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Togo exodus nears 7,000 mark; new Benin camp ready for refugees
29 Apr 2005 A new camp and dispatch of aid supplies are underway in Benin as the refugee exodus from Togo continues to grow. At last count, neighbouring Benin and Ghana had received close to 7,000 new arrivals in the last three days. -
Emergency team deployed to Benin as Togo crisis deepens
28 Apr 2005 As refugees fleeing general insecurity in Togo continue to cross into Benin - numbering more than 3,600 in the last 48 hours - UNHCR is deploying an emergency team to Benin and trucking in more supplies from its warehouse in Accra. Small numbers of refugees are also reportedly trickling into Ghana. -
The short road home to Lofa county
26 Apr 2005 The UN refugee agency this week started repatriating Liberian refugees in Sierra Leone through a new route that will more than halve the travelling time to Lofa, Liberia's largest area of return. -
Refugees in Liberia receive ID cards
26 Apr 2005 The UN refugee agency has started issuing identity cards to refugees around Monrovia in a joint effort with the Liberian government to enhance the protection of refugees in the country. -
UNHCR to start informing Liberian refugees on election process
20 Apr 2005 The UN refugee agency has welcomed the Liberian authorities' decision to extend by two weeks the voter registration period for Liberian refugees returning after May 21. An information campaign on election procedures will target Liberians displaced in the country and in the region. -
Liberian youths launch platform against gender violence
12 Apr 2005 The UN refugee agency has launched "Saturday theatre", a project to combat sexual and gender-based violence through interactive performances by returnees, youth groups and the local community in Liberia's Gbarpolu county. -
Crafting a future in Sierra Leone
11 Apr 2005 Sixty-one Liberian refugees and members of the host community in Kissy Town have graduated from a six-month programme to train them in crafts like carpentry, catering, gara tie-dyeing, soap-making and agriculture - skills that will improve their livelihood options wherever they go. -
Ivorian peace could pave way home for 15,000 refugees
7 Apr 2005 The UN refugee agency has welcomed the decision by Ivorian parties to end the war in Côte d'Ivoire, a move that could help stabilise the region and pave the way home for some 15,000 Ivorian refugees. -
Counting Liberia's "other" refugees
4 Apr 2005 As thousands of Liberian refugees return home after the civil war, refugees in Liberia who hail from West Africa and beyond get ready to stand and be counted in a registration campaign to improve assistance and protection in exile.