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<title><![CDATA[Sierra Leonean refugees relocate to new houses in Liberia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Sixteen Sierra Leonean refugee families relocate to houses rehabilitated in a town near the Liberian capital Monrovia under the local integration process.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Liberian town sets aside land for local integration of Sierra Leoneans]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea advised on end of their status]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Over the past week the UNHCR operation in Guinea embarked on a campaign informing Sierra Leonean refugees on the upcoming cessation clauses of their refugee status and its implications]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[On an island awash in music, a refugee adds his voice]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[For a refugee from Sierra Leone, studying music at the Edna Manley visual and performing arts college in Jamaica has been a lifeline back to normality.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR declares cessation of refugee status for Sierra Leoneans]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ We are recommending to states to end refugee status for Sierra Leoneans who fled their country during the decade-long civil war which started in 1991, since the root causes of the Sierra Leone refugee...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugee status for Sierra Leoneans to end]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR staff rock to the rhythms of the Refugee All Stars]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 3 Jul 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR ends Liberian operation after helping more than 100,000 go home]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 2 Jul 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Former child soldier speaks out for those without a voice]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Liberia: UNHCR-assisted returns from Sierra Leone set to hit 100,000-mark]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ With today's arrival of a repatriation convoy from Sierra Leone, the number of UNHCR-assisted returns to Liberia will pass the 100,000 mark. The Liberian repatriation has been one of the largest UNHCR...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 5 Jun 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More than 100,000 Liberians repatriated with UNHCR help]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 5 Jun 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugee All Stars remember their roots as they start to hit the big time]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 5 Dec 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Liberian refugee women stitch together new future after Angelina Jolie skills course]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Largest UNHCR convoy since Liberian refugees began returning home]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugee musicians' story wins 'Best Documentary' in L.A. film festival]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The unusual story of six Sierra Leonean musicians, who for several years have been entertaining and inspiring their compatriots in refugee camps in Guinea, has just won the 'Best Documentary' award at a Los Angeles film festival.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[When going home is not an option: local integration in Guinea]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 97,000 Sierra Leonean refugees have gone home from Guinea with UNHCR assistance in the last few years, but 2,111 have decided to stay in their host country. UNHCR is working with the Guinean government to help them integrate into local society.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Liberian returnee camp closes as inhabitants go home]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Perry Town returnee camp closed recently after all its inhabitants were helped home by UNHCR. It was the sixth camp to close as the pace of returns picks up amid improved security and rehabilitation in Liberia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Liberian returnees urge displaced compatriots to come home]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A UNHCR team visiting Liberia's areas of return this week spoke to returnees who said they were happy to be home and that conditions were improving. Houses were being rebuilt and services were up and running, but the shortage of trained workers has prompted a call for more returns.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jul 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Empowering communities one village at a time]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR's community empowerment projects in Sierra Leone's Kono district are providing returning refugees and their surrounding communities with basic services, skills training and the know-how to prevent and respond to sexual and gender based violence.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR launches verification exercise in Sierra Leone]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency has started a verification exercise in Sierra Leone's camps to update refugee numbers in the country amid the ongoing repatriation to Liberia, and to assess the needs of those who remain.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jun 2005 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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