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Refugee status for Sierra Leoneans to end
6 Jun 2008 UNHCR recommends that states end refugee status for Sierra Leoneans who fled civil war, saying the root causes of the problem have ceased to exist. -
UNHCR hands over camp infrastructure to Guinea government
30 Jan 2008 UNHCR hands over two former refugee camps and their infrastructure to the Guinean government. -
UNHCR helps Guinea ease the local integration of Liberian refugees
16 Aug 2007 UNHCR is working with Guinea and other countries in West Africa to ease the local integration of Liberian refugees who did not take part in the refugee agency's successful repatriation programme that ended recently. -
UNHCR staff rock to the rhythms of the Refugee All Stars
3 Jul 2007 The acclaimed Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars band paid their first visit to the Geneva headquarters of the UN refugee agency on Tuesday and had staff dancing in the atrium and galleries of the building. -
UNHCR ends Liberian operation after helping more than 100,000 go home
2 Jul 2007 A convoy of trucks carrying 798 refugees crossed the border from Sierra Leone at the weekend marking the end of the UN refugee agency's successful Liberian repatriation programme. -
Q&A: Former child soldier speaks out for those without a voice
29 Jun 2007 Ishmael Beah, a former child soldier from Sierra Leone, recently published his best-selling memoir, "A Long Way Gone." Now an influential advocate and writer in the United States, he discusses his work and life. -
More than 100,000 Liberians repatriated with UNHCR help
5 Jun 2007 The number of UNHCR-assisted returns to Liberia passed the 100,000 mark on Tuesday with the arrival of a convoy carrying scores of returnees from neighbouring Sierra Leone. -
Refugee All Stars remember their roots as they start to hit the big time
5 Dec 2006 The Refugee All Stars are in great demand these days, but the group of Sierra Leonean musicians had not forgotten their painful pasts when they kicked off a mini-European tour in north London this week. -
UNHCR shuts its office in the Kissidougou region of southern Guinea
2 Oct 2006 The UN refugee agency has just closed its office in Kissidougou, ending a nearly 18-year presence in the southern Guinea region near the borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia. The office was closed without ceremony last Saturday.