An estimated 1, 000 people have died in a landslide that reportedly claimed the lives of an entire village in Sudan’s western Darfur region.
The Sudan Liberation Movement/Army, according to news organizations, published a statement late on Monday about the Darfur disaster in the Marra Mountains.
The village was “completely leveled to the ground,” according to the rebel group, and there was only one survivor left when the landslide struck on Sunday after days of heavy rainfall.
Initial information indicates that all village residents have died, with the death toll now reaching more than one thousand, according to a statement from the organization.
Additionally, the rebels pleaded with the UN and other international aid organizations for assistance in recovering the bodies of the victims, some of whom were children.
Sudan’s ongoing civil war, which is now in its third year, has caused famine to have already been declared in some of Darfur, adding to the country’s already worst humanitarian crises.
The Marra Mountains area, where people were fleeing clashes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), was reported by the Reuters news agency to be in short supply.
The Sudan Liberation Movement/Army factions, which control the region where the landslide occurred, have pledged to fight alongside the Sudanese military.
Since the army seized Khartoum from the RSF in March, there has been more fighting in Darfur, especially in el-Fasher.
The RSF, which wants to occupy El-Fasher, the last significant population center held by the army in the Darfur region, has been under siege for more than a year.
The paramilitaries are attempting to bolster power in the west and form a rival government after losing a significant portion of central Sudan earlier this year, including Khartoum.
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Source: Aljazeera
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