Landslide kills 1,000 in remote Sudanese region, rebels say

Salma El Wardany, Bloomberg News on Sep 2, 2025

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A landslide flattened an entire village in war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region, leaving at least 1,000 people dead, according to a rebel group that controls the area.

The disaster in Tarasin followed intense rainfall in the remote Jebel Marra area in the last week of August, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army said in a statement on Tuesday. One person survived, the group said.

“The village has been completely leveled to the ground,” the SLM/A added.

The rebel movement appealed to the United Nations and other aid organizations to assist in the recovery of bodies still buried by debris. The Jebel Marra region has been a refuge for Sudanese fleeing the escalating unrest in the Darfur region.

Sudan has been mired in conflict since April 2023, when a power struggle erupted between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Tens of thousands of people have been killed and millions more displaced in what the U.N. has called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

The country’s army-backed government expressed its condolences to the families of the landslide victims. It later said it would keep the Adre crossing on the border with Chad open until the end of December to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to the affected citizens.

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(With assistance from Mohammed Alamin.)

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