John Garang flanked by his deputy Salva Kiir
News Article by AFP posted on August 01, 2005 at 15:51:51: EST (-5 GMT)
Sudan's SPLM names Salva Kiir as Garang's successor
NEW SITE, Sudan, Aug 1 (AFP) - Southern Sudan's former rebel group on Monday named Salva Kiir as its new leader to replace Vice President John Garang, who died in a helicopter crash over the weekend, the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement said.
Kiir, who was the group's deputy leader, should also become vice president
under the peace deal signed in January to end the 21-year civil war between the
SPLM/A rebels and the Khartoum government.