(Associated Press) – The U.N. Security Council narrowly approved a U.S.-drafted resolution imposing an arms embargo on South Sudan Friday over objections that it could hurt African efforts to end the five-year conflict in the world’s newest nation. The resolution received the minimum nine “yes” votes. The six other council members abstained — Russia, China, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Kazakhstan and Bolivia. In addition to an immediate arms embargo, the resolution imposes a travel ban and asset freeze on South Sudan’s deputy defense chief for logistics, Malek Reuben Riak Rengu, and former chief of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army, Paul Malong Awan.
UN Council Narrowly Approves Arms Embargo on South Sudan
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