1. Revisiting the Dismissal of the UNMISS Force Commander in South Sudan
- Author:
- Charles Ukeje and Kizito Sabala
- Publication Date:
- 04-2017
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Social Science Research Council
- Abstract:
- This policy briefing note examines the implications of the altercation between the United Nations (UN) and Kenya following the dismissal of the Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Lieutenant General Johnson Ondieki, a Kenyan citizen. An Independent Special Investigation established by the UN blamed poor leadership and judgment for the attacks on Terrain camp—a UN facility in Juba, the capital of South Sudan—in July 2016, which led to several deaths. Although the UN promptly requested that Kenya appoint a replacement, the country considered the dismissal of its citizen unnecessarily punitive and refused.
- Topic:
- United Nations, Leadership, and Humanitarian Crisis
- Political Geography:
- Africa, Sudan, and South Sudan