மௌரிட்டானியா: முன்னாள் அடிமைகள் நலவாழ்வுக்கு 18 மில்லியம் ஈரோ ஒதுக்கப்படும் என்று அறிவித்துள்ளது
MAURITANIA: 19 MILLION EURO FOR EX-SLAVES SOCIAL PROGRAMMES
(ANSAmed) - NOUAKCHOTT, NOVEMBER 26 - The Mauritanian government has allocated more than 19 million euro of the 2008 budget for social programmes favouring ex-slaves, Economy and Finance Minister Abderrahmane Ould Hamma Vezzaz said, quoted by a Mauritanian agency. This sum "will be in line with the fight against the after-effects of slavery and poverty among the former slaves," the minister commented for Agence Mauritanienne d'Information (AMI) the day after the approval of the 2008 budget. The Mauritanian government must also fund, spending up to 8 million euro, the repatriation programme of the Negro-Mauritanian refugees living in Senegal and Mali, the total cost of which is estimated at around 50 million euro and which is to be completed by "partnerships for development", Ould Vezzaz explained. The minister also promised a "marked improvement of the living conditions of the population" in 2008, due to the launching of various development projects that are expected to create new job opportunities and strengthen growth. Slavery, officially abolished in 1981, has been practised in all the communities and mainly in the countryside. Last August the National Assembly adopted a law to criminalise slavery in the country for the first time. The repatriation of the Negro-Mauritanian refugees, escaped in Senegal and Mali after the violence among some ethnic groups in the period from 1989 to 1991, is expected to start in December and 12,600 refugees are reported to have already expressed their desire to be repatriated. (ANSAmed).
2007-11-26 12:46
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