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UNHCR resumes repatriation from Guinea to Sierra Leone
2 Dec 2003 After a three-month break over the rainy season, the UN refugee agency has started helping Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea to go home again. It plans to help close to 1,000 return before the end of the year, ahead of more convoys and a gradual phase-out next year. -
Feature: Keeping young refugees on the ball in Sierra Leone
27 Nov 2003 Working on the premise that children learn best when they are having fun, the Right to Play group has been working with UNHCR to help young refugees in Sierra Leone's camps enjoy games and sport. -
First group of Sierra Leoneans flies home since Liberia peace deal
30 Oct 2003 Ten Sierra Leonean refugee families have left Liberia for home in an airlift organised by the UN refugee agency and the World Food Programme, which are planning twice-weekly repatriation flights to speed up the pace of returns. -
Refugee band gets on soapbox in Guinea's camps
8 Oct 2003 Discovered in a Guinean camp, a Sierra Leonean refugee band has been entertaining fellow refugees with songs of hope and healing from its "Soda Soap" album, and encouraging them to help rebuild their country. -
Coming out in Freetown
23 Sep 2003 The story of a gay Liberian who has found happiness and independence in Sierra Leone. -
UNHCR to lay groundwork for land returns from Liberia to Sierra Leone
18 Sep 2003 After a recent visit to the Liberia-Sierra Leone border, the UN refugee agency has determined that work must start as soon as possible on road repairs to facilitate the eventual land repatriation of Sierra Leonean refugees in Liberia. -
UNHCR tests anti-malaria tool in Sierra Leone's refugee camps
26 May 2003 The UN refugee agency has started testing insecticide-treated plastic sheeting in southern Sierra Leone's Largo and Tobanda camps. Participating refugees will put up the sheeting in their tents for six to 12 months to see if it is effective in keeping out malaria-carrying mosquitoes. -
UNHCR starts country-wide refugee census in Sierra Leone
23 May 2003 Together with the government and partner agencies, the UN refugee agency is in the process of counting and categorising refugees throughout Sierra Leone. This will help UNHCR to plan better programmes to assist and protect refugees, and culminate in the distribution of refugee identity cards. -
Lubbers hails peace process, spirit of recovery in Sierra Leone
16 May 2003 On mission in Sierra Leone, UN refugee agency chief Ruud Lubbers has praised the country's smooth transition to peace and the indomitable spirit of returnees and refugees on the road to recovery.