HIGHLIGHTS ❖ Between July and September 2025, UNMISS Human Rights Division (HRD) documented 295 incidents of conflictrelated violence affecting 1,153 civilians: 519 killed, 396 injured, 159 abducted,...
JUBA - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan’s (UNMISS) latest quarterly human rights brief reveals a concerning security and civilian protection landscape. While there have been reductions in...
Juba - As the new year approaches—a period traditionally associated with reflection and hope—the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) calls for peace to be prioritized amid reports of...
Juba — The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) strongly condemns the killing of one of its staff in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal. The staff member was reportedly detained by security actors...
Juba — The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities following reports of renewed fighting and rising tensions in Eastern Equatoria state. These...
Michael Wondi WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL - Driven by concern for the safety and wellbeing of families displaced from Nagero county in Western Equatoria, this week, peacekeepers from the United Nations...
BENTIU/JUBA, 26 October 2025 – The UNMISS supported mobile court in Bentiu, Unity State successfully concluded its proceedings on 24 October 2025 after addressing 135 criminal and civil cases,...
BUNJ/JUBA, 26 October 2025 – The Judiciary of South Sudan, the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) are supporting the deployment of...
After what many are calling one of the worst floods in years, over 4300 people have been displaced across six counties in Greater Pibor Administrative Area. UNMISS peacekeepers are keeping the...
Denis Louro WESTERN EQUATORIA - On a peaceful morning in Yambio, three children stand quietly under a sheltering canopy of mango trees, clutching a few personal belongings — a change of clothes,...
Francesca Mold JUBA - Touching down in Juba, the Under-Secretary-General for United Nations Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, is on a whirlwind visit to conflict-affected South Sudan to urge...
Thank you for the opportunity to address this plenary session. Allow me to introduce Mr. Graham Maitland, the Acting Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (Political). The resumption...
JONGLEI/GREATER PIBOR – K. doesn’t remember her age. It is believed that she is just 12 or 13, but she probably has more vivid memories than most adults. Perhaps, her remarkably stern facial...
HIGHLIGHTS Between April and June 2025, the UNMISS Human Rights Division (HRD) documented 334 incidents of conflictrelated violence affecting 1,518 civilians, including 635 killed, 676 injured, 133...
“I was working in my garden when I heard loud gun shots. I rushed to pick up my three-month old baby who was sleeping under the tree and we ran for our lives.” Twenty-four-year-old Betty explains how...
Luka William Athiel UPPER NILE – South Sudan is at a pivotal moment in its short history as it prepares for its first post-independence elections, a democratic exercise set to give citizens the...
Juba, 4 September 2025 – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) condemns yesterday’s ambush of its peacekeepers in Western Equatoria State by elements of a local armed group, who...
Denis Louro WESTERN EQUATORIA - Since 2021, when recurrent inter-communal violence escalated in the Greater Tambura region, numerous lives have been lost and thousands forced from their homes. For...
(As Delivered) Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, Thank you for the opportunity to brief on the situation in South Sudan as outlined in the Secretary-General’s report...
JAELLA BROCKMANN KUAJOK – “It’s difficult to say how people feel. We all long for the violent outbreaks to stop but people also fear not being able to defend themselves if the worst happens.” At...
