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Conditions are worsening for refugees in Darfur, U.N. agencies said on Tuesday, as the Sudanese government and rebels struggled to make headway in talks aiming to ease the conflict in the Darfur region. The U.N. agencies said the Darfuri refugees were facing violent attacks and spreading disease, while heavy rains were wreaking havoc with aid convoys. The reports came a day after the expiry of a deadline set by the U.N. Security Council for Sudan to prove it can protect the refugees in Darfur or face possible sanctions. "The humanitarian situation in Darfur continues to worsen, with ongoing violations and the rainy season at its peak which is hampering and disrupting the flow of international aid very often," Simon Pluess, spokesman for the U.N. World Food Program (WFP), told a news briefing in Geneva. [more

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