More than 1,000 people in the southwestern mountain region of Sudan are dead following landslides that struck over the weekend due to heavy rains that have pummeled the region over the last week.
The death toll was announced Monday in a statement by the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army.
The rebel group that controls areas where the landslide occurred described the impact as “devastating.”
It said that based on preliminary information all but one person who lived in the Tarsin village that was struck by the landslide died.
The area is considered one of the most important in Jebel Marra for citrus production, “but it has been completely leveled to the ground,” it said.
The rebel group is calling on the United Nations, as well as regional and international organizations, to assist with recovering the bodies of the dead, which include men, women and children.
“May they rest in mercy and forgiveness, and may patience and solace be granted to the families of the victims,” it said.
Sudan has been in the grips of a bloody civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and its rogue Rapid Support Forces since April of 2023 that has displaced nearly 13 million, including 8.6 million internally, according to U.N. statistics.
The Sudan Liberation Movement/Army has thrown its support behind the Sudanese Armed Forces in the civil conflict
