Your weekly roundup of key political stories from Sudan and South Sudan:
Khartoum says it will join Addis Ababa consultative meeting if Bashir is invited (Radio Tamazuj, 11 March 2016) – The Sudanese government says it will participate in the Strategic Consultative Meeting that the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) intends to organize on 16 -18 March if President Omar al-Bashir is invited as the head of the Coordination Committee of the Sudan’s National Dialogue.
Taban and Makuei blame Troika for non-arrival of troops to Juba (Radio Tamazuj, 10 March 2016) – SPLA-In Opposition chief negotiator Taban Deng Gai and South Sudanese government spokesperson Michael Makuei Lueth on Wednesday blamed the international community for not paying to transport rebel forces to Juba.
Lol governor appoints deputy after several months of tension with Paul Malong (Radio Tamazuj, 10 March 2016) – Rizik Hassan Zachariah, governor of Lol state, one of the 28 new states in South Sudan, has issued an order appointing his deputy after several months of tension with Paul Malong Awan, chief of General staff of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), the official army of South Sudan.
UNMISS chief pays courtesy call to Eastern Nile governor following Malakal killings (Radio Tamazuj, 10 March 2016) – The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan Ellen Margrethe Loj met with Chol Thon, the appointed governor of the proposed Eastern Nile state in Malakal town on Tuesday.
S Sudan parties in dispute over cantonment sites in Equatoria and Bahr el Ghazal (Radio Tamazuj, 9 March 2016) – South Sudan’s government and its ‘peace partner’ SPLM-IO cannot agree on whether opposition troops will be allowed to assemble and garrison in the Equatoria and Bahr el Ghazal regions of the country, according to representatives of both sides.