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Alsharq Tribune-AFP
At least 375 people were killed in a devastating landslide that struck a remote village in the Jebel Marra region of western Sudan in late August, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) reported on Monday.
In a statement posted on its official Facebook page, UNFPA said that the disaster also displaced 150 others.
The landslide struck Tarsin, a remote village nestled deep within the rugged mountains of the Jebel Marra region in Darfur.
Meanwhile, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in an update on Monday that humanitarian partners had provided life-saving assistance to more than 1,000 people and assessed needs in the area affected by the landslide in Tarsin.
OCHA noted that reaching the affected village proved extremely challenging, explaining that, due to the rugged mountainous terrain and persistent rainfall, aid workers were forced to transport supplies using donkeys.
The journey to deliver relief took up to 12 hours along steep, waterlogged paths, it added.
Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council said last week that hundreds of civilians were killed after heavy rainfall triggered the landslide in Jebel Marra.
