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NGO Directory, 27 October 2011
Address:
Riviéra 3
BP 585 CEDEX 3
Abidjan
Côte d'Ivoire
Tel: +225 2247 5054
Fax: +225 2247 5075
Email: asapsu@afnet.net
Find out more about UNHCR's response to the new displacement crisis in West Africa.
As of late March, more than 100,000 Ivorian refugees had crossed into eastern Liberia since lingering political tension from a disputed presidential election in neighbouring Côte d' Ivoire erupted into violence in February. Most have gone to Liberia's Nimba County, but in a sign that the fighting has shifted, some 6,000 Ivorians recently fled across the border into Liberia's Grand Gedeh County. Most of the new arrivals have settled in remote villages - some inaccessible by car. The UN refugee agency sent a mission to assess the needs of the refugees in the region.
Photographer Glenna Gordon photographed new arrivals near Zwedru in south-eastern Liberia.
UNHCR has expressed its mounting concern about civilians trapped in the Abobo district of Cote d'Ivoire's commercial centre, Abidjan, following days of fierce fighting between forces loyal to rival presidential candidates. The situation there remains grim. Many of the 1.5 million inhabitants of Abobo have fled, but armed groups are reportedly preventing others from leaving. UNHCR is particularly concerned about vulnerable people, such as the sick and the elderly, who may not be able to leave.
