Your weekly roundup of key political stories from Sudan and South Sudan:
Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir says he’ll step down in 2020 (Radio Tamazuj, 7 April 2016) – Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has told the BBC he will step down in 2020, when his current mandate ends.
Cattle and crime upset Dinka-Misseriya peace talks (Radio Tamazuj, 7 April 2016) – The peace and reconciliation talks between the Misseriya and Ngok Dinka in Noong on Thursday were taken up by discussions about cattle raiding and crime after Misseriya herders said that about 240 of their cattle had been raided.
Machar declines JMEC schedule, delays return until 18 April (Radio Tamazuj, 7 April 2016) – The SPLM-In Opposition leader Riek Machar has decliend a proposal by the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) that he return to Juba with an accompany delegation of 75 members on 12 April, instead proposing a date the following week.
Sudanese security bans opposition rally at Khartoum University (Radio Tamazuj, 5 April 2016) – Sudan’s security forces have prevented the Independent Student’s Congress from organising a symposium inside the campus of the University of Khartoum on Monday.
Yambio armed group signs another peace deal with government (Radio Tamazuj, 4 April 2016) – The South Sudan National Liberation Movement (SSNLM) signed a peace deal Saturday with the South Sudanese government at Freedom Square in Yambio town of South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state, the Commissioner of Yambio County confirmed.