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