Activists say they’ve identified hundreds of bodies left in the streets of West Darfur

Residents of El Geneina, the capital of war-torn West Darfur, are struggling to bury their dead as violence rages across the city.

Residents of El Geneina, the capital of war-torn West Darfur, are struggling to bury their dead as violence rages across the city.

Activists say 500 bodies across the city have been identified, and that they believe “thousands” more remain unburied on streets and inside homes.

The Darfur Bar Association said that the bodies of those killed in the city “are still scattered in the streets and inside homes, public facilities and mosques,” and that the majority of the population has left the city, an independent Sudanese media outlet, Radio Dabanga, said on its website.

Residents and civil society groups also described bodies left in the streets earlier this month, saying many could not be collected for burial due to heavy fighting in the city.

CNN could not independently verify the reports due to a communication blackout that continues in the area, and has reached out to United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for confirmation.

Across Sudan, at least 3,000 people have been killed since conflict broke out on April 15, the country’s Minister of Health Haitham Ibrahim said in an interview on Saudi al-Hadath television on Saturday. Fighting erupted in mid-April between Sudan’s Armed Forces and its Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group.

Information on casualties from Darfur is limited due to the communication blackout, Ibrahim also said.