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Timber finally arrives on Indonesia's Nias Island to rebuild thousands of homes
17 Mar 2006 After months of delay and setback, timber shipments have finally arrived on Nias Island in Indonesia for rebuilding some of the thousands of homes lost in a devastating earthquake which submerged some coastal areas of the island last year. -
Timor-Leste's President Xanana Gusmão warmly welcomed at UNHCR
14 Mar 2006 Timor-Leste's President Xanana Gusmão pays an official visit to the UN refugee agency and is warmly welcomed by High Commissioner António Guterres, who had been Portugal's Prime Minister during the turbulent period of East Timor's separation from Indonesia. East Timor had previously been a Portuguese colony. -
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. -
New buildings start to replace submerged villages of Nias Island
22 Dec 2005 While still reeling from last December's destructive Indian Ocean tsunami, Nias Island - off Indonesia's Sumatran coast - was struck again three months later by an 8.7 magnitude earthquake that shifted the entire island and tilted three isolated villages into the sea. Now, with the help of the UN refugee agency, the submerged villages are being rebuilt. -
UNHCR focuses post-tsunami efforts on Aceh's west coast
14 Dec 2005 After a massive three-month relief operation in Indonesia's Aceh province in the immediate aftermath of the 26 December 2004 tsunami, the UN refugee agency returned to Aceh in June 2005 to help with the rebuilding of communities on Aceh's badly damaged west coast. -
New permits allow Indonesian refugees to move on in Papua New Guinea
14 Oct 2005 On the first anniversary of their transfer to a remote refugee settlement area in Papua New Guinea, a group of 184 refugees from Indonesia's Papua province (formerly known as Irian Jaya) have been granted residency permits which will transform their daily lives -
Basketball bonus lets young refugees shoot hoops of hope
1 Sep 2005 With an extra bounce in their step, students in refugee settlements in East Awin, Papua New Guinea, are rediscovering the joys of playing basketball, thanks to a donation by the Fédération Internationale de Basketball that is drawing young refugees and locals together. -
Ivorian refugees find novel ways to survive and thrive in Liberia
18 Aug 2005 Almost three years after fighting started in Côte d'Ivoire, thousands of Ivorian refugees who fled to eastern Liberia have either integrated locally or are finding novel ways to survive in the camps, while helping each other and keeping their morale high. -
From Canada to Kabul: Afghan singer seeks to restore music education
15 Aug 2005 Amir Jan Saboori, one of the leading figures in Afghan folk music, has returned from his adopted home in Canada to visit Afghanistan in a bid to start music schools and to safeguard the future of traditional Afghan music.