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War drives more people in Darfur out of homes

Jul 10, 2007, 20:35 GMT

New York - The continued ethnic fighting in Sudan's Darfur region has thrust more than 160,000 people out of their homes and villages so far this year, swelling the rank of those internally displaced to more than 2.1 million, the United Nations said Tuesday. The UN office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs in New York said a total of 4.2 million Darfurians or nearly two-thirds of the region's population now depend on relief assistance, including the displaced people. 'Every day, more people need our help, yet humanitarian colleagues are under increasing threat from all sides,' said John Holmes, head of the humanitarian office. 'Obviously, we will not give up - the needs are too great.' The war, pitting government-backed Arab militias against black African rebel groups in Darfur, has killed more than 300,000 people since 2003. Holmes said attacks against relief workers have dramatically increased this year, threatening the lifeline for the increasing number of displaced people needing assistance. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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