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Some 600,000 displaced in Kenya ... may have died in the Darfur conflict. UN humanitarian chief John Holmes told the Security Council that it was likely the death toll from five years of war, famine and disease in Darfur had risen in the past couple of years. That's a 50 percent increase on the figure reported in 2006. Meanwhile the head of the joint UN and African Union mission, Rodolphe Adada, has said the troop component of the UNAMID mission was unlikely to be completely up and running until next year. The former Congolese foreign minister also said that UNAMID still lacked 24 critical attack and transport helicopters as well as key military engineers and logistical support. Last week, AU and UN envoys to Darfur wrapped up a visit to Sudan during which they failed to set a date for peace talks between the parties.
(Deutsche Welle)
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