Your weekly roundup from Radio Tamazuj of key political stories from Sudan and South Sudan:
Lam Tungwar calls for peace implementation in Unity state (Radio Tamazuj, 25 September 2015) – The Minister of Youth and Culture in Unity State, Lam Tungwar Kueigwong, says that it is time for officials to “speak to the people” of the state and the military encouraging them to embrace peace and accept implementaion of the new peace agreement.
Pagan Amum says he was threatened by government (Radio Tamazuj, 21 September 2015) – The Secretary-General of the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), Pagan Amum, says that he and the exiled ‘Group of Ten’ that he represents will not return to Juba yet because they have been threatened by the government and by Salva Kiir personally.
Machar: ‘I will return to Juba in December’ (Radio Tamazuj, 21 September 2015) – South Sudan’s armed opposition leader Riek Machar says he will return to Juba to assume his position as First-Vice President in December this year.
S Sudan foreign minister: ‘Our reservations must be addressed’ (Radio Tamazuj, 21 September 2015) – Foreign Minister of South Sudan Barnaba Marial Benjamin says that the reservations raised by the government against the recent peace agreement must be addressed or else implementation of the deal will be ‘very difficult’.
South Sudan VP to attend UN meeting in New York instead of President Kiir (Radio Tamazuj, 21 September 2015) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir will not attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting this month in New York, government spokesperson Michael Makuei Lueth said.