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UN rights council extends Sudan abuses probe

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A South Sudanese military police officer sits on a truck while monitoring the area as troops belonging to the South Sudanese Unified Forces take part in a deployment ceremony at the Luri Military Training Centre in Juba, on Nov 15, 2023. [AFP]

The UN Human Rights Council voted Wednesday to extend its probe into alleged rights abuses in the devastating war raging in Sudan, despite Khartoum's objections.

Twenty-three of the council's 47 member states voted to prolong the independent international fact-finding mission in Sudan, with 12 voting against and 12 abstentions.

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