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Liberian returnees urge displaced compatriots to come home
7 Jul 2005 A UNHCR team visiting Liberia's areas of return this week spoke to returnees who said they were happy to be home and that conditions were improving. Houses were being rebuilt and services were up and running, but the shortage of trained workers has prompted a call for more returns. -
Liberian refugees rush home to register to vote
30 May 2005 Hundreds of Liberian refugees are returning home from neighbouring countries ahead of the June 4 deadline to register to vote in the October elections. -
The short road home to Lofa county
26 Apr 2005 The UN refugee agency this week started repatriating Liberian refugees in Sierra Leone through a new route that will more than halve the travelling time to Lofa, Liberia's largest area of return. -
Refugees in Liberia receive ID cards
26 Apr 2005 The UN refugee agency has started issuing identity cards to refugees around Monrovia in a joint effort with the Liberian government to enhance the protection of refugees in the country. -
UNHCR to start informing Liberian refugees on election process
20 Apr 2005 The UN refugee agency has welcomed the Liberian authorities' decision to extend by two weeks the voter registration period for Liberian refugees returning after May 21. An information campaign on election procedures will target Liberians displaced in the country and in the region. -
Refugee herdsmen return to Nigeria
18 Apr 2005 A convoy of 420 refugees, mostly from the Fulani tribe who fled clashes in eastern Nigeria's Taraba state in 2002, have ended their exile in Cameroon and left for home. Many more are expected to follow later, travelling on foot with their livestock. -
Liberian youths launch platform against gender violence
12 Apr 2005 The UN refugee agency has launched "Saturday theatre", a project to combat sexual and gender-based violence through interactive performances by returnees, youth groups and the local community in Liberia's Gbarpolu county. -
Crafting a future in Sierra Leone
11 Apr 2005 Sixty-one Liberian refugees and members of the host community in Kissy Town have graduated from a six-month programme to train them in crafts like carpentry, catering, gara tie-dyeing, soap-making and agriculture - skills that will improve their livelihood options wherever they go. -
Ivorian peace could pave way home for 15,000 refugees
7 Apr 2005 The UN refugee agency has welcomed the decision by Ivorian parties to end the war in Côte d'Ivoire, a move that could help stabilise the region and pave the way home for some 15,000 Ivorian refugees.