UNITED NATIONS, Rabi'II 30, 1436, Feb 19, 2015, SPA -- The United Nations said Thursday that fighting between Sudanese government forces and rebels in Darfur has displaced over 41,000 people since late December. “Aid organizations have assessed and verified the needs of 41,304 people displaced” in North Darfur state and the Jebel Marra areas, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its weekly bulletin. Ivo Freijsen, the head of OHCA’s Sudan office, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that the real number could be higher than the figures given, which were collected between the last week of December and February 15. “There are several localities, basically part of the Jebel Marra massif, to which we don’t have access,” Freijsen said. OCHA said that unrest in Central Darfur forced 14,000 people from their homes in the same period last year. --SPA 19:29 LOCAL TIME 16:29 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w