"Authorities have recovered the bodies of hundreds of people killed in a landslide at a remote mountainous village over the weekend in the western Sudanese region of Darfur, which is controlled by rebels. Ibrahim Suleiman, a senior official in the civilian administration of Daramo locality, where the village of Tarasin is located, reported in a video released by the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) on Thursday that 370 bodies had been recovered and buried."
"The August 31 landslide that followed days of heavy rainfall in Tarasin, in the Marrah Mountains, could have possibly killed as many as 1,000 people, Mohamed Abdel-Rahman al-Nair, a spokesperson for the SLM/A, which controls the region, previously told the AP news agency. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) had a similar death toll estimate, but said it was difficult to confirm the magnitude of the tragedy because the area is hard to reach."
A landslide following days of heavy rain struck the remote village of Tarasin in the Marrah Mountains, western Darfur. Authorities recovered and buried 370 bodies, while many people remain trapped or were swept away. Local rebel-controlled Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) spokespeople estimated the death toll could be as high as 1,000. The United Nations OCHA gave a similar estimate but said access difficulties hindered confirmation. UN efforts and other responses have been mobilised to support the area more than 900 kilometres west of Khartoum. The landslide created a catastrophic humanitarian situation requiring rapid international assistance for food and shelter.
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