Darfur Conflict

Darfur Deaths Total 70,000 Since March

From a BBC report:

About 70,000 displaced people are thought to have died in Sudan's Darfur region since March, mainly from disease and malnutrition, a UN official says.

David Nabarro, head of the World Health Organisation's health crisis group, said up to 10,000 people were still dying in refugee camps each month.


Darfur Region

It's estimated that only about 15% of deaths were due to violence, most were caused by poor sanitation and disease. Concern has been expressed internationally, but little help has been provided. The UN has been noticeably slow in reacting. On the other hand, the African Union has assisted by mobilizing a 300-strong cease-fire monitoring mission, but it's only a small start.

Of note is that the UN is again particularly unreliable when it comes to helping stop massive death tolls.