In a video released by the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) on Thursday, Ibrahim Suleiman, a senior official in the civilian administration of the town of Tarasin, reported that 370 bodies had been found and interred.
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He continued, noting that many others are still stranded beneath debris or were completely swept away by floodwaters.
According to Mohamed Abdel-Rahman al-Nair, a spokesperson for the region’s SLM/A, the landslide that occurred on August 31 could have resulted in the deaths of up to 1, 000 people, according to Mohamed Abdel-Rahman al-Nair, a spokesperson for the SLM/A, which controls the region.
Similar death toll estimates were provided by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), but it was difficult to determine the tragedy’s magnitude because the area is so remote.
More than 900 kilometers (562) west of Khartoum, the affected area, according to the UN, has been mobilized to support it.
The international community must quickly respond in order to provide food and shelter to those who have lost everything, according to Al-Nair in a statement released on Thursday.
More than 3, 000 meters (9, 840 feet) of elevation make up the Marrah Mountains region’s volcanic region. According to UNICEF, the mountain chain is a World Heritage Site because of its lower temperatures and higher rainfall.
According to the now-disbanded United Nations-African Union Mission, a small-scale landslide struck the area in 2018, injuring at least 19 people and injuring dozens more.
The tragedy comes as a result of the ongoing civil war that erupted in Khartoum’s capital in April 2023. After the Sudanese army’s conflict escalated and its rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, simmering tensions started to spread throughout the nation.
Source: Aljazeera
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