General Resources

Somalia/Somali News

AllAfrica.com (Africa)

Somalia – A Country Study serves as a primer on Somali history, politics and a variety of other issues.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/sotoc.html

Information about Somalia from the CIA World Fact book
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/so.html

Hiiraan Online
http://www.hiiraan.com/

Somali Bantu

Cultural Orientation Resource Center: Our Publications- http://www.cal.org/co/publications/cultures/bantu.html

National Somali Bantu Project - The history and culture of Somali Bantu.
http://www.bantusupport.pdx.edu

National Voluntary Refugee Resettlement Agencies

Church World Services (CWS) - http://www.churchworldservice.org

Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS); Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) - http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/emm

Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC) - http://ecdcinternational.org

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) - http://www.hias.org

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) - http://www.lirs.org

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) – Migration and Refugee Services - http://www.nccbuscc.org/mrs

World Relief Refugee Services (WRRS) - http://www.wr.org

Khat/Qat

USDEA - http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/concern/khat.html#i
This website created for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (USDEA) consists of basic information about khat.

University of Pennsylvania - http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Hornet/qat.html
This site, created for the University of Pennsylvania, includes information regarding the trafficking of khat, dependency, treatment, and more.

UN Office on Drugs and Crimes - http://www.unodc.org/easternafrica/
The UN Office on Drugs and Crimes is a good place to start to find information relating to attempts by international organizations to confront the traffic of khat.

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