By Sam Zinnah During the many years of armed violence and persecution in our Nation, more than 250,000 of our fellow Liberians lost their lives, the Nation’s economy and infrastructure–houses, schools, clinics, roads and bridges were damaged, and more than 900,000 […]
BUKAVU, 3 August 2007 (IRIN) – The Banyamulenge, found mainly in South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have been at the centre of several wars in the country, and were at one time stripped of citizenship […]
Nouakchott, Mauritanie – Le Comité interministériel chargé de préparer le retour en Mauritanie des réfugiés se trouvant au Sénégal et au Mali depuis 18 ans et du règlement du passif humanitaire, entamera vendredi une tournée dans les quatre régions mauritaniennes […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]