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Liberians flee rebel threat in refugee-hosting south
20 May 2003 More than 10,000 primarily Liberian refugees have fled to neighbouring Côte d'Ivoire amid fears of rebel attacks in southern Liberia. The UN refugee agency has urged the rebels to respect and protect the civilian population, including refugees and third-country nationals hosted in the conflict zone. -
Lubbers urges political solution for Liberia's worsening humanitarian situation
15 May 2003 Nearly half of Liberia's population has been displaced or risks displacement in the raging civil war, says UN refugee agency chief Ruud Lubbers, calling for a cease-fire so that desperate victims can receive aid again. -
Lubbers seeks solutions for refugees caught in Ivorian conflict
12 May 2003 On the first leg of his mission to West Africa, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers met with top leaders of strife-torn Côte d'Ivoire and told thousands of Liberian refugees stranded at Nicla camp that UNHCR was working hard to find solutions for them, despite a difficult political environment. -
Hundreds flow back into Côte d'Ivoire amid Liberian conflict
10 Apr 2003 The tide has turned again in West Africa. Some of the 95,000 people who recently fled the Ivorian crisis for Liberia are reported to be crossing back into troubled Côte d'Ivoire as fighting intensifies in eastern Liberia. -
Thousands of refugees caught in renewed fighting in eastern Liberia
27 Mar 2003 In the midst of fresh rebel fighting in eastern Liberia, the UN refugee agency has lost touch with some 5,000 Ivorian refugees and other West African nationals at its transit camp in Zwedru. -
UNHCR appeals for $29 million to help victims of Ivorian crisis
21 Mar 2003 The UN refugee agency has launched a revised appeal to help 163,000 people who could be affected by the Ivorian crisis this year. The fresh funds will go to building and rehabilitating camps in Liberia and Guinea, and life-saving solutions for Liberians remaining in Côte d'Ivoire, among other operations. -
UNHCR concerned about aid workers' disappearance in eastern Liberia
5 Mar 2003 The UN refugee agency is doing all it can to help locate three humanitarian workers from its partner organisation, the Adventist Relief and Development Agency, who went missing after recent rebel fighting in Toe Town, eastern Liberia. -
Thousands flee attack on transit camp in eastern Liberia
3 Mar 2003 The UN refugee agency has expressed grave concern after rebel fighting hit a transit centre in eastern Liberia's Toe Town, displacing some 2,500 recent arrivals from Côte d'Ivoire who had sought refuge from the Ivorian conflict. -
Get us out of Côte d'Ivoire, plead Liberian refugees
18 Feb 2003 A group of Liberian refugees have been demonstrating outside the UN refugee agency's office in Abidjan, pleading to be evacuated from a life of fear and harassment. Some have come from as far as western Côte d'Ivoire to make their voices heard.