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UNHCR closes a transit centre for Liberian refugees in Côte d'Ivoire
7 Jul 2006 The closure of the UNHCR transit centre at Tabou in south-west Côte d'Ivoire ends another chapter in the challenging search for solutions for tens of thousands of Liberian refugees. -
Rwandan refugee's soap opera promoting tolerance wins film festival award
10 May 2006 A UNHCR-produced soap opera promoting tolerance and directed by a Rwandan refugee living in Côte d'Ivoire has won the Audience Award at a film festival in the capital, Abidjan. -
UNHCR marks the end of the return programme for thousands of displaced in Liberia
21 Apr 2006 UNHCR joins the Vice President of Liberia and former displaced people in celebrating the completion of the return programme for more than 300,000 people who fled their homes during the decade-long civil war. -
Liberian refugee women stitch together new future after Angelina Jolie skills course
23 Feb 2006 There was an atmosphere of joy and jubilation in Largo refugee camp last week when 50 Liberian refugee women each received a sewing machine after completing a sewing skills course, kindly funded by UNHCR's Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie. Their new skills will help the refugees earn a living when they finally return home. -
New political order pulling Liberian refugees home
9 Feb 2006 Heeding the call of their new president to return and help rebuild the country, Liberian refugees have been streaming home from Ghana, Nigeria, and neighbouring Sierra Leone and Guinea with UNHCR assistance to embrace the new peace. -
UNHCR expands activities to help Liberian IDPs realise their goal of a new school
2 Feb 2006 A new school rising in the Liberian village of Balama shows both the importance of letting communities decide their own priorities and UNHCR's increasing efforts to give the same reintegration help to internally displaced people as it gives to refugees. -
Largest UNHCR convoy since Liberian refugees began returning home
30 Jan 2006 The largest convoy of refugees to return to Liberia since the UN refugee agency's repatriation operation began in 2004 has arrived home in the wake of this month's inauguration of the new democratically elected president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. -
After violence in Côte d'Ivoire, UNHCR hopes to resume operations
24 Jan 2006 The UN refugee agency hopes to be able to resume work in and around the western Ivorian town of Guiglo after being forced to evacuate staff from the region last week. -
New president appeals for refugees to return to Liberia
16 Jan 2006 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was sworn in Monday as Liberia's president, becoming Africa's first elected female leader. The 67-year-old woman has vowed to restore stability to her country and is calling on Liberian refugees to return home.