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Mauritanian President marks 100 days in office

July 30, 2007 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Mauritanian President marks 100 days in office

NOUAKCHOTT, July 30 (Xinhua) — Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdellahi has appeared on national television to assess his performance during the first 100 days in office. During the interview, which was held Sunday, President Abdellahi took time to […]


UN to begin identifying Mauritanian refugees

July 27, 2007 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on UN to begin identifying Mauritanian refugees

DAKAR, July 27, 2007 (AFP) – The UN refugee agency said Friday it will begin identifying next week some 20,000 Mauritanian refugees who have been living in Senegal for nearly two decades ahead of their planned repatriation. “The exercise will […]


New hope for long-suffering Mauritanian refugees

July 23, 2007 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on New hope for long-suffering Mauritanian refugees

This village seems typical of villages in northern Senegal – with thatched huts, women cooking on outdoor fires, children playing and men sitting under trees drinking sweet tea. Yet few of the Mauritanians living here call it home. It is […]


Les réfugiés au Sénégal, entre espoir et inquiétude

July 21, 2007 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Les réfugiés au Sénégal, entre espoir et inquiétude

Organiser un retour collectif et serein des réfugiés et déportés mauritaniens de 1989, telle est la volonté du président Sidi ould Cheikh Abdallahi. Pour la première fois depuis 18 ans, une délégation mauritanienne de haut rang a rendu visite aux […]


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 […]