Sudan violence: 160 000 flee

New York-The continued ethnic fighting in Sudan's Darfur region has thrust more than 160 000 people out of their homes and villages so far this year, swelling the rank of those internally displaced to more than 2.1 million, says the United Nations.The UN office for the co-ordination of humanitarian affairs in New York said a total of 4.2 million Darfurians or nearly two-thirds of the region's population now depended on relief assistance, including the displaced people.John Holmes, head of the humanitarian office, said: "Every day, more people need our help, yet humanitarian colleagues are under increasing threat from all sides.
Obviously, we will not give up-the needs are too great."
The war, pitting government-backed Arab militias against black African rebel groups in Darfur, had killed more than 300 000 people since 2003.Holmes said attacks against relief workers had dramatically increased this year, threatening the lifeline for the increasing number of displaced people needing assistance.
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