Counting the Recent Dead in Darfur

by Michael Bear · 2009-09-17 20:23:00 UTC
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Alex de Waal at the blog Making Sense of Darfur has compiled all the incidents reported by UNAMID, UN agencies, NGOs and the Sudanese Government, to track violent fatalities. There were fifty violent fatalities across Darfur in August, including civilians, rebels, and government forces.

The relatively low number of casualties is not to say that Darfur has suddenly emerged, phoenix-like, from the conflict. The situation remains incredibly grim, especially for those trapped in the camps.

[Photo of Darfur from Nite_Owl's photostream on flickr - Creative Commons, Attribution]

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