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Sudan’s latest tragedy counts a village wiped out by a landslide
Heavy rains in late August caused the landslide, destroying homes and displacing 150 people, worsening conditions amid ongoing civil war and famine in Sudan's Darfur region.
- On Sunday, a landslide wiped out the village of Tarasin in the Marrah Mountains, more than 900 kilometres west of Khartoum, resulting in at least 1,000 fatalities in Jebel Marra, the Sudan Liberation Movement-Army said.
- Heavy rains in late August destabilised mountain slopes, triggering landslides, while climate change and human activities like random mining and road construction increased risks during Sudan's flooding season.
- The group's spokesman, Mohamed Abdel-Rahman al-Nair, said search teams recovered about 100 bodies by Tuesday evening while IOM field teams documented displacement of 150 people in Tarsin and neighbouring areas, with only one resident surviving and many losing homes, livestock, and crops.
- The United Nations and its humanitarian partners are mobilising as the International Organization for Migration calls the landslide one of Sudan's largest tragedies, urging safe humanitarian access and expanded support while several countries express solidarity.
- In recent years, repeated rainy-season collapses have prompted calls for detailed geological studies and early-warning systems amid a civil war in Sudan displacing 14 million people.
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Village wiped out, just one survivor: Sudan armed group seeks help as landslide kills at least 1,000
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Sudan's latest tragedy counts a village wiped out by a landslide
The Darfur landslide adds to Sudan’s woes. The northeastern African country is already grappling with a civil war and severe humanitarian crises, including famine and disease outbreaks.
Al Mayadeen/ Africa in Summary/ September 4, 2015 An avalanche destroyed the town of Tarsin in Jebel Marra, Darfur; an armed group calls for international assistance to rescue bodies and assist displaced persons.A landslide swept away the village of Tarsin on Tuesday, in the mountainous region of Jebel Marra, Darfur, in Sudan, and left at least a thousand dead. According to [...] La entrada Sudan. Slides razed village: at least a thousand dead w…
A devastating flood of land that killed some 1,000 people in the Darfur region of Sudan occurred as the nation of North-East Africa wobbles over a civil war that has led to famine in some of its regions.
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