At least 1,000 dead after landslide wipes out Sudanese village

KHARTOUM: At least 1,000 people have died in a devastating landslide that completely wiped out a mountain village in Sudan, according to reports from the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM). The group, which controls part of the western Darfur region, is calling for urgent international assistance to help rescue and recover locals affected by torrential rains.

According to the SLM, only one person survived the destruction of the village of Tarseen, located in the mountainous Jebel Marra area of the Darfur region.

The group has pleaded with the United Nations and other international aid agencies to help retrieve the bodies of victims, who include many women and children.

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“Tarseen, famed for its citrus production, has now been completely levelled to the ground,” the SLM stated.

Nearby villagers are reportedly overwhelmed with fear that they could suffer a similar fate if the torrential rainfall continues. This fear underscores what the group’s leader, Abdelwahid Mohamed Nur, described as an urgent need for a comprehensive evacuation plan and the provision of emergency shelter.

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The Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) has maintained a neutral stance in the ongoing civil war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The two forces are battling for control of al-Fashir, the capital of North Darfur state, which is currently under siege by the RSF and facing severe famine.

Many residents of al-Fashir and surrounding areas have sought refuge in Jebel Marra, but humanitarian conditions there are dire. Food, shelter, and medical supplies are critically low, and hundreds of thousands have been exposed to heavy rains. In Tawila, where many displaced people have arrived, a cholera outbreak has been reported — mirroring the crisis in other parts of Darfur.

Sudan’s two-year civil war has pushed over half of the country’s population into crisis levels of hunger and displaced millions, leaving them especially vulnerable during the country’s destructive annual flooding season.

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Sudan’s army-controlled government has expressed condolences and stated its willingness to assist. Meanwhile, Mohamed Hassan al-Taishi, Prime Minister of a newly-installed RSF-controlled rival government, said he would coordinate with the SLM/A to deliver aid supplies to the affected area.