In March 2016, the ICRC closed its last sub-office in Liberia located in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County. The following month we ended our prison activities which included regular visits to prisons...
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Liberia: Facts and Figures 2016
Liberia: Promoting humanitarian principles in law enforcement The ICRC continues to help the Liberian authorities respond to humanitarian needs while also strengthening the capacities of institutions...
Liberia: Facts and figures, January - August 2016
Liberia: Improving living conditions for detainees The ICRC continued to help Liberian authorities respond to humanitarian needs while strengthening the capacities of different national institutions. ...
Liberia: Armed forces train in international humanitarian law
Monrovia (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has given a four-day training course in international humanitarian law (IHL) to 24 junior and senior Liberian army officers. The...
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Liberia / Côte d’Ivoire: ICRC resumes cross-border family reunifications
Monrovia (ICRC) – Fourteen Ivorian children who had sought refuge in Liberia five years ago were reunited with their families between 4 and 12 February. The International Committee of the Red Cross...
Liberia: Armed Forces of Liberia receive international humanitarian law manual
Monrovia (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has donated 480 copies of a new training manual on the law of armed conflict (LoAC), also known as international humanitarian law...
Liberia: ICRC helps authorities improve living conditions for prison inmates
The ICRC recently helped the Liberian authorities fumigate Monrovia Central Prison against bed bugs. This is part of our support to prison authorities in their efforts to improve conditions for...
Ebola: Red Cross/Red Crescent response in Liberia July – December 2014
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Liberia: Surviving Ebola with care and cash
Friday 28th Nov 2014 | Latest News, Africa The ongoing Ebola epidemic is the largest in history, affecting multiple countries in West Africa. Since the breakout in March 2014, over 15,000 people have...
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Ebola : nous avons besoin de travailleurs humanitaires en Afrique de l’Ouest
Nous avons besoin de travailleurs humanitaires en Afrique de l’Ouest. En les stigmatisant ou en restreignant leur mobilité, on mine l’efficacité de la riposte. Déclaration du Mouvement international...
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Ebola: The world needs humanitarian workers in West Africa
The world needs humanitarian workers in West Africa. Stigmatizing them or restricting their movement will hinder the global response. Statement by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent...
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Football promotes dialogue and solidarity
Liberian Red Cross volunteers and ICRC personnel recently helped young people organize a football tournament in a camp for refugees from neighboring Côte d’Ivoire, promoting dialogue and solidarity...
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What the ICRC did in 2013
Detainee welfare visited over 1,800 detainees in 22 places of detention, including prisons and police stations; helped the Bureau of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Ministry of Justice) to improve...
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Côte d'Ivoire/Libéria : Une mère et ses enfants réunis après trois ans de séparation
Pendant la crise post-électorale de 2010-2011 en Côte d’Ivoire, des milliers de personnes ont fui les violences et se sont réfugiées au Libéria. Parmi elles de nombreux enfants, obligés de partir...
Liberia: Hygiene for healthier and happier communities
Building latrines and changing hygiene habits supports development. So the Liberian Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the ICRC are building latrines...
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Liberia/Côte d’Ivoire: Where conflict separates, the Red Cross reunites
All too often, armed conflict separates families, leaving children alone and far away from home. The case of Lucien (not his real name) is not unusual. During and after a conflict, the ICRC reunites...
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The ICRC in Liberia
19-04-2013 Overview In Liberia, the ICRC is focusing on detainee welfare, water and sanitation, supporting the Liberian National Red Cross Society, and promoting international humanitarian law. In...
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What the ICRC did in 2012
Detainee welfare Conducted 157 visits to 14 detention facilities and 7 police stations. Visited 88 Ivorian internees at Wainsue Internment Facility and reunited 14 juvenile internees with their...
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From internment to release
On 13 March 2012, the Liberian authorities released 69 Côte d’Ivoire nationals from an internment camp in Liberia and the ICRC transported them to a refugee camp near the Ivorian border. After the...
Health care for all detainees
Renovating prisons is seldom a top priority for governments during the recovery phase that follows a long war. The ICRC helps authorities around the world to improve prison infrastructure, health and...