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Ivorian refugees find novel ways to survive and thrive in Liberia
18 Aug 2005 Almost three years after fighting started in Côte d'Ivoire, thousands of Ivorian refugees who fled to eastern Liberia have either integrated locally or are finding novel ways to survive in the camps, while helping each other and keeping their morale high. -
Pavarotti ferry extends lifeline to Angolan refugees and Zambian hosts
17 Aug 2005 The ferry funded by the "Pavarotti and Friends" charity concert has not only assured Angolan refugees in Zambia's Nangweshi camp of regular assistance, but also facilitated their return to Angola and stimulated regional trade. -
People power rules for Liberian returnee community
11 Aug 2005 Where there's cooperation, development will follow, as the residents of Boiwen town are finding out. Hundreds of these internally displaced people who returned home to Bomi county in western Liberia are rebuilding their lives through a grassroots, community approach. -
Returning to the Angolan enclave of Cabinda
3 Aug 2005 A group of 52 Angolan refugees in the Republic of the Congo have made the first organised return since 2003 to the oil-rich Angolan enclave of Cabinda. Relatives have told them the situation is calm, while Cabinda authorities say return conditions are in place. -
First Angolan refugees return home from south of Kinshasa
2 Aug 2005 UNHCR has started a new phase in its Angola return operation, helping to repatriate Angolan refugees who have been living outside camps and settlements in the Congolese region of Kasangulu. -
UNHCR team finds factors that may muddy issue of return to Liberia
25 Jul 2005 A UNHCR Sierra Leone team visiting Liberia's Lofa county to find out how returnees are coping has found that while most seem happy to be home, some are facing obstacles like a shortage of physical and social infrastructure and services. -
Rival ethnic groups smoke peace pipe in Liberia's Lofa county
20 Jul 2005 Returning from exile, the Lorma and Mandingo tribes of Lofa county are finding out that to begin a new life in the face of so much destruction, they must first reconcile their differences before they can rebuild their shattered lives and communities together. -
More Liberians returning from western Côte d'Ivoire, reports UNHCR
19 Jul 2005 The pace of returns from Côte d'Ivoire to Liberia has risen sharply, with 5,100 returnees in the last four weeks compared to just 700 in the first five months of the year. Factors boosting repatriation include improved security and reception conditions in Liberia. -
UNHCR starts new season of returns from Botswana to Angola
15 Jul 2005 With the end of the rainy season in Botswana, UNHCR this week started the year's first flights carrying Angolan refugees in Dukwi camp back to Huambo province in central Angola. Road convoys to Kuando Kubango province are expected to start within weeks.