A roundup of last week’s key stories on political events in Sudan and South Sudan.
South Sudan: Trading peace for power (African Arguments, 10 Apr.) – Political analysis of South Sudan’s stalled peace process, stalled constitutional review process, stalled reconciliation process, and stalled electoral process.
US: ‘South Sudan hostage to short-sighted actors’ (Radio Tamazuj, 11 Apr.) – In an official statement, the US Government reiterated its threat of sanctions just hours after a ministerial meeting between Awan Riak and John Kerry.
Interview: Islamist intellectual discusses Bashir’s dialogue initiative (Radio Tamazuj, 11 March) – Political analysis of the latest events in Khartoum by an insider of the Islamic Movement, who expresses some cautious optimism about the new national political dialogue.
Sudan’s Turabi: Drive to reunite Islamic forces (Sudan Tribune, 13 Apr.) – Hassan al Turabi, ‘guide’ of the 1989 Islamic revolution, who split with Omar al Bashir ten years later, welcomes the president’s new dialogue initiative, saying it could help reunite Islamic and other political forces.
Attabani calls on opposition, rebels to join national dialogue (Sudan Tribune, 12 Apr.) – Another breakaway leader of the ruling National Congress Party, head of the Reform Now Party, agrees to join the Sudanese national political dialogue initiative.
File photo: Hassan Al Turabi, leader of the Islamist Popular Congress Party
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