Situation in South Sudan risks escalating into civil war amid rise in misinformation

The situation in South Sudan remains precarious, with the threat of renewed civil war looming large.

A growing concern, according to Lieutenant General Mohan Subramanian, Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), is the dangerous spread of misinformation, disinformation and hate speech, which continue to fuel instability in an already fragile environment.

He warned that even a single fake message shared on platforms like WhatsApp can trigger chaos, undermine peace efforts and deepen tensions between communities.

General Subramanian spoke to UN News’s Sachin Gaur and started by telling him about the key challenges the UN peacekeeping mission is facing in its efforts to maintain security.