Today it was reported in the BBC that the Darfur Genocide may have killed 300,000 people which is a 50% increase from the previous figure gathered in 2006. This figure accounts for those killed in fighting as well as those killed by disease and malnutrition, which are direct consequences of the fighting. After 6 years of little international effort to resolve this crisis the UN said that a peace keeping force will not be in full strength before the end of the year.
On a side note the Chinese government has said that it may withdraw a shipment of weapons to Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, so we know that the Chinese government is willing to take a humanitarian stance but just chooses not to in the Sudan.
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