Author Archives for Bronwen Manby
July 30, 2007 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
July 27, 2007 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
July 23, 2007 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
July 21, 2007 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
July 18, 2007 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
July 12, 2007 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
July 11, 2007 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
July 10, 2007 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
July 6, 2007 1:05 pm
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]
June 30, 2007 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
[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 […]
June 29, 2007 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
Le nouveau Code de la famille marocain : Rapport établi par des magistrats français a l’issue d’un voyage d’étude (du 19 au 29 juin 2007) sur l’application de cette législation Télecharger: Le nouveau Code de la famille marocain
June 28, 2007 12:00 am
Published by Bronwen Manby
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 […]