The Security Council voted Thursday in favour of extending sanctions against South Sudan until May 31 2020.
It includes an arms embargo, asset freezes and travel bans on some officials over their role in the country's civil war, now heading towards its sixth anniversary.
Information Minister Michael Makuei said the arms blockade only benefited rebels who had refused to sign a peace deal last September aimed at ending a conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions."There are people who do not want peace in South Sudan... All this is done in order to weaken the government so that it can be overthrown by the opposition."
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