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Ogata in Sierra Leone, Liberia

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    UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata, who ended a two-day visit to Liberia yesterday, toured Sierra Leone refugee camps in Lofa county, Star radio reported. Earlier she was in Freetown where she meet Kabbah. She began her visit in Guinea where, according to a UNHCR spokesman, she was assured by Conakry that it would uphold its open-door policy for refugees fleeing the violence in Sierra Leone.

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