A roundup of a few key stories from last week on political issues in Sudan and South Sudan:
‘Breakthrough’ involves concession to SPLM-IO (Radio Tamazuj, 27 October 2014) — The ‘breakthrough’ announced by East African peace mediators last week at a meeting in South Sudan’s capital city Juba involves a concession by the SPLM-Juba faction to its rival SPLM-IO.
Kiir promises to retain loyal Nuer in transitional govt (Radio Tamazuj, 28 October 2014) — South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir met top loyalist Nuer politicians over the last few days in Juba where the politicians expressed concern over their positions if peace is reached with the rebels.
Sudan elections commission announces voter register (Radio Tamazuj, 29 October 2014) — Sudan’s National Elections Commission (NEC) yesterday announced publication of an electoral register for the upcoming elections scheduled for April 2015.
Sudan: security agents release detained journalist (Radio Tamazuj, 30 October 2014) — Sudanese security agents have released a journalist for the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat after being detained for six days in Khartoum without charges, the journalists’ union said.
PPLF say government blocked meeting with mediators (Radio Tamazuj, 1 November 2014) — South Sudan’s Political Parties Leadership Forum (PPLF) has claimed that the South Sudanese government obstructed a meeting with the IGAD peace mediation team, which sent representatives to Juba to facilitate intra-PPLF talks.