The UN Security Council recently passed a resolution demanding the end of the siege of Al Fashir in Sudan, where hundreds of thousands of civilians are sheltering. 

This comes as it's now been more than a year since Sudan has been ravaged by a civil war between the military dictatorship and the Rapid Support Forces, a powerful militia that has seized much of the country. 

For more, KCBS Radio anchor Patti Reising was joined by Akshaya Kumar, Crisis Advocacy and Special Projects Director with the Human Rights Watch.

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