MORE than 1,000 people are feared dead after a huge landslide reportedly destroyed a whole village.
Just one person survived the tragedy in the Darfur region of western Sudan on Sunday, according to the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM).
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Days of torrential rain appear to have loosened the soil and caused the slopes of the Marrah Mountains to collapse.
Families of men, women and children were reportedly swallowed up in the village which has been “completely levelled to the ground”, the movement said.
The SLM’s leader, Abdelwahid Mohamed Nour, issued a desperate plea to the world for help recovering bodies.
The group said: “Initial information indicates the death of all village residents, estimated to be more than one thousand people.
“Only one person survived.”
People of the village had sought refuge in the Marra Mountains from the fierce fighting between two militias.
The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are grappling for control of North Darfur state.
Food and medical supplies are sparse in the mountains – but people have been driven there by the two-year civil war.
The SLM, a rebel group, has control of the Darfur region in western Sudan.
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