German lawmakers approved on Friday the extension of the Sudan mission until June amid the worsening security situation in the Darfur region.
A total of 466 MPs voted in favor, 44 opposed it and 9 abstained.
Under the mandate, up to 200 German soldiers could be sent to Sudan as part of the UN-led monitoring mission (UNMIS).
There are presently around 78 German military monitors and soldiers based in Sudan.
Post-World War II German troops had never been deployed in the African continent before the Sudan peace mission.
Around 10,000 German UN peacekeeping and anti-terror troops are stationed in areas like Afghanistan, the Balkan region, Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Georgia and the Horn of Africa.
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