KHARTOUM – A Sudanese committee set up to probe the death of first vice president and former rebel leader John Garang, which triggered days of deadly rioting, began its investigations yesterday.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has suggested the crash, initially blamed on bad weather in the mountainous region of south Sudan, may not have been an accident. Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir issued a decree on August 8 establishing a seven-member committee and named former vice president Alier, a southerner who like Garang hails from the Dinka tribe, to head the panel.- Nampa-AFPSudanese President Omar al-Beshir issued a decree on August 8 establishing a seven-member committee and named former vice president Alier, a southerner who like Garang hails from the Dinka tribe, to head the panel.- Nampa-AFP
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