Your weekly roundup of key political stories from Sudan and South Sudan:
Two SPLM-IO members arrive in Juba ahead of advance team (Radio Tamazuj, 4 December 2015) – Two senior members of the SPLM/A-In Opposition have arrived in South Sudan’s capital Juba in order to prepare for the reception of over 500 members of the advance team, a rebel official said.
Sudanese opposition reiterates its position to boycott National Dialogue (Radio Tamazuj, 3 December 2015) – An alliance of Sudanese opposition National Consensus Force has reiterated its position to boycott the ongoing National Dialogue, saying it does not meet conditions of a comprehensive dialogue process.
Constitutional court delays case against Kiir’s 28 states (Radio Tamazuj, 2 December 2015) – South Sudan’s constitutional court yesterday indefinitely adjourned the case brought by opposition parties to block President Salva Kiir’s order to create 28 states, the parties’ lawyer said.
5 parliament committee chairs dismissed for rejecting Kiir’s 28 states (Radio Tamazuj, 1 December 2015) – Parliamentary leadership in South Sudan have dismissed the chairmen of five committees and the deputy chairpersons of two committees as punishment for having rejected a constitutional amendment related to the 28-states proposal, according to one of the ousted committee chairmen.
MP: Parliament has not approved creation of 28 states (Radio Tamazuj, 1 December 2015) – A South Sudanese member of parliament denied on Monday that the house has approved the presidential Establishment Order expanding the constitutionally recognized 10 states to 28 states