Garang confirmed dead in helicopter crash

The file photo taken on July 9, 2005 shows John Garang, the leader of Sudan People's Liberation Movement, makes a speech at the sworn-in ceremony of the Sudanese interim government of national unity in Khartoum, capital of Sudan. Sudanese Vice President and former rebel leader John Garang was killed in an air crash, President Omar el-Bashir said in a statement on Monday, August 1, 2005.

The file photo taken on February 8, 2005 shows John Garang, the leader of Sudan People's Liberation Movement, at an open meeting of the UN Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York.

The file photo taken on February 8, 2005 shows John Garang, the leader of Sudan People's Liberation Movement, at an open meeting of the UN Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York.

The file photo taken on November 19, 2004 shows John Garang, the leader of Sudan People's Liberation Movement, at a news conference in Nairobi, capital of Kenya.

The file photo taken on June 5, 2004 shows John Garang, the leader of Sudan People's Liberation Movement, makes a speech in Kenya's State House, launching the final phase of the Sudan peace talks.