Horn of Africa Internet Resources Guide Version 0.42

Version 0.42 - June 30 1995

Prepared by Ben Parker <ben.parker@sasa.unep.no> in Nairobi, Kenya. Special thanks to Art McGee <amcgee@netcom.com> for his exhaustive African-related resource lists. Also to joseph.roberts@m.cc.utah.edu for his Middle East-North Africa Internet Resources Guide.

Any corrections, additions or clarifications welcome.

The countries of the Horn of Africa for the purposes of this document are as follows:

Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Somalia (including Somaliland)
Sudan

PART 1: Regional Resources
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--- Publications ---
o The Horn of Africa Bulletin. A bimonthly press review published in Sweden by the Life and Peace Institute. Contact enelson@nn.apc.org.
o InterAfrica Group NGO Networking Service. Monthly round-up on regional issues. Contact IAG@padis.gn.apc.org
o Indian Ocean Newsletter sometimes available on AFRICA-N. Contact: arm@utoronto.bitnet

--- Mailing Lists ---
o AFRICA.HORN is an APC conference shared within the APC community, including most FIDO hosts in the region. Contact: riff@web.apc.org. Relevant postings can be sent to conf:africa.horn@igc.apc.org.
o Oromo-Net is a mailing list devoted to the Oromo people who live mainly, but not exclusively in Ethiopia. Contact makobili@netcom.com.
o Ge'ez is a ancient language and an alphabet used for some of the languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Contact geez-request@eritrea.org [Down as of 29 April 95]

--- WWW resources ---
I have no intention of listing all Web pages that might be relevant, but here are four that will lead to others:
o University of Pennsylvania African Studies Web (various sections): http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html
o The Hornet - eclectic selection of material from the Addis BBS: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Hornet /menu_Hornet.html
o Abyssinia Cyberspace Gateway: http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/dmulholl/acg.html
o Greater Horn Information Exchange http://www.intac.com/PubService/rwanda/HORN/

--- IRC channels ---

There appear sometimes to be IRC channels called #ethiopia, #eritrea and #somalia

PART 2: Country Specific Resources
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--- Djibouti ---
[e-mail]
o Packet Switching available (DJIPAC). No e-mail information available, but French Minitel service reportedly active in some way.

--- Eritrea ---
[e-mail]
o FIDOnet node 5:7551/1 - Eritrean Information Systems Agency - contact:
Sewit_Bocresion@eisa.gn.apc.org [Down]
o FIDOnet node 5:7551/2 - Adal Computer Systems. Contact:
Abubaker_Beshir@adal.gn.apc.org.
Adal also runs a BBS on +291 1 113096
o Healthnet node: sysop@eri.healthnet.org

[Publications]
o Eritrea Profile: eritrea_profile@adal.gn.apc.org

[Mailing Lists]
o Dehai/EDIN - contact dehai-admin@thames.stanford.edu
a suite of mailing lists on communications, constitution, etc
o Eritrea-L - contact info@eritrea.org or
listserv@relay.doit.wisc.edu.

--- Ethiopia ---
[e-mail]
o FIDOnet node 5:751/1 - Panafrican Documentation and Information System (part of the UN Economic Commission for Africa). Approx 300 users not only in Addis Ababa.
Contact: Lishan.Adam@padis.gn.apc.org
o 5:751/2 - The Hornet - Horn of Africa related dial up BBS including Internet mailing lists, file archives, etc. Approx 200 users. Call +2511 514534. Contact ben.parker@sasa.unep.no.
o Healthnet node. Contact khundie@eth.healthnet.org

[Publications]
o ETHIOPIA - by "Barry Gossa" in Cairo. Seems to have disappeared. Any further information gratefully received.
o Variety Column - distributed by "S.K." on EEDN (see below)

[Mailing lists]
o EEDN - formerly known as Cleo. contact EEDN-postmaster@rpi.edu
o Ethiolist - a suite of lists: general, politics, sports, sciences and history. contact ethiolist-request@netcom.com or txt4@netcom.com
o Pol.Ethiopia - Mainly Ethiopian government announcements. Contact listserv@wn.apc.org send a message:
SUBSCRIBE POL.ETHIOPIA Your Name
o North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry (NACOEJ).
Contact andy@cais.com.

--- Somalia and Somaliland ---
[e-mail]
None at present. Possible Healthnet node in near future.

[Publications]
Somalia News Update. Excellent e-publication. Now discontinued. Archives at gopher://strix.udac.uu.se:70/11/antbh.
Contact bernhard.helander@antro.uu.se

[Mailing Lists]
o Somalia Association for Peace and Democracy. Mail
majordomo@igc.apc.org, body subscribe sapd-somalia.
o Usenet newsgroup: soc.culture.somalia

--- Sudan ---
[e-mail]
Healthnet node: sysop@sud.healthnet.org

[Publications]
o Sudan News and Views. Contact yasin@gn.apc.org
o Also sudanupdate@gn.apc.org.
o Scottish Churches Sudan Group Newsletter. Contact
mam@festival.edinburgh.ac.uk
o Sudan Info - a bilingual information leaflet from the
Canadian Sudan Action Group. Contact emi@web.apc.org

[Mailing Lists]
o Sudan InfoNet. Contact Bill Lowrey on <73124.367@compuserve.com>
o Sudan-L. Contact listserv@emuvm1.cc.emory.edu
o Sudan-Cush. Send mail to Sudan-Cush-Request@helsinki.fi
o Sudanese. Send mail to elgasim@crsa.bu.edu

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This compilation (c) Ben Parker, 1995
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Subject: Horn of Africa Internet Resources Guide Version 0.42