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Garang Mourned by African, World Leaders
By VOA News
01 August 2005
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 behind an enduring legacy, but also a huge vacuum. The AU urged Sudan and the former rebel movement to rise to the challenge of following through on Mr. Garang's vision of a united and peaceful Sudan.
In South Africa, President Thabo Mbeki said news of the death came as a great shock. He called for restraint and asked all parties in Sudan to remain committed to the nation's historic peace accords.
Mr. Garang's longtime deputy, Salva Kiir Mayarit, told reporters that Sudan has lost its beloved son.
In New York, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he learned of Mr. Garang's death with "great sorrow." He described him as larger than life and said he was assured by both the Sudanese government and former rebel movement that the peace process will move forward.
The European Union also expressed its regret over Mr. Garang's death, saying it is essential that Sudanese statesmen continue working together to consolidate the peace process.
Sudan Turns Violent After Garang's Death
John Garang,was the leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Army
August 01, 2005 2:28 PM EDT
KHARTOUM, Sudan - Grief-stricken supporters of a former Sudanese rebel
leader rioted in the capital Monday, smashing cars and shops and angrily
blaming the government for their hero's death in a helicopter crash.
Despite doubts among the rioters, the southern rebel movement dismissed talk
of a plot against Vice President John Garang and sought to keep alive the
fragile north-south peace deal he championed for Sudan.
The 60-year-old Garang, who had been Sudan's first vice president for just
three weeks, died Saturday along with 13 other people when their helicopter
crashed into a mountain in southern Sudan in bad weather.
"I feel like all my hopes are now broken," said Ashraf Abdel-Hafez, sinking
his head into his hands. Three weeks ago, the 26-year-old hotel employee
beamed with excitement at the promise he saw in Garang's triumphant return
to Khartoum. On Monday, he cried.
His Sudan People's Liberation Movement stressed that the crash was an
accident, not foul play, and quickly named Garang's longtime deputy, Salva
Kiir Mayardit, to succeed him as head of the movement and as president of
south Sudan, spokesman Yasser Arman told The Associated Press.
Kiir will also likely be first vice president, according to the January
peace agreement that says whoever is Sudan People's Liberation Movement
leader will hold that position, said Kenyan Gen. Lazaro Sumbeiywo, a
mediator in the peace talks.
On July 9, Garang was inaugurated into a national unity government that was
seen as the key to bringing comprehensive peace to Sudan. He was working
with the president and second vice president to form a Cabinet by Aug. 9.
"Losing the brother, the doctor, is a huge loss. He is a true peace partner
and he has played a big role," President Omar al-Bashir said.
Three days of national mourning have been declared.
Despite the assurances of the rebel movement and the government, hordes of
young men filled downtown Khartoum, smashing car windows and tearing off
doors, setting fires, #####ng shops and in some cases chasing pedestrians
away with stones. One group stopped a passing journalist and asked, "Are you
with us or against us?" and demanded to search his briefcase before they let
him pass.
"Murderers! Murderers!" some yelled, alleging the Sudanese government, which
had battled Garang's rebel force for two decades before this year's peace
deals, may have been behind the crash.
Police and soldiers used tear gas to disperse the larger crowds of Garang
supporters, and by midday downtown was nearly empty. The streets leading to
the Republican Palace were sealed and many residents and shopkeepers closed
their shutters and stayed indoors.
A 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew was imposed, and by dusk only a few people walked
the empty streets. Some stopped to stare at the empty shells of burned out
cars, but most hurried past. Outside one shop, a small group of people stood
talking near a pile of canned and boxed food left by looters.
Witnesses reported at least two people were killed in the clashes. There was
no official confirmation of any casualties.
Government and rebel leaders appealed for calm, saying the nation's peace
process would remain on track.
In a statement, Kiir promised the leadership 'will continue the vision and
the objectives of the movement that Dr. John Garang De Mabior has
articulated and hoped to implement."
Jan Pronk, the U.N. secretary-general's special representative in Sudan,
mourned Garang but said the peace process would continue.
"The peace agreement is an agreement between two institutions - the
government and the SPLM. It is not dependent on individual persons, even if
individual persons have had a very important contribution to it," Pronk
said. "I'm fully confident that the government and the SPLM will continue on
this road."
Garang was the dominant voice of the south since 1983. A colonel in Sudan's
army, he was sent south to quell a rebellion but deserted to form a rebel
movement that fought the Muslim government in Kharoum for a share of wealth
and political power for the mostly Christian and animist south. More than 2
million people died in the conflict.
The deal and Garang's ascension to the national unity government were signs
of hope for others who feel marginalized in Sudan. Many in the east and
west, fighting their own battles with Khartoum, considered Garang an
advocate.
The charismatic leader was welcomed by more than a million people from all
regions of Sudan when he returned to Khartoum on July 8 for the first time
since his rebellion began in 1983.
Deng Alor, a senior rebel official speaking from the southern Sudanese town
of New Site where Garang's remains were taken, promised an investigation
into the crash. He said weather was bad in the area where the accident
occurred, but that human error could have been involved. He would not rule
out foul play but said his group did not blame the government for the crash.
Although Garang and al-Bashir were once bitter enemies, they hailed each
other as brothers since the peace agreement. Other past enemies also became
supporters of the south, at least publicly, and even tried their own peace
deals with Garang.
The crash recalled the 1994 death of Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana,
whose plane was downed as he had been trying to implement a power-sharing
deal between fellow Hutus and the rival Tutsis. The Rwandan genocide
followed, in which more than 500,000 people were killed.
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Associated Press writer Mohamed Osman contributed to this report from
Khartoum.
Copyright 2005 Associated Press.
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Toyin Falola
Department of History
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station
Austin, TX 78712-0220
USA
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| Re: الدخـان عاليا في سـمـاء الخـرطـوم.. | المكاشفي الخضر الطاهر | 08-01-05, 01:29 AM |
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| Re: الدخـان عاليا في سـمـاء الخـرطـوم.. | Muna Khugali | 08-01-05, 01:32 AM |
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