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July 31, 2005
Sudanese Vice-President Garang Still Missing
Agence France Presse reports that "Sudanese state television said that the authorities were still trying to locate an aircraft carrying First Vice President John Garang," a day after it disappeared.
AFP noted that Mr. "Garang, a former southern rebel leader who was sworn in as vice president only on July 9, [2005] played a key role in reaching the peace deal earlier this year, ending 21 years of civil war that killed more than two million people."
"He had been in Uganda where he held talks with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. According to AFP, an "official said that Garang and his entourage left Museveni's ranch in the western Ugandan town of Rwakitura in a Ugandan government helicopter on Saturday [July 30, 2005] during daylight.
At some point during the flight they encountered bad weather and tried to go around it," AFP said, adding: "Radio contact was then lost and it is unclear what happened to the helicopter." Here's more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at July 31, 2005 06:18 PM
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