02 August 2005

Sudan's Fledgling Peace Now in Peril

Calm Urged As Riots Follow Official's Death

By Emily Wax
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, August 2, 2005; Page A01

KIGALI, Rwanda, Aug. 1 -- Rioters rampaged through the capital of Sudan on Monday, smashing cars and shops in violence that officials said left at least 20 people dead, as news spread that John Garang, a prominent rebel leader and the newly installed first vice president of Sudan, had been killed in a helicopter crash Sunday.

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