You always meet twice : Consecutive mediation efforts in African intrastate conflicts Many intrastate conflicts see more than one mediation effort. As the sequencing of mediation efforts in intrastate conflicts is neglected in existing research this project addresses the question how and why previous mediation efforts have an impact on subsequent mediation onset and subsequent mediation success. Drawing on bargaining theory it is argued that governments and rebel groups engaged in intrastate conflicts account for previous mediation outcomes in their cost benefit calculations on subsequent mediation onset and should subsequent talks set on their behaviour during subsequent mediation efforts which influences subsequent mediation success. If mediation did not produce an agreement the persistence of the private information problem is noted by the conflict parties. Yet no new costs of mediation are uncovered and hence the conflict parties will agree to subsequent mediation onset. Being aware of the necessity to overcome the private information and the commitment problem the mediator will seek to account for the concerns of the conflict parties and thereby work towards subsequent mediation success. If mediation produced a partial agreement the benefits of mediation are underlined. The private information and the commitment problem seem solved with the assistance of the mediator. Subsequent mediation onset and eventually subsequent mediation success are observed. If a mediated agreement was reneged on by the rebel group the government will refrain from ... Intrastate conflicts Lords Resistance Army Mediation Mixed methods Third party intervention Bürgerkrieg Konfliktregelung Mediation Uganda