The Army of Peace (Arabic: جيش السلام, romanized: Jaysh al-Salam) was a large alliance of Fertit tribal militias[3] in Western Bahr el Ghazal during the Second Sudanese Civil War.

SPLA fighters launched a number of destructive raids on Fertit villages in 1985, mostly to acquire supplies to continue their guerrilla campaign.

[13] A number of Fertit leaders consequently banded together in the surroundings of Wau and Raga, and organised the "Army of Peace" militia as self-defense force.

[15] Not all Fertit tribes supported the new militia,[16] and some tribal leaders vehemently opposed the formation of the Army of Peace and the arming of civilians in general.

[18] After new raids on their territory, the Fertit leaders who supported the Army of Peace asked the governor of Bahr el Ghazal for help, but he refused.

[17] The Army of Peace initially operated autonomous and exclusively in the surroundings of Wau, where it defended local villages from insurgents from 1986 to early 1987.

Most of the militia subsequently demobilized in July 1988, though a rump faction remained active and continued to fight alongside the SAF,[17] and was integrated into the Popular Defence Forces (PDF) in December 1989.

[10] The Army of Peace still enjoyed substantial support among the Fertit tribes during the last phase of the civil war,[27] and continued to be most active around Wau,[10] although it also had presence in other parts of Western Bahr el Ghazal.