A horror rainstorm is believed to have swept away a whole village, with at least 1,000 people feared dead.
The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) said only a single person survived the tragedy in the Darfur region in the west of the country. The tragedy happened Sunday in the village of Tarasin in Central Darfur’s Marrah Mountains after days of heavy rainfall in late August, the Sudan Liberation Movement-Army said in a statement.
A statement from the SLM read: "Initial information indicates the death of all village residents, estimated to be more than one thousand people. Only one person survived. The village was “completely leveled to the ground,” the group said, appealing to the U.N. and international aid groups for help to recover the bodies.
Footage shared by the Marrah Mountains news outlet showed a flattened area between mountain ranges with a group of people searching the area.
The tragedy came as a devastating civil war has engulfed Sudan after tensions between the country’s military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces exploded into open fighting in April 2023 in the capital, Khartoum and elsewhere in the country.
Most of the Darfur region, including the Marrah Mountains, has become mostly inaccessible for the UN and aid groups given crippling restrictions and fighting between Sudan's military and the RSF. The Sudan Liberation Movement-Army, centered in the Marrah Mountains area, is one of multiple rebel groups active in the Darfur and Kordofan regions. It hasn’t taken sides in the war.
The Marrah Mountains are a rugged volcanic chain extending for 100 miles southwest of el-Fasher, an epicenter of fighting between the military and the RSF. The area has turned into a hub for displaced families fleeing fighting in and around el-Fasher.
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