DARFUR – A landslide has destroyed an entire village in Sudan’s western Darfur region, killing an estimated 1,000 people, according to a rebel group that controls the area, according to multiple reports.
The disaster struck Sunday after days of heavy rain, devastating the village of Tarasin in the Marra mountains, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM) said in a statement.
“Initial information indicates the death of all village residents, estimated to be more than one thousand individuals, with only one survivor,” the group said.
SLM/A also appealed to the United Nations and international aid agencies for assistance in recovering the bodies of victims, including children.
The affected area cannot be reached by car or any other means of land transport, which is why people often seek shelter in this mountainous region in times of war, according to a correspondent of Al Jazeera news outlet.
Since April 2023, Sudan has been ravaged by a war that erupted with a power struggle between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
In a series of offensives, Burhan’s forces regained central Sudan this year, leaving the RSF with control over most of Darfur – where it has conquered all but one state capital, El-Fasher – and parts of southern Kordofan.
