By Samy Magdy
A landslide wiped out an entire village in Sudan ’s western region of Darfur, killing an estimated 1,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the African country’s recent history, a rebel group controlling the area said late Monday.
The village was “completely leveled to the ground,” the Sudan Liberation Movement-Army said as it appealed to the U.N. and international aid groups for help to recover the bodies.
The tragedy happened Sunday in the village of Tarasin in Central Darfur’s Marrah Mountains after days of heavy rainfall.
“Initial information indicates the death of all village residents, estimated to be more than 1,000 people, “ the rebel group said in a statement. ”Only one person survived,” it added.
Abdel-Wahid Nour, the group’s leader, made an appeal on Tuesday for international help.
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