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A term Issue will keep close at hand one of a ensuing favorite meanings.

Issue, a legal term. A computer issue, a means of keeping track of tasks. In certain legal actions (involving, for instance, inheritance of a peerage), issue refers to the offspring of a certain person; e.g., Elizabeth I got there are no issue, because she never married & had no kids. An issue can mean a specific publication, like magazines and comic books, which are utilized especially as a point of information.

Africa Policy Information Center
A non-profit organization dedicated to providing accessible information and analysis on African issues.

ICTSD - Africa
Documents on trade and sustainable development in Africa.

The Flight of African Financial and Intellectual Capital
Interview with Philip Emeagwali on corruption, military dictators and the flight of "intellectual capital" to the West, and the flight of money from Africa to Swiss banks.

Africa Resource Center
Information portal for African social and cultural issues.

Support for Analysis and Research in Africa
Works to identify social-sector issues of regional concern in Africa and participates in research, analysis, and dissemination activities related to these issues.

Non-Governmental Organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Peace Resource Center contains a large collection of international human rights treaties, instruments, general comments, recommendations, decisions, and views of treaty bodies; other U.N. human rights materials, with an emphasis on peace and war related materials

Pambazuka Newsletter
An advocacy tool for social justice, designed specifically for those working in Africa -- subscription information and archives.

NYTimes.com Magazine - What Will Become of Africa's AIDS Orphans?
Long feature article about African orphanages for children whose parents have died of AIDS and similar scourges. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]

Oxfam: Land rights in Africa
Discusses the problems of protecting landowner's rights from conflicting outside economic and social interests. Page explains what Oxfam is doing to help this situation and key principles guiding the NGO's policy.


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