And when Garang suddenly checked in to Entebbe's Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel where Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni was to meet US President George Bush on 11 July US officials including Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Walter Kansteiner hurtled successfully to deflect the unscheduled photo-opportunity of a historic handshake between Bush and the Sudanese guerrilla leader...
It follows weeks of peace talks in Ghana and crisis talks in Washington as pressure mounted on President George Bush's government to help Liberia just as he embarked on his 7-12 July tour of Africa...