You are invited to a briefing by the

U.S. Committee for Refugees

POST-WAR LIBERIA:

Starting Over Again Toward Peace . . . or War

 by Jeff Drumtra, Senior Africa Policy Analyst, USCR

After seven years of war and nearly three years of fitful peace, at least

three-quarters of Liberia's refugees and internally displaced persons have

returned home. Once-deserted towns have come alive. But nearly a decade of

warfare has left simmering ethnic rivalries. The economy remains in ruins.

International donors and many local residents distrust Liberian President

Charles Taylor. Sporadic violence in the past six months, new population

displacement, and abductions of aid workers have raised fears that Liberia

might be slipping into another cycle of violence.

 

USCR policy analyst Jeff Drumtra has just completed a one-month visit to the

Liberia region to assess the status of repatriation and reintegration. He

will discuss the attitudes of returnees inside Liberia, the plans of Liberian

refugees who remain in asylum in neighboring Guinea and Cote d'Ivoire, and

policy decisions facing NGOs and government officials.

 

Thursday, November 18, 2:00 to 3:30 PM

 

U.S. Committee for Refugees

1717 Massachusetts Avenue NW (2nd Floor)

Washington, DC

(near DuPont Circle Metro)

RSVP to USCR at 202-347-3507