An Armed Group that controls the Jebel Marra Area in the Darfur region of Sudan has disclosed that at least 1,000 people were killed in a landslide that destroyed a village in the mountainous leaving only one survivor
It is reported that the landslide struck Tarseen village after a week of heavy rainfall, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army led by Abdelwahid Mohamed Nour.
he Sudan Liberation Movement/Army which has long controlled and governed an autonomous portion of Jebel Marra, has appealed to the United Nations and international aid agencies to help recover the bodies of victims, including men, women and children.
“Tarseen, famed for its citrus production, has now been completely levelled to the ground,” the statement said.
The Sudan Liberation Movement/Army has remained neutral in the battle between the main enemies in Sudan’s civil war, the Sudanese National army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
The two rival forces are fighting over control of al-Fashir, nearby capital of North Darfur state, which is under siege from the RSF and has suffered famine.
Residents of al-Fashir and nearby areas have sought shelter in Jebel Marra, though food, shelter and medical supplies are insufficient and hundreds of thousands have been exposed to the rains.
The area of Tawila, where most have arrived, is in the catchment of a cholera outbreak and the two-year civil war has left more than half the Sudanese facing crisis levels of hunger and driven millions from their homes, leaving them especially exposed to Sudan’s damaging yearly floods.
Sudan’s Army-controlled government expressed its condolences and willingness to assist while the newly-installed Rapid Support Forces-controlled government, which controls the areas surrounding Jebel Marra, did not immediately comment.
Additional Reporting from Associated Press
