Egypt, Nigeria and Peru are among a group of countries that have put together a wish list of disputed cultural artifacts they want brought back to their homelands. At a two-day conference in Cairo, participants argued museums are often the main obsta...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 June 2007 The U.N. refugee agency is ending its repatriation program for Liberian refugees Saturday. Since the operation began 2.5 years ago, the UNHCR has helped more than 100,000 refugees return home from neighboring count...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 December 2006 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees begins returning to south Sudan an estimated 11,000 refugees from Ethiopia, Wednesday, and another 8,000 from the Central African Republic, Saturday, to the ho...