August 30, 2006 | Pulitzer Center
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Children and women have been raped systematically by the armed actors in this conflict. Meanwhile, according to some NGOs, about 1200 people die daily because of non-direct fighting. Illnesses like malaria, cholera and typhoid fever are some of the hidden killers. Malnutrition also plays a big role in this tragedy, along with the shortage of schools and universities that leave the youth uneducated and therefore more willing to become guns for hire in a country where jobs are scarce by the day.