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Sudan death toll far higher than previously reported - study
More than 61,000 people have died in Khartoum state, where the fighting began last year, according to a report by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's Sudan Research Group.
Of these, 26,000 people were killed as a direct result of the violence, it said, noting that the leading cause of death across the Sudan was preventable disease and starvation.
Many more people have died elsewhere in the country, especially in the western region of Darfur, where there have been numerous reports of atrocities and ethnic cleansing.
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Until now, the UN and other aid agencies have been using the figure of 20,000 confirmed deaths.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crln9lk51dro
Of these, 26,000 people were killed as a direct result of the violence, it said, noting that the leading cause of death across the Sudan was preventable disease and starvation.
Many more people have died elsewhere in the country, especially in the western region of Darfur, where there have been numerous reports of atrocities and ethnic cleansing.
...
Until now, the UN and other aid agencies have been using the figure of 20,000 confirmed deaths.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crln9lk51dro
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