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Hunger Grips Thousands Displaced by Inter-Communal Violence in Darfur

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - The World Food Program is scaling up food assistance to tens
   of thousands of people displaced by intercommunal violence in Sudan's
   explosive Darfur region.

   United Nations agencies say an estimated 250 people have been killed
   and more than 100,000 forced to flee their homes following violent
   clashes between the Arab and Massalit tribes in mid-January in West and
   South Darfur.

   The U.N.s World Food Program reports around 70,000 of the displaced are
   gathered in more than 70 centers across El-Geneina, the capital of West
   Darfur. Agency spokesman Tomson Phiri says people are in a weakened
   condition, many suffering from moderate or acute malnutrition.

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