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Refugees on the move

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    Between 2,000 and 3,000 Sierra Leonean refugees have moved from Kolahun to Vahun in the troubled northwest Liberian county of Lofa, according to Action contre la Faim (ACF), one of the few NGOs still operating in Lofa.

    Fighting in Lofa this month between government troops and insurgents caused relief agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to pull out from the area. Only ACF and Medical Emergency Relief International (MERLIN) still have programmes running there.

    A UNHCR spokesman in Abidjan told IRIN on Thursday his agency was unable to confirm the number of people displaced in Lofa. The spokesman said a UNHCR official was scheduled to leave Abidjan for Monrovia on Friday to assess the safety situation in northwest Liberia.

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