Sudan: Landslide kills more than 1,000 people in single village Central Darfur’s Marrah Mountains
Hundreds of people die every year in seasonal rains that run from July to October. Last year’s heavy rainfall caused the collapse of a dam in the eastern Red Sea Province, killing at least 30 people, according to the UN.
Somali capital Mogadishu is one of cities urbanising rapidly but weak state and clan politics leave its displaced in limbo
Clan dynamics are a particular complication. Mogadishu is dominated by powerful major clans, especially the Hawiye. The majority of IDPs, however, are from marginalised so-called minority groups, including farm-based Bantu people.
