300,000 Dead in Darfur: UN

Security Council told that situation is worsening

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 23, 2008 6:27 AM CDT

(Newser) – The UN's humanitarian chief has painted a grim picture of the situation in Darfur, estimating that disease, war, and famine have claimed 300,000 lives in the region since conflict broke out in 2003—100,000 of them since 2006. People are continuing to die as efforts to solve the crisis have stalled, he warned the Security Council.

The humanitarian official said he was "saddened and angry" that no solution to the suffering had been found, reports the Los Angeles Times. "We continue to see the goal posts receding, to the point where peace in Darfur seems further away today than ever," he said. Some experts think the true death figure is much higher.

Two young boys walk past a battlewagon belonging to fighters of the Sudan Liberation Army's Abdel Wahed (SLA-AW) faction Thursday April 17, 2008 at an unknown location in North Darfur. (AP Photo/Albany Associates)

Children and a fighter of a Sudan Liberation Army faction (SLA-AW) sit outside a meeting between UN and African Union Envoys and field commanders of the faction, April 17, 2008 (AP Photo/Albany Associates)

Hundreds of protesters raise their hands as they gather outside Sudanese Embassy in London for a rally marking the 5th anniversary of the start of the crisis in Darfur, Sunday, April 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Nigerian peacekeepers with the United Nations and African Union mission to Darfur, known as UNAMID, prepare for a patrol to protect women refugees who in southern Darfur, Sudan, Jan. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Alfred de Montesquiou)

Kassab refugee camp in north Darfur, Sudan is seen from a helicopter Saturday Match 24, 2007 . (AP Photo/Alfred de Montesquiou)

Young girls return from school in Darfur on Saturday, Jan. 12 2008. More than 300,000 people have died in Darfur since conflict began in 2003, a UN official says. (AP Photo)

A girl struggles against a sand storm near a water point in a Darfur refugee camp in Sudan, in this April 20, 2007, file photo. (AP Photo)

Darfur refugee Khadija Moussa receives treatment for her malaria in South Darfur on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Alfred de Montesquiou)

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