General Gamal al-Din Omar died of a heart attack in neighbouring South Sudan where he was negotiating with rebel groups.

The head of Sudan’s transitional government General Abdel Fatah al Burhan says the nation mourns a man seeking to bring stability to a country that has been shaky since last year’s fall of 30-year military dictator Omar al Bashir.

General Gamal al-Din Omar was a member of the power sharing transitional government comprising the military and civilian groups that last year brought down Bashir.

He died in Juba where he was involved in talks with Sudanese rebel groups he was trying to bring into the political process.

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