UNITED NATIONS, July 8 (Reuters) - A day before the split of Africa's largest nation, the U.N. Security Council voted to establish a new peacekeeping force for poor, conflict-ravaged but oil-producing South Sudan.
It comes 6 years after a 2005 peace deal that ended years of war but also comes as fears rise about conflict in volatile border regions.
The new mission, to be established as of Friday, calls for up to 7,000 U.N. peacekeepers and an additional 900 civilian police for South Sudan.
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