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Liberian refugees rebuild lives as first post-war elections get underway
11 Oct 2005 Liberians are going to the polls today (Tuesday) in the country's first elections since the end of the civil war in 2003. In the past two years, more than 400,000 displaced people and refugees have gone back to their homes in Liberia and are now trying to rebuild their lives. -
With the shooting over, Liberian students aim high
23 Sep 2005 Before it was destroyed by rampaging armed factions, Dolokelen Gboveh High School was the most prestigious government-run school in Liberia's Bong County. Now, with the help of the UN refugee agency and its partners, the school has risen from the ashes and its students are once again aiming for a better future. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Côte d'Ivoire: Returns of Liberians on increase
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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. -
Liberian returnee camp closes as inhabitants go home
13 Jul 2005 Perry Town returnee camp closed recently after all its inhabitants were helped home by UNHCR. It was the sixth camp to close as the pace of returns picks up amid improved security and rehabilitation in Liberia.