Liberia, Ghana Prepare Camps for Ivory Coast Refugees

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Liberia and Ghana are preparing for an influx of refugees fleeing political unrest in neighboring Ivory Coast, officials from the governments of the West African nations said.

Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf agreed to set up a camp for refugees in Karnplay Town, with international agencies providing aid, Whetonia Barnes, the executive director of the Liberia Refugees, Resettlement and Repatriation Commission, told reporters yesterday in the capital, Monrovia.