Unpacking the Mystery of Mediation in African Peace ... - Swisspeace

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Coordinator: Simon J A Mason
Authors: Annika Åberg, Sabina Laederach, David Lanz, Jonathan Litscher, Simon J A Mason, Damiano Sguaitamatti
(alphabetical order)
Acknowledgements: We are greatly indebted to Murezi Michael of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
(FDFA) for initiating and supporting this study project. Without his enthusiasm and perseverance, this study would
not have reached such a happy end. Many thanks also to helpful input from Julian Thomas Hottinger, Carol Mottet,
and Alain Sigg (Swiss FDFA), Matthias Siegfried (MSP, swisspeace), Mario Giro (St. Egidio) and Katia Papagianni
(HD). Thanks also to Christopher Findlay for English proofreading and Marion Ronca (CSS) for layouting.
Initiation and Support: Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)
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Front cover photo: Sudan’s First Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha (L) and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement
(SPLM) leader John Garang (R) at the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement on the 9 January 2005,
ending a 21-year-old conflict in the south that has killed an estimated two million people mainly through famine and
disease. Pictures of the Year Reuters/Antony Njuguna.