Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby

New hope for long-suffering Mauritanian refugees

juillet 23, 2007 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur 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

juillet 21, 2007 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur 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

juillet 18, 2007 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur 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

juillet 12, 2007 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur 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

juillet 11, 2007 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur 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

juillet 10, 2007 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur 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

juillet 6, 2007 1:05 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur 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

juin 30, 2007 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur 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 […]


Le nouveau Code de la famille marocain : Rapport établi par des magistrats français

juin 29, 2007 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Le nouveau Code de la famille marocain : Rapport établi par des magistrats français

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


17 Years after, farewell to Oru camp refugees

juin 28, 2007 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur 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

juin 25, 2007 10:09 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur 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

juin 22, 2007 12:00 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur 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 […]