Your weekly roundup of key stories on political issues in Sudan and South Sudan:
Liberal Party calls for elections in Northern Bahr al Ghazal (Radio Tamazuj, 17 April 2015) – The recently established People’s Liberal Party (PLP) has called on the South Sudanese government to organize elections in states which are being administered by caretaker governors, including Northern Bahr al Ghazal State where there has been a rift within the ruling party.
5 candidates from Gezira withdraw from Sudan elections (Radio Tamazuj, 16 April 2015) – Five independent candidates in Sudan’s Gezira State said that they have withdrawn from the ongoing elections in protest against what they described as “irregularities” at Al Zamalik, Al Mutazah and Matar polling centres in the state.
Sudan election: Abyei’s Misseriya cast ballots outside disputed area (Radio Tamazuj, 16 April 2015) – Members of the Misseriya tribe are voting in Sudan’s elections, but outside the borders of Abyei, the disputed area between Sudan and South Sudan.
Kiir sacks interior minister and governor (Radio Tamazuj, 14 April 2015) – South Sudan’s President Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit issued presidential decrees yesterday sacking his Interior Minister Aleu Ayieny Aleu and Northern Bahr al Ghazal Caretaker Governor Kuel Aguer Kuel.
Sudan election: Low turnout on first day of voting (Radio Tamazuj, 13 April 2015) – Low voter turnout on the opening day of polls marred Sudan’s first general elections held since the secession of South Sudan in 2011.