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Some 3,500 Ghanaians flee to Togo to escape village feuding
28 May 2010 A land dispute between two villages in north-eastern Ghana has forced 3,500 Ghanaians to flee their homes and cross into neighbouring Togo. -
UNHCR self-reliance programme helps empower Ivoirian refugee
30 Mar 2009 Ouattara Madoussou has been resettled in Canada. But she will stay in touch with Indonesian friends through an internet business set up with UNHCR help. -
Former Liberian refugee seeks to help others adjust to life in US
11 Mar 2009 Jacob Massaquoi, a former refugee from Liberia, heads African Refuge, which seeks to ease the transition for those adjusting to new lives in the United States. -
UNHCR chief Guterres urges support for 2009 Humanitarian Appeal
24 Nov 2008 High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, representing the UN system, appeals to the international community to help meet the needs of tens of millions of the world's most vulnerable people. -
Sierra Leonean refugees relocate to new houses in Liberia
22 Sep 2008 Sixteen Sierra Leonean refugee families relocate to houses rehabilitated in a town near the Liberian capital Monrovia under the local integration process. -
Liberian town sets aside land for local integration of Sierra Leoneans
20 Aug 2008 A town in northern Liberia sets aside land for the construction of 60 houses for Sierra Leonean refugees, giving a boost to efforts aimed at local integration. -
Urban refugees from Côte d'Ivoire move to camp
15 Jul 2008 A UNHCR convoy takes more than 150 urban refugees from Côte d'Ivoire to a rural camp after they asked to be moved from the Guinea capital, Conakry. -
French youngsters donate toys to uprooted children in Liberia
4 Jul 2008 A Parisian museum sends hundreds of donated toys to returnee and internally displaced children in Liberia with the help of an aviation charity and UNHCR. -
Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf stresses development
16 Jun 2008 President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf tells top UNHCR official it is time for Liberia to move from the humanitarian to the development stage of recovery.