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Get us out of Côte d'Ivoire, plead Liberian refugees
18 Feb 2003 A group of Liberian refugees have been demonstrating outside the UN refugee agency's office in Abidjan, pleading to be evacuated from a life of fear and harassment. Some have come from as far as western Côte d'Ivoire to make their voices heard. -
Thousands flee Liberian conflict; UNHCR tries to repatriate Sierra Leoneans
17 Feb 2003 Some 6,000 Liberians have fled rebel fighting in the west, while Sierra Leonean refugees near Monrovia risk getting caught in the conflict. In view of rising tensions, the UN refugee agency is working to relocate or repatriate some 17,500 Sierra Leoneans in Liberia. -
Feature: Liberia's child soldiers relive lost childhood in Sierra Leone
12 Feb 2003 Abducted by rebel forces in Monrovia, teenagers Moses and Joshua were forced to grow up on the frontlines of Liberia's brutal civil war. But they managed to escape to Sierra Leone, where after a period of imprisonment, they are now restarting their lives in Bandajuma refugee camp. -
Fighting approaches Ivorian camp, but refugees denied relocation
7 Jan 2003 Thousands of refugees in Nicla camp could be in danger as rebel fighting draws near and a proposed relocation site in the south falls through. -
Feature: School or the streets? Young refugees in Freetown must choose as UNHCR funds diminish
25 Nov 2002 Liberian refugees Zinnah and Owita Mansally live hand to mouth in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The sisters' only outlet is through school, where tuition fees and school uniforms are provided by the UN refugee agency. But the agency's current shortfall may force the girls out of school and into the streets. -
Liberian refugees moved inland in Sierra Leone; others stuck on Guinea's border
11 Oct 2002 More than 3,400 Liberian refugees have been moved from Sierra Leone's border into camps and way stations, while hundreds more are awaiting approval to be transferred to safety from the Liberia-Guinea border area. -
Fresh fighting in Liberia drives 3,000 into Sierra Leone
7 Oct 2002 Thousands have fled Kolahun in Liberia for safety in neighbouring Sierra Leone; UNHCR rushes to move them away from the border and to care for the vulnerable cases among them. -
Refugees displaced after attempted coup in Côte d'Ivoire
24 Sep 2002 Some 200 refugees in Abidjan have approached UNHCR for help after losing their homes in the wake of the September 19 mutiny. They are currently being sheltered in three transit centres and rented hotel rooms in the city. -
UNHCR secures nurses' release from Liberian rebels
3 Sep 2002 The five nurses, abducted from Liberia's Sinje camp on June 20, have been released on the Guinean border. They are visibly traumatised, but according to UNHCR staff, their morale is picking up.