Sudan is grappling with a new catastrophe: a destructive landslide in Darfur that has wiped out the village of Tarasin. This disaster compounds the country’s ongoing civil war, severe famine, and widespread disease outbreaks, pushing Sudan further into crisis.

Journalist Shane Bauer’s investigation for The New York Times Magazine chronicles how Bashar al-Assad’s regime made an estimated 100,000 Syrians—children among them—vanish over the country’s 13-year civil war. The figure represents the largest wave of forced disappearances since the Nazi era.