Join the Debate on Darfur 10am (EST) TODAY!
Written byGeorgia Popplewell
Further to our earlier post, here's a quick update on the Reuters Newsmaker event on Darfur, which takes place in New York starting at 10am EST today. Our Sub-Saharan Africa editor Ndesanjo Macha will be live-blogging the event at his blog, Jikomboe, so you'll be able to follow the proceedings there. Reuters will be tossing to the GV team from time to time for questions and feedback, so please leave any comments you may have either on this post or on Ndesanjo's blog.
In related news, Reuters Alertnet this morning released the results of its poll on the situation of Aid workers in Darfur (full coverage here).
Written byGeorgia Popplewell
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Hi from NYC where I’m sitting next to Ndesanjo, who is working on a post as we speak! BTW Reuters will post the video of the event after the fact… it’s too bad they can’t stream it live.
What is known concerning the rumored reports of American Marines in Darfur now trying to train locals to repel the violence being imposed on them .
Ndesanjo has started live-blogging here: http://www.jikomboe.com/?p=1474
We welcome questions & comments!
I have a question for the panelists. What is the truth about the numbers of deaths in Darfur?
Victor, there is much disagreement about the number of deaths. From my research I can tell you that 400,000 is a high unlikely number. It’s is closer to 200,000.
Not all died as a result of fighting. A portion died due to disease and malnutrition.