Web archives produced by the Library’s web archiving team and AMED subject specialists are presented as a separate category. These archives include websites by political parties, pro-democracy groups, human rights organizations, foreign NGOs, news agencies, and minority groups, and cover a wide range of political, economic, and social topics in contemporary Africa. Web archives have a particular focus on national elections.
African Studies
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CollectionAfrican Government Web Archive The African Government Web Archive provides links to information from key African government ministries, institutions and organizations for the 51 countries in Africa south of the Sahara. This will ensure that the Library of Congress and the United States Congress have ongoing access to information from Africa and to official 'born digital' government publications from African nations. The digital initiative adds to the Library’s…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division
- Date: 2014
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CollectionCrisis in Darfur 2006 Web Archive Described by the United Nations as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, the current conflict in Sudan’s western region of Darfur began in early 2003, when rebels attacked government targets and then expanded to the widespread killing of civilians and the destruction of villages. These attacks have led to more than two million people being displaced and thousands killed.- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2006
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