UN council extends South Sudan mission

Published July 6, 2012 2:27am ET



UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Thursday extended the peacekeeping mission in South Sudan for another year, in a resolution that calls on the young nation to take more responsibility for protecting its civilians.

As South Sudan’s first birthday approaches on Monday, the council also demanded that it and Sudan immediately cease all hostilities and human rights abuses against civilians.

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