UN closing bases in S.Sudan despite tense security concerns

Young refugees and returnees gather in front of makeshift shelters at the Renk Transit Center in Renk, South Sudan, on November 18, 2025.[AFP]

The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has begun closing several of its bases in the country, AFP saw on Friday, citing a budget shortfall, despite the precarious security situation in the impoverished nation.

After gaining independence from Sudan in 2011, South Sudan disintegrated into a bloody civil war between 2013 and 2018 that claimed at least 400,000 lives.