Barah
Town
Native nameبارا
StateNorth Kurdufan
ControlRSF
Time zoneCAT (UTC+2)
Coordinates13°41′39″N 30°22′1″E

Barah (Arabic: بارا), also Bara, is a town in North Kordofan, central Sudan, in northeastern Africa. It is approximately 30 km north of El-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan. It is a regional transportation hub. It has a present population of 16,969.

Sudanese civil war

The town was captured by the RSF in mid-March 2026.