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Mauritanian ministers meet refugees ahead of repatriation

July 18, 2007 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Mauritanian ministers meet refugees ahead of repatriation

DAGANA, Senegal, July 18, 2007 (AFP) – A high-powered Mauritanian government team on Wednesday visited a refugee camp in Dagana, north of Senegal, ahead of a planned repatriation of some 20,000 Mauritanian refugees. It is the first official meeting at […]


Liberia: Over 70,000 remain refugees

July 12, 2007 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Liberia: Over 70,000 remain refugees

By Sallu Swaray Over 70, 000 Liberian refugees still reside in camps outside the country particularly in neighboring Sierra Leone, Guinea, Ivory Coast, The Gambia and Ghana respectively, according to the UN Refugees Agency, UNHCR. Speaking Wednesday at a news […]


Exiled Mauritanians begin tentative retreat back to homeland after 18 years

July 11, 2007 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Exiled Mauritanians begin tentative retreat back to homeland after 18 years

DAKAR, July 10 (Xinhua) — Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade and his Mauritanian counterpart Sidy Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, who has completed a one-day visit to Senegal, affirmed Tuesday their willingness to strengthen friendship and cooperation relations in all fields between the […]


Senegal, Mauritania to foster Cooperation

July 10, 2007 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Senegal, Mauritania to foster Cooperation

DAKAR, July 10 (Xinhua) — Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade and his Mauritanian counterpart Sidy Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, who has completed a one-day visit to Senegal, affirmed Tuesday their willingness to strengthen friendship and cooperation relations in all fields between the […]


Togo: Loi No.2007-017 du 6 juillet 2007 portant code de l’enfant

July 6, 2007 1:05 pm Published by Comments Off on Togo: Loi No.2007-017 du 6 juillet 2007 portant code de l’enfant

The Code de l’enfant includes comprehensive provisions on nationality of children (arts. 17-24). Unlike the nationality code of 1978, these provisions create equal rights in most cases for men and women to transmit nationality to their children and spouse. The […]


Mauritanian president speaks of “serious violations” of human rights in 1980s

June 30, 2007 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Mauritanian president speaks of “serious violations” of human rights in 1980s

[Presenter] In the first address he delivered after taking office, Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdellahi has spoken bitterly of what he called large-scale human rights violations committed in Mauritania in 1989, 1990 and 1991. Ould Cheikh Abdellahi vowed […]


17 Years after, farewell to Oru camp refugees

June 28, 2007 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on 17 Years after, farewell to Oru camp refugees

Lagos — From July 1, refugees hitherto sheltered in the comfort zone of the Oru camp will have to face the challenges of a new lifestyle either in Nigeria or in their home countries where peace and nomalcy have returned […]


Ethnic Cleansing in Zimbabwe: The Origins and Objectives of the Zimamoza Institute

June 25, 2007 10:09 am Published by Comments Off on Ethnic Cleansing in Zimbabwe: The Origins and Objectives of the Zimamoza Institute

Mission statement: We, the descendants of the migrant workers who came mainly from Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia; whose blood, sweat and taxes oiled the economic development of Zimbabwe; and who eventually became naturalised Zimbabweans due to old age, destitution, infirmity […]


Kenya: Deepak Chamanlal Kamani v. Principal Immigration Officer & 2 others

June 22, 2007 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Deepak Chamanlal Kamani v. Principal Immigration Officer & 2 others

Kenya High Court at Nairobi, Petition No.199 of 207 [2007]  eKLR * Passport part of the right of Liberty and the right of movement under SS72(1) and 81(1) of the Constitution and its validity does not spring from any Executive […]


Mauritanie: Nouakchott demande l’aide du HCR pour rapatrier ses réfugiés

June 21, 2007 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Mauritanie: Nouakchott demande l’aide du HCR pour rapatrier ses réfugiés

C’est un premier pas dans la résolution du dossier du retour des réfugiés mauritaniens expulsés de Mauritanie au cours de la vague de répression menée sous le pouvoir du président déchu Ould Taya contre la communauté noire du pays dans […]


Nigeria: Oru camp winds up

June 19, 2007 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: Oru camp winds up

Oke Epia The Federal Government has set June 30 as deadline for the winding up of the Oru Refugee camp and a return of the land to Ijebu North local government area of Ogun State. This was disclosed by Acting […]