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The East African
Thursday December 24 2020
Unamid troops from Tanzania deployed in Khor Abeche, South Darfur, conducting a routine patrol in Karbab village, in this photo taken on July 2, 2014. PHOTO | COURTESY | ALBERT GONZALEZ FARRAN | UNAMID | via AFP
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The Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2559 of 2020, which granted powers for protection of civilians in the hands of the Sudanese government.
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The UN Security Council has ended the peacekeeping mission in Sudan, adding another international trait to Khartoum as it rebuilds from years of war and isolation.
The decision reached on Tuesday night via video conference means the The African Union - United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (Unamid) will cease to exist on December 31, bringing to a close 13 years of operations in what was once a war-torn region of Sudan.