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(Spero News) – The death of John Garang de Mabior in a helicopter crash has plunged the peace process in Sudan into deep crisis, just three weeks after his appointment as the country’s vice presidency had raised hopes of an end to 50 years of bloodshed. …His own parents – like many in southern Sudan – had been converted by Christian missionaries. … His death on 31 July, just three weeks after he took up the vice-presidency led to clashes in Khartoum , but also raises longer-term questions about whether the peace will survive, especially as it has had no time to become institutionalized. The removal of Garang also casts a shadow over prospects for peace in Darfur . His authoritative, energetic presence in government would have been a powerful counteraction to continued aggression by government-aligned forces in the western Sudan . …[Go To Full Story]