South Sudan: Joseph Lagu, independence figure, dies

South Sudan is observing national mourning after Joseph Lagu, aged 94, died the previous day. A founding member of the Anyanya armed movement in 1963, he fought the Sudanese government, with Salva Kiir among the forces under his command. In 1972, Lagu led negotiations that ended Sudan’s first civil war and granted the South regional autonomy. He later served as Sudan’s second vice-president and permanent representative to the United Nations.