Friday, October 01, 2004

Horrific death toll in Darfur revealed

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Over 90% of the displaced families in the refugee camps said they left their homes because of a direct attack on their village, and up to 90% of deaths in the families prior to arriving at the camps were a result of violent attacks.

The scale of killing and disappearances amongst men was so high that the population of the camps now shows a deficit of males: for every 100 women in the camps studied there are only around 60 men.