Darfur landslide in Sudan kills 100, hundreds feared dead

Search and rescue teams are racing against time in Sudan’s western Darfur region after a catastrophic landslide buried the remote village of Tarasin in the Marrah Mountains. Around 100 bodies have been recovered so far, but the Sudan Liberation Movement-Army (SLM-A) fears the death toll could reach as high as 1,000.

The disaster struck on August 31 following days of heavy rain. The United Nations says the full scale of the tragedy…