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"Sudan Darfur donor conference raises $3.6bn"
Sudan Darfur donor conference raises $3.6bnBBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22072990#TWEET715568
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Organisers had sought some $7.2bn in development aid aimed at making the region more self-sufficient.
Around 300,000 people are thought to have died during a decade of conflict in Darfur, according to UN estimates.
As many as 1.4 million remain homeless.
The pledged figure includes 2.65bn from the government in Khartoum as part of a peace deal signed in Qatar in 2011.
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