A roundup of a few key stories from the past week on political issues in Sudan and South Sudan:
Sudan’s “7+7” committee member says they didn’t receive invitation for national dialogue (Radio Tamazuj, 27 March 2015) – The Sudanese Minister of Information Ahmed Bilal Osman says they haven’t received an invitation with regards to their participation in a preparatory meeting in Addis Ababa.
Ruling party MP and parliament spokesman says security bill is not law (Radio Tamazuj, 26 March 2015) – The Chairman of the Information Committee in South Sudan’s National Assembly, Thomas Wani Kundu, says that the National Security Service Bill has not become law, contradicting the justice minister who claimed it had become operational.
Irregularities in S Sudan parliament vote (Radio Tamazuj, 25 March 2015) – The version of the Constitutional Amendment Bill 2015 passed in parliament on Tuesday is not the same as the version introduced in February, according to lawmakers.
S Sudan parliament extends Kiir’s presidency by 3 years (Radio Tamazuj, 24 March 2015) – South Sudan’s National Legislative Assembly voted Tuesday to extend the life of Salva Kiir’s term in office by three years from 9 July 2015 to 9 July 2018.
Major differences between Kiir’s speech and advisors’ text (Radio Tamazuj, 22 March 2015) – The speech that President Salva Kiir delivered at a rally last Wednesday differed substantially from the prepared text of the speech as circulated online.