Southern Sudan Defence Minister killed
Salam & hello to all my dearest reader, I just want you to be informed about some of the World News. 23 people killed on Friday in a plane crash blamed on engine failure, one of them was Lieutenant General Dominic Dim Deng’s, minister of the Southern People Liberation Movement (SPLM)
Besides southern Defence Minister Dominic Dim Deng, an advisor to south Sudan leader and national First Vice President Salva Kiir was also on board, Machar said. - Middle East Online
The former southern rebel group SPLM signed a 2005 accord with the northern National Congress Party, ending Africa’s longest civil war. Dim also had ministerial responsibility for the SPLA, which is the armed wing of the SPLM. - The Star
The Arab domination of power in what is Africa’s largest country was a major reason for the two-decade civil war between north and south, as well as for the separate five-year conflict in the western Darfur region. - Yahoo! News
The plane had been rented from an charter company and was carrying a delegation of leaders from the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement from Wau to the capital Juba. - Al Jazeera
National First Vice President Salva Kiir’s predecessor and southern rebel leader John Garang died in July 2005 when the Ugandan presidential helicopter he was travelling in crashed into a mountainside in southern Sudan, with some suspecting foul play. - AFP Google
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