COUNTRY OF ORIGIN INFORMATION – COI SOURCES BY COUNTRY
Saudi Arabia
SOURCE / URL (if appropriate) / LANGUAGE / COMMENTS ON THE SOURCEAgence France Presse / www.afp.com / English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Portuguese & other
Aljazeera / www.aljazeera.com/ / English
Amnesty International / www.amnesty.org / English
Arab News / www.arabnews.com/ / English
Associated Press / www.ap.org / English
BBC News / www.news.bbc.oc.uk / English
Guardian Unlimited / www.Guardian.co.uk / English
Khaleej Times / www.khaleejtimes.com / English
LC Country Studies / www.lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles
Lexis Nexis / www.lexis-nexis.com / English
Reuters / www.reuters.com / English
Saudi Gazette / www.saudigazette.com.sa/ / English
SPA News Agency / www.spa.gov.sa/English/index.php / English
USDOS / www.state.gov / English
Senegal
SOURCE / URL (if appropriate) / LANGUAGE / COMMENTS ON THE SOURCEAllAfrica / www.allafrica.com / English
Amnesty International / www.amnesty.org / English
BBC News / www.news.bbc.co.uk / English
Human Rights Watch / www.hrw.org / English, Spanish, French, Dutch & others
Independent / www.afrol.com/ / English
IRIN / www.irinnews.org / English, French & others
Lexis Nexis / www.lexis-nexis.com / English
Radio France Internationale (Paris) / www.rfi.fr/ / French
Reuters / www.reuters.com / English
USDOS / www.state.gov. / English
Serbia
SOURCE / URL / LANGUAGE / COMMENTS ON THE SOURCEAgence France Presse / www.afp.com / English, French,
Spanish, dutch, Portuguese
Amnesty International / www.amnesty.org / English
B92 News / www.b92.net/eng/news/headlines.php / English
Balkan Crisis Report (via IWPR) / www.gsoa.ch/zivil/kosov@/kosov@_nato/199905/19990525.0.html / English
BBC / www.news.bbc.co.uk / English
Beta News / www.beta.co.yu/default.asp?h=English,en / English, Italian, Serbian, Hungarian, Albanian & other
Centre for Free Elections and Democracy / www.cesid.org/eng/index.jsp / English
Dutch country reports / www.minbuza.nl / English, French, Dutch, Spanish & other
Ecoi Net / www.ecoi.net / English
Economist / www.economist.com/index.html / English
European Roma Rights Centre / www.errc.org/ / English, Roma, Russian & other
Factiva / www.factiva.com/ / English
Freedom House / www.freedomhouse.org / English
Government of the Republic of Montenegro / http://www.vlada.cg.yu / English & other
Guardian Unlimited / www.guardian.co.uk / English
Helsinki Committee for Human rights in Serbia / www.helsinki.org.yu / English
Humanitarian Law Centre - Belgrade / www.ian.org.yu / English & other
Institute for War and Peace Reporting / www.iwpr.gn.apc.org / English
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia / www.un.org/icty/ / English, French & other
International Crisis Group / www.crisisgroup.org / English, French, Spanish, Indonesian & other
International Displacement Monitoring Centre / www.internal-displacement.org/ / English
International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights / www.ihf-hr.org / English
Kosovo Line / www.web.ukonline.co.uk/shqip/kosovo_online.html / English & other
www.legislationonline.org
Lexis Nexis / www.lexis-nexis.com / English
Ombudsperson Institution in Kosovo / www.ombudspersonkosovo.org/press%20releases.htm
OSCE / www.osce.org/ / English, French, German, Spanish, Italian & Russian
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty / www.rferl.org/ / English, Russian & others
Minority Rights Centre / www.mrc.org.yu/index_e.php / English
Reuters / www.reuters.com / English
Rom.ev / www.romev.de/index1.html / Kosovan
Statistical Office of Kosovo / www.ks-gov.net/esk/ / English & others
UNHCHR Human rights in the World reports / www.hrw.org/wr2k2/refugees.html / English, French, Dutch, Portuguese & other
UNHCR / www.unhcr.ch / English, Dutch, Italian & French
UNMIK / www.unmikonline.org/ / English, French, Spanish & other
UN Security Council / www.un.org/Docs/sc/ / English, French, Spanish & other
USDOS / www.state.gov / English
Sierra Leone
SOURCE / URL / LANGUAGE / COMMENTS ON THE SOURCEAgence France Presse / www.afp.com / English, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish & other
AllAfrica / www.allafrica.com / English, French & other
Amnesty International / www.amnesty.org / English, French, Spanish & other
Associated Press / www.ap.org / English
BBC News / www.news.bbc.co.uk / English
Concord Times / www.concordtimessl.com/ / English
Daily News Digest / www.cre.gov.uk/media/newswatch.html / English
Dutch country reports / www.minbuza.nl / English, French, Dutch, Spanish & other
Ecoi Net / www.ecoi.net / English, German
Factiva / www.factiva.com / English, French, German Japanese, Chinese & Russian
Historical dictionary of Sierra Leone / www.amazon.com/Historical-Dictionary-Sierra-Leone-Patrick/dp/0810810352 / English
Human Rights Watch / www.hrw.org / English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese & others
Independent / www.sierra-leone.org/links2.html
www.travel.independent.co.uk/africa/article344624.ece / English
English
International Crisis Group / www.crisisgroup.org / English, French, Dutch, Portuguese, & others
IRIN News / www.irinnews.org / English
Lexis Nexis / www.lexis-nexis.com / English
Media Foundation for West Africa / www.mfwaonline.org / English
Nations Unies et Gouvernement / www.daco-sl.org/encyclopedia / English
New African / www.africasia.com/newafrican/
www.newafrica.com / English
Coming Soon
Presidence / www.statehouse-sl.org / English
Public Agenda (Accra) / www.allafrica.com/publishers.html?passed_name=Public%20Agenda&passed_location=Accra / English
Reuters / www.reuters.com / English
Sierra Leone web / www.sierra-leone.org / English
Special Court for Sierra Leone / www.sc-sl.org / English
UNAMSIL / www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unamsil/index.html / English
UNHCHR Human Rights in the World country reports / www.hrw.org / English, French, Dutch, Portuguese & others
UNICEF / www.unicef.org/ / English, French, Spanish & other
UN News Service / www.un.org/News/ / English, French, Spanish & other
UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs / www.ochaonline.un.org/ / English
US Committee for the Red Cross / www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/united_states!Open / English, French, Spanish & other
USDOS / www.state.gov / English
Voice of America / www.voanews.com/english/portal.cfm / English and all languages
Singapore
SOURCE / URL / LANGUAGE / COMMENTS ON THE SOURCEABD Radio Australia / www.abc.net.au/ra/ / English
The Age, Melbourne / www.theage.com.au/ / English
Agence France Presse / www.afp.com / English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese & other
Amnesty International / www.amnesty.org / English, French, Spanish & other
Asian Focus Group – Asian analysis / www.aseanfocus.com/asiananalysis/archive.cfm?orderBy=Country / English
Associatied Press / www.ap.org / English
Bernama-Malaysian News Agency / www.bernama.com/ / English
Cable News Network (CNN) / www.cnn.com/ / English
Economist / www.economist.com/index.html / English
Epoch times / www.en.epochtimes.com/change_edition.html / English & others
Financial Times / www.ft.com/cms/s/a0b3ea96-bfda-11d9-b376-00000e2511c8.html / English
Independent / C/F
Inter Press Service News Agency / www.ipsnews.net/ / English
Lexis Nexis / www.lexis-nexis.com / English
New China News Agency / www.fas.org/irp/world/china/xinhua/index.html / English
Reporters sans Frontiers / www.rsf.org / English, French, Spanish & others
Straits Times / www.straitstimes.com/ / English
US Dept of State: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour / www.state.gov/g/drl/ / English
USDOS / www.state.gov / English
Solomon Islands
SOURCE / URL / LANGUAGE / COMMENTS ON THE SOURCEABC News / http://www.abc.net.au/news/ / English
ABC Radio Australia / www.abc.net.au/ra/ / English
The Age, Melbourne / www.theage.com.au/ / English
Amnesty International / www.amnesty.org / English
Associated Press / www.ap.org / English
BBC News / www.news.bbc.co.uk / English
Canada World News / www.cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/ / English
Interest Alert / www.interestalert.com/ / English
New Straits Times / www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/7daynews?myday=Monday&mysec=Frontpage / English
Pacific Islander Report / www.pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/ / English
Reuters / www.reuters.com / English
Somalia
SOURCE / URL / LANGUAGE / COMMENTS ON THE SOURCEAfrol News / www.afrol.com / English & Spanish
AllAfrica / http://allafrica.com / English, French & others
Amnesty International / www.amnesty.org / English, French, Spanish & other
BBC Monitoring / www.monitor.bbc.co.uk / English
British and Irish Legal Information Institute / www.bailii.org/ / English
Canadian IRB / www.irb-cisr.gc.ca / English & French
Danish Immigration Service Fact Finding Missions / www.unhcr.org/home/RSDCOI/3cac5937c.html / English
DIJHRO / http://www.yorku.ca/crs/HRD/HassanBio.htm / English
DIS / C/F
Dutch country reports / www.minbuza.nl / English, French, Dutch, Spanish & other
Ecoi Net / www.ecoi.net / English & German
Factiva / www.factiva.com / English, German, French, Japenese, Chinese & Russian
Freedom House / www.freedomhouse.org / English
Historical dictionary of Somalia / http://catalog.lib.washington.edu/record=i8485266 / English
Horn Afrik online / www.hornafrik.com/ / Other (African)
Human Rights Watch / www.hrw.org / English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese & others
ICRC / www.icrc.org/ / English, French, Spanish, Portuguese & others
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre / www.internal-displacement.org/ / English
International Crisis Group / www.crisisgroup.org / English, French, Spanish, Indonesian & others
IRIN News / www.irinnews.org / English & French
LC Country Studies / www.lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/
Qaran / www.qarannews.com/
www.qaranpress.com/ / English & other
African
Radio Hargeysa / www.radiohargeysa.net/ / Somali
Radio Shabelle / www.shabelle.net/
www.shabellenews.com/ / Somali
Somali & English
Radio Midnimo / www.midnimo.com/ / Somali
Reuters / www.reuters.com / English
Somali Broadcasting Corporation Radio / www.allsbc.com/ / Somali
www.somalinet.org
Tribal Study 2005 / C/F
UK Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / www.ait.gov.uk/
www.markacadey.net/portal/readarticle.php?article_id=84 / English
UNDP / www.undp.org/ / English, Spanish & French
UNHCHR Human Rights in the World country reports / www.hrw.org / English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese & other
UNHCR / www.unhcr.ch / English, Dutch, French & Italian
UNICEF / www.unicef.org / English, French, Spanish & others
UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs / www.un.org/ha/ / English, French, Spanish & others
UN Security Council / www.un.org / English & others
USDOS / www.state.gov. / English
Xog-Ogaal / www.somaliawatch.org/archivejuly/000827102.htm / English
South Africa
SOURCE / URL / LANGUAGE / COMMENTS ON THE SOURCEAllAfrica / www.allafrica.com / English, French & others
Amnesty International / www.amnesty.org / English
Business Day, Johannesburg / www.businessday.co.za/home.aspx?Page=BD4P1236&MenuItem=BD4P1236 / English
Cap Argus, Cape Town / www.capeargus.co.za / English
Human Rights Watch / www.hrw.org / English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese & other
Inter Press Service News Agency / www.ipsnews.net/ / English
IRIN News / www.irnnews.org / English
www.iss.co.za / English
Lexis Nexis / www.lexis-nexis.com / English
Mail & Guardian, Johannesburg / www.mg.co.za/ / English
Republikein / www.republikein.com.na/ / African
SAPA News Agency / www.sapa.org.za/secure/login.cfm?CFID=1829297&CFTOKEN=203 / English
South African Broadcasting Corporation / www.sabc.co.za/portal/site/corporate/ / English & other
South African Press Association / www.sapa.co.za/ / English
Sowetan / www.sowetan.co.za/News/Default.aspx?id=127724
www.sowetan.com/ / English
The Star / www.thestar.co.za/ / English
UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs / www.ochaonline.un.org/ / English
USDOS / www.state.gov / English
Zim Online / www.zimonline.co.za/ / English
Sri Lanka
SOURCE / URL / LANGUAGE / COMMENTS ON THE SOURCEhttp://www.adminet.com/world.lk / English
Agence France Presse / www.afp.com / English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese & other
Amnesty International / www.amnesty.org / English, Spanish, French & other
Army / www.army.lk / English
Asian Human Rights Commission / www.ahrchk.net / English, French, Dutch, Italian & others
Asian Tribune / www.asiantribune.com/ / English
Asociated Press / www.ap.org / English
BBC News / www.news.bbc.co.uk / English
Canadian Tamils / www.tamilcandian.com/news / English
Centre for Policy alternatives – Centre for Monotiring Election Violence / www.cpalanka.org/ / English
Colombo News Page / www.colombopage.com/ / English
Daily News / www.dailynews.lk / English
Daylight online / www.daylightonline.com / English
Ecoi Net / www.ecoi.net / English, German
Elections / www.slections.gov.lk / English
Elections Newspaper / www.lankabusinessonline.com/election_news / English
EPDP News / www.epdpnews.com / English & other
Ethnic studies / www.icescolombo.org / English
Forced Migration Online: Sri Lanka / http://www.forcedmigration.org / English
Front Line magazine / http://www.colombiasolidarity.org.uk/content/view/54/55/ / English
Government website / http://www.priu.gov.lk / English
Humanitarian Information Centre Sri Lanka / www.humanitarianinfo.org/srilanka/ / English
Lexis Nexis / www.lexis-nexis.com / English
LTTE / www.eelamweb.com
www.ltteps.org / English
LTTE Peace Secretariat / http://www.ltteps.org/ / English
English
Newspaper and links to Lanka Press / www.infolanka.com.news
www.lankatruth.com / English
Peace in Sri Lanka (SCOPP) / www.peaceinsrilanka.org/ / English
People’s Actoin for Free and Fair Elections / www.paffrel.lk/ / English
Political parties / www.slelections.gov.lk/parties / English
Press Trust of India / www.ptinews.com/ / English
Relief web / www.reliefweb.org / English
Reuters / www.reuters.com / English
South Asia Terrorism Portal / www.satp.org/ / English, Sri Lankan, Pakistan & others
Siber News Media / www.sibernews.com/ / English & Sri Lankan
SLT mailing list / C/F
Sri Lanka Dept of Government Information / www.news.lk/ / English & Others
Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission / www.slmm.lk/ / English
Sunday Observer / www.sundayobserver.lk / English
Tamil Eelam / www.eelam.com / English
Tamil Net / http://www.tamilnet.net.au / English
Tamil News / www.tamilguardian.com/beta/news
www.tamilnet.com / English & Dutch
UK Refugee Council / www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/ / English & 18 other
University Teachers for Human Rights, Jaffna / http://www.uthr.org / English
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs / http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/srilanka / English
USDOS / www.state.gov / English
www.womenwarpeace.org / English
World Socialist Website / www.wsws.org / English & German
Sudan
SOURCE / URL / LANGUAGE / COMMENTS ON THE SOURCEAfrol News / www.afrol.com / English & Spanish
Agence France Presse / www.afp.org / English, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish & other
AllAfrica / www.allafrica.com / English, French & other
Amnesty International / www.amnesty.org / English, French, Spanish & other
Associated Press / www.ap.org / English
BBC Monitoring
Canadian IRB / www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/ / English & French
www.child-soldiers.org / English
Darfur Field Atlas
Economist Intelligence Unit / www.eiu.com/ / English
Dutch country reports / www.minbuza.nl / English, French, Dutch, Spanish & other
Ecoi Net / www.ecoi.net / English & Dutch
Factiva / www.factiva.com / English, French, German, Japanese, Chinese & Russian
FMO / www.forcedmigration.org/ / English
HIC
Historical dictionary of Sudan / www.amazon.com/Historical-Dictionary-Sudan-African-Dictionaries/dp/0810841002 / English
Human Rights Watch / www.hrw.org / English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese & others
Humanitarian Information Centre for Darfur / www.humanitarianinfo.org/darfur/ / English
IRIN / www.irinnews.org / English & French
International Crisis Group / www.crisisgroup.org / English, French, Spanish & others
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre / www.internal-displacement.org/ / English
Inside Sudan (Insideworld) / www.insidesudan.com/ / English
Lexis Nexis / www.lexis-nexis.com / English
OMCT / www.omct.org/ / English
Reliefweb / www.reliefweb.org / English
www.Shro-cair.org / English
Sudan at Sudan.net / www.sudan.net/news/news.html / English
Sudan Human Rights Organisation (Egypt) / www.shro-cairo.org/urgentaction/29september04-nuba.htm / English
Sudan Organisation Against Torture / www.Soatsudan.org / English
Sudan Tribune / www.sudantribune.com / English
Sudan TV
Suna News Agency / www.suna-sd.net/ / English, French, Sudanese
UNHCHR Human Rights in the World country reports / www.unhcr.org
www.hrw.org / English
English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese & other
UNHCR / www.unhcr.org / English
UN News Service / www.un.org/news/ / English, French, Spanish & others
UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs / www.un.org/ha/ / English, French, Spanish & others
UN Security Council / www.un.org / English & others
www.unsudanig.org / English
USDOS / www.state.gov / English
WRI / www.wri-irg.org / English, French, Spanish & Dutch
Suriname