Web Links
News sources
Allafrica.com - general clearing house for major newspapers from across continent (note subscription needed for archival holdings).
The Nation - Kenya's leading newspaper
The Monitor - leading Ugandan newspaper
The Citizen - English-language Tanzanian newspaper
The East African - regional weekly newspaper
IRIN - UN's news service (pages for Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda)
IRIN - UN's news service (pages for Rwanda & Burundi)
BBC - continent-wide news including links to twice-daily World Service African news broadcasts
Background information on countries
BBC Burundi country profile & timeline
BBC Kenya country profile & timeline
BBC Rwanda country profile & timeline
BBC Tanzania country profile & timeline
BBC Uganda country profile & timeline
CIA World Factbook - follow links for details of individual countries
African history and African studies on the web
Africa Past & Present podcast - hosted by Michigan State University, ongoing podcasts about and by leading African historians and African Studies scholars
Africa South of the Sahara - comprehensive website hosted by Stanford University detailing web resources related to African Studies
Blogs
Africa is a Country - the best Africa-related blog on the web
Pambazuka - online discussions of current and past social justice