The OneWorld website offers news and views from over 1,600 organisations that promote human rights awareness and fight poverty worldwide. The site has a large amount of information, including guides to selected countries.
Human Rights Watch has links to frequently updated articles about the human rights situation in countries worldwide.
The Reuters Foundation’s AlertNet site includes a “country profile” section, with basic information on countries and links to recent news articles about them.
ReliefWeb, which is administered by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, aims to assist the international humanitarian community in the effective delivery of emergency assistance. It provides country updates from around the globe, in addition to a dedicated map centre.
Four sites that provide maps for many regions of the world are:
Google Maps
Lonely Planet
Multimap.com
National Geographic Map Machine