10,000 a Month Dying in Camps, Agency Says
Up to 10,000 people, many of them children, are dying each month from disease and violence in Darfur camps, despite an international aid effort, the World Health Organization said. The study was carried out by the WHO and the Sudanese government.
Dysentery was the leading cause of death, but violence was also significant, although the survey did not go into detail on the nature of the violence.
The United States has accused the Sudanese government of condoning genocide in Darfur by not halting Arab militia attacks against African tribes.
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