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Sudan: The Crisis in Darfur (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date June 16, 2004
Report Number RS21862
Report Type Report
Authors Ted Dagne, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

The ongoing crisis in Darfur Province in western Sudan has raised serious concerns about a major humanitarian disaster, with an estimated one million people displaced and more than 140,000 people forced into neighboring Chad. There are no reliable estimates of the number of people killed as a result of the conflict. The government of Sudan has denied or severely restricted access to relief officials in Darfur. Some observers and U.S. officials estimate that between 10,000-30,000 people have been killed over the past twelve months. U.S. officials assert that an estimated 320,000 could die by the end of 2004 irrespective of the international response. This report will be updated as developments warrant.