US EditionOver 1,000 Killed in Landslide in Western Sudan Village
- On August 31, a landslide devastated a settlement in the western Sudanese Marra Mountains region, resulting in at least 1,000 fatalities and leaving just one person alive.
- The landslide occurred after several days of heavy rain and took place during an ongoing two-year conflict in North Darfur state between government forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
- Residents displaced by the ongoing conflict have taken refuge in the Marra Mountains, while the war has forced millions to flee and left Al-Fashir, the capital of North Darfur, under attack.
- The Sudan Liberation Movement and Army, led by Abdelwahid Mohamed Nour, reported that the village was completely destroyed and called on international organizations and aid groups to assist in retrieving the bodies of the victims.
- The disaster highlights the compounded humanitarian crisis caused by the civil war, as more than half the population faces crisis hunger and shortages of food and medicine persist in the area.
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Landslide flattens Sudan village, kills more than 1,000: armed group
Rescue teams were struggling to reach a remote mountain village in Sudan's Darfur region on Tuesday after a devastating landslide buried almost the entire community killing more than 1,000 people.
Over 1,000 killed in landslide in Western Sudan
ISTANBUL: More than 1,000 people lost their lives in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in a village in the Central Darfur State of western Sudan, an armed group said, Anadolu Ajansi reported. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
More than 1,000 killed as landslide wipes out Sudanese village
At least 1,000 people were killed in a landslide that destroyed a village in the mountainous Jebel Marra area in the Darfur region of Sudan, leaving only one survivor, the armed group that controls the area said early on Tuesday (Sep 2). The landslide struck Tarseen village on Aug 31 after a week of heavy
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