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The UN Security Council voted connected Thursday (April 30, 2026) to trim the ceiling for the peacekeeping unit successful conflict-torn South Sudan from 17,000 to 12,000 troops with a mandate to forestall a instrumentality to civilian warfare successful the world's newest nation.
The ballot connected the U.S.-drafted solution was 13-0 with Russia and China abstaining. It extends the mandate of the unit until April 30, 2027.
