A local official accused the RSF of executing civilians including women, children, and hospital workers
Mass graves containing the bodies of 25 civilians have been found in Kurmuk in Sudan’s Blue Nile region after the army retook the town, Kurmuk commissioner Abdel Aty Mohamed al Faki has said.
Al Faki accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of executing the victims, local news outlets reported on Sunday. The dead include women, children, and hospital workers, according to the commissioner.
Army units discovered the graves during clearing operations in northeastern Kurmuk, more than a month after government forces regained control of the town. The victims were killed near Jebel Fankat, a hill that the RSF used to launch suicide drones, the Sudan Tribune reported.
The war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the RSF began in April 2023. Fighting has since spread across the country and forced millions of people from their homes.
Similar allegations were reported in Darfur in November 2025. The Sudan Doctors Network accused the RSF of collecting hundreds of bodies from the streets and neighborhoods of El-Fasher and burying some in mass graves while burning others to conceal evidence of killings.
The recapture of Kurmuk came as the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) made gains in other parts of Sudan. In late July, the army regained several areas in North Kordofan from the RSF, including Bara, Jabra al-Sheikh, and Um Sayala. Later, Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visited frontline positions in the region.
The SAF has regained other key areas during the war. In 2025, the army retook Khartoum and later declared the entire capital region free of RSF forces.
However, Sudan’s wider humanitarian crisis has continued to worsen. Earlier this month, International Federation of Red Cross special envoy Derk Segaar called for more international support. “Sudan is one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises, yet it is also one of its most overlooked,” he said.
