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UNHCR helps Guinea ease the local integration of Liberian refugees
16 Aug 2007 UNHCR is working with Guinea and other countries in West Africa to ease the local integration of Liberian refugees who did not take part in the refugee agency's successful repatriation programme that ended recently. -
UNHCR shuts its office in the Kissidougou region of southern Guinea
2 Oct 2006 The UN refugee agency has just closed its office in Kissidougou, ending a nearly 18-year presence in the southern Guinea region near the borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia. The office was closed without ceremony last Saturday. -
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. -
More and more Liberians returning home from Guinea
20 Jul 2006 Liberian refugees are returning home from Guinea in increasing numbers this year. A convoy last week carried 761 refugees across the border - the biggest convoy since UNHCR launched a voluntary repatriation programme in 2004. Some 17,500 refugees have returned home from Guinea this year. -
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. -
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. -
Refugee musicians' story wins 'Best Documentary' in L.A. film festival
15 Nov 2005 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.