Catastrophic landslide in Darfur destroys village, kills more than 1,000
Sudan landslide wipes out Darfur village, killing over 1,000
A devastating landslide has obliterated a village in Sudan’s war-scarred Darfur region, killing at least 1,000 people in one of the country’s deadliest natural disasters in recent memory, according to local rebel authorities.
The tragedy struck on Sunday in Tarasin village, nestled in Central Darfur’s Marrah Mountains, after days of relentless late-August rainfall. The Sudan Liberation Movement–Army said the landslide “completely levelled the village to the ground,” leaving only one known survivor among more than a thousand residents.
The group has appealed to the United Nations and international aid agencies for urgent assistance in recovering the bodies and supporting survivors across the region.
Many villagers had fled to the mountains from ongoing fighting between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in North Darfur. The two-year civil war has already displaced millions, left more than half the population facing crisis levels of hunger, and brought heavy bombardment to the state capital, Al-Fashir.
