Deadly riots break out in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum after John Garang, longtime leader of Sudan's southern rebels, was confirmed dead in a helicopter crash. Police say at least 24 people were ...

KHARTOUM, Sudan, July 8 -- Ex-rebel leader John Garang made a triumphant return to Khartoum on Friday, greeted as a brother by the president and as a celebrity by hundreds of thousands of supporters ...

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - "Who will save us now?" The haunting cry of southern Sudanese mourning their dead hero rebel leader John Garang rings as loud in my ears today as it did in 2005 when Sudan buried ...

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, Apr 15, 2010 (AFP) - His face appears among many election campaign posters across Juba, the capital of south Sudan, even though the legendary ex-rebel chief John Garang died in 2005. The death ...

Sudan is expected to swear in a new vice president within two weeks after the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) acted swiftly and named a new leader to take over from John Garang, officials said ...

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 ...