21.   He also said Sierra Leonean returnees and Liberian refugees must be properly screened to prevent weapons coming into Sierra Leone.

22.   In a report about conditions on the border between Sierra Leone and Liberia, the UNHCR said some Liberian refugees were severely malnourished when they arrived.

23.   In parts of West Africa, she said, Liberian refugees outnumber the local population and similar situations prevail in many other countries.

24.   Liberian refugees and many residents of the Ivory Coast town of Tai, near the Liberian border, fled to the town of Guiglo further north.

25.   Nigerian Foreign Minister Tom Ikimi on Wednesday offered safe haven to Liberian refugees, though warned Liberia that goodwill was running short throughout the region.

26.   Nigerian Foreign Minister Tom Ikimi offered safe haven Wednesday to Liberian refugees, though he warned Liberia that goodwill was running short throughout the region.

27.   Newly arriving Liberian refugees at camps in southern Sierra Leone told Opande they fled their villages when Liberian forces told them an attack was coming, he said.

28.   Searchers on Monday failed to find a crowded Liberian refugee ship believed to be stalled and running low on drinking water off the West African coast.

29.   Some of the aid will go to refugees from Sierra Leone living in Guinea, and Liberian refugees in Sierra Leone.

30.   Tens of thousands of Liberian refugees live in refugee camps in Ghana and other West African countries.