United Nations Safety Council.
| Photograph Credit score: Reuters
The UN Safety Council voted on Thursday (April 30, 2026) to cut back the ceiling for the peacekeeping drive in conflict-torn South Sudan from 17,000 to 12,000 troops with a mandate to stop a return to civil warfare on the planet’s latest nation.
The vote on the U.S.-drafted decision was 13-0 with Russia and China abstaining. It extends the mandate of the drive till April 30, 2027.
Revealed – Could 01, 2026 05:38 am IST