A roundup of a few key stories from last week on political issues in Sudan and South Sudan:

Peace talks on Sudan’s Two Areas postponed (Radio Tamazuj, 6 October 2014) -- The peace negotiations on South Kordofan and Blue Nile have been postponed from 12 October to a date after 25 October.

Sudanese president says relations with Saudi Arabia returned to normal (Sudan Tribune, 11 October 2014) -- The Sudanese president, Omer Hassan al-Bashir, said his country managed to overcome the frosty relations with Saudi Arabia saying Khartoum ties with Tehran don’t qualify to be described as strategic.

Deng Alor says inclusion of Abyei in Sudanese elections is propaganda (Radio Tamazuj, 10 October 2014) -- Deng Alor, a member of the SPLM ‘former detainees’ at the South Sudanese peace talks in Ethiopia has rejected Abyei’s inclusion in Sudan’s April 2015 elections as mere propaganda.

Sudan: Mass arrests of activists in South Kordofan town (Radio Tamazuj, 7 October 2014) -- Sudanese security agents have launched a campaign of mass arrests among political activists in Abu Jubeiha Locality in Sudan’s South Kordofan state.

Sudan govt, rebels talk tough on National Dialogue (Radio Dabanga, 6 October 2014) -- The Sudanese Minister of Defence, Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein, has announced the government’s readiness to definitely beat the rebel movements over the next dry season if they do not join the National Dialogue.

File photo: Dr Ibrahim Ghandour

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