A landslide flattened an entire village in war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region, leaving at least 1,000 people dead, according to a rebel group that controls the area.

The disaster in Tarasin followed intense rainfall in the remote Jebel Marra area in the last week of August, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army said in a statement on Tuesday. One person survived, the group said.

“The village has been completely leveled to the ground,” the SLM/A added.

The rebel movement appealed to the United Nations and other aid organizations to assist in the recovery of bodies still buried by debris. The Jebel Marra region has been a refuge for Sudanese fleeing the escalating unrest in the Darfur region.

Sudan has been mired in conflict since April 2023, when a power struggle erupted between the ar

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