The World Health Organization says that up to 70,000 refugees have died in Sudan's Darfur region since March 1, 2004 due to various causes, including diseases and malnutrition.
WHO spokesman David Nabarro said Saturday the figure does not take into account deaths from direct violence in the conflict-torn region.
Nabarro said the number of displaced people in &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/367/12391_Sudan.html ' target=_blank>Darfur increased to 1.8 million in September. Sudan disputes the WHO figures, saying there could not have been more than 7,000 deaths in Darfur refugee camps, informs CNN.
"This report is totally wrong and not correct at all," he told The Associated Press.
The US has said the government-supported killings and mass evictions constitute genocide, and &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/world/2002/06/27/31302.html ' target=_blank>UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has created an international commission to compile a report in three months on whether genocide has occurred.
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