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Jolie highlights need for continued assistance in Sierra Leone
11 May 2005 The UN refugee agency's Goodwill Ambassador, Angelina Jolie, is in Sierra Leone for a second time, visiting a centre for survivors of sexual and gender based violence and a maternity hospital in a refugee-hosting settlement. She plans to discuss the Truth and Reconciliation Commission with the President. -
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. -
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. -
Biggest convoy to date heads back to Lofa county, Liberia
21 Mar 2005 More than 300 Liberian refugees have returned in the first and biggest UNHCR convoy from Sierra Leone to Lofa county, Liberia's largest area of return. The journey will take five days until a more direct route is opened. -
Lubbers hails return movements in West Africa
3 Feb 2005 Mid-way through his mission to the region, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers has celebrated the return of peace in Sierra Leone and the improved security in Liberia, two developments which have allowed thousands of refugees to go home. -
Liberian refugees go home for the holidays and harvest
7 Dec 2004 Some 250 Liberian refugees have left Sierra Leone on the largest return convoy to date, arriving home in time for the year-end festivities. Among them are farmers who can look forward to agricultural reintegration assistance in the coming year. -
Women in Sierra Leone get grain without pain
2 Dec 2004 For generations, the women of Kambia district had to endure the strenuous work of pounding rice husks for consumption and sale. But thanks to rice mill machines donated by UNHCR, they now have more time for other things and more money to reinvest in the farms. -
West African countries wage war on violence against women
30 Nov 2004 The authorities in Liberia and Sierra Leone have joined humanitarian organisations like the UN refugee agency and the International Rescue Committee to launch 16 Days of Activism to Eliminate Violence against Women. Activities involve men, women and youth in the refugee and local communities.