Your weekly roundup of key political stories from Sudan and South Sudan:
IGAD proposes new South Sudan power sharing deal (Radio Tamazuj, 12 June 2015) – IGAD has released a new proposal for South Sudan’s warring parties to share power in a transitional government.
Regional interests ‘undermining’ South Sudan peace talks (AFP, 10 June 2015) – South Sudan’s floundering peace talks are being undermined by the economic interests of the regional states leading the process, an advocacy group warned Wednesday.
Ban Ki-moon: ‘No withdrawal of Unamid from Sudan’ (Radio Dabanga, 9 June 2015) – The UN-AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur (Unamid) will not leave Darfur, despite repeated pressure by Khartoum.
President Bashir’s government to prioritize National Dialogue (Radio Tamazuj, 8 June 2015) – The Sudanese Minister of Information Ahmed Bilal Osman says the newly reshuffled government’s priority is to create a condusive atmosphere for the National Dialogue initiative.
Sudanese opposition leaders barred from travelling to Strasbourg (Radio Dabanga, 8 June 2015) – Security officers prevented opposition leaders from travelling to France today.