More than 50 people are now known to have been killed in a mudslide in a mountainous area of Sudan's Darfur region.

The disaster happened in a remote area in Jebel Mara on Friday, when heavy rainfall caused a hillside to collapse onto a village.

But details are only now emerging due to the remoteness of the area affected.

There were many children among the dead, a local official, Amin Muhamad Osman told BBC Focus on Africa.

"This is such a remote area that the affected villages are out of mobile phone coverage, so locals have to walk 7km to get phone reception. We are now trying to coordinate relief efforts."