The UN Safety Council voted on Wednesday to resume for one yr the UN mission in South Sudan.

13 out fifteen members voted in favour of the decision that extends the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) till 15 March 2024.

China and Russia abstained.

In line with a UN assertion, the mission, probably the most costly on the earth with an annual funds of 1.2 billion {dollars}, “will keep its power at a ceiling degree of 17 000 troops and 2 101 cops”.

Following the tip of a civil warfare in 2018 that started in 2013 and claimed no less than 380 000 lives, President Salva Kiir and his rival Riek Machar fashioned a transitional authorities and agreed to unite their forces right into a single military to guard their individuals, who’ve been arduous hit by battle and climatic disasters.

South Sudan is the world’s youngest state and is engaged in a fragile peace course of however remains to be suffering from armed violence.