Providing a level of detail seldom achieved in works of contemporary African history and diplomacy, this account shows, from a unique, insider s perspective, how the civil war in Sudan, which ultimately claimed 2 million deaths and twice as many displaced, was finally brought to an end. By the late 1990s the international community had largely judged the war insoluble and turned its attention elsewhere. Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, a peace process between the government of Sudan and the Sudan People s Liberation Movement and Army (SPLM/A) took hold. The talks were...

Providing a level of detail seldom achieved in works of contemporary African history and diplomacy, this account shows, from a unique, insider s perspective, how the civil war in Sudan, which ultimately claimed 2 million deaths and twice as many displaced, was finally brought to an end. By the late 1990s the international community had largely judged the war insoluble and turned its attention elsewhere. Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, a peace process between the government of Sudan and the Sudan People s Liberation Movement and Army (SPLM/A) took hold. The talks were...