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IKEA Foundation donates mattresses, duvets and covers for Libya-displaced
24 May 2011 UNHCR staff start distribution of thousands of IKEA mattresses, duvets and duvet covers to displaced families at Tunisia's Choucha transit camp. -
Q&A: UN Volunteer helps needy Libyan Berbers in Tunisian camp
23 May 2011 German-Ecuadorean protection assistant Patricia Eckhoff talks about working with refugees from Libya at a camp in southern Tunisia. -
Q&A: Ivorian priest offers haven for displaced people
18 May 2011 Father Cyprien Ahouré talks about a Catholic mission in western Côte d'Ivoire which became a haven for people fleeing the recent violence. -
Hundreds risk return to Libya in bid to reach Europe by boat
17 May 2011 The UN refugee agency says that among those crossing back into Libya are refugees, including Somalis, Ethiopians and Eritreans in a Tunisian camp. -
Death on the Mediterranean
13 May 2011 A young ethnic Oromo man from Ethiopia tells of a fateful boat trip that left 63 of his fellow passengers dead after they set off from Libya for an Italian island. -
Number of civilians to flee Libya's Western Mountains nears 40,000
3 May 2011 Another 8,000 people, most of them ethnic Berbers, arrived in Dehiba in southern Tunisia over the weekend. Most are women and children. -
Humanitarian situation in Côte d'Ivoire remains alarming
3 May 2011 UNHCR field teams say humanitarian situation in Côte d'Ivoire remains grave and tens of thousands of civilians have substantial needs despite war's end. -
Exodus of Berbers to southern Tunisia interrupted by border clashes
29 Apr 2011 Fighting for control of a crossing point on the Tunisia-Libya border halts the exodus of ethnic Berber civilians fleeing from Libya's Western Mountains. -
More civilians flee Libya's Western Mountains, new aid reaches the east
26 Apr 2011 The number of civilians fleeing to southern Tunisia to escape continuing conflict in Libya's Western Mountains region passes the 30,000 mark.