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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Samy Magdy

Sudan appeals for aid after landslide kills more than 1,000 people in single village in Darfur

Sudan Landslide - (Sudan Liberation Movement/Army)

Sudan appealed for international aid on Tuesday after a landslide wiped out an entire village in western region of Darfur, killing an estimated 1,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the African country’s recent history.

The village of Tarasin 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.

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