Accra, April 12, – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Ghanaian diplomat Anita Kiki Gbeho as his new Special Representative for South Sudan and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
Ms. Gbeho succeeds the late Nicholas Haysom of South Africa, whose leadership and dedication to peacebuilding within the United Nations system were widely acknowledged.
With more than 25 years of experience in political, humanitarian, and development affairs, Ms. Gbeho has served in several conflict and post-conflict settings, including Angola, Cambodia, Iraq, Namibia, Somalia, Sudan, and South Sudan.
Since 2024, she has been serving as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in UNMISS, while also holding the positions of Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Coordinator in South Sudan, where she periodically acted as Officer-in-Charge of the mission.
Her extensive United Nations career includes serving as Deputy Special Representative (Political) in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) from 2021 to 2023, and as Deputy Joint Special Representative of the African Union–United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) between 2018 and 2020. She also served as Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Namibia from 2015 to 2018.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Gbeho worked with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) as Chief of Section in New York and as Head of Office in both Somalia and South Sudan.
Ms. Gbeho holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences and African Studies from the State University of New York, USA, and a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from the University of Ghana, Legon.
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