APA – Lagos (Nigeria) The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) averred that the administration of former Nigerian military ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida, has the “worst human rights records in the annals of the country”. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Lilongwe (Malawi) The Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC), a network of several civil society organisations working to promote and protect people’s rights, democracy and accountability environment in Malawi, on Friday launched a book called "Making Parliamentary Democracy Work for the People" to guide parliamentarians to work effectively with non-state actors. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA - London (United Kingdom) In his book titled : Blood, Sweat and Treason ; My Story : Henry Olonga released here Friday, the Zimbabwean relives an awful experience, but which he was forced to stick with it. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Dakar (Senegal) Three Francophone African works have been selected among the ten novels shortlisted for the 2010 Award of the Five Continents of the Francophonie, awarded annually to a novel in French, cultural sources told APA Tuesday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Moscow (Russia) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is working with historians, educational specialists and government representatives to develop a history syllabus for African schools, APA learns from Moscow on Thursday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA - Dakar (Senegal) An international symposium under the theme "Alioune Diop, the man and his work amidst contemporary challenges," opens on Monday in Dakar, organizers announced here. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA Banjul (The Gambia) Former Gambian president Dawda Kairaba Jawara was on Saturday afternoon the centre of attention when he launched his autobiography Kairaba at the Kairaba Beach Hotel, about 15 kilometres from Banjul, the capital. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Banjul (The Gambia) Former Gambia President Dawda Kairaba Jawara, is scheduled to launch a book of his memoires, entitled "Kairaba" at the Kairaba Beach Hotel in Banjul on Saturday, APA learns here Wednesday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Dakar (Senegal) A senior economist at the World Bank, Leonardo Lacovone, said that most African corporations cannot survive for several years on the global export market. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) The important judicial decisions of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) have enriched the law on genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch has said in its comprehensive report containing the tribunal judgments. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA - Lagos (Nigeria) The Director-General of Nigeria’s National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), Dr Umar Bindir, says the march towards Vision 20:2020 will be hastened if Nigerian universities begin to generate funds from the commercialisation of research results and innovations. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Nairobi (Kenya) The lack of citizenship rights generates conflict and undermines democracy in many countries in Africa, according to two new studies by the Open Society Institute. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA - London (United Kingdom) The Nelson Mandela Foundation has Tuesday threatened legal action against the president of Congo-Brazzaville Denis Sassou-Nguesso, after discovering that he claimed the foreword of his new book had been penned by the widely revered former South African leader, Nelson Mandela. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA – Cape Town (South Africa) Nelson Mandela will release a new memoirs focusing on the best of his personal archives and letters from his time as anti-apartheid activist and former South African president, the publishers Macmillan said here on Wednesday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Cairo (Egypt) The Egyptian foreign ministry has coordinated with the Al-Azhar University in Cairo to give Côte d’Ivoire, a religious library with a full range of Islamic books. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA - Lagos (Nigeria) The proprietress of the Foundation for Skills Development (FSD), Mrs Omowale Ogunrinde, says the formulation of a policy that will encourage the publication of more fiction by the Nigerian government will improve reading culture in the country. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Dakar (Senegal) A Senegalese journalist and writer Abdoulatif Coulibaly, has just produced a book entitled “Stories and miscalculations of ANOCI (National Agency for the Organization of the Islamic Conference), in which he examines closely the management of that organization chaired by Karim Wade, the son of the Senegalese head of state, who was in charge of organizing the great conference of the Muslim world in March 2008 in Dakar. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Monrovia (Liberia) The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Tuesday launched two of its flagship annual publications in Monrovia, the Liberian capital, APA learns here. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA - Dakar (Senegal) Beninese opposition leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Bruno Amoussou on Saturday launched his book titled “L’Afrique est mon combat” (Africa is my fight), on the sidelines of the international socialist meeting in Dakar, APA notes here. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) A new book on the 1994 Tutsi genocide in Rwanda, the first by a genocide orphan was launched on Saturday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA---Freetown [Sierra Leone] A group of researchers from the Human Rights Programme of the Harvard Law School in the United States, have published a damning book about the plight of child miners in Sierra Leone, APA learns here Friday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Monrovia (Liberia) Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Wednesday launched her autobiography entitled: This Child Will Be Great” Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA Libreville (Gabon) Guinean writer Tierno Monénembo will host a literary café on Saturday at the French Cultural Centre (CCF) in Libreville, the Gabonese capital. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA - London (United Kingdom) The United States president Barack Obama, has been tipped twice for this year’s Galaxy British Book Awards shortlist, officials announced here Tuesday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kampala (Uganda) Ugandan lawyers acting on behalf of Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gadhafi have threatened to sue Kampala tabloid, the Red Pepper, for defamation. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Dakar (Senegal) African literature is doing very well but not African writers, the Guinean writer and 2008 Prix Renaudot winner, Tierno Monénembo, said on Thursday in Dakar during an exclusive interview with APA. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Nairobi (Kenya) Kenya is a country of origin, destination and transit for human trafficking, Kenya’s minister for labor, John Munyes has said here quoting a recent survey. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA - Lagos (Nigeria) According to the latest census report of Nigeria’s population that was conducted in 2006, the country’s inhabitants number 140,003,542 with the population of males and females put at 71,709,859 and 68,293,683 respectively, APA learnt here. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA- Cairo ( Egypt ) The Egyptian Prime Minister, Ahamed Nazif on Wednesday opened the 41st session of the Cairo International Book Fair with the participation of 765 publishers from 27 countries. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Accra (Ghana) The swearing-in ceremony of United States of America President Barack Obama as first Black American president on Wednesday dominated Ghanaian media reports. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion