Resources

Reaching the 1985 Nairobi Agreement (2002)

Protracted conflict, elusive peace: Initiatives to end the violence in northern Uganda
Dec 2010
Bethuel Kiplagat reviews the structure, agenda and failings of the Kenyan-mediated talks that led to the unsuccessful Nairobi peace agreement of December 1985 between the military government of Uganda and the NRM/A.

Powers of persuasion: Incentives, sanctions and conditionality in peacemaking

Feb 2008
Faced with the problem of how to respond to the challenges of intra-state armed conflict, international policymakers often turn to incentives, sanctions and conditionality in the hope that these tools can alter the conflict dynamics and influence the protagonists' behaviour. Drawing on case studies from around the world, Accord issue 19 suggests that while these instruments have in some cases helped tip the balance towards settlement, in many others they been ineffective, incoherent or subsumed into the dynamics of the conflict.

Peace by piece: Addressing Sudan’s conflicts

Dec 2006
Accord Sudan: Cover image
Accord 18 focuses on Sudan and asks which issues were excluded from the process leading to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. It suggests that future initiatives must be more inclusive and better coordinated.

Peace by piece: Addressing Sudan’s conflicts (Arabic: Part 1)

Dec 2006
Accord 18 focuses on Sudan and asks which issues were excluded from the process leading to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. It suggests that future initiatives must be more inclusive and better coordinated.

Peace by piece: Addressing Sudan’s conflicts (Arabic: Part 2)

Dec 2006
Accord 18 focuses on Sudan and asks which issues were excluded from the process leading to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. It suggests that future initiatives must be more inclusive and better coordinated.

Implementing the 1999 Nairobi Agreement (2002)

Protracted conflict, elusive peace: Initiatives to end the violence in northern Uganda
Dec 2002
Patrick Oguru Otto describes the attempts to implement the December 1999 Nairobi agreement between the governments of Uganda and Sudan, detailing the problems faced and the gradual erosion of hopes for a peaceful resolution.

Protracted conflict, elusive peace: Initiatives to end the violence in northern Uganda (original Accord)

May 2002
Since the mid-1980s, the civil war between the Ugandan government and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has caused great suffering to the people of Acholiland in northern Uganda. Accord issue 11 documents the history of peacemaking initiatives by local officials, elders and the international community in efforts to resolve this conflict.

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