At least 1,000 people are believed to have died in a catastrophic landslide that wiped out an entire village in Sudan’s Marra Mountains, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) announced on Monday.
The landslide occurred on August 31, following several days of heavy rainfall in the western region of Darfur, which remains under the control of the SLM/A, led by Abdelwahid Mohamed Nour.
In a statement, the movement reported that the village had been “completely levelled to the ground“, leaving only one known survivor.
The group has urgently appealed to the United Nations and international humanitarian agencies for assistance in recovering the bodies of the victims, including men, women, and children.
The affected villagers were among thousands who had fled the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Seeking safety from the fighting in North Darfur, they had taken refuge in the remote Marra Mountains, where access to food and medicine remains severely limited.
Sudan’s brutal two-year civil war has plunged the country into a humanitarian catastrophe, displacing millions and leaving more than half the population facing acute hunger.
The capital of North Darfur, Al-Fashir, remains a key flashpoint in the ongoing conflict, frequently coming under attack.
The disaster adds to the growing toll of human suffering in a nation already reeling from war, displacement, and economic collapse.
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