Counting the Recent Dead in Darfur

Published September 17, 2009 @ 08:23PM PT

Alex de Waal at the blog Making Sense of Darfur has compiled all the incidents reported by UNAMID, UN agencies, NGOs and the Sudanese Government, to track violent fatalities. There were fifty violent fatalities across Darfur in August, including civilians, rebels, and government forces.

The relatively low number of casualties is not to say that Darfur has suddenly emerged, phoenix-like, from the conflict. The situation remains incredibly grim, especially for those trapped in the camps.

[Photo of Darfur from Nite_Owl's photostream on flickr - Creative Commons, Attribution]

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Good work doone by the UN and UNICEF at large by promoting Girls Education but that does not rule out the fact that many girls need more educatiponal opportunities, more refined educational laws in primary schools since high drop out i rates are found in upper primary education. Lets give a hand in promoting girls especially in conflict areas of Africa!

Posted by Patience Gulu Namanya on 09/19/2009 @ 09:55AM PT
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Michael has worked for NGOs in Afghanistan, across east and central Africa, and Iraq. Prior to going overseas, he worked on a project providing assistance to the United Nations on the application of International Humanitarian Law to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.