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INTERNET RESOURCES
Version 0.2 - March 28 1995
Prepared by Ben Parker
Any corrections, additions or clarifications welcome.
The countries of the Horn of Africa for the purposes of this document
are as follows:
Djibouti
Publications
Life and Peace Institute Horn of Africa Bulletin. A quarterly
press review published in Sweden. Contact enelson@nn.apc.org
InterAfrica Group NGO Networking Service. Bi-monthly round-up on
regional issues. Contact IAG@padis.gn.apc.org
Indian Ocean Newsletter sometimes available on AFRICA-N.
Contact: arm@utoronto.bitnet
Mailing Lists
AFRICA.HORN is an APC conference shared within the APC community,
including most FIDO hosts in the region. Contact: riff@web.apc.org.
Oromo-Net is a mailing list devoted to the Oromo people who live
mainly, but not exclusively in Ethiopia. Contact makobili@netcom.com.
WWW resources
I have no intention of listing all Web pages that might be
relevant, but here are three that will lead to others:
University of Pennsylvania African Studies Web (various sections):
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html
The Hornet - eclectic selection of material from the Addis BBS:
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Hornet
/menu_Hornet.html
Abyssinia Cyberspace Gateway:
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/dmulholl/acg.html
Greater Horn Information Exchange
http://www.intac.com/PubService/rwanda/HORN/
Djibouti
E-mail
Packet Switching available (DJIPAC). No e-mail information
available, but French Minitel service reportedly active in some way.
Eritrea
E-mail
FIDOnet node 5:7551/1 - Eritrean Information Systems Agency - contact:
Sewit_Bocresion@eisa.gn.apc.org
FIDOnet node 5:7551/2 - Adal Computer Systems. Contact:
Abubaker_Beshir@adal.gn.apc.org.
Adal also runs a BBS on +291 1 113096
Healthnet node: sysop@eri.healthnet.org (down as of 95.3.10)
Publications
Eritrea Profile: eritrea_profile@adal.gn.apc.org
Mailing Lists
Dehai/EDIN - contact dehai-admin@thames.stanford.edu
a suite of mailing lists on communications, constitution, etc.
Eritrea-L - contact postmaster@eritrea.org or
listserv@relay.adp.wisc.edu
E-mail
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
5:751/2 - The Hornet - Horn of Africa related dial up BBS including
Internet mailing lists, file archives, etc. Aprox 150 users. Call
+2511 514534. Contact ben.parker@unep.no.
Publications
ETHIOPIA - by "Barry Gossa" in Cairo. Seems to have disappeared.
Mailing lists
EEDN - formerly known as Cleo. contact EEDN-postmaster@rpi.edu
Ethiolist - a suite of lists: general, politics, sports, sciences
and history. contact ethiolist-request@netcom.com or txt4@netcom.com
E-mail
None at present. Possible Healthnet node in near future.
Publications
Somalia News Update. Excellent e-publication. Contact
bernhard.helander@antro.uu.se
Mailing Lists
Somalia Association for Peace and Democracy. Mail majordomo@igc.apc.org,
body subscribe sapd-somalia.
Usenet newsgroup: soc.culture.somalia
E-mail
Healthnet node: sysop@sud.healthnet.org
Publications
Sudan News and Views. Contact yasin@gn.apc.org
Also sudanupdate@gn.apc.org.
Scottish Churches Sudan Group Newsletter. Contact
mam@festival.edinburgh.ac.uk
Mailing Lists
Sudan InfoNet. Contact Bill Lowrey on [73124.367@compuserve.com]
Sudan-L. Contact listserv@emuvm1.cc.emory.edu
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Somalia (including Somaliland)
Sudan
PART 1: Regional Resources
PART 2: Country Specific Resources
Ethiopia
Somalia and Somaliland
Sudan
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This compilation (c) Ben Parker, 1995
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Date: 28 Mar 95 16:24:38 +0300
From: Ben.Parker@tt.sasa.unep.no (Ben Parker)
Subject: Horn of Africa Internet Resources Guide Version 0.2
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Editor: aadinar@sas.upenn.edu