South Sudan: The Stakes of Stripping Climate from UN Peacekeeping in South Sudan

Apr 28, 2025 | Nazanine Moshiri
International Crisis Group
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On 30 April, the UN Security Council is set to renew the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), a peacekeeping operation established in 2011 to support the world’s newest country immediately after its independence. Since its creation, South Sudan has struggled with bouts of instability and, as Crisis Group has warned, the country is once again on the brink of full-blown conflict. During a period of wavering backing for UN peacekeeping operations across Africa, and with U.S. funding for them under threat, South Sudan’s precarious condition would likely worsen without the mission’s presence, despite the fact that it has not always been able to staunch the risk of violence.