The number of people dying because of the civil war in Sudan is significantly higher than previously reported, according to a new study. More than 61,000 people have died in Khartoum state, where the fighting began last year, according to a report by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's Sudan Research Group.

A new study suggests the death toll in Sudan’s devastating civil war is far higher than is being reported, with as many as 61,000 killed in Khartoum state in the first 14 months of the war, which began in April of last year.

More than 61,000 people are estimated to have died in Khartoum state during the first 14 months of Sudan's war, with evidence suggesting the toll from the devastating conflict is significantly higher than previously recorded,