Darfur Conflict Displaces 300,000 In Five Months - UN -- BBC
Some 300,000 people have fled resurgent fighting in Sudan's Darfur region in the first five months of this year, the UN's top humanitarian official said.
This was more than the number of people displaced there over the last two years put together, Valerie Amos said.
"We cannot let Darfur slip off the radar of the international community," she warned, calling the situation "extremely worrying".
As many as 1.4 million remain homeless after the decade-long conflict.
Around 300,000 people are estimated to have died since 2003, according to the UN.
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