The State seems terrified of what might happen if one mass grave is excavated but, without it, the living can never know peace, nor the dead rest, writes Donal O’Keeffe.

A mass grave has been discovered in central Mali, according to Amnesty International.

A network of tunnels built by Islamic State has been discovered under the Iraqi town of Sinjar, complete with sleeping quarters, wired with electricity and fortified with sandbags.