The Security Council voted unanimously Friday to extend the mandate of the U.N. peacebuilding mission in Sierra Leone, a country outgoing Secretary-General Kofi Annan called a success story. A U.N. peacekeeping force helped put Sierra Leone back on the path to peace after a bloody 11-year civil war, which ended in 2002. Poverty continues to plague the country, which has one of the world’s lowest life expectancy and literacy rates. Full Story