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More relief aid arrives in Monrovia for displaced people
22 Aug 2003 As humanitarian aid converges in the Liberian capital, the UN refugee agency has been persuading displaced refugees - including some 500 Sierra Leonean refugees encamped in its office compound - to return to their camps, where they can receive the relief supplies. -
UNHCR visits displaced people beyond Liberian capital
21 Aug 2003 The UN refugee agency has joined other aid agencies to assess humanitarian needs in Tubmanburg, north of Monrovia. It has also travelled to Liberia's border with Sierra Leone to explore the possibility of opening up land routes for refugee repatriation and the delivery of relief items. -
UNHCR resumes sea repatriation from Monrovia; urges refugees to go home
18 Aug 2003 More than 200 Sierra Leonean refugees have sailed home as the UN refugee agency restarted its sea evacuation to Freetown. Concerned about continuing insecurity in Monrovia and the outlying camps, UNHCR is encouraging refugees from Sierra Leone to return home. -
UNHCR relief work in Liberia gathers momentum despite security problems
15 Aug 2003 The UN refugee agency's emergency staff and relief supplies have arrived in the Liberian capital. But logistical problems and fear of looting and marauding militia have slowed efforts to mount a significant relief operation. -
Mood in Monrovia "more relaxed"; UNHCR back in action
13 Aug 2003 The UN refugee agency is sending a ship of relief items towards the Liberian capital amid positive developments that include the departure of ex-President Charles Taylor and a rebel agreement to pull back from the frontlines. -
UNHCR makes gradual return to Liberia this week
11 Aug 2003 The UN refugee agency is moving back into the Liberian capital of Monrovia with senior and emergency staff, as well as basic relief supplies. Upon its full return, UNHCR plans to help up to 300,000 Sierra Leonean and Ivorian refugees, displaced Liberians and Liberian returnees. -
UNHCR prepares to return to Monrovia
5 Aug 2003 With the arrival of international peacekeepers in Liberia, the UN refugee agency is standing by to return to the conflict-hit country with humanitarian aid and emergency staff once the situation improves and the UN security team gives its clearance. -
Refugees may flee to Guinea as Liberian rebels advance, warns UNHCR
31 Jul 2003 Rebels of the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL) have reportedly captured towns in Nimba county, north-eastern Liberia. The UN refugee agency has cautioned that the latest fighting may send refugees in the area fleeing into nearby Guinea. -
Liberian rebels overrun another Monrovia camp
29 Jul 2003 Fighting around the Liberian capital has spread to Samukai camp - home of more than 3,500 Sierra Leonean refugees, some of whom had been due to leave in an emergency sea evacuation to Freetown