This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 12 June 2001 UNHCR was able for the ...

In 1991, a rebel army known as The Revolutionary United Front (aka the RUF) began terrorizing the eastern villages of Sierra Leone in an effort to gain control of the country's diamond mines. With ...

KENEMA, Sierra Leone, May 16 (UNHCR) - UN refugee agency chief Ruud Lubbers has ended the second-last leg of his West Africa trip by hailing the peace process in Sierra Leone and the positive spirit ...

FREETOWN (Reuters) - Abu is not sure exactly how old he was the first time he killed. He thinks he was 13, but was high on a cocktail of drugs and alcohol at the time and -- like many Sierra Leoneans ...

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