Your weekly roundup of key political stories from Sudan and South Sudan:
Aweil deputy mayor rejects suspension (Radio Tamazuj, 8 May 2015) – The Deputy Mayor of Aweil in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr al Ghazal state, has been suspended along with two civil servents in the state’s education ministry on orders from the acting state Secretary General Clemenet Manyuat.
Sudan’s “7+7” committee members to meet Saturday (Radio Tamazuj, 8 May 2015) – The Sudanese Minister of Information Ahmed Bilal Osman says meetings of the National Dialogue committee known as “7+7” will kick off Saturday 9 May.
South Sudan human rights commission leaderless (Radio Tamazuj, 7 May 2015) – The head of South Sudan’s human rights commission has been reassigned to another position, leaving the government rights body without any chairman.
US willing to fund hybrid court for South Sudan war crimes (Radio Tamazuj, 6 May 2015) – The United States government announced on Tuesday that it would be willing to provide funding for setting up a hybrid court “to hold perpetrators of violence in South Sudan to account.”
Sudan security agents stop Amin Madeni from travelling (Radio Tamazuj, 5 May 2015) -Sudanese security agents on Monday stopped Human Rights Monitor President Amin Mekki Madeni from travelling abroad.