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                   Tens of Thousands Flee Violence in Darfur

   The United Nations says attacks in Sudan`s long-troubled Darfur region
   have forced more than 45,000 people to flee their homes.
   A U.N. spokesman says the violence took place in the southern Darfur
   region of Um Gunya, with many people fleeing to the state capital,
   Nyala.
   Reports from the scene say the attacks were carried out by Sudanese
   government forces. But there is no independent confirmation of that.
   The U.N. spokesman says violence also has broken out in North Darfur.
   He said that violence is the result of intercommunal fighting and has
   forced thousands of people to flee their homes.
   Rival communities in Sudan frequently clash over land, water and
   mineral resources.
   Conflict has ravaged in Darfur since 2003, when mainly non-Arab rebels
   took up arms against the Arab-led government, leading to reprisal
   attacks by government-backed militias.
   The United Nations says more than a decade of violence in Darfur has
   left more than 300,000 people dead and forced close to 2 million
   civilians from their homes, creating a humanitarian disaster.
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