from CAA (Oxfam in Australia). Includes Oxfam reports and statements, links to Australian Broadcasting Corp., CNN, Christian Science Monitor and other reports on Eastern Zaire. http://www.caa.org.au/world/africa/zaire/index.html

Conference in Support of Democratic Opportunities in the African Great Lakes Region. Joint Statement and Plan of Action. Montreal, January 22, 1997: 12 page statement from a conference sponsored by the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (Montreal). hhttp://serveur.ichrdd.ca/english/commdoc/publications/africa/GreatLakes.html

Congo'2000: In French and English. Articles from newspapers, discussion groups, a list of government ministers, history of the DRC, music, etc. Offers web hosting and design. Based in Canada. http://www.congo2000.net/indexdhtml.asp

Congo Crisis: Information about the Congolese Democracy Movement or Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie, which opposes the Kabila government. Has the manifesto, biographical information, an interview with RCD leader, Prof. Wamba dia Wamba, etc. Hosted on a Northeastern Univ. (Boston, MA) server. http://www.dac.neu.edu/congocrisis/
See also: Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie - Mouvement de Libération

Congo Defense Fund / Conseil de Défense du Congo: In French. "Congo Defense Fund est un lobby international congolais né d'un sursaut patriotique et réaction immédiate face à la guerre d'invasion dont le Congo est victime depuis le 2 août 1998." Richard Mayaya is the Coordinateur général. Has a discussion forum, CDF. Maintained by Congo2000 Enterprises Inc., Toronto, Canada. http://www.c-df.org

Congo Educational Council Association: Affiliated with the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS). Has press releases on the Tshisekedi Peace Initiataive, etc. Based in Washington, D.C. http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/canopy/3048

Congo-L: News list, (mainly on Congo-Kinshasa news), in French, concerning "Peace and Development in Central Africa." To subscribe, send email to: listserv@home.ease.LSOFT.com; In the Message area put: subscribe Congo-L yourfirstname lastname; For problems, contact: CONGO-L-request@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM

Congo-L: In French. Excerpts from DRC newspapers, discussion on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa). To subscribe, send e-mail to: LISTSERV@SCRIBE.CMP.ILSTU.EDU
Leave the Subject area blank. In the message area put: sub Congo-L YourFirstName LastName
Was formerly Zaire-L until July 21, 1997. The list owner, Dr. Andre Kapanga, formerly of Illinois State University, became the DRC Ambassador to the United Nations.

Congo-mai-mai.net: In French. "Les Maï -Maï sont des forces vives résistantes dont le mouvement a débuté essentiellement à l' Est de la RDC vers les années 1990 à la suite du conflit de terre créé par les réfugiés rwandais dans les territoires de Masisi et Walikale, province du Nord-Kivu." Press communiques, news, has an email list. http://www.congo-mai-mai.net/

Congo-Meuse (Bruxelles, Belgium): In French. Annual "publication du Centre d'Études des Littératures belge et congolaise de Langue française (CELIBECO), réalisée en coopération avec les Archives et Musée de la Littérature (AML),..." Has the table of contents. http://www.aml.cfwb.be/congo.html

Congo National Association (Stockholm Sweden): Old site last updated in 1998. Supports "the campaign by the people, government and allies of the Democratic Republic of Congo to fight exploitation by foreign commercial interests and their proxies. These sites also discuss the unrelenting commercial media campaign that is being waged to discredit President Laurent-Désiré Kabila...." Site based in Stockholm Sweden. http://www.crocker.com/~acacia/congo.html

Congo Pages: Mainly on rural life in the DRC, much on Bandundu. Covers art (masks, copper art, malachite), homes, food, fishculture, geography, travel in rural areas, a trip on the Luapula River, a judo club, a park in Kinshasa, the Association Congolaise pour l'Assistance Orthopedique aux Jeunes Handicapes. Has many photographs. Part of the Returned Peace Corps Volunteer WebRing. Maintained by Nick Hobgood, Avilla Beach, California. [KF] http://www.congo-pages.org/welcome.htm

Congo Times: Electronic newsletter, begun Feb. 1998, for the "collection, analysis and dissemination of information about Central Africa and its relations with the rest of the World." In English and French, has opinion pieces, articles from varous sources. Edited by Professor Mutombo Nkulu N'Sengha, African American Studies, Temple University, Philadelphia. http://www.congotimes.com/

Congo Vision: In French. Has news, commentary on current events, a research network where professionals can make contact with others of similiar interests, a new books list, a business directory, profiles of Congolese from various occupations, a message board, links to related sites. Based in Brattleboro, VT. [KF] http://www.congovision.com/

CongoVista: Discussion forum on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (ex- Zaire). Past messages are on the web site. Founded January 27, 1999. http://www.egroups.com/group/congovista

Congokin Forum: In French and English. News (political, economic, social, from AP, Reuters, PANA, etc.), analyses on Congo and Africa. Has a discussion-forum (the Congo-L list based at ilstu.edu managed by Andre Kapanga) and chat in real time. http://congokin.com/

Congonline: In French. Has addresses of Ministries, business directory, travel information, biographies of all Congo's heads of state, a list of past government leaders, population figures from the UDPS party, the national anthem, national flags (past and present), a directory of individuals ("Who's Who), recipes (in French), proverbs, the economy/business, the July 1998 UN report on human rights violations and the Congo govt's reply, history, a bibliography (includes mémoires and thèses), a petit lexique kinois, Congolese associations worldwide, abbreviations, etc. "Le site Internet Congonline est une réalisation de l'ASBL Afriqu'Info," Bruxelles. [KF] http://www.congonline.com/
Congonline - Recipes: http://www.congonline.com/Gastro/cuisine.htm

Congonline - Painters: Examples of work and some profiles of Congolese painters. "Le site Internet Congonline est une réalisation de l'ASBL Afriqu'Info," Bruxelles. http://www.congonline.com/Peinture/peintres.htm

Congopolis: In French and English. News from the U.N.'s IRIN, Agence France Presse, AP, Xinhua, DRC newspapers, etc. Has a discussion forum, plans to offer online courses, provides web space for DRC NGOs. http://www.congopolis.com

Convention des Institutions Democratiques et Sociales / Convention of Democratic and Social Institutions, CIDES: In French. The Chairman is Jean Oscar Ngalamulume. "crée en exil en 1985 se considère comme le Porte parole de la majorité des Congolais du Zaire silencieux." Has interviews, letters, opinion pieces, etc. Based in Washington, D.C. http://www.cides-congo.org/

Council of Europe: Statements by the Council of Europe on events in the DRC (Congo-Kinshasa), Comoros, Burundi, Cote d'Ivoire, Cotonou Agreement, etc. (click on the rel to see related statements). Use the Search, select Explicit. http://ue.eu.int/en/summ.htm

Council on Foreign Relations (New York, N.Y.): Describes their Africa program. Has full-text reports on U.S. economic relations with Africa, "Thinking Regionally About Africa" by Salih Booker, Booker's statements to the U.S. Congress on U.S.-Congo (Kinshasa) relations, transcripts of the Great Lakes Policy Forum, etc. Has a list of Africa-related articles in its journal, Foreign Affairs. The Council is a think tank founded in 1921 whose mission is " to foster America's understanding of other nations,..." [KF] http://www.cfr.org/p/

Democratic Republic of the Congo. Permanent Mission to the United Nations: Official site. Has current news (government, economy, environment, tourism), speeches by the Ambassador to the U. N., Dr. Andre Mwamba Kapanga, and others, analyses, etc. Has business tenders. http://www.un.int/drcongo/

Demokratische Republik Kongo: In German. Extensive directory of information and web sites on the DRC. Has photographs, several maps including a map of the DRC superimposed over a map of Europe. [KF] http://www.kongo-kinshasa.de/

[Depelchin, Jacques] D.R. Congo Interview: 'Towards a People-Driven Peace Process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?' An Interview with Jacques Depelchin,' by David Moore, August 2000, for Southern Africa Report (Toronto).: Page down to D.R. Congo Interview. http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~africa/africaforum/index.html

Derscheid, Jean-Marie: Guide to the Derscheid microfilm collection of notes, reports and other documents on Rwanda, Burundi and eastern Congo's Kivu and Oriental provinces (primarily from the late 1920s - early 1930s). Compiled by Daniel A. Reboussin. Derscheid was "Professor of Colonial Law of the Institut des Territoires d’Outre-Mer at Antwerp, Secretary-General of the Parc Albert, co-founder of the Institut International pour la Protection de la Nature,..." The master negative of the film is at the University of Florida Library, Gainesville. http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/africana/derscheid.htm

[Stanford users see the collection at Call number: DT449 .R8P22 MFILM
Author: Derscheid, J. M. Title: [J. M. Derscheid collection of materials on Rwanda and Burundi, 1877-1933] [microform].

Discussion Groups on the Congo - eGroups: Discussion groups on the Congo which one can join thru the web site -
congokin_opinions, Congo Defense Fund, and others.
http://www.egroups.com/search?query=Congo

Domain Names Registration: Information on registering internet domain names for .cd, the Congo-Kinshasa top-level domain. http://www.nic.cd/

ECOFAC, Conservation et utilisation rationnelle des Ecosystèmes Forestiers d'Afrique Centrale.: In French. ECOFAC, funded by the European Union, is concerned with the environment and biodiversity of forests, animal life, etc. in the Cameroun, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Sao Tome. Has the full text of its bulletin, Canopée, on line. http://www.ecofac.org/

An Eternity of Forest: Paintings by Mbuti Women: Exhibit at the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum which "presents the vibrant barkcloth art of the Mbuti, once known as pygmies, who inhabit one of the worlds oldest rain forests, the Ituri. See over 30 of these works and hear the polyphonic music...". http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/exhibits/mbuti/

Ethnoloque - DRC: From the publication, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 14th ed. (Dallas, Tx.: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 2000), edited by Barbara F. Grimes. Provides number of speakers, dialects, linguistic affiliation, etc. http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/countries/Zair.html

Faces of Africa: Owner is selling 70 plus African masks acquired during several years of living in Western and Central African countries prior to 1986. "Most of the masks were made in Zaire (Kuba, Pende, Salampasu, Songye, Tshokwe, Yaka, Suku, etc.)" http://members.aol.com/jandrea555/judehome.htm

Facts on File (World News Digest) - Background on Zaire: Key events in Congo's history, facts on Mobutu, Kabila. From the long established print publication. http://www.facts.com/wnd/zairlst.htm

Federation of American Scientists. Congo Civil War: Summary on the civil war which began in 1998. Has FAS brief descriptions of opposition groups and detailed maps from the U.N. in Adobe PDF format. FAS is in Washington, D.C. [KF] http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/war/congo.htm

Foreign Policy In Focus Briefs - Interhemispheric Resource Center (New Mexico) and the Institute for Policy Studies (Washington, DC): Includes War in Zaire/Congo (Feb. 1999) and Zaire/Congo (June 1997). http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/indices/regions/africa.html

Franco 2000: Personal site by Rufus celebrating Franco Luambo Makiadi 's music. Has audio clips http://people.zeelandnet.nl/rufus/

Galerie Loango: In French. Masks, sculpture from Angola, Congo (Kinshasa and Brazzaville). Based in Strasbourg, France and Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo. http://www.galerieloango.fr/

Galerie Peter Herrmann: Contemporary and traditional African art from West and Central Africa. From a Stuttgart gallery. Includes Cheri Samba (Congo-Kinshasa) with photos of the artists. See the artists list. http://www.galerie-herrmann.de

Garreton, Roberto - The Massacres in Former Zaire. Mission Impossible: Article in Le Monde Diplomatique, December 1997. http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/1997/12/garreton

Giblin, James, "Introduction: Diffusion and other Problems in the History of African States": Essay covering Asante, the Benin Kingdom, the Luba and Kuba, the Yoruba and the States of Ife and Oyo, by Professor Giblin, Department of History, University of Iowa in "Art and Life in Africa Online" by L. Lee McIntyre and Christopher D. Roy. http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/history/giblinstate.html

Global Information Network In Education (GINIE): Based at the University of Pittsburg, GINIE helps "provide governments, donor and relief organizations with on-line information, both current and historical, on crisis- and change-oriented educational services and materials.". Their Land Mine Awareness Education Project includes Angola, Rwanda, Somalia, Zaire. http://www.pitt.edu/~ginie/lm

Global Issues That Affect Everyone: "looks into global issues....and aims to show how most issues are inter-related." Links to related articles, reports. The Conflict in Africa section compares the response to conflicts in Africa to the response on Kosovo, examines corporate interests in Nigeria and oil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and Eritrea, AIDS in Africa. Other topics: Aid is a lever to impose Structural Adjustment policies on the Third World, Myths about Aid, use of children in the military, globalization, corporations, environmental issues, population, and other issues. Maintained by Anup Shah who is based in England. [KF] http://www.globalissues.org/

Global Witness - "Zimbabwe's Resource Colonialism in the DRC": Briefing Document of 26th August 2001. Chapters cover The Timber Deal, Zimbabwean Military Involvement in DRC. The report recommends that "The Government of Zimbabwe should unilaterally withdraw from the SOCEBO logging deal,......The Parliament of Zimbabwe should condemn the corporate ambitions of Zanu-PF,...." Global Witness is based in London. http://www.globalwitness.org/projects/zimbabwe/index.html

Go Congo Tour Operator: Offers eco tours. "During the past 10 years, the Democratic Republic of Congo, former Zaire, hasn't been accessible for tourists. Two subsequent wars made travel practically impossible. Now that the political situation has somewhat stabilized, tourists are able to visit this magnificent country again." Has a mailing list. Based in Kinshasa. http://www.gocongo.com/

Graham [Billy] Center Archives, Wheaton College, IL: Collections on African Christianity from mainly North American Protestant missionaries and some African churches and organizations. Include the Africa Inland Mission, full text oral history interviews with missionaries and African Christians. Has the text of an interview with Paul P. Stough, a missionary with the Africa Inland Mission in Congo-Kinshasa (from 1928 to the early 1960s) which offers insights into relations between the Congolese, Belgian officials, the Catholic missions, etc.
A 48 page list of the Graham Center's Africa-related collections is available by e-mail from: bgcarc@david.wheaton.edu
http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/archhp1.html

Grand Hotel: Kinshasa hotel. Offers internet access, cell phone rental. http://www.grandhotelkinshasa.com/grandhotel/

Great Lakes Region - Environmental Aspects of the African Great Lakes Region: From the United Nations Environment Programme, Global Resource Information Database (UNEP/GRID). Has landsat maps of the Lac Kivu area showing population centers of refugees, maps illustrating land cover, elevation, human population growth, vegetation, etc. and related Great Lakes and gorilla conservation web sites. http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov/greatlakes/

Hartung, William and Bridget Moix - Deadly Legacy: U.S. Arms to Africa and the Congo War, January 2000: Full text report from the Arms Trade Resource Center, World Policy Institute (New York City). "The ongoing civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo....is a prime example of the devastating legacy of U.S. arms sales policy on Africa." Also has reports on related arms trade topics. 18 pp. http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/reports/congo.htm

Heritiers de la Justice. Service des Eglises Protestantes pour les Droits Humains et la Paix (Bukavu, Congo): In French and English. Current political news, reports on the plight of "Pygmies" in Congo (Kinshasa), Cameroun, and Rwanda, the situation of churches in Kivu, work in conflict mediation and human rights. http://www.heritiers.org/

Histoire de la colonisation belge du Congo: In French. Includes a detailed Histoire de la colonisation belge du Congo, interviews with Adam Hochschild and Jules Marchal, maps (Congo in 1900, Katanga, the districts), photographs, a bibliography, the Dec. 2000 article "Léopold II, Baudouin et la commission Lumumba," Colonialsim et racisme "une introduction à l'étude des théories racistes et du concept de supériorité de la « race blanche," information on a play about Belgian colonization, links to related sites, etc. Maintained by Patrick Cloos, based in Montreal. http://www.cobelco.org/

Historical Graphics Gallery - Jim Zwick

Extensive essays are included on some sites. Has

political cartoons from the "Boer War"
photographs in "The Kodak vs. the King," the Congo Reform Association's use of photographic evidence of atrocities in its campaign against King Leopold's rule of the Congo Free State
Reforming the Heart of Darkness. The Congo Reform Movement in England and the United States. Edited by Jim Zwick with full texts from E. D. Morel, Mark Twain, Booker T. Washington, Joseph Conrad (including Heart of Darkness), Arthur Conan Doyle, etc.
Stereoviews of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo - "Underwood and Underwood and the Keystone View Company sent photographers through the Congo in the early 1900s while developing African travel sets."

Maintained by Jim Zwick. http://www.boondocksnet.com/gallery/index.html

Hochschild, Adam - Interview "King Leopold's Ghost Makes a Comeback": Sept. 1999 interview of Hochschild, by Tamara Straus about his book, King Leopold's Ghost, concerning Belgian King Leopold II's crimes in the Congo. AlterNet.org is an online magazine, based in San Francisco, CA. http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=1059

Holder, M. K.- Primate Handedness and Brain Lateralization Research Site: Includes her East African Primate Research Sites with photographs, audio files, information acquired during the course of field research in Rwanda, Uganda, and Congo (former Zaire). Holder is an anthropologist with the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior (CISAB), Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/index.html

Hotel Memling: Kinshasa hotel, can book a room online. http://www.memling.net/indexb.html

Human Rights Watch/Africa (New York): "Democratic Republic of the Congo. What Kabila is Hiding. Civilian Killings and Impunity in Congo." October 1997, Vol. 9, No. 5(A). (85 pages) with photos.
Congo Report: http://www.hrw.org/reports97/congo/index.htm; World Report 1999 on Congo-Kinshasa: http://www.hrw.org/hrw/worldreport99/africa/drc.html
Casualties of War: Civilians, Rule of Law, and Democratic Freedoms (Feb. 1999) - http://www.hrw.org/hrw/reports/1999/congo/
Main Page: http://www.hrw.org/


Human Rights Watch - Eastern Congo Ravaged: Killing Civilians and Silencing Protest: Full text report. "The Rwandan army and its Congolese allies have massacred and raped civilians in eastern Congo. Their opponents, Hutu and Mai Mai armed groups, are also committing atrocities against the civilian population....." This report "provides detailed accounts of cases of murder, rape, and pillage carried out by all of the armed groups now fighting in the region." Published May 2000. http://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/drc/Drc005.htm#TopOfPage

Human Rights Watch. Uganda in Eastern DRC: Fueling Political and Ethnic Strife: Full text report. Also in Adobe PDF. 46 p. Pub. March 2001. http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/drc/

INCORE Guides to Sources on Conflict and Ethnicity: The Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity (INCORE), is a joint initiative of the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland and the United Nations University. INCORE has annotated guides to internet sources on conflict and ethnicity in Burundi, Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda. Has the full text of "The UN in the Congo" by Keith Kyle (concerns Dag Hammarskjold and the early 1960s). http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html

Independent Media Center - Congo: In French. "a collective of independent media ogranizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage of major protests." Commentary on DRC political events. Has in Adobe PDF format, Congo Debout, No. 1, juillet 2000, pub. in Brussels. http://congo.indymedia.org/

Inter-Church Coalition on Africa, ICCAF (Toronto): "...a coordinated response by Canadian Churches to promote social and economic justice in Sub-Saharan Africa.....Three over-arching themes permeate ICCAF's work: Human Rights, Economic Justice, and the Media Image of Africans." Has reports on Angola, Congo-Kinshasa, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Women's Rights. Offers free e-mail reports Based in Toronto, Canada. http://www.web.net/~iccaf/

Inter-Connect: Internet service provider with offices in Kinshasa and Lubumbashi. Has a business message board. http://www.ic.cd

International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (Montreal): An independent non-partisan centre established by an Act of the Parliament of Canada in 1988. Held the Montreal Conference on Durable Peace and Democratic Development in the Democratic Republic of Congo, (Jan. 1999) and the International Non-Governmental Commission of Inquiry into the Massive Violations of Human Rrights Committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaïre) 1996-1997, (Aug. 1998). Retrieve full text reports on the Congo (DRC) and other countries. [KF] hhttp://www.ichrdd.ca/

International Crisis Group: ICG is a private, multi-national organisation with offices in Bruxelles and Washington, D.C. Covers Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda, Burundi. Issues full text reports on Central Africa, examples - "Disarmament in the Congo," "North Kivu, Into the Quagmire" (1998) an overview of the crisis in Eastern Congo, "Africa's Seven-Nation War" (1999), "How Kabila Lost His Way: The performance of Laurent Désiré Kabila's government" (1999). http://www.intl-crisis-group.org/

International Crisis Group - "Congo Crisis: Military Intervention in Ituri": Full text, in Adobe pdf. Pub. June 2003. 33 p. Page 24 contains a U.N. map of the Congo. On the Hema-Lendu conflict, the Luanda Agreement, peacekeeping in Bunia. [KF] http://www.intl-crisis-group.org/projects/showreport.cfm?reportid=1005

International Crisis Group - "Uganda and Rwanda: Friends or Enemies?": Full text report published May 2000. In html or Adobe .pdf format. How two allies clashed over differences in approach to the Congo civil war. Covers events from 1981 + ICG is a private, multi-national organisation with offices in Bruxelles and Washington, D.C. [KF] http://www.intl-crisis-group.org/projects/showreport.cfm?reportid=37

International Documentation Network on the Great African Lakes Region: International inter-university program (based in Geneva, Switzerland) to collect "grey literature" on the economic, social, and political aspects of Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Congo-Kinshasa. The documents, on cd-rom, are sold thru subscription. http://www.unige.ch/iued/grandslacs/welcome.html

International Rescue Committee (New York, N.Y.) - DRC: An NGO which "helps people fleeing racial, religious and ethnic persecution, as well as those uprooted by war and violence." Describes their work in Eastern Africa, the Great Lakes region, West Africa.

Mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Results from a Nationwide Survey Conducted September – November 2002
Reported April 2003. 26 p. Full text in Adobe pdf. "The four and a half year war in the Democratic Republic of Congo has taken more lives than any other since World War II and is the deadliest documented conflict in African history, says the International Rescue Committee." See also "Mortality Study, Eastern Democratic Republic Of Congo, (February-April 2001)," includes a map. http://www.intrescom.org/

Ituri Forest Peoples Fund/Cultural Survival: Cultural Survival, based in Cambridge, MA, "helps indigenous peoples and ethnic groups deal as equals in their relations with national and international societies.". One of their Special Projects is the Ituri Forest Peoples Fund. http://www2.bc.edu/~morellig/IturiForestPeoplesFund/HTML/index.htm |
Cultural Survival Homepage: http://www.cs.org

Journal of Humanitarian Assistance: A free e-journal based at the University of Bradford, Bradford, U.K.. Has full text articleson Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire. Also articles on Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. http://www.jha.ac/

JuriCongo - Emery Mukendi Wafwana: In French. The goal of JuriCongo "...est de mettre à la disposition des internautes un ensemble de données juridiques sur le Droit des affaires congolais. Il vulgarise un ensemble de questions juridiques relatives aux investissements en République Démocratique du Congo." Has the text of the Code des investissements congolais, mining laws, air transport, etc. Mr. Mukendi Wafwana, is a Kinshasa lawyer. http://www.juricongo.net/

[Kabila, Laurent] PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer - January 27, 2000 Interview with Laurent Kabila: "Senior Correspondent Ray Suarez traces President Laurent Kabila’s rise to power in the newly renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo..." Has links to past programs on the DRC. Has video and audio (requires soundcard, speakers, RealPlayer). http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/jan-june00/congo_1-27.html

"King Leopold's Ghost Makes a Comeback" by Tamara Straus: Interview with Adam Hochschild on his book, "King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa." On the AlterNet web site based in San Francisco. http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=1059

Kriz, Heidi - "When He Was King": Interview with Mobutu Sese Seko October 1996 in Metro (Silicon Valley's Weekly News, San Jose, CA), May 22-28, 1997, Vol. 13, No. 12, p. 14-15, 17-20, 22-23. http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/05.22.97/cover/mobutu-9721.html

Kyoto University. Center for African Area Studies (CAAS). AFlora on the Web: "database of traditional plant utilization in Africa. Created by AFlora Committee, since 1998." Information on use of the plants for food and medicine, for ritual and other spiritual purposes and use in the oral tradition of songs and proverbs. Data comes from Congo, Kenya, Botswana. "... more than 10,000 records of useful plants in Africa are stored in terms of usage, vernacular name, ritual meanings, etc. There is also a collection of African insects and plant specimens available to researchers." http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf

Land Cover and Land Use Change in Tropical Rainforest of Africa: Proposal to use "...high resolution satellite imagery to map areas of forest clearing and general land cover types for the entire Central African tropical region." "The resulting land cover map will be integrated in a socio-economic study to assess the trends and patterns of deforestation by including demographic and social and environmental policies." Includes Congo-Kinshasa. By Sasan Saatchi and Al Wong, The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Cailfornia. http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/centralafrica/africa.html

"The main aim of LPCA is to document and further the study of expressions of popular language and culture in Africa." Hosts the Journal of Language and Popular Culture in Africa. Maintained by Johannes Fabian and Vincent de Rooij of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Amsterdam. http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/lpca/index.html

Has full text archives such as:
Buntungu's "Mokingi mwa Mputu": A Boloki perception of Europe at the end of the 19th Century
the Archives of Popular Swahili containing -

Popular Swahili Texts in Books and Articles: an annotated bibliography
Letters to the editor from the section Habari za Kwetu in Mwana Shaba (Journal d'entreprise de l'U.M.H.K.) 1958
The history of Zaire as told and painted by Tshibumba Kanda Matulu in conversation with Johannes Fabian - Introduction - in several parts

Lemarchand (Rene) Collection: A detailed list of the contents of the Rene Lemarchand Collection on Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire, at the University of Florida Africana Library, prepared by Dr. Dan Reboussin is at: http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/africana/lemarcha.htm
Additional material on the three countries is in the Rene Lemarchand Collection at Hoover Library, Stanford University.

Lumumba: The acclaimed film directed by Haitian, Raoul Peck. "Lumumba is a gripping political thriller which tells the story of the legendary African leader Patrice Emery Lumumba." Extensive historical background, with chronology, Congo history, Lumumba's last letter to his wife, Lumumba biography, biographies of Mobutu, Tshombe, Kasavubu. Video, audio files. The U.S. distributor is Zeitgeist Films. [KF] http://www.zeitgeistfilm.com/current/lumumba/lumumba.html

Lusaka Peace Agreement: Full text of the July 7, 1999 agreement to end the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On the web site of the Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie - Mouvement de Libération. http://www.congorcd.org/political/ceasefire.htm
See also background and commentary on the Agreement on the UN web site Reliefweb. http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/drc/19991110a.htm

MAREK Online Network Africa: Extensive information. Receives commentary from DRC figures, communiques from DRC organizations, has special articles. From Marek Enterprise, Inc., based in Reston, Virginia. http://www.marekinc.com/index.html

Mbendi - Congo-K Country Profile: Basic country information, a map, brief information on the mining and oil industries. By MBendi Information Services (Pty) Ltd. a business consulting company in Claremont, South Africa. http://www.mbendi.co.za/cyzrcy.htm

MediasCongolais: In French. Has links to current Congo news and news from online Congolese newspapers, confidential reports, political discussion forums, a video interview in English with Pres. Joseph Kabila, links to articles on culture, sports, etc. The Editor is Didier J. Kuba-Kusuti. http://www.mediascongolais.com/

Memory and History : Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving in the life of the Nation and the Community, An International Conference, Cape Town, August 2000: Has papers online(some are in French). Topics include African Modes of Self-Writing, Robben Island, the South African War, 1899-1902, the Creole experience (Mauritius), Afrikaner identity, a memory exhibit for the Lubumbashi Museum, les Luba, Rwanda, Burundi, urban women in Lubumbashi, etc. Writers wishing to cite the content of papers in their own work need to request permission from the paper authors. On the site of Université Laval. CELAT , in Quebec, Canada. [KF] http://www.fl.ulaval.ca/celat/histoire.memoire/histoire/confcapethm.htm

Military Education and Research Library Network, MERLYN: Find citations to journal articles on military / defense related topics. Select Periodical Indexes. Use the Advanced Search for best results. (Hint - use Congo in Keyword, Brazzaville not in Keyword to refine the search.)
: The database covers:
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals. Includes citations to journal articles in English language military journals. Covers 1990 to date. Updated quarterly.
Staff College Automated Military Periodical Index. Includes selected citations to journal articles and selected documents and reports supporting the curriculum of the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA. Covers 1960 to date. http://merln.ndu.edu/

Minesite: Articles on mining companies worldwide, a country section on mines, information by mining company. http://www.minesite.com/

Mobutu King of Zaire - Motion Picture Film: First Run Icarus Films is the U.S. distributor of Thierry Michel's 3 part film. http://www.frif.com/new2000/mob.html

Mobutu, Roi du Zaire - Motion Picture Film: Distribution: Image Creation. image.creation@skynet.be

Les Films de la Passerelle. In French. Producer of the film. Has brief reviews, copy of a letter from Mobutu to his son, an interview with the film director.
Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) review of the film, Oct. 28, 1999.
Mail & Guardian review by John Matshikiza, Nov. 5, 1999

Mwendeko: An "...l'organisation politique des progressistes de la République démocratique du Congo ...Mwendeko a pour objectif de créer une large adhésion autour des idéaux de luttes légués par Patrice Lumumba et Pierre Mulele,..." http://www.chez.com/mwendeko/

Ne-Kongo.net. Le Pays Kongo sur le Web: In French. Information on the province du Bas-Congo, the Congres Mondial Kongo – Mfuma Ne-Kongo (CMK), North American Congo-related activities, news from various sources. Online edition of La Cité africaine de Matadi (la CITAF. Journal indépendant publié à Matadi, chef lieu de la province du Bas-Congo. écrite de la société INFOR- TRADING créé en mai 1991). Discussion forums, Kongo art. Issues of L'observateur Kongo (mensuel d'information Culturelle, politique et scientifique de la communauté Ne-kongo). Articles such as a brief account of Jesuits in the Congo region. Based in Toronto, Canada. http://www.ne-kongo.net/

New York Times - Civil War in the Congo: Need to register ( is free) to access. Current and historical events in the Congo as reported by the NYT's correspondents. Has the Feb. 1961 NYT article announcing Lumumba's murder and other full text NYT articles from the 1960s to date. http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/africa/index-congo-1998.html

Nkolo-Mboka: In French. Links to news from other Congo sites, communiques from the RCD/KIS-ML, a list of "traitors", news of the Congolese diaspora, many links to other Congo-related sites. Is opposed to Rwanda's role in the Congo. Supports the Congo Mai Mai. Its heroes are Patrice Emery Lumumba, Pierre Mulele, Laurent-Desire Kabila, and Yerodia Abdoulaye Ndombasi. The Editor is Kais Kaisala MANGUBU, based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. http://www.nkolo-mboka.com/

O'Brien, Joseph: Prof. O'Brien teaches in the Department of History, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City. http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~jobrien/index.html; Has selections from historical documents on:
The Berlin Conference, 1884-5
Stanley's Congo Treaties
Britain and the Congo, 1903
The Congo Atrocities: The Casement Report

Observatoire de l'Afrique Centrale: In French. News on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda. Includes articles on the situation of pygmies. Based in Montreal, Canada. [KF] http://www.obsac.com/

Office of the Facilitator for the Inter-Congolese Dialogue: In English and French. The Facilitator is Sir Ketumile Masire, the former President of Botswana, nominated by the Organization of African Unity and selected by the parties to the DRC conflict. News, updates, publications (DRC facts, UN reports, communiques, declarations, a chronology, the Lusaka Agreement). The site was created to inform Congolese at home and abroad on progress in the Dialogue. Based in Gaborone, Botswana. Email: qmmdrc@botsnet.bw [KF] http://www.drcpeace.org

Olomide, Koffi: Biography of the singer, producer, and composer, born in Kinshasa. Has a link to the discography from Afromix. On the KenyaPage.net. http://kenyapage.net/franco/koffi.html

Omni Resources: Sells maps of Congo (Kinshasa) (geologic, Lubumbashi) and other countries. Also sells continent and regional maps (minerals, oil and gas, geologic, travel, political).Has a flag image. Based in Burlington, North Carolina. http://www.omnimap.com/catalog/int/zaire.htm

Oxfam America: Use the Search box to locate press releases, statements on the situation in the DRC. http://www.oxfamamerica.org/

Parti du Travail de Belgique - Solidaire: Articles on the Congo and Rwanda, in French, from the weekly Solidaire, published by the Parti du Travail de Belgique in Brussels. http://www.ptb.be/international/index.phtml?section=A1AAABAJ
Main Page: http://www.ptb.be/

Partnership Africa Canada . Hard Currency: The Criminalized Diamond Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its Neighbours: In English and French. Full text report, in Adobe pdf, and Summary (in pdf). "links the wars in Angola and the Congo, along with other conflicts in Central Africa, to the massive illicit trade in conflict diamonds." Discusses the DRC, Angola, the Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville and the Kimberley Process, a proposed global diamond certification system. The Partnership is based in Ottawa, Canada.

People's Progressive Party / Parti Du Peuple Pour Le Progres - Dr. Stephen Nzita: Site no longer exists. Based in Pittsburg, PA. Had the party manifesto/platform. Their newsletter, "We the People of Zaire" was pub. in Pittsburg. In 1995 Nzita announced his candidacy for President of Zaire. http://www.wp.com/nzita/

Petra Diamonds Ltd.: "specialises in the exploration, discovery and exploitation of gem quality diamond deposits in Southern Africa. The company is currently drilling and sampling kimberlite and alluvial deposits in Angola as well as mining alluvial diamonds in South Africa. It is also well advanced in the acquisition of diamond prospecting rights in both Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo" "Petra proposes to acquire Oryx." - Minesite.com http://www.petradiamonds.co.za/

Pistes et recherche, Revue Scientifique (Institut Supérieur Pédagogique, Kikwit, DRC): In French. Has full text articles from Volume 12, Numéro 3, 1997, such as "Contribution à l’histoire du recrutement de la main-d’oeuvre indigène au Congo-Belge. Cas du colonat européen au Kwilu (Bandundu) et à Kalima (Maniema)" by SUNKEYI-DA Yekama-Yeyu. http://www.congonline.com/Culture/Publications/Pistes_et_Recherches/PR.htm

Political Resources on the Net - Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa): Lists Congolese political sites (parties, organizations, government, etc.). Maintained by Radio Radicale, Italy. http://www.politicalresources.net/congo-K.htm

Pomfret, John - Covering Human Rights: 1997 interview with Pomfret, a foreign correspondent for the Washington Post. Covers reporting about Congo (Kinshasa) and Rwanda. Part of the Conversations with History series from the Institute of International Studies, Univ. of California, Berkeley. http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/Pomfret/

Popular Music - Zaire: Page by Dr. Douglas Paterson (an anthropologist). Information on Samba Mapangala and Orchestra Virunga (Zaire) and a list of other Zaire and Congo-B music. http://members.aol.com/dpaterson/eamusic.htm

Presence Katangaise: In French. Site about Katanga. Articles opinion pieces, images of Katanga currency. Based in Gilbert, Arizona. http://www.katanga.org/

Public Broadcasting Corporation - Jim Lehrer News Hour: Has some programs on the DRC. For those with sound cards has a RealAudio version as well. Has a keyword search facility for the entire site.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/africa.html

Radio Okapi: Based in Kinshasa with 9 regional stations. Listen to news in French, Swahili, Lingala, Tshiluba, Kikongo and a MONUC press conference. Requires soundcard and speakers (or headset). Sponsored by the United Nations. Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) and Fondation Hirondelle. See also the audio report on Radio Okapi by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's "Congo Wasted Promise." http://www.monuc.org/radio/

The Rally For A New Society (RNS): Has an October 1997 conference declaration, the background/history of the RNS, a directory of their offices in Washington, D.C. and around the world. Will have press releases, their activities, etc. The site was created as the result of an "international meeting of approximately forty Congolese organizations from 8 different countries on October 10-12, 1997 in Washington, DC." Its President is Dr. Alalfuele M. Kalala. [KF] http://www.congozaire.org

Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie (RCD): Site of an organization opposing the Kabila government. Its President is Dr Adolphe Onusumba Yemba. Has the manifesto, leaders, press releases. Formerly led by Prof. Wamba dia Wamba before a split in the organization. In English and French, based in South Africa. http://www.congo.co.za/
See also: Congo Crisis.

Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie - Mouvement de Libération / Rally for Congolese Democracy-Kisangani: The official site of the organization, headed by Prof. Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, behind the rebellion of August 1998 against the Kabila government. Has position papers, statements, interviews, biography of Prof. Wamba dia Wamba, a discussion forum, etc. http://www.congorcd.org/
See also: Congo Crisis.

Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie-National [RCD-National]: In French. Rebel group whose President is Roger Lumbala. Has representatives in Uganda, France, Kinshasa. Based in Isiro, RDCongo. http://www.rcd-national.org/

Refugees International: This organization seeks to serve as an advocate for refugees, was founded in 1979. Conducts emergency missions, is privately funded. Information on Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire, food shortages in Central Africa. Includes the 1995 issues of Rwandan Repatriation Report. http://www.refintl.org

Republique Democratique du Congo - Official Site: Lists government members, brief general information on the Congo. Has recent issues of Agence Congolaise de Presse' Bulletin Quotidien and audio files of Congolese musicians - West Ghenda's "AFDL", Papa Wemba, Koffi Olomide. Includes a brief video clip of President Kabila being sworn in as President. http://www.richmond.edu/~jpjones/confinder/congo-k.htm

Réseau Européen pour le Congo, REC: In French. Newsletter compiled from various sources on current events in the Congo (Kinshasa). Has some primary documents. The REC is composed of European NGOs. Site maintained by Daniel Durand. http://perso.wanadoo.fr/dan.cdm/dem/mondinfo.htm

Reseau Voltaire - [Lumumba Commission]: In French. Has the Conclusions de la Commission d'enquête Parlementaire visant à déterminer les circonstances exactes de l'assassinat de Patrice Lumumba et l'implication éventuelle des responsables politiques belges dans celui-ci Pub. Nov. 2001. A parliamentary commission determined that Belgium had moral responsibility for the assassination. In February 2002, Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel "expressed 'sincere regrets' on behalf of his government for Belgium’s role in the killing in 1961 of then Congolese leader, Patrice Lumumba." "The Belgian commission of inquiry, which completed its work over a period of two years, heard testimony that Lumumba could not have been assassinated without the complicity of Belgian officers, backed by the US Central Intelligence Agency, AFP stated." - source e-mail from: "IRIN" <IRIN@ocha.unon.org> 6 Feb 2002. http://www.reseauvoltaire.net/index.htm

Resistance Patriotique Zairoise: Site has closed. "La Résistance Patriotique Zaïroise regroupe divers mouvements de la société civile zaïroise soucieux de préserver les acquis du processus de démocratisation de la République du Zaïre. Elle a commencé son travail de raffermissement de la conscience nationale dès le début de l'offensive militaire du pouvoir d'occupation et s'est constituée officiellement le 18 mai 1997." Has their Bulletins d'information, Le Patriote Resistant, press communiques, etc. Is opposed to the Kabila government.[KF] http://perso.infonie.fr/rzaire/

Rotary Club de Kinshasa: http://www.isuisse.com/congokin/rotary.htm

Samba, Cheri - Congonline: In French. Article, examples of art work. "Le site Internet Congonline est une réalisation de l'ASBL Afriqu'Info," Bruxelles. http://www.congonline.com/Peinture/cheri.htm

Samba, Cheri - Galerie Peter Herrmann: In German. Graphics of artwork, many for sale, of the Congolese artist. Includes a biography. From the Galerie Peter Herrmann, Stuttgart, Germany. http://www.galerie-herrmann.de/arts/samba/

Samba, Cheri - Lacanian Ink: Article / interview (with paintings) with Cheri Samba by Josefina Ayerza. In Lacanian Ink, a biannual print journal, published in New York City. http://www.lacan.com/frameI8.htm

Search for Common Ground: An NGO begun in 1982 and based in Washington, D.C.. Works to reduce ethnic conflict and encourage reconciliation. Programs in Angola, DRC, Burundi. Produces radio programs. Produced a poster promoting the Inter-Congolese Dialogue. http://www.sfcg.org/locations.cfm?locus=Burundi also http://www.sfcg.org/

Smis, Stefaan and Saskia Van Hoyweghen - "Towards a State-less Central Africa? Some Theoretical Reflections": In English and French. "The objective of this essay is to discuss the nature of the crisis in Central Africa from an academic/social science perspective." Page down to Africa Forum #7. See comments by Filip Reyntjens, University of Antwerp and David Newbury, University of North Carolina. Smis and Van Hoyweghen are with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~africa/africaforum/index.html

Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer du Congo: National railway company. Based in Lubumbashi. http://www.ic-lubum.cd/../../sncc/texte/sncchome.htm

Stanley Foundation. Courier Online - The Congo Maze: Audio clips of reports from the Congo by Reese Erlich, broadcast on the public radio program, Common Ground. Covers events from 1998, the Kabila government, etc. http://www.stanleyfoundation.org/courier/articles/1999spring6.html

Starpoint Goldfields in Africa: "...is a Canadian-based mineral exploration company focused on the immense mineral wealth of Central Africa. Key contacts in Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo have provided Starpoint with opportunities to acquire exceptional properties with enormous wealth." Has diamond / gold concessions in the Congo. Based in Vancouver. http://www.starpoint.com/

Tamarin Gallery: A New York art gallery, features Kongo Arts. http://www.tamarin.com/kongo/kongdire1.html

Tayler, Jeffrey, "Vessel of Last Resort": Article published in the Atlantic Monthly, Sept. 1996 of Tayler's 1,100 mile trip on the Congo River from Kinshasa to Kisangani. Includes excerpts from the writings of the nineteenth-century explorer, Henry Morton Stanley, and from Joseph Conrad's, "Heart of Darkness."; http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/96sep/congo/congo.htm

Thompson, Barbara - The Earth Transformed: Ceramic Arts of Africa, The Virtual Research Center for African Ceramics Project: Photographs, full text articles (Congo, Burkina Faso, Zulu, Tanzania), profiles of artists, a bibliography of print sources, related links. The virtual exhibition, "What is it?" solicits academic identification of objects shown. The Project Director and Webdesigner is Dr. Barbara Thompson, Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/african-ceramic-arts

[Tshibumba Kanda Matulu] The history of Zaire as told and painted by Tshibumba Kanda Matulu in conversation with Johannes Fabian: "Several painters began to represent sequences of historical events, foremost among them Tshibumba Kanda Matulu who thought of himself as a historian and was able to realize, in 1973-74, a project he had been dreaming of: A complete History of Zaire in one hundred pictures and a narrative. From Archives of Popular Swahili, Volume 2, Issue 1 (6 November 1998) on the web site, Language and Popular Culture in Africa, an internet project set up by Johannes Fabian and Vincent de Rooij of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Amsterdam. http://www.pscw.uva.nl/lpca/aps/tshibumbaintro.html

Turner, Thomas - "The Death of Laurent Kabila": Full text article (2001) on the assassination of Laurent Kabila. Part of the Interhemispheric Resource Center Global Affairs Commentary. http://fpif.org/commentary/0103congo.html

Turner, Thomas - "In Focus: War in the Congo": (In Focus, April 2000, Vol. 5, No. 10). Dr. Thomas Turner is a a political scientist. Pub. by the Interhemispheric Resource Center and the Institute for Policy Studies. http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol5/v5n10congo.html

Union Miniere (now Umicore): Belgian based company which "produces and markets more than twenty non-ferrous metals." "The history of Union Minière commenced in 1906. At that time it was known as Union Minière du Haut Katanga (UMHK), and its business was exploiting the rich mineral resources of Belgium's colony of the Congo: copper, cobalt, tin, zinc, precious metals, ..."

"After the company's assets were nationalised by the Zairian government in 1968, Union Minière set out to develop new mining activities. It eventually became a sub-holding of Société Générale de Belgique, responsible for managing the later’s non-ferrous metals interests." Has the company's annual report. Based in Brussels. http://www.um.be/

Union pour la Democratie et le Progres Social / Union for Democracy and Social Progress: Opposition party whose President is Etienne Tshisekedi. Speeches, interviews, party documents. The web site was "...initiated by members of the UDPS-Ontario, with backing from Mr. M. Kadari, UDPS senior representative in Canada, Dr. Mpuila, UDPS senior representative in Belgium, Dr. D. Kimwana, UDPS senior representative in South-Africa, Mr. M. Tshibuyi and Mr. S. Kalala, UDPS Federal President and Vice President in Canada, respectively, and Mr. Kashama, President of the UDPS-Ontario." http://www.udps.org/

Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social / Union for the Democracy and Social Progress: In French and English. The President is Frédéric KIBASSA-MALIBA. Has press releases, documents, a discussion forum. Based in Kinshasa. http://www.udps.info/ http://perso.wanadoo.fr/udps/page-d'accueil-udps.htm

United Methodist Church - Africa Projects: Had programs in the DRC which are temporarily suspended. http://www.gbgm-umc.org/volunteers/tmaf.htm

United Methodist Church. General Commission on Archives and History: Based in Madison, New Jersey. http://www.gcah.org/
Has online guides to the Church archives and guide to collections such as -

the Herbert Cookman Withey Collection (late 19th c. in Angola)
Bishop John McKendree Springer Papers (correspondence with African nationals, the Congo Protestant Council, 1920-1961, Angola, Central and Southern, Congo, Liberia, Rhodesia, Southeast Africa)
Roger Stilman Guptill Collection (Belgian Congo, training of African missionaries)

United Methodist Missions: Reports from missions in the DRC.; Hoover, Ellen and Jeff - Reports on United Methodist mission work in Lubumbashi, DRC. 1999 + Part of the West Michigan Conference site. http://www.westmichiganconference.org/hoovernews.html
Webster, Paul and Roxanne - in South Shaba Province. Reports also on the Wisconsin Conference page.

United Nations. Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC): Facts & figures, U.N. press conferences, the mandate, background, relevant U.N. documents, detailed map of military liaison offices and number of officers. Sponsors Radio Okapi. [KF] http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/monuc/monuc_body.htm

United Nations. ReliefWeb: Extensive information on the Great Lakes Crisis (Rwanda, Burundi, Zaire), newspaper articles, newswire stories, UN special reports, etc. See the country page for the DRC. Maintained by the UN Dept. of Humanitarian Affairs. http://www.reliefweb.int/


United Nations. Report of the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Full text report . (Document S/2000/357) The April 16, 2001 report says "The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has become mainly about access by foreign armies to the country's rich mineral resources,..." "The exploitation of the country’s natural resources by foreign armies had become systematic and systemic, and the role of the private sector in the exploitation and continuation of the war had been vital. Top military commanders from various countries needed the conflict for its lucrative nature." http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/drcongo.htm

See also the Press Conference. http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2001/DRCPressCfc.doc.htm

United Nations. Secretary General. Seventh Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Full text in Adobe PDF. Document No. S/2001/373. 17 April 2001. 20 p. http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/reports/2001/373e.pdf

United States. Army War College. Strategic Studies Institute (Carlisle, Pennsylvania) - [DRC]

Has full text reports on Africa, in Adobe PDF format.
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usassi/ssipubs/catalogs/africa.htm
Examples.

Refining American Strategy in Africa by Dr. Steven Metz, Feb. 2000. 72 pages.
The United States and the Transformation of African Security: The African Crisis Response Initiative and Beyond by Colonel Dan Henk and Dr. Steven Metz, Dec. 1997. 47 pages
Military Medical Operations in Sub-Saharan Africa: The DoD "Point of the Spear" for a New Century, by Lieutenant Colonel C. William Fox, Jr., June 1997. 33 pages
Reform, Conflict, and Security in Zaire, by Dr. Steven Metz, June 1996

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members - Democratic Republic of the Congo: Provides a list of the President, Cabinet members, the Governor of the Central Bank, the country's Ambassador to the U.S., and its U.N. Representative. http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/chiefs41.html

United States. Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook - DRC: Information on geography, people, government, economy, transportation, communication, defense, etc. Includes a map. http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cg.html

United States Congress: Thomas, U.S. Legislative Information, is a great resource. Keyword search access to the full text of the U.S. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (similar to parliamentary proceedings or debates) and to Congressional legislation. Scroll down half way to locate the Congressional Record Text: Congress: 105th (1997-98) - 104th (1995-96) - 103rd (1993-94)
http://thomas.loc.gov/

United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Africa. Zaire: Collapse of an African Giant?: Full-text of the April 1997 hearing. Includes statements from George Moose, I. William Zartman, Salih Booker, Donald M. Payne, and others. Located thru Thomas, the U.S. Library of Congress site for Congressional information.[KF] http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/intlrel/hfa41074.000/hfa41074_0f.htm

U.S. Department of Justice. Foreign Agents Registration Act. Annual Report: See their semi-annual reports for individuals or companies "engaging in political activities for or on behalf of foreign governments, foreign political parties and other foreign principals." Select Country Listing, then Congo (Kinshasa). [KF] http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fara/

United States. Department of Defense. DefenseLINK: Retrieve reports, speeches, press releases, photos, issued by the U.S. Defense Department about the Congo using DefenseLINK's Search News feature. http://www.defenselink.mil/

U.S. Department of State. Report on Human Rights Practices - Congo (Kinshasa).: 2002 Report, 2001 Report, 2000 Report, 1999 Report, 1998 Report, 1997 Report, 1996 Report
1995, 1994, 1993 Reports: http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/hrp_reports_mainhp.html

U.S. Library of Congress. Country/Area Studies Handbook - Congo (Kinshasa): Full-text of the printed Army Area Handbook. Information on the history, society, economy, politics, national security. Includes a Chronology of Important Events, City Name Changes, 1966-1972. One can search across all countries or any combination of countries and browse the table of contents for a specific country.; Congo-K Page: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/zrtoc.html
LC Country Studies: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

U.S. Strategic Studies Institute: The SSI is part of the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, PA. Has the full-text in Adobe .pdf format, ASCII, or WordPerfect 5.1 of studies on sub-Saharan Africa. Topics include The African Crisis Response, Military Medical Operations in Sub-Saharan Africa, Reform, Conflict, and Security in Zaire. http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usassi/welcome.htm

Univ. of Pennsylvania DRC Page: U.S. C.I.A maps, embassies, travel, language information, etc. for each African country. Created by Julie Sisskind, now maintained by Ali Dinar. UPenn's vast African studies web site now has a keyword search engine.
DRC Page: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Zaire.html
Search Page: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/Search/AS-search.html

[Urquhart] Sir Brian Urquhart - Visit University of California Berkeley: Has an interview by Harry Kreisler with Urquhart, "A Life in Peace and War" which includes Early Peacekeeping Operations: Israel/Palestine; the Congo, on the 1960s U.N. intervention the Congo and Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold. Includes photographs of Ralphe Bunche and Hammarskjold. http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/UN/Urquhart/

Volcanoes in Africa: Photos of volcanoes in the DRC, Rwanda, and other countries. Some entries, (Cape Verde, Zaire for ex.), include some information on historical eruptions. Each entry has references to articles. One can search issues of the Bulletin of Volcanology by keyword. Located on the Volcano World site which is designed to distribute remote sensing data to non-technical users.
African volcanoes: http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/africa/africa.html
Volcano World: http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

Weiss, Herbert - "War and Peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo": Full text article, in three parts, in American Diplomacy (American Diplomacy Publishers, Durham, N.C.), Vol. V, No. 3, Summer 2000. Part I: The War's Origins. Part II: The Second Congo War and Its Consequences. Part III. Belgian Colonial Rule and the Independence Struggle. http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/AD_Issues/amdipl_16/weiss/weiss_print1.html

Wemba, Papa: In French. Official Site. Biography, audio clips (MP3), discography, filmography, photographs, concert posters, older press articles, concert schedule, message board. http://www.papawemba.net/

Wemba, Papa - Africa's King of Rumba Rock: Extensive biography with photographs and many audio clips and photographs, discography, tour news, "A Short History of Congolese Rumba and Dance. Site by Vincent Luttman in London. http://www.kbl69.dial.pipex.com/

ZCList: In French. Discussion list; liste d'échanges d'information des Zairois ou Congolais d'ici et d'ailleurs, started by "Étudiants, enseignants de l'UQTR (Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres) originaires du Congo." (Zaire). Their web site has messages, live chat, and links to many DRC related web sites. At http://zclist.tripod.ca, http://www.geocities.com/zcliste/ and http://www.crosswinds.net/~zclist/


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