Sudanese rebel leader turned vice president John Garang died in a helicopter crash Sunday. He was a charismatic leader whose death strikes a blow to the January peace deal that ended a 21-year civil ...

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Tens of thousands of mourners are gathered in Juba, the largest city in southern Sudan, for the funeral of former rebel leader John Garang. For ...

JUBA, Sudan — The body of John Garang was flown from town to town in southern Sudan yesterday for his people to pay last respects to their popular leader before his burial. But his final resting place ...

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 ...

JUBA, Sudan Southern Sudanese gathered by the thousands Friday at the Episcopal cathedral in this southern city where their leader John Garang is to be buried in a granite-and-mud-brick tomb. With ...

NAIROBI, June 18 (Reuters) - The widow of former Sudanese rebel leader John Garang was quoted on Monday saying his death in a helicopter crash two years ago was an assassination. Despite initial fears ...

JUBA, Sudan Twenty-one years of civil war have left southern Sudan with roads in disrepair, some of them mined. Electricity is scarce, as are clinics, schools, even police and judges. But now a ...