13 November 2007 – The United Nations refugee agency has signed an accord with Mauritania and Senegal that will allow an estimated 24,000 Mauritanians living in northern Senegal to return home and reintegrate into their former communities. Under the agreement, […]
ATONBONG WEST, BAKASSI, 13 November 2007 (IRIN) – Some 20 Cameroonian soldiers were reportedly killed on 13 November by men in military uniforms in the Bakassi peninsula, a territory won from Nigeria in the International Court of Justice in 2002. […]
by Kissy Agyeman Significance A tripartite alliance was signed between the UNHCR, Senegal and Mauritania for the repatriation of some 24,000 refugees, an operation which is to start in December. Implications This mammoth task will enable thousands of refugees to return […]
By Ibrahima Sylla NOUAKCHOTT, Nov 12 (Reuters) – Thousands of Mauritanian refugees in Senegal could soon go home, nearly 20 years after they fled ethnic purges, under a deal signed on Monday by the two West African neighbours and the […]
By Daniel Flynn N’DIOUM, Senegal, July 27 (Reuters) – Driven from his home because of the colour of his skin, Alpha Sow is one of 20,000 black Mauritanians stranded in camps in northern Senegal for the last 18 years. Now […]
The Immigration directorate, formerly a department, has finally got a new substantive head. Mr Godfrey Sasagah Wanzira has been appointed its director. This hopefully heralds a new chapter in that vital but messed up office where tribal fights, corruption and […]
Repatriation of some 24,000 Mauritanian refugees who have been living in Senegal for nearly two decades will start returning home in December, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday. « The first convoy of returning candidates is […]
By Issaka K. Souaré Introduction In its Resolution 40/50 adopted in December 1985, the General Assembly of the United Nations argued that ‘the question of Western Sahara is a question of decolonisation, which remains to be completed on the basis […]
All Egyptians upon reaching 16 years of age must, by law, obtain a national identification document that includes a national identification number (raqamqawmi) assigned at birth. A national ID is essential to obtain access to post-secondary schooling, get a job, […]
Constitution of Zimbabwe as amended at 30th October, 2007, up to and including amendments made by Constitution of Zimbabwe (Amendment) No. 18 Act, 2007 (Act No. 11 of 2007). Download file: here
Peete J.: Introduction [1 ] In the Lesotho of today, this unique case raises an important issue of a « crisis of identity » under the new democratic constitutional dispensation. [2] Lesotho is a democratic Kingdom, geographically situated, rather conspicuously, in the […]
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 […]