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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Waakhe Simon Wudu and Duncan Miriri

South Sudan's late liberation hero Garang in focus during pope's visit

FILE PHOTO: A soldier holds a portrait of the late former Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M) leader John Garang at the New Site village in southern Sudan August 4, 2005. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti

Pope Francis will lead prayers at the mausoleum of South Sudanese liberation hero John Garang on Saturday, an acknowledgement of the importance for the world's youngest nation of perhaps the one leader who could ensure unity.

Garang was killed in a helicopter crash in July 2005, less than a month after becoming president of the autonomous Southern Sudan region, which he had led in a rebellion against Sudan's central government for two decades.

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