Landslide buries Darfur village, over 1000 dead

Initial information indicates the death of all village residents, estimated to be more than one thousand people. Only one person survived

- AP

A landslide wiped out a 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 tragedy happened Sunday in the village of Tarasin in Central Darfur's Marrah Mountains after days of heavy rainfall in late August, the Sudan Liberation Movement Army said in a statement.