JUBA, Sudan — The women wept and wailed, making rhythmic, guttural sounds. They collapsed over the coffin of John Garang, the Sudanese vice president and former rebel leader killed in a helicopter ...

John Garang, the 60-year-old Sudanese vice president and former rebel leader, was a critical partner with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in plans to build a new government of national unity and to ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Khartoum, Sudan – Grief- stricken supporters of a former Sudanese rebel leader tore through the capital in riots that left 36 people dead Monday, smashing ...

Nairobi - John Garang's long-standing deputy, Salva Kiir Mayardit, took over his key post just hours after news broke that the former rebel leader and vice-president of Southern Sudan was killed in a ...

Church and political leaders are urging Sudanese to stay on the peace path after the death in a helicopter crash of John Garang de Mabior, the guerrilla leader who steered the Sudan People’s ...

Following the death of Sudan's Vice President John Garang in a helicopter crash Sunday, at least 24 people died in demonstrations over his death. We have a background report from Independent ...

His dream of a ‘New Sudan’, a reformed country in which all faiths and ethnicities would be respected, died with him as South Sudan declared its independence six years later. Lual worked closely with ...