A total of 70,000 people are estimated to have died in Sudan's western Darfur region, with hundreds still dying every day, a top UN official said on Friday. David Nabarro, who heads the World Health Organization's (WHO) health crisis inaction group, gave the new overall figure, saying malnutrition and disease meant the monthly fatality rate was about 10,000. The previous overall death toll had stood at 50,000. People were dying despite the aid effort and the world continued to underestimate the crisis in Darfur, Nabarro said. The United Nations says the area is the scene of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. |