Over 1,000 dead in Darfur landslide as Sudan war hinders relief efforts
A devastating landslide in the Marrah Mountains of Darfur has killed over 1,000 people, prompting appeals for international aid amid escalating violence in the region.
Sudan’s ruling body on Tuesday issued statements mourning the deaths of hundreds in a devastating landslide that destroyed an entire village in the Darfur region.
The civilian authority of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM), which controls the area in which the incident occurred, announced on Monday that heavy rains in the last week of August triggered landslides on Sunday that killed the entire population of a village located in the Marrah Mountains on the border of the Central and South Darfur states.
“All the residents of Tarsin village, estimated to be more than a thousand people, died yesterday, Sunday, and only one person survived, according to preliminary information,” the SLM civilian authority said in a statement.
Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council — its de facto ruling body led by Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) commander Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan — said on Tuesday that “all possible capabilities will be harnessed to provide support and relief to those affected by this painful disaster.”
