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Renewed Darfur Fighting Kills 105, Thousands Flee
 Renewed fighting in Sudan's Darfur region may have killed up to 105 civilians and displaced more than 9,000 last week, the United Nations said yesterday. "It has been confirmed that the village of Hamada was nearly totally destroyed and that up to 105 civilians may have been killed, with the majority of victims being women and children," UN spokesman George Somerwill told a news conference.A UN assessment team was sent last week to the area of Hamada, Juruf and Gemeiza villages in South Darfur state, where the government launched a military campaign in December it said was to clear the roads of banditry. Aid community sources and rebels have said government planes bombed the area on Jan. 19. Somerwill did not know how the people were killed, who the fighting was between or if aerial bombardment had caused the high number of casualties in Hamada. Aerial bombardment would be a direct violation of security protocols signed between the government and the two main Darfur rebel groups in November. Posted by: Fred 2005-01-27 |
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