Dec 21 (Reuters) – War may break out again in Western Sahara if U.N.-sponsored talks between Morocco and the Polisario Front independence movement fail, Polisario said on Friday. Here are some key facts on Western Sahara: * WHAT IS THE […]
The U.N. High Commission for Refugees is signing an agreement to repatriate more than 10,000 Mauritanian refugees who have been in Senegal for almost two decades. Analysts say this is a much-needed repatriation, but warn ethnic divisions may sour the […]
Article premier : Il est institué une carte nationale d’identité électronique certifiant l’identité de son titulaire, par l’attribution d’un numéro national d’identité unique par personne. Tout marocain âgé de 18 ans grégoriens révolus doit être titulaire de la carte nationale […]
Article Premier : L’Etat Civil au Niger est régi par les dispositions de la présente loi. Art 105: Sont abrogées toutes dispositions antérieures a la présente loi notammant l’ordonnance 85-05 du 29 mars 1985 portant organisation et fonctionnement de l’état […]
NOUAKCHOTT, Nov 20, 2007 (AFP) – President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi on Tuesday urged Mauritanians to embrace genuine reconciliation ahead of the return of thousands of refugees who fled ethnic unrest nearly two decades ago. “We are not looking at […]
RECURSO CASACION Núm.: 10503/2003 (Dª. Khadijatou Boukhari Dafa v Administracion General del Estado) Judgment of Spanish Supreme Court, Case number 10503/2003 (in Spanish) Considers Algerian, Spanish or Moroccan nationality of a Sahrawi person denied the renewal of an Algerian passport, […]
Text of report by Mauritanian independent news agency Al-Akhbar website In a speech in which he inaugurated today, Tuesday 11 November 2007, the national conference for consultation, Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdellahi said Mauritania would guarantee a dignified […]
Monrovia (Liberia) The Liberian government is in the process of granting citizenship to 2,600 Sierra Leonean refugees who chose to stay in the country after the end of a 10 year-old civil war in their country, APA confirmed Thursday. An […]
LUANDA, Angola, November 16 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has completed a vital step in reintegrating the Angolan refugees who returned this decade, ensuring that their children receive the national identity documents needed to enjoy the rights of citizenship. […]
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Ron Redmond – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 13 November 2007 | Français The governments of […]
13 November 2007 – The United Nations refugee agency has signed an accord with Mauritania and Senegal that will allow an estimated 24,000 Mauritanians living in northern Senegal to return home and reintegrate into their former communities. Under the agreement, […]
ATONBONG WEST, BAKASSI, 13 November 2007 (IRIN) – Some 20 Cameroonian soldiers were reportedly killed on 13 November by men in military uniforms in the Bakassi peninsula, a territory won from Nigeria in the International Court of Justice in 2002. […]