President Thabo Mbeki has extended condolences to Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmed el-Bashir, and the leadership of the SPLM/A in particular, on the death of First Vice President John Garang ...

It is John Garang who is dead. The vision should be kept alive." South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki: "It is with great shock and sadness that the government and people of South Africa learned of the ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Aug 5, 2005 (PANA) — South African President Thabo Mbeki will on Saturday attend the funeral of Sudan’s first vice-president, Dr. John Garang, in Juba, the capital ...

Dr Garang was a rebel leader who played a key role in Sudan's peace deal that ended a 21-year civil war. Mr Mbeki said his death was a great shock and sad news to the people of South Africa.

John Garang boards the presidential chopper at Entebbe airport headed for Rwakitura on July 29, 2005. File photo. ... South African President Thabo Mbeki, Kenya’s Mwai Kibaki, ...

On Thursday July 28, 2005, South Sudan Liberation Movement/Army leader, Col John Garang, rang President Museveni and told him he wanted to meet him over important issues about the Comprehensive ...

African and world leaders are mourning the sudden death of Sudan's vice president and longtime rebel leader John Garang. The 53-member African Union released a statement saying Mr. Garang has left ...

Johannesburg - President Thabo Mbeki appealed on Monday for restraint in Sudan after the death of ex-rebel leader John Garang barely three weeks after he was appointed the country's No 2. He said: "It ...

Thousands gathered today at the grave of Sudan leader John Garang de Mabior, who was killed July 30, 2005, after signing a peace deal between North and South. Would Sudan still be divided if the ...

Fragile Post-Garang Sudan Concerns ... rival factions in Khartoum and southern Sudan to prevent Sudan's fragile peace from unraveling after Vice President John Garang's death in a helicopter ...

John Garang was born in 1945 into the southern Dinka group famous for worshipping the sky, playing music on ram's horns and their love of roast meat. His family was Christian and he went on to study ...

John Garang's vision of peace must be embraced by all the people in Sudan so that they can live in a democratic, peaceful and united country." ... South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki: ...