Sudan disputed a U.N. report saying 70,000 people have died since March
Saturday, October 16, 2004 at 03:37AM
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On Friday, the World Health Organization
estimated that at least 70,000 people had died in the camps, most
because of poor conditions. The number does not include those killed in
fighting, including militia and government attacks on villages or on
fleeing refugees. Mohammed Yusuf Ibrahim, state minister at the
ministry of humanitarian affairs, disputed the estimate. "This report
is totally wrong and not correct at all," he told The Associated Press.
He said the real number was less than 10 percent that estimated by the
U.N. health agency. He cited Sudanese government reports. "The reports
we have here speak of the situation for the last 32 weeks and nowhere
could we see what they were talking about," he said. He would not
elaborate on the government reports or give more specific numbers. Dr.
David Nabarro, WHO's head of crisis operations, said Friday that
refugees will continue to die unless countries provide more money to
help them. [more
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