UN Security Council extends UN mission in South Sudan for one additional year – The North Africa Post

The UN Safety Council has renewed for one 12 months the UN mission in South Sudan the place shut to twenty,000 forces have been stationed.
13 out fifteen members voted Wednesday in favor of the decision that extends the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) till 15 March 2024.
China and Russia abstained.
In keeping with a UN assertion, the mission, one of the costly on this planet with an annual funds of 1.2 billion {dollars}, “will keep its pressure at a ceiling stage of 17 000 troops and a couple of 101 law enforcement officials”.
Africa’s youngest state, born in 2011 plunged into civil battle in 2013. The battle resulted in 2018 and claimed no less than 380 000 lives.
President Salva Kiir and his rival Riek Machar shaped a transitional authorities and agreed to unite their forces right into a single military to guard their individuals, who’ve been laborious hit by battle and climatic disasters.
The nation continues to be hallowing right into a fragile peace and armed violence.