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Liberia: Over 70,000 remain refugees

Published: 12/Juil/2007
Source: The Analyst (Liberia)

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

Published: 11/Juil/2007
Source: Xinhua News Agency

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

Published: 10/Juil/2007
Source: Xinhua News Agency

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

Published: 6/Juil/2007

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

Published: 30/Juin/2007
Source: Al Jazeera (via BBC Monitoring)

[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 […]

17 Years after, farewell to Oru camp refugees

Published: 28/Juin/2007
Source: This Day

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

Published: 25/Juin/2007
Source: Zimamoza Institute (Harare)

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

Published: 22/Juin/2007
Source: Kenya High Court at Nairobi

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 […]

Nigeria: Oru camp winds up

Published: 19/Juin/2007
Source: This Day (Nigeria)

Oke Epia The Federal Government has set June 30 as deadline for the winding up of the Oru Refugee camp and a return of the land to Ijebu North local government area of Ogun State. This was disclosed by Acting […]