KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Divorce rates have rocketed in Sudan's Darfur region, where the festering conflict has taken a toll on family life, media reported on Wednesday.
Independent daily newspaper Al-Ahdath reported that courts in south Darfur state ruled on 2,018 divorce cases during the first nine month of 2007. It gave no earlier figures but said there had been a significant rise on previous years.
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