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

Constitutional amendment tabled to extend Kiir´s term (Radio Tamazuj, 20 February 2015) - A bill for amending South Sudan´s constitution has been tabled in the National Parliament to extend the term of the president and other officials including parliamentarians themselves.

Two illegally detained Lakes MPs to be released (Radio Tamazuj, 19 February 2015) - Politicians attending a peace conference in Lakes state have resolved to release two MPs detained last October.

SPLM faction in Aweil remains split over ouster of governor (Radio Tamazuj, 19 February 2015) - The branch office of South Sudan’s governing Sudan People’s Liberation Movement faction in Northern Bahr el Ghazal under president Salva Kiir remains sharply divided over termination of  the membership of Kuel Aguer Kuel, the caretaker governor of the SPLM-Juba stronghold state.

Kiir faction agrees to revoke 'status of exile' of SPLM-G10 (Radio Tamazuj, 18 February 2015) - Salva Kiir's SPLM-Juba faction has signed a document agreeing to end the "status of exile" imposed on members of the SPLM-G10 faction within two weeks.

Lagawa citizens end 95-day strike as govt implements projects (Radio Tamazuj, 16 February 2015) - Residents of the Lagawa locality in Sudan’s West Kordofan state called off their three-month sit-in strike on Saturday after authorities began to implement development projects, a member of the protest committee said.