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Dalaras ends West Africa trip with pledge to highlight refugees' cause
20 Feb 2007 Greek musician and singer George Dalaras wrapped up his first overseas visit as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador at the weekend with a pledge to raise awareness about the work of the refugee agency and the people it helps in Sierra Leone and Liberia. -
Dalaras gets in tune with Liberian refugees on first field visit
16 Feb 2007 On his first field trip since becoming UNHCR's Goodwill Ambassador last October, Greek singer George Dalaras visited Liberian refugees in Sierra Leone before sharing the experience of a lifetime - escorting them on the road home. -
Literacy programme opens up new opportunities for women in Liberia
11 Jan 2007 The Suakoko Women's Centre in Liberia's Bong County is playing an important role in the reintegration and empowerment of women. It runs several vocational courses, but demand is greatest for its adult literacy programme. -
Liberian spontaneous returnees take advantage of de-registration incentives
5 Jan 2007 Hundreds of former Liberian refugees who have returned spontaneously to their homeland since 2003 are taking advantage of a de-registration programme in which they turn in their refugee documentation in exchange for an assistance package. -
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. -
Urban returnees seek jobs in Liberia after passing computer course
17 Nov 2006 Liberia's recovery from years of civil war took another small step forward earlier this month when 69 former refugees proudly accepted certificates after completing a UNHCR-funded computer course in the capital Monrovia. -
First repatriation of Liberians from opposition-held northern Côte d'Ivoire
15 Sep 2006 The UNHCR this week began for the first time repatriating Liberian refugees from areas of Côte d'Ivoire under the control of opposition forces. The first group of 198 refugees left from the town of Danané in western Côte d'Ivoire and later crossed the Nihon River, which separates the two countries. -
Last voluntary repatriation convoy for Liberians from two Guinea camps
4 Sep 2006 UNHCR has run a final voluntary repatriation convoy for Liberian refugees at Guinea's Kountaya and Télikoro refugee camps and the facilities will be formally closed later this month after the remaining refugees have been relocated to other camps. Kountaya was once home to thousands of Liberian refugees. -
Almost 300 Liberian refugees arrive home on chartered vessel
31 Jul 2006 A group of 298 Liberian refugees have arrived home from Ghana aboard the Gambia-registered Brenda Corlett. It was the first UNHCR-assisted return by sea this year, but others are expected soon.