By AFPMore by this AuthorRussia's ambassador to Sudan, veteran diplomat Mirgayas Shirinsky, was found dead in a swimming pool at his Khartoum home on Wednesday, Sudanese and Russian officials said. "The Russian ambassador died this evening at his Khartoum residence," the Sudanese foreign ministry said in a statement, without giving a cause of death. "We grieve to announce that on August 23 in Khartoum the Russian ambassador to Sudan, M. Shirinsky, died," it said. Mokhtar said Sudanese officials had taken Shirinsky's body to a mortuary in the capital and were awaiting instructions from the Russian foreign ministry. Shirinsky's "friendly yet professional approach" helped improve relations between Moscow and Khartoum, the Sudanese foreign ministry said.

Source: Daily Nation August 24, 2017 07:41 UTC