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The death of the first vice president of Sudan in an air crash cast a shadow over the peace process.

August 2(nd), 2005

According to Xinhua News Agency, john garang, First Vice President of Sudan and Chairman of the Southern Government, died in a plane crash on his way back to Sudan from Uganda on July 30th due to bad weather. Because Garang enjoys high prestige in southern Sudan, this accident will cast a shadow over the peace process in Sudan.

Garang originally planned to return to his base camp in the southern Sudanese town of Neuset after ending his visit to Uganda on the afternoon of July 30. However, Garang's helicopter lost contact with Uganda more than an hour after taking off.

Sudanese President Bashir's office issued a statement on June 5438+0, saying: "What can be confirmed at present is that due to poor visibility, this plane crashed into the Amatoja Mountains in southern Sudan, resulting in the death of Dr. john garang, his six colleagues and seven other crew members on the Ugandan President's special plane." At the same time, a Ugandan official also confirmed to AFP reporters that searchers found the wreckage of the crashed helicopter and the remains of the victims in remote areas of southern Sudan.

1 In August, Sudanese President Bashir said that although First Vice President john garang was killed in an air crash, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in June this year1will continue to play a role.

Bashir hopes that the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) led by Garang can select a successor "at the necessary speed" to replace Garang in the new government. He said in a statement on TV: "We believe that the peace agreement will be implemented as planned and drafted, and we will continue to maintain trust with our brothers in the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in the future." Bashir announced three days of mourning for Garang. Garang is the most prestigious leader in southern Sudan and is regarded as the only one who can win the government seat for the people in southern Sudan.

When Garang led the Sudanese rebels in 1986.

According to Xinhua News Agency, riots broke out in Khartoum that day after the Sudanese government announced Garang's death. Thousands of people took to the streets in urban and suburban areas, some waving swords and guns, causing at least 12 deaths. The Sudanese government announced that it would impose a curfew 12 hours in Khartoum from 6 pm local time.

The racial, religious, cultural and political differences and contradictions between the north and the south of Sudan led to the outbreak of two civil wars. The second civil war from 1983 is one of the longest civil wars in Africa.

The Associated Press believes that Garang was committed to reaching a power-sharing agreement between North and South Sudan during his lifetime. His death may make Sudan repeat the mistakes of Rwanda 1994 unrest.

1On April 6th, 994, Juvenal Habyarimana, then President of Rwanda, was killed in an air crash. He is committed to reaching a power-sharing agreement between Hutu and Tutsi in Rwanda. After his death, a large-scale ethnic conflict broke out in Rwanda, and more than half a million people were massacred by genocide.

■ Background information

Garang and the Sudan Peace Process

Garang 1945 was born on June 23rd, 2005 in the Dinka tribe in the Bor region of southern Sudan. He received primary education in southern Sudan and Wau, Tanzania. In the 1960s, he studied in the United States and received a doctorate. 1970, Garang returned to China, joined the Sudanese army and was promoted to colonel.

1983, the Sudanese government sent him to quell the rebellion in Boer, but Garang embarked on the road of rebellion. In order to oppose the government's implementation of Islamic law throughout the country, some southern officers and men headed by Garang launched a mutiny in May 1983, and established the "Sudan People's Liberation Army" which advocated overthrowing the government by force, and the second civil war broke out in Sudan.

65438-0994, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement began peace talks with the Sudanese government. Since then, Garang has become the main party to the peace process in Sudan and made important contributions to ending the civil war in Sudan.

On June 9, 65438, Garang and Sudanese President Bashir signed a comprehensive peace agreement in Nairobi, Kenya, and the civil war between North and South Sudan officially ended. Garang was formally sworn in as the first vice president of the Sudanese government of national unity on July 9, and concurrently served as the chairman of the southern government. Xinhua News Agency

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