Depressing Data From Darfur

Things in Darfur are worse than we thought.

The U.N. announced Tuesday that they underestimated deaths in Darfur by 50 percent. [BBC]

The official numbers released in March put the death toll in Darfur at 200,000, with another 2.5 million people displaced. [CNN]

This new information puts the death toll at 300,000 people in the last two years.

Also, sexual violence has increased recently, and food allotments for civilians affected by the civil war will be halved in a few days.

U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs: �I am sad to say that the humanitarian situation remains as grim today as it was [last year], if not more so.� [CNN]

This year alone, 100,000 civilians have fled their homes, many not for the first time.

The violence isn�t just impacting residents of Darfur. Six aid workers have been killed this year, and 42 humanitarian posts have been attacked.

Maybe now the mainstream media will pay attention.

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