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Mourning the Death of Sudanese First Vice-President John Garang

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August 2nd, 2005 - 05:51PM
Mourning the Death of Sudanese First Vice President John Garang
Photo: Reuters/STR, courtesy www.alertnet.org

The International Rescue Committee, which has been providing humanitarian assistance in Sudan for more than two decades, is deeply distressed over the death of Dr. John Garang, the head of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement and the newly inaugurated First Vice-President of the country.

Garang was killed in a helicopter crash over the weekend. He was a critical leader in forging the peace agreement signed in January 2005, which ended the brutal 21-year north-south civil war in Sudan.


Posted By: Kathleen Sands | Africa, Sudan & the Darfur Crisis
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