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Displaced people return as central Liberia calms down
1 Oct 2003 According to a visiting UN team, fighting has died down in central Liberia and displaced people have been returning to their villages, asking for food and medicine. Rebels controlling the area have promised unhindered access for aid agencies. -
Despite improved security, Liberians trickle into Guinea
30 Sep 2003 Fighting in central Liberia continues to drive hundreds of Liberians into Guinea each week. Some have fled simply based on the threat of rebel attacks. The UN refugee agency has sent a team to assess the situation in the conflict-ridden area. -
Liberian refugees return home from Côte d'Ivoire
26 Sep 2003 An inter-agency mission to Zwedru in eastern Liberia found thousands of Liberian returnees from Côte d'Ivoire, citing fears of instability in their host country. The team also found 200 Ivorians, some of whom said they preferred to stay in the relatively calm Zwedru area for now. -
Renewed clashes prompt civilians to flee central Liberia
24 Sep 2003 Thousands of Liberians have been driven from their homes in Gbarnga town, Bong county, after fresh fighting broke out over the weekend. Meanwhile, UNHCR has sent a team into rebel-controlled Zwedru town in eastern Liberia to assess the situation for the first time in months. -
Coming out in Freetown
23 Sep 2003 The story of a gay Liberian who has found happiness and independence in Sierra Leone. -
New influx of Liberians in Guinea worries UNHCR
22 Sep 2003 Over 4,500 Liberian refugees have arrived in southern Guinea in the last week after fleeing fighting between government and rebel troops. UNHCR has already moved some 1,500 to camps further inland, and is working to provide more assistance with help from partner agencies. -
UNHCR to lay groundwork for land returns from Liberia to Sierra Leone
18 Sep 2003 After a recent visit to the Liberia-Sierra Leone border, the UN refugee agency has determined that work must start as soon as possible on road repairs to facilitate the eventual land repatriation of Sierra Leonean refugees in Liberia. -
UNHCR may resume work in eastern Liberia soon
16 Sep 2003 The UN refugee agency has said that it hopes to resume operations in eastern Liberia as soon as possible. This comes amid a series of assessment missions to the region that has been cut off from humanitarian aid since March. -
UN team enters deserted and devastated Liberian town
15 Sep 2003 A UN team managed to enter the southern Liberian port of Harper at the weekend - the first such visit for six months - and reported that it has suffered extensive looting and is largely deserted; on Monday, the team encountered a mixed picture as they probed further inland and along the border with Côte d'Ivoire.