Survey confirms Darfur death rates higher than normal
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The first scientific survey to assess the deadly nature of the conflict in the Sudan&#39;s Darfur area has found that death rates there were three to 10 times higher than those normally found in sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the gravity of the crisis.
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GENEVA  - The mounting death toll in Sudan's conflict-ravaged Darfur region could rise six-fold by the end of the year, hitting 300,000, a senior U.S. aid official said Monday.
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A new study released by the United Nations Children&#39;s Fund (UNICEF) indicates the West African nation of Sierra Leone has the world&#39;s highest rate of child mortality.
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More than 3,000 people have been displaced since the end of August by violence in an area of North Darfur state in the troubled western region of Sudan, a United Nations report said on Sunday.
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Between 6,000 to 10,000 of an estimated 1.2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the troubled western Sudanese region of Darfur are dying every month, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
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A Sudanese government minister denied new U.N. estimates that as many as 10,000 displaced people are dying from disease and violence each month in Darfur, saying Tuesday that the numbers were mistaken and insisting the health situation in the region was "normal."
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A Sudanese minister claimed that more than 270,000 people displaced by the conflict in Darfur had gone home &quot;voluntarily&quot; and that the situation in the western region was &quot;improving.&quot;
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CAIRO, Egypt -- Malnutrition has increased among children in Darfur over the past year despite a massive humanitarian aid effort in the war-torn Sudanese region, according to a U.N. report obtained Thursday.
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Iraqi civilian deaths in political violence reached a new high in January, data from an interior ministry official showed on Thursday.
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GENEVA -- At least 70,000 refugees have died since March because of poor conditions in camps in Sudan's Darfur region, and more will die at the same rate unless countries contribute the $300 million in aid they promised, the UN health agency said yesterday.
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Darfur was about 10,000, blaming malnutrition and disease. He said the figure of 70,000 did not take into account deaths from violence.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan  - Sudan on Saturday disputed a United Nations report saying 70,000 people have died since March in refugee camps in western Darfur province, saying the number couldn't be more than 7,000.
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KHARTOUM, 17 October 2004 - Sudan yesterday questioned UN estimates that up to 70,000 people had died from hunger and disease in its remote Darfur region since a rebellion began 20 months ago.
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About 70,000 displaced people are thought to have died in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region since March, mainly from disease and malnutrition, a UN official says.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan  While violence remains a major concern, the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region is easing and large-scale deaths from malnutrition and disease are likely to be averted as international assistance pours in, UN ...
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A Sudanese official said Tuesday that disturbingly high U.N. estimates of death among Darfur's displaced were mistaken and claimed the health situation was "normal" in the region gripped by what the United Nations has called the world's worst humanitarian disaster.
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Researchers called the situation in Darfur a "demographic catastrophe" on Friday after the first scientific study done in the region found high death rates both before and after the displacement of some 1.5 million people.