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Tuesday, 08 June 2010 00:00



Renewed violence in Darfur killed at least 597 people in May, making it the deadliest month since peacekeepers were deployed to the conflict-ridden west Sudan region in January 2008.
News agency AFP reported the death toll from a joint United Nations and African Union document on Monday. In May, according to the document, fighting between rebels and government forces left 440 people dead, while clashes between two Arab rival tribes killed another 126 and a further 31 people died in other violence.
Darfur's main rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), walked out of peace talks last month claiming the Sudanese army had violated a ceasefire signed in February as part of a preliminary peace deal. On Monday JEM vowed to continue to boycott peace talks.
This news story was originally featured on the Panos London website.