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Internet Sources: GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES AND AGENCIES

The following section provides access to Web sites for locating African governmental institutions, agencies, and other bodies (including embassies and consulates).

• African Governments on the WWW
  http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/africa.html

  Site includes a database of national government institutions on the Web, including links to parliaments, ministries, offices, central banks, multi-government institutions, etc in the African countries.

• Directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments - African Countries
  http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/index.html

  An online directory of the heads of African central banks , Ambassadors to the US, and Permanent Representatives to the United Nations, New York. Updated weekly.

• Electronic Embassy - African Foreign Embassies and Representatives in Washington, DC
  http://www.embassy.org

  Site provides street address, phone, fax and links to web pages of foreign embassies in Washington DC. Also includes business directories of interest to Americans working, traveling, and investing abroad.

• Foreign Government Resources on the Web. University of Michigan Documents Center
  http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/foreign.html

  Site provides links to official websites of African national government agencies.

• International Agencies and Government Documents on the Web. University of Michigan Documents Center
  http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/intl.html

  Site provides links to official websites of international agencies.

• Key Officers at Foreign Service Posts: Guide for Business Representatives
  http://www.opic.gov/

  Site provides the names of key officers at Foreign Service posts with whom American business representatives would most likely have contact.