'There is no life left': How volunteers buried 600 bodies in Sudan's North Kordofan

Volunteers in Bara, North Kordofan state, Sudan, have buried more than 600 bodies following intense fighting in July 2025 when Sudanese Armed Forces retook the area from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Eyewitnesses and local activists say most victims were civilians killed in RSF revenge attacks; hundreds more bodies remain unburied in surrounding villages. The mass burials, funded by local groups and diaspora communities, have been complicated by disease risks and a lack of supplies including fuel, masks, and sanitizers.