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The displaced inhabitants of the Sudanese region of Darfur are traumatized and humiliated, and remain at constant risk of rape, violence and pressure to return to their homes, a United Nations humanitarian official told reporters after visiting the war-torn area. Dennis McNamara, the Director of the UN's Internal Displacement Division, told a press conference that rape and sexual violence against women and girls in Darfur was an immense problem.