Dakar, Oct 24, 2007 A group that claims to represent some of the 30,000 Mauritanian refugees living in Senegal says the recent arrest of some returnees is a sign that the planned repatriation of thousands of others should not go […]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today urgently appealed for funding for its work in refugee camps in Western Sahara and Algeria as well as for the repatriation of Mauritanian refugees. The agency’s spokesperson Jennifer Pagonis told reporters […]
Prepared by the Victims Participation and Reparations Section This report is submitted in accordance with the Decision on victims’ applications for participation a/0010/06, a/0064/06 to a/0070/06, a/0081/06 to a/0104/06 and a/0111/06 to a/0127/06, issued by the Single Judge on 10 […]
By Semakula Kiwanuka The writer is the Minister of State for Investment THE Weekly Observer of September 27 carried an article about Olara Otunnu in which he declared that, “NRM can’t take away my citizenship.” He said the NRM had […]
The current study was commissioned by Justice for Children Trust (JCT). JCT is a locally registered trust headquartered in Harare. It was formed to offer free legal services to disadvantaged children in Zimbabwe. In its work with disadvantaged children, JCT […]
By Stephen Jackson, Citizenship Studies, vol.11:5, 2007, pp.481-500 ABSTRACT Politically fomented restrictions on citizenship eligibility are on the rise in Africa. This has proven particularly so in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where, over more than 40 years since independence, […]
I – POPULATION CIBLE A – PERSONNES CONCERNEES Pour participer à l’opération spéciale d’audiences foraines, il faut : – être âgé de 13 ans révolus, c’est-à-dire 13 ans plus 1 jour au moins, quelle que soit la nationalité de l’intéressé […]
Télécharger ici: Decision portant dispositions speciales en matiere d’audiences foraines Unofficial English translation: 2007 Special provisions in matters of field hearings (PDF, 18 kb)
Dakar, Sep 19, 2007 (UN Integrated Regional Information Networks/AllAfrica Global Media via COMTEX) — Cinq ans après la rébellion qui a déchiré la Côte d’Ivoire et son peuple, déjà accablés par les affrontements ethniques, le gouvernement ivoirien est prêt à […]
Art. 24: “No person shall deprive a child of the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality or the right as far as possible to know his natural parents and extended family.” Download file: here
Section 15 provides: Subject to this Act, every recognised refugee and every protected person within Sierra Leone– (a) shall be entitled to the rights and be subject to the duties contained in– (i) the Articles of the United Nations Convention […]
APA – Dakar (Sénégal) Entre 1960, année de l’accession du pays à l’Indépendance, et l’année 2007, quelque douze mille demandes de naturalisation ont été recensées au Sénégal, selon des statistiques disponibles à la Direction des affaires civile et du sceau, […]