Africa-Press – South-Sudan. The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday extended the mandate of the U.N. Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for nine days, until May 9, as tensions escalate between the country’s political leaders.
The short-term extension, approved unanimously in Resolution 2778 (2025), allows the mission to continue using “all necessary means” to carry out its tasks beyond its original expiration date of April 30.
The move gives the council more time to deliberate amid worsening political and security conditions in the country.
South Sudan has faced renewed instability as friction grows between President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar, who was placed under house arrest in the capital, Juba, on March 26. The two leaders, longtime rivals, signed a 2018 peace deal that formed a transitional government, but the agreement has been repeatedly undermined by violence and disputes.
Peace monitors warn that the deepening rift between Kiir and Machar threatens the fragile stability of the world’s youngest nation.
UNMISS was first established in 2011 under Resolution 1996 to support peacekeeping efforts in South Sudan after its independence. The Security Council has since renewed its mandate annually, citing ongoing threats to regional security.
The council held a briefing on South Sudan on April 16, but discussions have yet to yield a long-term resolution.
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