World · 2026-10-21 · Morning briefing

Volunteers bury 600 bodies in Sudan's North Kordofan

A team of 50 volunteers in Bara, Sudan, has collected and buried more than 600 bodies left in streets and surrounding villages across the North Kordofan state. Eyewitnesses attribute the deaths, mostly of civilians, to revenge attacks carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The accumulation of corpses has led to the spread of unknown diseases, turning the area into a depopulated wasteland and forcing the population of over 100 villages to flee. Working without direct assistance from international NGOs, the volunteers have opened 200 mass graves to conduct proper burials, but believe hundreds more bodies remain in the area.

Sudan's war, which began in April 2023, has displaced over 11 million people and killed at least 150,000, creating the world's largest humanitarian crisis. The affected region previously produced more than 80% of the world’s gum arabic, a key ingredient for companies like Coca Cola and Pepsi.

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