Agency Report
More than 1,000 people have been killed after a landslide wiped out a village in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, according to the Sudan Liberation Movement-Army (SLM-A).
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The incident occurred on Sunday in the village of Tarasin in Central Darfur’s Marrah Mountains, following days of rainfall, the rebel group said in a statement.
“Initial information indicates the death of all village residents, estimated to be more than one thousand people,” it said.
“Only one person survived.”
The village was “completely leveled to the ground,” according to the SLM-A, which appealed to the United Nations and international aid groups for help to recover the bodies of the victims, who include men, women, and children.
Sudan has been engulfed in a civil war as tensions between the country’s military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces exploded into fighting in April 2023.
The majority of the Darfur region has become inaccessible to aid workers due to the ongoing fighting.
Aid group Doctors Without Borders has said that multiple communities in Darfur, including the Marrah Mountains, have been cut off after more than two years of war and isolation, describing these areas as “a black hole” in Sudan’s humanitarian response.
The Sudan Liberation Movement-Army, which operates in the Marrah Mountains area, is one of multiple rebel groups active in the Darfur and Kordofan regions.
It has not taken sides in the war.
More than 40,000 people have been killed during the conflict in Sudan, with more than 14 million forced to flee their homes.