KHARTOUM, Sept. 2 — Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council announced on Tuesday that hundreds of civilians were killed after heavy rainfall triggered a landslide in Jebel Marra in the country’s Central Darfur State.
“The chairman and members of the council mourn, with deep sorrow and grief, the victims of the landslide disaster in Jebel Marra, which claimed the lives of hundreds of innocent citizens due to the heavy rainfall that struck the region,” the council said in a statement.
The council extended its condolences to the victims’ families and pledged to mobilize all available resources to support and assist those affected by the disaster, the statement said.
On Monday, the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM), one of the armed groups in Darfur region, revealed that the entire population of a village in Jebel Marra was killed in a landslide caused by the torrential rains on Aug. 31.
“All the residents of Tirsain village, estimated to be more than 1,000 people, died on Sunday, with only one survivor, according to preliminary information,” the SLM said in a statement.
The SLM urged the United Nations, as well as regional and international organizations, to help recover the victims’ bodies from beneath the rubble. (Xinhua)
