Your weekly roundup of key stories on political issues in Sudan and South Sudan:

S. Sudan army chief rejects IGAD power-sharing proposal (Sudan Tribune, 1 August 2015) - The South Sudanese army chief of staff, Paul Malong Awan has expressed disapproval of the content of the recent Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) proposal to end over 19 months of conflict in the young nation.

Juba's thematic committees to present report on IGAD proposal (Radio Tamazuj, 31 July 2015) - South Sudan's Minister of Information and government spokesman Michael Makuei Lueth said a consultative meeting of his government and the SPLM secretariat chaired by President Salva Kiir on Wednesday set up thee thematic committees to deliberate on the new IGAD-Plus peace proposal.

S Sudan opposition receives AU atrocities report, urges public release (Radio Tamazuj, 31 July 2015) - South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar said he received a copy of the African Union Commission of Inquiry report on South Sudan Thursday and urged its public release.

Obama backs regional initiative for South Sudan peace (Radio Tamazuj, 27 July 2015) - The President of the United States of America Barack Obama meets today with the Chairman of the East African regional bloc IGAD, Ethiopian Premier Hailemariam Desalegn, and other African leaders to lend his support for the IGAD peace process for South Sudan.

SPLM-N speaks on current peace stalemate (Radio Dabanga, 27 July 2015) - The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) issued a press statement today in which it sets out its current views.