UNITED NATIONS - How many people have died in Darfur? Two years ago, the U.N. estimated 200,000. But the man who gave that figure now says it's far too low to be accurate. Sudan has long said it's way too high.
A new mortality survey might settle the question, but the U.N. has no plans for one — they say they are too busy trying to help the living. Activist groups say Sudan's government doesn't want one.
Former U.N. humanitarian chief Jan Egeland said in a recent AP interview there is no question that tens of thousands more people have died since he made the 200,000 estimate in 2006. He cited the dramatic increase in the number of people affected by the conflict and the recent upsurge in fighting, and said 400,000 dead is probably closer to the truth. Source
1915-1918: The Armenian Genocide is considered the prototype for future geno-cides in one of the bloodiest centuries of modern history. Over 1,500,000 Armenians, about half the Armenian population, were killed by Ottoman Turkey during WWI.
1939-1945: The Holocaust 6,000,000 Jews and more than 3,000,000 others considered "undesirables" were killed by Nazi Germany in Europe during WWII.
1975-1979: The Cambodian Killing Fields 1,200,000 Cambodians were killed by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge political party.
1994: Rwandan Genocide In a 4-month period, 800,000 Tutsis killed by ethnic Hutu militias.
2004-?: Genocide in Sudan Janjaweed, government-backed Arab militias, have engaged in campaigns to displace and wipe out entire communities of African tribal farmers. Based on conser-vative estimates, tens of thousands of civilians have died and some 1.6 million have been forced from their homes. Source
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