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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Samy Magdy

About 100 bodies recovered from landslide-hit village in Darfur as pope urges help

Sudan Landslide - (Sudan Liberation Movement/Army)

Search teams recovered around 100 bodies from a remote village that is feared to have been wiped out by a devastating landslide over the weekend in Sudan's western region of Darfur, a rebel group said Wednesday.

Mohamed Abdel-Rahman al-Nair, a spokesman for the Sudan Liberation Movement-Army, told The Associated Press the recovery operation took place on Tuesday and that search efforts were underway despite a lack of resources and equipment. He also said the death toll from the Aug. 31 landslide in Tarasin, in the Marrah Mountains, could be as high as 1,000.

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