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Fighting sets back refugee programmes in Lofa

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    Insecurity in Lofa County in north-western Liberia is a major setback for programmes that target Liberian returnees and Sierra Leonean refugees, a UNHCR official told IRIN.

    The fighting that broke out in Lofa some two weeks ago between government troops and rebels is affecting the Liberian refugee repatriation programme and the Sierra Leonean refugee care and maintenance programme, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) representative in Liberia, Ebou Camara, said.

    "Everything that we need for the Sierra Leonean refugee care and maintenance programme has been looted," Camara told IRIN in Monrovia on Saturday.

    See Item: irin-english-1472, titled 'Fighting sets back refugee programmes in Lofa'

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