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Note: This document is from the archive of the Africa Policy E-Journal, published by the Africa Policy Information Center (APIC) from 1995 to 2001 and by Africa Action from 2001 to 2003. APIC was merged into Africa Action in 2001. Please note that many outdated links in this archived document may not work.

Africa: Document List, 1995
Date Distributed (ymd): 960222

The Africa Policy Electronic Distribution List, featuring
short publications by APIC and WOA, as well as selected
reposted documents from other public sources, began formal
operation in January 1995. In October 1995 a web/gopher site
was established as an archive for the documents, at the
address http://www.igc.org/apic/index.shtml. We have also
been seeking a way to supply previously distributed documents
to readers currently having only e-mail access, as is the case
in many African countries and in many non-governmental
organizations which have not yet begun to use web-browsing
software.

One such option we have found is the WebMail server at
University College, Cork, in Ireland. This service provides
text files only from Web pages or Gopher directories, in HTML
and plaintext format, in response to a one-line e-mail message
to webmail@www.ucc.ie. The text of the message can take the
following formats (the subject line is irrelevant).

(1) The message "GO [URL]" will bring a reply containing the
HTML original of the selected page/file (or a simple text file
in the case of a Gopher file), plus a formatted copy
without the HTML markup (but UUencoded to avoid garbling
of accents). If you have a Web browser on your personal
computer, but simply lack the full Internet connection,
you can display the HTML file on your local computer.
Otherwise, you can use the formatted version as a plain
text file.

For [URL] substitute the full URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
address that you wish to retrieve (without the brackets).
The URL must be typed exactly, or the retrieval will not work.
Do not type the "quotes" either.

(2) As (1) but using the keyword GET instead of GO. This
retrieves only the HTML file, without the UUencoded formatted
version.  This is preferable for Gopher files, such as those
we distribute, since it will give you the plain text without
uudecoding.

(3) The message "HELP" (to the same address) will bring a
reply giving more details about WebMail.

(4) Only one request can be sent in a message; and there is a
limit of 50 requests from a single user in a day. There is a
size limit of files of 64kb. Commands must start in the first
space of the line (do not indent), and you must not attach a
signature file to your message.

NOTE: PLEASE do not use this service (other than to test it
for the purpose of passing on advice to others without Web
access) if you have access to a full Internet connection and
a Web browser. At least one other effort to supply such
services has collapsed apparently due to server overload.
WebMail should be used only for the purpose of increasing
access for those without direct Internet Web capability.

You may retrieve any of the documents we distributed in 1995
(which range in size from 4K to 24K) by using the URL's below.
For example, to obtain the APIC Background Paper on Angola,
distributed in March 1995, you would address an e-mail message
to webmail@www.ucc.ie and put the following command in the
text:

get gopher://gopher.igc.org:7040/00/docs95/ang9503

To obtain a list of documents distributed to date in 1996,
with the appropriate URLs, send instead the following message:

get gopher://gopher.igc.org:7040/00/docs96/.sum

Documents Distributed in 1995

Africa: Policy Outlook 1995 (950116)


Africa: Congressional Subcommittee Membership (950121)


Africa: Save Aid to Africa (950125)


Africa: Support for Peacekeeping at Risk (950212)


Africa: Rethinking U.S. Aid to the Middle East (950216)


Africa: The World Bank and African NGOs (950221)


Africa: Aid Threatened (950228)


Africa: African Human Rights Directory Available (950309)


Africa: Modest Economic Upturn (950313)


Africa: Congressional Actions Expected (950430)


Africa: NGO Aid Proposal (950512)


Africa: African Americans for Aid to Africa (950517)


Africa: Congressional Letter on Africa Aid (950517)


Africa: Americans on UN Peacekeeping (950528)


Africa: African Development Foundation on Chopping Block
(950701)


Africa: Africa Policy Electronic Distribution List (950702)


Africa: B-2s vs. Africa Aid (950715)


Africa: UN Development Priorities (950724)


Africa: Aid to Africa, The Senate's Turn (950730)


Africa: NGOs Urge Reform in U.S. Trade Policy (950815)


Africa: Report Cites Declining International Aid (950821)


Africa: Torture Victims Bills Need Support (950822)


Africa: Trade Policy Reform in Congress (950907)


Africa: Urgent Action on Aid (950927)


Africa: Aid Urgent Action (Updated) (951004)


Africa: APIC Note to Readers (951014)


Africa: Trade Issue Brief, 1 (951216)


Africa: Trade Issue Brief, 2 (951216)


Angola: UN Peacekeeping Vote (950201)


Angola: United Nations Security Council (950210)


Angola: APIC Background Paper 001 (March 1995) (950316)


Angola: Angola Peace Monitor, no. 4 (950531)


Angola: Angola Peace Monitor, Issue number 5 (950605)


Angola: Angola Peace Monitor Issue no.6, 16 June 1995 (950620)


Angola: Excerpts from UN Report (950729)


Angola: Angola Peace Monitor Number 7 (950811)


Angola: Peace Monitor II, 1 (951004)


Angola: Peace Monitor II, 2 (951026 )


Angola: Peace Monitor II, 3 (951204)


Angola: Peace Monitor II, 4 (951220)


Burundi: Crisis Demands World Involvement (950404)


Ivory Coast: Election Critique (951017)


Kenya: Recent Documents, Part 1 (950802)


Kenya: Recent Documents, Part 2 (950802)


Liberia: U.S. Policy (part 1) (950916)


Liberia: U.S. Policy (part 2) (950916)


Liberia: More U.S. Support Needed (951022)


Mozambique: Donor Politics and Mozambique (950515)


Mozambique: Recent Documents, 1 (951206)


Mozambique: Recent Documents, 2 (951206)


Nigeria: Obasanjo Arrested (950317)


Nigeria: Trade Unionists Targeted (950510)


Nigeria: Recent Documents, Part 1 (950611)


Nigeria: Recent Documents, Part 2 (950611)


Nigeria: Government Opponents Feared in Danger (950622)


Nigeria: New Reports on Ogoni Crisis (950713)


Nigeria: Death Sentence for Activists (951101)


Nigeria: Selected Action Alerts (951118)


Nigeria: US Senate Bill Introduced (951118)


Nigeria: AI on New York Times Ad (951212)


Nigeria: 30 Years is Enough! (951230)


Nigeria: Legislative Action Alert (951230)


Rwanda: Updates from AAAC and from UN Security Council
(950224)


Rwanda: Recent Documents, Part 1 (950524)


Rwanda: Recent Documents, Part 2 (950524)


Rwanda: HRW Arms Report (950530)


Rwanda: Recent UN Documents (950912)


Rwanda: Refugee Report, part 1 (951109)


Rwanda: Refugee Report, part 2 (951109)


Rwanda/Burundi: InterAction Statement (950804)


South Africa: Indemnities by Former Regime (950118)


South Africa: Violence against Women (951124)


Southern Africa: US Legislators Visit (951012)


Sudan: Amnesty International Campaign (950208)


Sudan: International Campaign for Peace in Sudan (950608)


Sudan: Southern Sudan, Capacity Building (950720)


Sudan: Resource Guide (part 1) (950926)


Sudan: Resource Guide (part 2) (950926)


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This material is produced and distributed by the Africa
Policy Information Center (APIC). APIC's primary objective is
to widen the policy debate in the United States around African
issues and the U.S. role in Africa, by concentrating on
providing accessible policy-relevant information and analysis
usable by a wide range of groups and individuals. APIC is
affiliated with the Washington Office on Africa (WOA), a
not-for-profit church, trade union and civil rights group
supported organization that works with Congress on
Africa-related legislation.

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