International Mediation in the Wake of a Failed Peace Agreement: Postagreement Mediation to Resolve the Civil War in Darfur

This chapter zooms in on the various mediation efforts following the failed Abuja peace process between 2004 and 2006, which aimed to resolve the armed conflict in Darfur. The Abuja peace process ended with the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), concluded in May 2006. However, the DPA did not hold. Accordingly, mediation aimed at bringing peace to Darfur continued. This chapter examines the following question: To what extent were the mediation efforts following the failure of the Abuja process successful? I show that some follow-up mediation after the DPA’s conclusion focused on getting nonsignatory armed groups on board with the agreement,

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