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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / FLOOD PROTECTION
TRT: 02:31
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 10 JUNE 2026, BENTIU, UPPER NILE STATE, SOUTH SUDAN / FILE
FILE – FEBRUARY 2021, BOR , SOUTH SUDAN
1. Various shots, flooding in Bor
10 JUNE 2026, BENTIU, UPPER NILE STATE, SOUTH SUDAN
2. Vairous shots, Pakistani Engineering Peacekeepers inspecting dykes
3. Various shots, Pakistani Engineering Peacekeepers discussing task plans
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Captain Hamza Shabaz Janjua, UNMISS Pakistan Military Engineering Task Force:
“Our men, they wake up and start the recky at six in the morning. They do the recky all around the Bentiu camp and then we identify those weak points that need to be maintained and then we carry out the maintenance of those dikes , day by day. Every day.”
5. Various shots, Pakistani Engineering Peacekeepers measuring water levels and repairing a dike
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant Colonel Nadeem Usman, Commanding Officer of The UNMISS Pakistan Military Engineering Task Force:
“Here, our responses are more humanitarian centric. Here, what we are undertaking, each and every task is preserving the lives. Because our mandate is mainly focused around the protection of civilans. So wether we are maintaining the dikes, we are undertaking the maintainance of the Rubkona airstrip, we are maintaining the MSR’s (Main Suply Routes), so each and every task is basically preserving and it is adding contribution to the local community.”
7. Various shots, Pakistani Engineering Peacekeepers measuring water level
In recent years, climate shocks across South Sudan have turned seasonal flooding into a clear and present threat with entire communities losing their homes, farms, and livelihoods. For the nearly 300,000 people who call the floodplains of Bentiu home, the difference between safety and losing everything is a vast network of earthen dykes holding back 5,600 square kilometres of stagnant water.
To protect those who have found sanctuary in the country’s largest displacement camp, peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) are providing regular patrols to combat insecurity as well as contributing their engineering expertise.
SOUNDBITE (English) Captain Hamza Shabaz Janjua, UNMISS Pakistan Military Engineering Task Force: “Our men, they wake up and start the recky at six in the morning. They do the recky all around the Bentiu camp and then we identify those weak points that need to be maintained and then we carry out the maintenance of those dikes , day by day. Every day.”
Every week, the Pakistani engineers monitor water levels and inspect the giant dykes for early warning signs, such as rising water levels, weakened soil, or small breaches that could quickly become major emergencies. Their observations guide rapid interventions before lives and infrastructure are threatened. Working alongside them are members of the Mongolian peacekeeping battalion who provide protection while they carry out these lifesaving activities.
SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant Colonel Nadeem Usman, Commanding Officer of The UNMISS Pakistan Military Engineering Task Force:
“Here, our responses are more humanitarian centric. Here, what we are undertaking, each and every task is preserving the lives. Because our mandate is mainly focused around the protection of civilans. So wether we are maintaining the dikes, we are undertaking the maintainance of the Rubkona airstrip, we are maintaining the MSR’s (Main Suply Routes), so each and every task is basically preserving and it is adding contribution to the local community.”
With limited resources and growing climate pressures, their mission grows more urgent each day as they provide, not only protection, but life-sustaining support in the face of severe environmental disaster.
