War Talk at Peace Talks

As the title illustrates, the book is a story of war and peace talks

that culminated in Agreement on the Confl ict Resolution

in South Sudan (ARCSS) in July 2015 and its final version

of September 2018 known as Revitalized Agreement on Conflict

Resolution in South Sudan (R-ARCSS). It emanates from the inside

personal experience of the author who served as a frontline negotiator

representing the SPLM/A (IO) from Addis-Ababa Peace Talks to High

Revitalization Forum in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia and up to the face to

Face phase in Khartoum, Sudan. Based on his own grasping of the

the entire peace process, the author provides in-depth analysis of issues

discussed to resolve the conflict as well as critical reflections on the

the diplomatic atmosphere under which the talks were conducted in Addis

-Ababa, Arusha, Entebbe and in Khartoum. In sum, the book is largely

a story of violent armed conflict, intransigence, tyranny of gun culture

and lack of political will to resolve the devastating five years civil strife

in South Sudan.
WAR.