The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded an end to the siege of Al-Fashir in Sudan’s Darfur region, where fighting between government and paramilitary forces has provoked a humanitarian crisis. War has raged for more than a year between the regular military under army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces led by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. The Security Council resolution, which was prepared by Britain and received 14 votes in favor with Russia abstaining, “demands that the Rapid Support Forces halt the siege of Al-Fashir”. It calls for “an immed…