Written question asked by Paul Flynn (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 30 October 1996. It was answered by Jeremy Hanley (Conservative) on Wednesday, 30 October 1996 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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Question: What estimates he has assessed relating to the numbers of Sudanese civilians that have been killed as a result of warfare since 1991, indicating where possible, the ethnic group of casualties. - Inc figs.

Answer: Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimates he has assessed relating to the numbers of Sudanese civilians that have been killed as a result of warfare since 1991, indicating where possible, the ethnic group of casualties. [678] Mr. Hanley: No detailed figures are available. But the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Sudan suggested in his most recent report, February 1996, that 1.2 million people had died since 1983 as a result of the Sudan civil war.

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