Research Catalog

Title

From Sudan to South Sudan : IGAD and the role of regional mediation in Africa / by Irit Back.

Author

Back, Irit

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

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Details

Description

xi, 150 pages : color maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"Irit Back's book From Sudan to South Sudan: IGAD and the Role of Regional Mediation in Africa comprehensively analyses the full achievements, shortcomings, and implications of IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development) mediation efforts in Sudan and South Sudan. IGAD's active mediation was a primary force behind the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the south and the north that eventually resulted in South Sudan's declaration of independence in 2011. The euphoria of this historic achievement was, however, almost immediately overshadowed by internal strife, which has, since 2013, escalated to a large-scale conflict in the new-born nation that demanded IGAD's renewed mediation efforts. The book offers readers new insights and perspectives to apply when seeking to develop a more balanced understanding of Africa's contemporary conflicts and the efforts to resolve them. More specifically, the book will also help readers to better comprehend the potential role of regional mediation in East Africa, a region with a turbulent history in the post-Cold War era"--

Series Statement

African social studies series 1568-1203 ; volume 41

Uniform Title

African social studies series ; v. 41.

Subject

• Intergovernmental Authority on Development
• Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, Sudan People's Liberation Army (2005)
• 2000-2099
• Peace-building > South Sudan
• Peace-building > Sudan
• Peace
• Peace-building
• South Sudan > History > 21st century
• Sudan > Peace. > Civil War, 1983-2005
• South Sudan
• Sudan

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The emerging role of regional organizations in post-Cold War Africa -- From ecology to mediation : IGAD first efforts as a regional mediator -- We cannot negotiate and fight : IGAD's role in achieving the CPA -- Spring of hope : IGAD's mediation efforts, 2005-2014 -- Winter of despair : IGAD mediation efforts, 2015-2018 -- A comparative view of IGAD's mediation in Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan, and Somaliland.

Call Number

ReCAP 21-6476

ISBN

• 9789004409255
• 9004409254

LCCN

2020022158

OCLC

1154921346

Author

Back, Irit, author.

Title

From Sudan to South Sudan : IGAD and the role of regional mediation in Africa / by Irit Back.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

African social studies series 1568-1203 ; volume 41

African social studies series ; v. 41.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Research Call Number

ReCAP 21-6476