http://www.wagingpeaceinsudan.com/“Waging Peace in Sudan: The Inside Story of the Negotiations that Ended Africa’s Longest Civil War” is the inside account of how the two parties to Africa’s longest running civil war, the SPLM/A and the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), negotiated an end to over 20 years of bloodshed.
Profiting from her unique access to both SPLM/A’s late leader John Garang as well as Ali Osman Taha, Sudan’s First Vice President, Ms. Johnson details the journey from the beginning of the talks in Nairobi to the signing of the 260 page agreement in Naivasha over 16 months later.
About the author
Hilde F. Johnson served as Minister and member of the Norwegian government/cabinet in the period 1997-2000 and 2001-2005, and was Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2001. It was through her role as Minister of International Development that she came to play a pivotal role in the peace process in Sudan as part of the “Troika” made up of the US, UK and Norway.
Since 2007, Ms. Johnson has been Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF.