The Abdulwahid al-Nur faction of the rebel Sudan Liberation Army says this photograph shows the scene of the deadly landslide which buried a remote mountain village under its control in the Jebel Marra region of North Darfur. -

Rescue teams were struggling to reach a remote mountain village in Sudan's Darfur region on Tuesday after a devastating landslide buried almost the entire community killing more than 1,000 people.

Heavy rain triggered the disaster on Sunday, flattening the village of Tarasin in the Jebel Marra range, the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM) faction which controls the area said in a statement, adding that there was only one survivor.

"Initial information indicates the death of all village residents, estimated at more than 1,000 individuals, with only one s

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