The UN mission, which oversees an estimated 18,000 peacekeepers in South Sudan, was engaging in intense shuttle diplomacy to try and prevent a return to civil war, Mr Haysom added.

The country split into Sudan and South Sudan in 2011. Unrest continues in the region. About 300,000 people have fled fighting throughout Darfur in the first five months of this year, the U.N. has ...

In South Sudan, peacekeepers are helping communities survive climate shocks and conflict by building dikes and roads across new flood plains, connecting people to markets and basic services.

UN envoy urges Security Council to try to prevent renewed civil war in South Sudan UN peacekeepers patrol the street in Juba, South Sudan on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.

South Sudan has been under a UN arms embargo since 2018. The restrictions prohibit weapons transfers and external military support to the country’s warring parties.

The United Nations rights chief urged on Friday for warring sides in South Sudan to pull back from the brink, warning that the human rights situation risks further deterioration as fighting ...

The UN has a large mission to South Sudan, with some 20,000 peacekeepers. The head of that mission, Nicolas Haysom, warned Tuesday that "South Sudan is poised on the brink of relapse into civil war." ...

Today, five UN missions – MINUSCA in the Central African Republic, MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, UNIFIL in Lebanon, UNISFA in the Abyei region, and UNMISS in South Sudan ...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Three United Nations agencies warned on Thursday of looming famine in a conflict-stricken part of South Sudan. People in 11 of 13 counties in South Sudan’s Upper Nile ...

Ghanaian peacekeepers at the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have been commended for their lifesaving support to a man who was severely wounded during recent violent inter-communal clashes in ...

South Sudan's president Salva Kiir, left, and vice-president Riek Machar, right, shake hands after meetings in Juba, South Sudan, on Oct. 20, 2019, to discuss outstanding issues to the peace deal.